Proceedings of the Old American Society for Psychical Research

views updated

Proceedings of the Old American Society for Psychical Research

The American Society for Psychical Research was originally formed in 1885 and existed as an independent organization until 1889, when it became a branch of the British Society for Psychical Research, under the leadership of Richard Hodgson. When Hodgson died in 1905, the branch was dissolved, and after a year of preparation, the present American Society for Psychical Research was formed under the leadership of James H. Hyslop. The main Proceedings of the original Amerian Society for Psychical Research from 1885-89 continued reports of research by the Society and its members on such areas as thought-transference, the Supernatural Among the Omaha Tribe, hypnotic phenomena, telepathy, and automatic writing. The American Society for Psychical Research was reconstituted in 1907.

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

Proceedings of the Old American Society for Psychical Research

Updated About encyclopedia.com content Print Article

You Might Also Like