WHEN the Society for Psychical Research was first organized in Boston, there was great expectation that some old questions would be answered, some old problems solved, some old mysteries cleared up.

In her youth, Joanna Southcott of Devonshire, England, was a domestic servant. Later, she became a mystic and dictated prophecies (in rhyme). She fully expected to be the mother of the “true Messiah.” ...

Buffalo is getting into the spirit of Halloween, thanks to some of its most dedicated and knowledgeable psychical researchers, including author, historian, and folklorist Mason Winfield who is ...

THIS book ought to have been published long ago. In a way indeed it was, to wit in 1870, but only for private circulation, on account of the violent prejudices which its subject then excited both in ...

Invisible forces: In the 19th century, “psychic” phenomena were taken seriously by many scientists. (Courtesy: iStock/VeraPetruk) You might expect such exposure of fraud to have been as welcomed by ...

I DO not pretend to be an expert in Psychical Research. About two years ago, indeed, the S.P.R. did me the honor of appointing me their annual president; but this, I believe, was because I was known ...

REFERRING to the discussion on this subject in previous issues of NATURE, might one ask: Is there not confusion regarding the aims of science and of psychical research, which at present are ...