The Law of Psychic Phenomena A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.

CHAPTER XVII.

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THE PHENOMENA OF SPIRITISM (_continued_).

Psychometry.--"The Souls of Things."--Professor Denton's Experiments.--Wonderful Visions of the Ancient Environment of Geological Specimens.--A Piece of Mortar from Cicero's House.--Supposed Scientific Tests.--Explanation on Telepathic Principles.--Experiments in Hypnotism compared.--Clairvoyance and Telepathy.--Their Boundary Lines in Transit.--Clairaudience.--Definitions of the Term.--Socrates and his Dæmon.--Modern Instances.--Mental Impressions.--Premonitions.--Their Unreliability.--Remarkable Examples of Clairaudience.--A Lawyer's Experience.--Subject to the Law of Suggestion.--Insanity sometimes results from Ignorance of the Cause.--Practical Suggestions 238