The Psychic World

xvi, 311 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction: The Tyranny of Dogmatism; Part I. Psychic Phenomena in Modern Civilization: The Confessions of a Psychical Researcher; Some Personal Psychic Experiences; What Constitutes a Psychical Researcher; The Psychology of Genius; Personality and Personal Identity; Deju Vu: The Sense of the Already Seen; The Psychology of "Spirit Communication;" Note: On the Uncertainties of Memory; Animal Psychism; Concerning Levitation; Yoga Philosophy; Part II. Psychic Phenomena Among Primitive Peoples: Introductory; Telepathy and Clairvoyance; Cases of Prediction; Apparitions and Haunted Houses; Poltergeist Cases; Mediumistic Phenomena; Psychic Phenomena in China; Occult Phenomena in Japan; Siberian Shamanism; Malay Magic and Spiritualism; In Tibet: The Astral Body; The Fire Walk; Rain Making and Rain Makers; Secret Occult Societies; Voodooism; Magic and Witchcraft; Conclusion; Index.