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discovery of argon
expansion of research into supernatural phenomena
faith in work of British SPR
at first meeting of British SPR
Florence Cook investigation
inventions of
knighthood of
mainstream scientific pursuits
opinion of D. D. Home
opinion on powers of Home
as president of British Association for the Advancement of Science
as president of British SPR
response to Widow’s Mite coin mystery
rethinking opinion of D. D. Home
return to mainstream science
scientific research
search for “psychic force”
supernatural experiments
views on women
Crookes tube
Cross-correspondence study
Oliver Lodge’s public revelation of
Crowe, Catherine
story sources
Curie, Marie
Dark séances
Darwin, Charles
background of
concern over Wallace’s participation in séances
genius of
notions on behavior
reaction to Crookes
Davenport, Ira
spirit shows
Davenport, William
spirit shows
Davey, S. J.
Decline effect
The Descent of Man (Darwin)
Divining rods
Dodgson, Charles L. (Rev.)
Dowser
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Dr. Phinuit. See Phinuit, Dr.
Dracula (Stoker)
Dramatis Personae (Browning)
Dreams
Drug use
Dynamo
Ectoplasm
Edison, Thomas
view of immortality
Edmunds, Lucy
Eliot, Charles William
Ether
Everett, Charles
Evolution theory
The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (Darwin)
Faraday, Michael
Fay, Anna Eva
investigations of
talents of
Feilding, Everard
criticism of religion and science
efforts to carry on psychical work
enjoyment of psychical research
frauds uncovered by
as honorary secretary of British SPR
investigation of Eusapia Palladino
witness to Eusapia Palladino’s loss of powers
Fleming, Alice Kipling
“Francis and Ignatius”
Flournoy, Theodore
Eusapia Palladino tests in Italy
investigation of Helene Smith
Fox, John
Fox, Kate
death of
investigations of
later years of
marriage of
talents of
Fox, Leah
Fox, Margaret
Fox, Margaretta (Maggie)
confession of fraudulent practices
deathbed story
death of
investigations of
later years of
marriage of
Seybert Commission report on
talents of
Fox sisters. See Fox, Kate; Fox, Margaretta (Maggie)
“Fragments of an Inner Life” (Myers)
“Fragments of Poetry” (Myers)
“Francis and Ignatius”
Fraud
Anti-Fraud Society of Manhattan
Frank Podmore on
Margaretta (Maggie) Fox confession of
perpetrated by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
reflex fraud
in spirit shows. See Phony spirit shows
uncovered by Everard Feilding
William James on
Frederic Myers’ belief in
Freud, Sigmund
British Society of Psychical Research publishing of studies of
cocaine use
Friendly universe
From India to the Planet Mars (Flournoy)
Fullerton, George
Funk, Isaac
visit to medium in Brooklyn
Furness, Howard
George Pellew. See Pellew, George
George Pellew communicating through. See Pellew, George
General Convention of New Jerusalem
Ghost evenings
Ghost Society, Cambridge
Ghost stories
ASPR conclusion on
clothing
Nora Sidgwick investigations of
Gibbens, Eliza
Gibbens, Margaret
Greeley, Horace
Grove, Archibald
Guides, spirit. See Spirit guides
Gurney, Edmund
afflictions of
background of
clothed ghost story
communicating through slate writing
concerns about Phantasms of the Living
concerns about thought transference tests
crisis apparitions
death of
favorite story of
founding of British SPR
hallucinations of the sane
idea about Mark Twain’s dream vision
immersion in research
investigations of apparitions
marriage to Kate Sibley
mercurial temperament
narcotic use
opinion of Richard Hodgson
partnership with Sidgwick and Myers. See Sidgwick group
philosophy club
relationship with William James
research abilities
The Scratch Eight
self-medication
story based on
survey of crisis apparitions
survey of hallucinations
telepathy tests
testing lab
theories on death of
truth about immortality
use of phrase “intellectual whoredom”
Gurney, Kate
remarriage of
Hackett, Jimmy
Hall, Stanley
investigation of Leonora Piper
opinion of Leonora Piper
outcome of sitting with Leonora