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novels of
sittings with mediums after death of James
James, Henry, Sr.
childhood accident
death of
depression
influence of Swedenborg on
marriage to Mary Walsh
treatment of children
James, Herman “Humster”
James, Margaret
James, Robertson
James, Wilkie
James, William
as acclaimed chemist
address to Philosophical Clubs of Yale and Brown
admiration for Henry Sidgwick
admiration for James McKeen Cattell
American Magazine article
analysis of Hodgson control
animal serum injection therapy
argument with Edward Titchener over telepathy
attempt at explaining God
attendance at International Congress of Experimental Psychology
belief in work
childhood of
claims of contacts with spirit of
communication with dead son
concern about lack of mediums
concern about scientific approach to spiritual murkiness
concern over Eusapia Palladino’s U.S tour
concern over Frederic Myers’ health
concern over replacing Henry Sidgwick
“The Confidences of a Psychical Researcher” article
confusion over intolerance for work of Society
consultation with mindcure doctress
cross-correspondence study
cryptic message to Oliver Lodge
death of
death of Aunt Kate
death of brother Robertson James
on death of father
death of son Herman
defense of Richard Hodgson’s affirmation of spirit life
dismantling of Newcomb’s criticisms of British SPR research
editing of Myers’ Rosina Thompson paper
effect of Richet’s home on recuperation
efforts to maintain ASPR
founding of ASPR
on fraud
friendship with Hugo Munsterberg
gypsy-like childhood
at Harvard
health issues
inquiries into faith
invitation from Richet to his home to recuperate
invitation to become president of British SPR
invitation to the Scratch Eight meeting
Leonora Piper as guest at New Hampshire house of
marriage to Alice Gibbons Howe
medical treatment in Europe
mind-body connection
mourning death of Richard Hodgson
need to keep open mind
opinion of James Hyslop’s social skills
opinion of President Grover Cleveland
opinion of religion
paying of Hodgson’s salary
physical traits of
as piecemeal supernaturalist
on potential for fraud
praise for Henry Sidgwick
praise for SPR publications
The Principles of Psychology
as psychology teacher
reaction to Alice’s death
reaction to Alice’s illness
reaction to death of Edmund Gurney
reaction to Hereward Carrington’s invitation to Eusapia Palladino to tour U.S.
reaction to Seybert Commission report
recruitment into British SPR
relationship with Edmund Gurney
reputation of
response to Widow’s Mite coin mystery
retirement from Harvard
retreat
return to U.S. from second sabbatical
review of Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death (Myers)
review of life’s work
review of Phantasms of the Living
sabbatical in England
sabbatical in Europe
Scribner’s article
self-medication
study of slate writing messages
theory on psychology
unorthodoxy of
view of mind healers
view of world
withdrawal from American Institute for Scientific Research board of directors
work on Hodgson control
James H. Hyslop X: His Book
James Hyslop’s investigation of
Janet, Pierre
reaction to Census of Hallucinations
Jastrow, Joseph
denunciation of telepathy
opinion of Mark Twain
Jencken, H. D.
Johnson, Alice
Journal of the Society of Psychical Research
Kane, Elisha Kent
Kane, Maggie Fox. See Fox, Margaretta (Maggie)
Kant, Immanuel
King, Katie
Kipling, Rudyard
Lankester, Ray
investigation into Henry Slade
The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper)
Laudanum
Light
Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism (Home)
Lily Dale
Little Bright Eyes
Lodge, Mary
Lodge, Oliver
background of
at Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition
complaints about manners of Richard Hodgson
cross-correspondence study
cryptic message from William James to
efforts to carry on psychical work
ether testing machine
on Gurney’s work habits
as head of physics dept. at Univ. of Birmingham
interest in telepathy
invention of coherer
knighthood of
opinion of Frederic Myers’ autobiography
opinion of Wallace
patent battle with