Clairvoyance and Thought-Transference

About this book

A successful thought-reading demonstration raises a question: was a thought received, or did the performer detect an unnoticed movement? De Laurence places that uncertainty among accounts of clairvoyance, psychometry, dreams and trance, bringing experiments into contact with a wide field of psychic claims.

The variety makes the book a useful record of its period’s testing practices. Supposed mental transmission is distinguished from muscular cues, while later discussions reach into Spiritualist phenomena. Readers can examine the kinds of evidence offered and the expectations that shape an investigator’s interpretation of an unusual result.