The Great Psychological Crime

About this book

Can one person's will enter another's mind and alter it without consent? John Emmett Richardson approaches that fear as a grave spiritual danger.

The Great Psychological Crime belongs to the Independent School of Natural Science's literature, which developed elaborate theories of hypnotism, psychic influence and personal responsibility. Its strongest claims lack reliable experimental support, but they expose a period anxiety about the boundaries of the self. The language of psychological experiment becomes entangled with moral argument and occult warnings.