Occult Literature
Telepathy: Transmitting a Mental Impression
A man and woman stand facing one another, joining their hands between them. The woman’s eyes are closed, while the man attends to their shared point of contact. The printed caption names Telepathy, Transmitting a Mental Impression. The posed photograph illustrates the book’s historical claim of mental transmission through an otherwise quiet and ordinary-looking human encounter.
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Photographer not identified. "Telepathy: Transmitting a Mental Impression" [editorial title]. In Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing, L. W. de Laurence. Original scan, 1910, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 181. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0144
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- Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing
- Two standing demonstrators
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A staged historical demonstration from the book, reproduced as a period photograph; the accompanying therapeutic claims have not been clinically verified here.
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Photographer not identified. Telepathy: Transmitting a Mental Impression. Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing. Scan leaf 181. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0144