Part 19

INDEX

Alchemy, 18, 171; problems of, 19; modern forms of, 20; type of occultism represented by, 20.

Analogy, as applied in pseudo-science, 23, 43, 44, 267, 268; as a logical process, 237, 267, 272; the natural history view of, 236 sqq., 271; as characteristic of primitive thought-habits, 239, 241, 247; in children, 251; see also, Metaphor, Myth, Numbers, Superstition, Symbolism, Unusual.

Animal Magnetism; see Mesmer.

Apperception, illustrated by diagrams, 283-295.

Astrology, 18, 171, 266-269; interest in, 23; logic underlying, 23.

Attention, misdirection of, 121, 124; expectant, 294.

Automatic writing, 333.

Automatograph, 309.

Beard, Dr. G. M., 229.

Belief, fixation of, 40, 104, 105; occult, see Occult; psychology of, 38, 60.

Bernheim, ----, 230.

Bertrand, ----, 201.

Besant, Mrs., 10.

Binet, ----, 157.

Blavatsky, Mme., 7, 8, 9, 10.

Blindness, 340; total, 341; partial, 343, 344; in dream-life, 361-363, 367, 368; age of onset and dream-vision, 341-344, 369, 370; and the imagination, 363, 364; and special sensibilities, 365-367.

Braid, James, 205; his early observations, 206, 207; his historical position, 207, 208; his method, 207; his theories, 209, 211; his relation to phrenology, 209, 210; his later writings, 211; detection of unconscious suggestion, 211, 212; his status, 213.

Brand, ----, 241.

Bridgman, Laura, 366; dreams of, 347-350.

Census Office, 301.

Charcot, J. M., 69, 228, 338.

Christian Science, 26, 44; origin of, 27; principles of, 27-30, 31, 32; text-book of, 28; extravagance of, 30, 31, 32; antagonism to science, 33.

Clairvoyance, 14, 223, 226; see Puységur.

Clocquet, ----, 214.

Clodd, Edward, 241, 242, 244, 245, 248, 265, 272.

Coincidences, 81, 83, 88, 90; and chance, 84, 97.

Color, association with sound, 366, 367.