THE LAW OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENON

by  THOMAS JAY HUDSON Ph.D, LLD   

Comment by Pat:  Thomas Jay Hudson, PhD., LLD., was not only an authority in the field of metaphysics when this book published in 1892, he was a leader in the field of psychology.  Here he explores all areas of the metaphysical world from early theories regarding hypnotism and mesmerism, through clairvoyance, visionaries, hauntings, psycho-therapeutic practices, and reputable, helpful mental healers of that day, including Christian Scientists.

You will know you are not going to be reading woo-woo when you read something by Thomas Jay Hudson, who not only held a PhD in Psychology but was a practicing attorney as well.  That he would write about psychic phenomenon certainly lends credence to the realm of “the unknown.”

He writes in his Preface:  “I do not expect this book to stand upon its literary merits; for if it is unsound in principle, felicity of diction cannot save it, and if sound, homeliness of expression cannot destroy it. My primary object in offering it to the public is to assist in bringing Psychology within the domain of the exact sciences. That this has never been accomplished is owing to the fact that no successful attempt has been made to formulate a working hypothesis sufficiently comprehensive to embrace all psychic phenomena.  It has, however, long been felt by the ablest thinkers of our time that all psychic manifestations of the human intellect, normal or abnormal, whether designated by the name of mesmerism, hypnotism, somnambulism, trance, spiritism, demonology, miracle, mental therapeutics, genius, or insanity, are in some way related; and consequently, that they are to be referred to some general principle or law, which, once understood, will simplify and correlate the whole subject-matter, and possibly remove it from the domain of the supernatural.”