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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Society for Psychical Research"”.
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A modern mecca of psychic forces: the Psychical Science Congress and the culture of progressive occultism in fin-de-siecle Chicago, 1885-1900
The Psychical Science Congress (PSC), held from August 21-25, 1893, was a division of the Science and Philosophy congresses of the World’s Congress Auxiliary held in conjunction with Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition. The first international congress devoted solely to psychical research, the PSC …
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Confession and intimacy in England, 1851-1913
… and trace the outline of what I argue already forms the history of intimacy. I propose that a promising way to deepen the study of the history of intimacy is to study intimate practices. I further suggest that the history of nineteenth-century confession—in both the Roman Catholic Church and …
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Evolution Esotericized: Conceptual Blending and the Emergence of Secular, Therapeutic Salvation
… the sense of self-improvement or personal transformation can be better understood by combining a historical approach with conceptual metaphor theory. The dissertation first evaluates the esoteric appropriation historically as a type of religious response to Darwin. It works backwards from the …
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Colour and Colour Vision in Late Nineteenth Century British Sciences
… of natural law, free-will, and materialism for scientific understandings of reality, the limits of Darwinian understandings of humanity, the legitimacy of scientific experts and institutions in determining public policy, and the history, future, and advancement of civilization. I argue that …