From India to the Planet Mars (Classic Reprint): A Study of a Case of Somnambulism, With Glossolalia: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism, with Glossolalia (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A groundbreaking look at psychic phenomena and the human mind, drawn from a detailed case study.

This edition presents a translator’s English rendering of Théodore Flournoy’s landmark work, known for its careful psychological analysis of a well‑known medium. It documents the experiences, visions, and language experiments surrounding Mile. Helene Smith, while placing her case in the broader history of psychical research and scientific inquiry.

Readers will gain insight into how researchers separate genuine phenomena from fraud, how emotional shocks and suggestibility shape experiences, and how a single case can illuminate debates about memory, dissociation, and the mind’s hidden dimensions. The book also situates personal reports within a scientific framework that seeks to understand the limits and possibilities of the human psyche.

• Detailed case material on trance, somnambulism, and glossolalia


• Psychological analysis of memory, imagination, and dissociation


• Discussion of scientific methods, skepticism, and the search for evidence


• Context within the history of psychical research and early science

Ideal for readers of psychology, the history of science, and investigations into paranormal phenomena.

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