Foreword by Eberhard Bauer Preface by Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 1: Historical Perspective in Parapsychology: Some Practical Considerations by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 2: The Language Barrier in Parapsychology by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 3: Théodore Flournoy''s Contributions to Psychical Research by Carlos S. Alvarado, Everton De Oliveira Maraldi, Fatima Regina Machado, and Wellington Zangari Chapter 4: Historical Notes on Psychic Phenomena in Specialized Journals by Carlos S. Alvarado, Massimo Biondi, and Wim Kramer Chapter 5: Note on the Reception of Théodore Flournoy''s Des Indes à le Planète Mars by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 6: Classic Text No.
113: Final chapter, From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia, by Théodore Flournoy (1900) by Everton De Oliveira Maraldi and Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 7: Classic Text No. 122: Camille Flammarion on the Powers of the Soul by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 8: Classic Text No. 110: Cesare Lombroso on Mediumship and Pathology by Carlos S Alvarado and Massimo Biondi Chapter 9: Ernesto Bozzano and the Phenomena of Bilocation by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 10: Note on the Term Telergy by Carlos S. Alvarado and Wim Kramer Chapter 11: Distortions of the Past by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 12: Psychic Phenomena and the Mind-Body Problem: Historical Notes on a Neglected Conceptual Tradition by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 13: Classic Text No. 107: Joseph Maxwell on Mediumistic Personifications by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 14: Telepathy, Mediumship and Psychology: Psychical Research at the International Congresses of Psychology, 1889-1905 by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 15: "Never Sacrifice Anything to Laboratory Work": The "Physiological Psychology" of Charles Richet (1875-1905) by Renaud Evrard, Stéphane Gumpper, Bevis Beauvais, and Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 16: Studying Ernesto Bozzano: Suggestions for Future Historical Studies by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 17: Classic Text No. 98.
''Visions of the Dying'' by James H. Hyslop by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 18: Bottazzi and Palladino: The 1907 Séances by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 19: Observations of Luminous Phenomena Around the Human Body: A Review by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 20: G. Stanley Hall on "Mystic or Borderline Phenomena" by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 21: Poltergeist Research and Conceptualizations in the United States: A Review of Old and Recent Developments by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 22: Eusapia Palladino: An Autobiographical Essay by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 23: Remarks on William James and Psychical Research by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 24: Investigating Mental Mediumship: Research Suggestions from the Historical Literature by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 25: On W.J. Crawford''s Studies of Physical Mediumship by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 26: Introduction to Ernesto Bozzano''s Analysis of Hauntings and Poltergeist Cases by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 27: Notes on Mental Mediumship and Memory by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 28: Mediums that Paint and Draw by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 29: Mediumistic Materializations in France During the Early 1920s by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 30: Psychic Phenomena and the Vital Force: Hereward Carrington on "Vital Energy and Psychical Phenomena" by Carlos S. Alvarado and Michael Nahm Chapter 31: Musings on Materializations: Eric J. Dingwall on "The Plasma Theory" by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 32: Supernormal Knowledge: The Work of Eugène Osty by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 33: Luminous Phenomena at Death: The Case of the Monk Family by Carlos S. Alvarado and Michael Nahm Chapter 34: Fragments of a Life in Psychical Research: The Case of Charles Richet by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 35: Early Psychical Research Reference Works: Remarks on Nandor Fodor''s Encyclopedia of Psychic Science by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 36: Prescribing for Parapsychology: Note on J. B. Rhine''s Writings in the Journal of Parapsychology by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 37: Proof and Process Approaches to the Study of Spontaneous Phenomena by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 38: Discussing Parapsychology at Utrecht: The First International Conference of Parapsychological Studies by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 39: Ian Stevenson and the Modern Study of ESP Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 40: ESP and Altered States of Consciousness: An Overview of Conceptual and Research Trends by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 41: Paranormal Faces: The Bélmez Case by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 42: Poltergeist Agents: A Review of Research Trends and Conceptualizations by Alfonso Martinez Taboas and Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 43: Characteristics of Hauntings With and Without Apparitions: An Analysis of Published Cases by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 44: Psychical Research in Spain by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 45: A Century of Psychical Research: Comments on Renée Haynes''s The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1982: A History by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 46: Exploring the Features of Spontaneous Psychic Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 47: Autobiography in Parapsychology: Comments on Men and Women of Parapsychology: Personal Reflections by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 48: The History of Women in Parapsychology: A Critique of Past Work and Suggestions for Further Research by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 49: Private and Public Faces of Psychic Phenomena: Comments on an Italian Conference by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 50: Fifty Years of Supporting Parapsychology: The Parapsychology Foundation (1951-2001) by Carlos S. Alvarado, Eileen Coly, Lisette Coly, and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 51: Thoughts on the Study of Spontaneous Cases. Guest Editorial by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 52: Reflections on Being a Parapsychologist by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 53: On the Centenary of Frederic W.
H. Myers''s Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 54: Interrelationships of Psychic Experiences, Dream Recall and Lucid Dreams in a Survey with Spanish Participants by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone Chapter 55: An Overview of Modern Developments in Parapsychology by Nancy L. Zingrone, Carlos S. Alvarado, and Gerd H. Hövelmann Chapter 56: In Memoriam: Robert van der Castle by Carlos S.
Alvarado Chapter 57: A Review of Qualitative Mediumship Research by Kylie Harris and Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 58: Eight Decades of Psi Research: Highlights in the Journal of Parapsychology by Carlos S. Alvarado Chapter 59: The Place of Spontaneous Cases in Parapsychology by Carlos S. Alvarado Index About the Contributors.