1885 - SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH - BLAVATSKY FRAUD THEOSOPHY PARAPSYCHOLOGY

Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH 1885, Volume 3 Author: Society For Psychical Research Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.City: London Year: 1885 (First Edition)Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: 500 pages, Plus IndexIllustrated: YesBook Details + Condition: Very scarce first edition, original copy of "Proceedings of the Society For Psychical Research" from 1885. Publisher's original green boards with gilt title, etc. on spine. The boards and binding are sold and tight with minimal shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean, and free of interior markings.In this issue, the Psychical Research Society, led by Richard Hodgson, investigated claims by the Theosophy Society — specifically by Madame Blavatsky, that through astral projection she could appear and intelligently communicate at a place where her body was in another location. Also, claims were made where physical objects could be made to teleport from a faraway location. The evidence provided by B