![]() ![]() In 1894, a review by the Bristol Medico Chirurgical Society commented that "in the face of recent psycho-physiological researchers, it is a little venturesome to maintain that large classes of mental phenomena go on independently of neutral processes but Mr. For example, a 1893 review in The Dublin Journal of Medical Science noted that "we recommend this book to all our medical readers who take an interest in hypnotism as an example of what absurdities may still find advocates". Hudson's ideas about a dual mind and psychical powers were not taken seriously by the scientific community. ![]() The subjective mind is incapable of inductive reasoning.The subjective mind is constantly amenable to control by suggestion.Man has two minds: the objective mind (conscious) and the subjective mind (subconscious).His dual mind hypothesis relied on the existence of telepathy which has not proven to exist. His also argued that cases of spirit photography were not spirits but visions projected from the medium's subjective mind. Hudson used his hypothesis of two minds to explain the appearance of ghosts which he argued were not spirits of the dead but creations from the subjective mind projected from one mind to another. Our "mental organization" was such that it seemed as if we had "two minds, each endowed with separate and distinct attributes and powers each capable, under certain conditions, of independent action" (p.25) and, for explanatory purposes, it was entirely irrelevant, argued Hudson, whether we actually had "two distinct minds", whether we only seemed to be "endowed with a dual mental organization", or whether we actually had "one mind certain attributes and powers under some conditions, and certain other attributes and powers under other conditions" (pp.25-26). In The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1893, p.26), Hudson spoke of an "objective mind" and a "subjective mind" and, as he further explained, his theoretical position was that: Hudson postulated that his theory could explain all forms of spiritualism and had a period of popularity until the carnage of the First World War caused a fresh interest in spiritualism again as psychic mediums emerged to meet the demands of grieving relatives. Anything else could be explained by telepathy, which he defined as contact between two or more subconsciouses. His idea was that any contact with "spirits" was contact with the medium's or the subject's own subconscious. Thomson Jay Hudson began observing hypnotism shows and noticed similarities between hypnosis subjects and the trances of Spiritualist mediums. Hudson was associate editor of The Medico-Legal Journal. After retiring he studied experimental psychology and authored books on psychical research. He was appointed principal examiner in 1886 and served until 1893. In 1880, he abandoned journalism and entered the US Patent Office. He was the editor of the Port Huron Commercial and Detroit Evening News. He practiced for several years in Mansfield, Ohio until he started his journalistic career in 1860. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, Ohio in 1857. He was educated in public schools at Windham but never graduated from college. Hudson was born in Windham, Ohio to John and Ruth (Pulsifer) Hudson. If you do not want ALL the books you qualify for but still want a certain amount, such as 4 books out of 10, please say so.Thomson Jay Hudson (Februin Windham, Ohio – in Detroit, Michigan), was an American author, journalist, a chief examiner of the US Patent Office, and a psychical researcher, known for his three laws of psychic phenomena, which were first published in 1893. Please also note that I DO combine shipping.If you have an order qualified for 1 (or more) free books, please send a message telling me that you do want them, otherwise, I will assume you do not. The extra shipping charges caused by the extra article of literature will be covered by me, and not added to your total shipping cost. Thank you for viewing!On orders over 50 U.S dollars (not including shipping), I will include a free vintage pamphlet, book, booklet, etc. This book measures 7.5 inches tall, 5.25 inches wide, and 1.25 of an inch thick. The latter becomes more prominent in the later chapters of this book. ![]() This book features subject matter on hypnotism, spiritualism, psychology, and Christianity. in 1893, and printed in 1908 by University press, John Wilson and Son of Cambridge, USA. This listing is for The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study of Hypnotism, Spiritism, Mental Therapeutics, Etc by Thomson Jay Hudson. ![]()
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