From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made…
- Date of account
- English edition published 1904
- Source
- Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research
- Reference
- Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research · selected passage 7
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English translation from French
- Translation
- English translation of Michel Sage with an Oliver Lodge preface
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made by scientific men of eminence in various countries, there appeared to be, amidst much illusion and deception, an important body of facts to which this description would apply, and which therefore, if incontes…
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyFrom the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made by scientific men of eminence in various countries, there appeared to be, amidst much illusion and deception, an important body of facts to which this description would apply, and which therefore, if incontestably established, would be of the very highest interest. The task of examining such residual phenomena had often been undertaken by individual effort, but never hitherto by a scientific society organised on a sufficiently broad basis. The following are the principal departments of work which the Society at present undertakes:--
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis comes from historical psychical research. Methods, witness handling and standards of evidence differ from present-day research and should be assessed from the cited passage and edition.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThe passage can support a history of claims and recurring descriptions. It does not establish a paranormal mechanism, and competing psychological, social and physical explanations remain relevant.
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