The American Society for Psychical Research
- Date of account
- 1884–1885
- Location
- New York City
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The American Society for Psychical Research emerged in New York in the mid-1880s as an American counterpart to organized investigations of telepathy, apparitions, mediumship, and related experiences. Its institutional history provides a way to compare occult interests with emerging scientific standards, professional networks, and disputes over replication. The society’s early membership and relationship to British psychical researchers changed over time, and organizational continuity is sometimes simplified in popular accounts. Its proceedings and periodicals are the primary documentary trail.
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