The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Discussions of Psychical Research
- Date of account
- 1880s–1890s
- Location
- Australia and New Zealand meeting venues
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in the 1880s, provided a forum where scientific, anthropological, spiritualist, and psychical questions could intersect. Proceedings and presidential addresses may contain discussions of spiritualism, mesmerism, indigenous religion, or the evidential standards applied to extraordinary claims. This is a useful lead for examining how occult subjects were negotiated within colonial scientific institutions rather than only within esoteric societies. The precise papers and speakers must be located in individual proceedings, and institutional discussion does not imply endorsement of supernatural explanations.
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