New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
INTERESTED IN PsYCHIoAL RESEARCH.
A sup.nnASoH OF THE NOUS ENGLISH So

A OF THE FAMOUS ENGLIsH So
cIErY TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THIS CITY.
II Is proposed to organize in this city . sub-branch OF
the English Society for Psychical Research ahc =
meeting for this purpose win be held at the mouse
Of DIR. NJ. L. Holbrook, No. 46 East Twenty-~frst-st.,
on NEXT Monday evening at 8 O'CLOCK. A numocr VI
men and women who are members or associates vi "e
English Society, which has It's headquarters III Lonoon,
are interested In forming this new organization ana
the Indications are that it will be successfully iauhcheo
OH a prosperous and profitable career. Dr. hachAu
Hodgson, the secretary Of the American branch Oh
the present society in England. will come on rom
Boston to assist In carrying out the new venture ana
many other prominent workers m the peculiar neia Oh
~psychical phenomena which it Is the aim OF the society
to investigate, will also be present. II Is intended by
those who have the matter IN charge 10 make tne
new society Independent In It's work, methods ana aims
Of the English society, while at the same
time IL Is closely affiliated to the parent
body. The reports Of the New-York branch
viii be submitted to the society In London, and Will be
Incorporated In "The Journal Of the Society Tor
Psychical Research a highly interesting and valuable
publication which will be issued to the members Oh the
New-York society. While assuming this attitude Oh IN
dependence, it is understood that the New-fork society
will sustain closest relations with the English society,"
whose efforts have met with rare success.
The work which 1t q proposed to undertake, ana
WHICH IOrm3 Io TcdrOl lT al cNiOoy .
an important one. and those who Join In this move
ment are expected TO devote care and study 10 tne
work In hand. There will be no room for curiosity
seekers or triHers, and this class Of people VIII mo
themselves sadly out Of place in the midst OF Serious
deliberate and painstaking Investigators. IL may NC
well, as showing the objects and aims OF the proposed
society. To quote from a circular of tho London society
which outlines in succinct form the work which that
society has been prosecuting since 1882:
L. An examination of the nature and extent o. any
influence which may be exerted lone mind upon
another. otherwise than through the recognized sensofy
channels. and mn
inouiry into the alleged phenomena of clairvoyance;
3. An inquiry as to the existence OF relations, nun
erto unrecognized by science, between living Organisms mis-
and magnetic and electric forces' ana as" oo'"'o"
living and inanimate bodies. ..,,
A.. careful investigation Of any reports, resting
on strong 81 ' ssath oy 'otherHise. and of disturbances in
houses reputed to be haunted. .,.. nh.
8. An INQUIRY into various alleged physician Pi~
nomena commonly called spiritualistc.''
g. The collection and collation. Of existing materiais
bearing on the history Of these subjects;
The aim Of the society Is TO approach these various
problems without prejudice or prepossession Oh any
Kind. and in tho same spirit OF exact ana unim,
passioned inquiry which mas enaplea scienco e. Sot,v
so many problems, once NOS less oosco1e n@ g W~'
debated.
An American branch of the English Society mas
already been successfully established in this county
and has its Offices In Boston, where the WORK OF this
hr,.rcb il under thu skilful direction Of DR.. Richard
Hodgson. Secretary for America. Inc movement 10
form q sub-brnnch here Is All indication VI the interest,"
which thinking people are taking In psychicai re-
search. At Mondays nesting DIR. Hodsson WIZ
pve an account of certain recently investigated
cases n, double consciousness, and will read the I'M
published report Of Professor Lodge, Of England, OF
a remarkable case in which q lady gives evidence
~ possessing knowledge which even ~telepathy VIII
not explain.