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TELRATHT AND THE SUBLIMINaI SELF
An Accoant Of Recent Investigations Regarding
AutoaudtiSu DrcaniS Yhuntdxms
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sons
The author has attacked these subjects
without showing the least trace of that
skepticism that is liable to pervade the
scientific mind when it approaches any
thing smacking, of the occult Dr. Mason
refers to the work of the Society for Psy-
chieal Research, which has conducted a
systematic inquiry into the various sub
jects associated with telepathy and hypno-
tfsm. and he follows out much the same
line OF research in his STANDARDIZATION of
results. The conclusion reached in gen.
eral is that the phenomena grouped under
the phrase THE New Psychology" are doe
to the ''sublirninal SELF" or subconscious-
ness Of the Individual This factor, SAYS
the author. is the active and efficient agent
In telepathy, that which sees and hears
and acts far away from the body and re-
ports the knowledge which il gains to the
ordinary Senses sometimes by motor and
sometimes by senSory automatism. 1t acts
sometimes while the primary self is fully
conscious, he goes on, better and most fire.
quently in reverie, dreams or somnambul-
ism, but best of all when the ordinary self is
altogether subjective and the body SILENT
inactive and insensibie as in that strange
condition which accompanies the higher
phases of trance and lucidity, into which
few enter, either spontaneously or by the
aid of hypnotism; then, still retaining its
attenuated vital connection it goes forth
and sees with extended vision and gathers
truth from thousand various and hidden
sources.
This book is remarkably clear exposi-
ton OF the scientific view of these subjects.
which are so full OF mysticism and diff
ticult for the finite mind to grasp.
ET EDITION OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA
BRITANNICA: A Standard Work Of Reference
Commerce, Biography Discovery aud Inrcn,
Ilon Edited under the supervision of bay
dred speeis Articles by Mem az and ss Women nun, Of
International Reputation. In Five Volumes
Vel 8. New York: The Werner Co.
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complete. Viewed now as whole the work
is worthy TO be called a great addition to
encyclopaedia literature. 1t is thorough
and accurate In its presentations of fact.
and the special features added to typify
the latest developments In all branches of
EFFORT are Of particular interest. Among
its many other features volume V contains
articles on Savings Banks in the L. S."
''Siot Machines" .'Tin-Plate Manufacture
in the u. S. - Trolley Railways" Voting
Machines Schools, Public and Private
in the q. S: - Silver and Silver Mining.
Strength of Materials Technical Schools
in America Wages fiji the u. s. "Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union" and
The United States" The last named is a
compact description of the nation, con-
tanning library Of information presented
in very convenient form. The whole vol
ume. in line with its predecessors has an
np-to-date air that is Indicative Of care and
energy. in its preparation. A convenient
index to the Supplement" in its entirety
closes the book.
JESUS CHRIST DURING HIS MINISTRY By
Edmond Sfapfer, professor In the Faculty Of
Protestant Theolagy at Paris Translated 10y
Louise ,Seynoar Houghton. New York: Chas.
Scribner's Sons Washington: Brentanos.
There has been an unusually large pro-
duction OF late of books on religious SUBJ
jects, and the present volume is among
the most interesting of all. The author has
taken the Bible Story as a whole and has
drawn from It a picture OF the person of
Christ. and especially, a history of his
thought He has avoided controversies by
making use only Of established facts, and
has not sought to make conjectures save
such as are entirely plausible. The work
Is the second of series of three the first
volume concerning Christ Before His Min
istry and the third. now in preparation,