Paul Joire
Paul Joire | |
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| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1930 |
| Occupation(s) | Parapsychologist, writer |
Paul Joire (1856–1930) was a leading
parapsychologist, professor at the "Psycho-physiological Institute of France" and president of the "Societé Universelle d'Études Psychiques" ("Universal Society of Psychic Studies").[1]
Work
Paul Joire researched and wrote extensively about hypnotism and its experimental and therapeutic uses in "Traité de l'hypnotisme expérimental et thérapeutique" (1908).seances.[4]
He devised an instrument called a sthenometer (a type of "
Joire also investigated and documented, ESP (extra-sensory perception), levitation, automatic writing, "spirit rapping" (typtology), spirit photography, mediumship and materialisation phenomena etc.[10]
Publications
- Traité D'Hypnotisme Expérimental Et De Psychothérapie (1914)
- Psychical and Supernormal Phenomena: Their Observation and Experimentation (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1916).
See also
References
- ^ Lewis Spence. Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology (Dodd, Mead & Co, 1920) p 484.
- ^ Joire, Paul. Traité de l'hypnotisme expérimental et thérapeutique (Paris: Vigot freres, 1908).
- ^ Spence, 1920, p. 317.
- ^ Joire, Psychical and supernormal phenomena, 1916, pp. 414-425
- ^ A term coined to describe various types of devices claimed to be able to respond to the human aura. See Joseph Grasset, The marvels beyond science (New York; Funk & Wagnalls company, 1910).
- ^ Joire, Paul. Modifications in the nervous force externalised, according to the state of health of the subjects. The Annals of Psychical Science, no. 4, Oct 1905 (Kessinger Publishing, 2004 - Laura I. Finch [Ed.], p. 219).
- ^ Joire, Psychical and supernormal phenomena, 1916, pp. 416-418.
- ^ Stratton F. J. M; Phillips, P. (1906). Some Experiments with the Sthenometer. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 12: 335-339.
- ^ "Some Experiments with the Sthenometer: Evaluating Dr Joire’s Results". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Joire, Psychical and supernormal phenomena, 1916.
External links
- Books and published papers of Paul Joire (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
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