Psychical research Camille Flammarion



a middle-aged camille flammarion


flammarion approached spiritism, psychical research , reincarnation viewpoint of scientific method, writing, scientific method alone may make progress in search truth. religious belief must not take place of impartial analysis. must on our guard against illusions. . close french educator , researcher allan kardec decoded spiritism doctrine.


flammarion had studied mediumship , wrote, infinitely regretted cannot trust loyalty of mediums. cheat . however, flammarion, believer in psychic phenomena, attended séances eusapia palladino , claimed of phenomena genuine. produced in book alleged levitation photographs of table , impression of face in putty. joseph mccabe did not find evidence convincing. noted impressions of faces in putty of palladino s face , have been made, , not entirely clear table in levitation photographs.


his book unknown (1900) received negative review psychologist joseph jastrow wrote work s fundamental faults lack of critical judgment in estimation of evidence, , of appreciation of nature of logical conditions study of these problems presents.


after 2 years investigation automatic writing wrote subconscious mind explanation , there no evidence spirit hypothesis. flammarion believed in survival of soul after death wrote mediumship had not been scientifically proven. though flammarion believed in survival of soul after death did not believe in spirit hypothesis of spiritism, instead believed spiritist activities such ectoplasm , levitations of objects explained unknown psychic force medium. believed telepathy explain paranormal phenomena.


in book mysterious psychic forces (1909) wrote:



in 1920s flammarion changed of beliefs on apparitions , hauntings still claimed there no evidence spirit hypothesis of mediumship in spiritism. in 1924 book les maisons hantées (haunted houses) came conclusion in rare cases hauntings caused departed souls whilst others caused remote action of psychic force of living person . book reviewed magician harry houdini wrote fails supply adequate proof of veracity of conglomeration of hearsay contains; must, therefore, collection of myths.


in presidential address society psychical research in october 1923 flammarion summarized views after 60 years investigating paranormal phenomena. wrote believed in telepathy, etheric doubles, stone tape theory , exceptionally , dead manifest in hauntings.


he member of theosophical society.








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