Catching Up with the Old Psychical Research Literature — I

Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsychology Foundation

Many of us are not going out much due to the virus crisis. Recently someone told me in an email that they are bored at home. With that in mind, now is a good time to catch up with the old psychic literature.

Because my main interest is the history of parapsychology, I would like to present some reading suggestions about important books published before 1923 freely available online that I hope you will enjoy.

I will start with some general overview books published in English, and will cover other titles in future blogs.

Barrett, W. F. (1911). Psychical research. New York: Holt.

William F. Barrett

Barrett, W.F. (1917). On the threshold of the unseen (2nd rev. ed.). London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner.

Joire, P. (1916). Psychical and supernormal phenomena. London: Rider.

Paul Joire

Kingsford, S.M. (1920). Psychical research for the plain man. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner.

Lambert, H.C. (1928). General survey of psychic phenomena. New York: The Knickerbocker Press.

Podmore, F. (1897). Studies in psychical research. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

Frank Podmore

Podmore, F. (1908). The naturalisation of the supernatural. New York: G.P. Putnam‘s Sons.

Richet, C. (1923). Thirty years of psychical research. New York: Macmillan.

Charles Richet

 Wright, G.E. (1920). Practical views on psychic phenomena. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Howe.