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From India to the Planet Mars: A Case of Multiple Personality with Imaginary Languages
Theodore Flournoy
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Description for From India to the Planet Mars: A Case of Multiple Personality with Imaginary Languages
Hardback. Editor(s): Shamdasani, Sonu. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, 44 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRQM2; JMG; VXPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
A classic in the field of psychology, From India to Planet Mars (1900) depicts the remarkable multiple existence of the medium Helene Smith, who claimed to be the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, of a Hindu princess from fifteenth-century India, and of a regular visitor to Mars, whose landscapes she painted and whose language she appeared to speak fluently. Through a psychological interpretation of these fantasies, which consisted in the subliminal elaboration of forgotten memories, Theodore Flournoy vastly extended the scope and understanding of the unconscious, and in particular, of its creative and mythopoetic capacities. In the introduction to this work, ... Read more
A classic in the field of psychology, From India to Planet Mars (1900) depicts the remarkable multiple existence of the medium Helene Smith, who claimed to be the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, of a Hindu princess from fifteenth-century India, and of a regular visitor to Mars, whose landscapes she painted and whose language she appeared to speak fluently. Through a psychological interpretation of these fantasies, which consisted in the subliminal elaboration of forgotten memories, Theodore Flournoy vastly extended the scope and understanding of the unconscious, and in particular, of its creative and mythopoetic capacities. In the introduction to this work, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691637358
SKU
V9780691637358
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Reviews for From India to the Planet Mars: A Case of Multiple Personality with Imaginary Languages
"Readers ... will be very interested in the recently published version of Theodore Flournoy's wonderfully written examination of a young medium whom he has diagnosed as having [multiple personality disorder]. This volume is a double treat because in addition to the main body ... it has a fascinating and in-depth scholarly introduction ... that places the book in its historical ... Read more