Beckles Willson 
Occultism and common-sense 

CONTENTS



INTRODUCTION



I. SCIENCE’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ‘SUPERNATURAL’



II. THE HYPNOTIC STATE



III. PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING



IV. DREAMS



V. HALLUCINATIONS



VI. PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD



VII. ON ‘HAUNTINGS’ AND KINDRED PHENOMENA



VIII. THE DOWSING OR DIVINING ROD



IX. MEDIUMISTIC PHENOMENA



X. MORE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA



XI. THE MATERIALISATION OF ‘GHOSTS’



XII. SPIRIT-PHOTOGRAPHY



XIII. CLAIRVOYANCE



XIV. MRS PIPER’S TRANCE UTTERANCES



AFTERWORD