…↩︎ 30 Hodgson (1892), 127-8. ↩︎ 31 Hodgson (1892), 129. ↩︎ 32 Hodgson (1892), 122. ↩︎ 33 Hodgson (1892), 123. ↩︎ 34 Hodgson (1892), 159. ↩︎ 35 Hodgson (1892), 295. ↩︎ 36 Hodgson (1892), 296-99. ↩︎ 37 James (1909), 3. ↩︎ 38 Piper (1901). ↩︎ 39 Anonymous (1901). ↩︎ 40…
…he had heard about her death from Jessie’s sister – all confirmed as true by Hodgson. Although much impressed, and convinced that Piper was not a charlatan, Hodgson, like James, first favoured telepathy as the explanation for these feats. As he initially saw it, Phinuit was a ‘secondary personality’ that…
…fictitious, Hodgson considered the motives of the principal Theosophists, finally suggesting that Blavatsky herself was seeking to further Russian interests. 5Hodgson (1885), 317. The Hodgson Report set important precedents in its use of oral evidence, investigating agent and expert advisers, and in its general thoroughness. The investigation attracted publicity, and…
…that the data would remain synchronised. This generally worked, but occasionally a node would go out of synchrony and need correction. When the electricity supply was interrupted, or the Internet connection lost for some reason, the data flow might stop for a node. All data were stored on the local…
…two months after the communication about Rounder, Hodgson was sitting alone with Piper when Bennie broke in. ‘John Welsh has Rounder.’ Hodgson did not understand. ‘John Welsh has Rounder. Tell this … tell … tell … John Welsh has Rounder.’ Hodgson still did not understand and repeated, ‘John Welsh is…
…striking and disputed features is the harsh male voice associated with the apparent agent, Janet Hodgson. The article holds sceptical objections in view, acknowledging episodes of fakery while arguing that the investigators believed that trickery could not explain the case as a whole. The Family The house is 284 Green…
…1887, reached out to Richard Hodgson, who had made a name for himself with his investigation of Theosophist Helena Blavatsky in India. At first Hodgson declined to accept the position of ASPR Secretary, but under the urging of the SPR’s Henry Sidgwick, he accepted, initially for one year only.12Berger (1985a),…
…wits.80James (1896a), 884. James’s final study of Piper81James (1909e). – the most detailed study he conducted of the medium, or of any other psychical research topic — was his report of communications purportedly coming from Richard Hodgson. James thought these contained veridical aspects, but did not accept that Hodgson was…
…Adyar, Madras. She died there in 1933. Hodgson Report In 1884, the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) appointed a committee to investigate claims of séance-type phenomena by affiliates of the TS, notably those that concerned Blavatsky. The SPR commissioned Richard Hodgson, an Australian-born Cambridge graduate, to travel to India to…
