The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1893)

By Thomson Jay Hudson, Thomason Hudson, Thomson Jay 1834-1903 Hudson

Book Overview

In this book the author elaborated a very pioneer for the time working hypothesis for the systematic study and correlation of all psychic phenomena. Hudson spoke of an "objective mind" and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0890832404
• ISBN13: 9780890832400
• Release Date: February 1977
• Publisher: Zebra Books (Mass Market)
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

T. J. Hudson's amazing ideas have stood the test of time

Hudson's book is an amazing collection of important ideas, written in lawyer-like prose with a remarkable coverage of fascinating ideas from the 19th century that time and tide have largely washed away from our consciousness. However, their truth seems to me to have stood the test of time despite what I said in the previous sentence. Hudson's doctrines have not been refuted as far as I'm aware and the whole book has a ring of truth to it. That's very impressive in this 21st century time-frame. I'm particularly interested in psychic healing and Hudson holds that the key to the success of psychic healing, is psychic attunement of the healer to the patient and telepathic suggestions to the patient's subconscious mind for the healing process to be initiated and automatic acceptance and implementation of those suggestions by the patient's mind and thence his bodily system. Simply substitute "Conscious mind" for "Objective mind" and "Subsconscious mind" for "Subjective mind" and you will be able to read this work quite straightforwardly.

Educational

Edgar Cayce recommended this book in connection to readings dealing with the nature of the subconscious mind. Although written in 1893, the subject matter is relevant. In fact Jose Silva might very easily have been influenced by this work as it ties in very closely with his alpha states and self hypnosis. Of course any student of Cayce realizes Edgar put himself in a "self-induced" trance in order to give a reading. Some quantum physics experiments seem to show a "universal" force field or hologram that ties everything together. For those seeking truth...a good read.

An Essay of the Psychic Laws of Nature

An excellent writing for those that are intrigued by the propositions of such authors as Napoleon Hill. Truly, if physicians would have continued to pursue the truths contained herein, they would impose far less sickness and suffering upon the lives of those that place their trust in them. A Key to the Doors of a true occultist's refinery. Matthew P. Dec Founder - asrpcp.org

The nearest anyone has got to the truth!

So far as psychic phenomena are concerned, people generally come into two categories: they believe everything they are told or they are total sceptics. Hudson chooses a middle course: he accepts the authenticity of psychic phenomena, but he examines them objectively, refusing to be swayed either by believers or by wishful thinking. His tools are experiment and cold reasoning. The result was that Dr Hudson made few friends among sceptics or believers alike; and this is why this classic work, first published in 1893, has been neglected. Hudson formulates three simple psychological laws, dividing the mind into objective mind (the conscious) and subjective mind (the subconscious). The subjective mind is capable of all kinds of psychic gifts but is open to hypnotic suggestion. This explains why, in the presence of sceptics and negative comments psychic gifts suddenly disappear. Hudson's chosen middle course blasts the sceptics, but it also lays into many believers as well. Spiritualists will not be very happy, because Hudson's laws, coupled with experiment, busts spiritualism. He shows beyond doubt that "contact with the dead," whether by medium, automatic writing, ouija board or planchette is merely contact with one's own subjective mind. (It also works for the electronic voice phenomenon.) Nowadays Hudson's laws are all but forgotten. However, they are - especially when coupled with Carl Jung's multi-layered subjective mind - the most formidable explanation of psychic phenomena ever devised. In every science, things are chaotic until someone arrives to rationalise the science and give his fellow scientists something to work with. In physics he is Isaac Newton, in psychology he is Sigmund Freud, and in parapsychology he is Thomson Jay Hudson. If you are searching for the truth, look no further.

Explanation of the laws of the psychic subjective mind.

TJH's explanation of the laws that govern psychic phenomenon is a bit hard to understand due to the scientific nature of the language used to outline his theory of psychic phenomenon. TJH believed that the mind was dual, split into the objective mind and subjective mind. The objective mind processes the concrete, material world and the subjective mind, or the eternal mind of the soul, is responsible for processing the abstract, invisible world. The subjective mind is dependent on the objective mind and the knowledge and information that it perceives from the visual sensory world, and is, therefore, highly open to the power of suggestion...ie..hypnosis.