From India to the planet Mars : a case of multiple personality with imaginary languages / Theodore Flournoy ; with a foreword by C. G. Jung and commentary by Mireille Cifali ; edited and introduced by Sonu Shamdasani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flournoy, Théodore, 1854-1920, author.

Jung, C. G., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Cifali, Mireille, commentator for written text.

Shamdasani, Sonu, 1962- editor, writer of introduction.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Standardized Title:

Des Indes à la planete Mars. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mediums--Switzerland--Geneva--Case studies.

Mediums.

Parapsychology--Investigation.

Parapsychology.

Smith, Hélène, -1929.

Smith, Hélène.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Chichester, England : Princeton University Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A classic in the field of psychology, From India to Planet Mars (1900) depicts the remarkable multiple existence of the medium Hélène 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, Théodore 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, Soriu Shamdasani evokes the rich cultural and intellectual setting which Flournoy published his findings, and discusses their impact on Freud, Jung, and other pioneers psychology.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Editorial Note (1994)

Foreword: Théodore Flournoy / Jung, C. G.

Introduction: Encountering Hélène Théodore Flournoy and the Genesis of Subliminal Psychology

Preface

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. Childhood and Youth of Mile. Smith

Chapter Three. Mile. Smith Since Her Initiation into Spiritism

Chapter Four. The Personality of Leopold

Chapter Five. The Martian Cycle

Chapter Six. The Martian Cycle (Continued): The Martian Language

Chapter Seven. The Martian Cycle (Concluded): The Ultra-Martian

Chapter Eight. The Hindoo Cycle

Chapter Nine. The Royal Cycle

Chapter Ten. Supernormal Appearances

Chapter Eleven. Conclusion

Appendix One. The Making of Martian: The Creation of an Imaginary Language / Cifali, Mireille

Appendix Two: Passages Abridged from the 1900 Translation

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Harper & Bros., 1901.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691608990

0691608997

9780691637358

0691637350

9780691001012

0691001014

9781400872831

1400872839

OCLC:

874793292