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Robert H. Collyer connects dreams, trance, somnambulism and Spiritualist phenomena through his proposed account of a vital element. He draws together physiological observations, personal recollections and reports of unusual states of consciousness to explain the powers he believes underlie them.
The discussion ranges from the activity of the brain and nervous system to faith, will, vital photography and the relation between mind and body. Collyer also sets out his account of anaesthesia and his part in its development, making the history of his experiments an important thread of the book.
This complete second edition, published in London in 1871, includes the original appendices and the author’s concluding discussion. The native scan preserves its historical binding, pages and archival marks.