Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science

by Nandor Fodor

This wonderful book is the only comprehensive survey of the most amazing and baffling phenomena known to mankind.

Genres: Occult

416 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1952

About the author

Nandor Fodor was a British and American parapsychologist, psychoanalyst, author and journalist of Hungarian origin.

Fodor was one of the leading authorities on poltergeists, haunting and paranormal phenomena usually associated with mediumship. Fodor, who was at one time Sigmund Freud's associate, wrote on subjects like prenatal development and dream interpretation, but is credited mostly for his magnum opus, Encyclopedia of Psychic Science, first published in 1934. Fodor was the London correspondent for the American Society for Psychical Research (1935-1939). He worked as an editor for the Psychoanalytic Review and was a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Fodor in the 1930s embraced paranormal phenomena but by the 1940s took a break from his previous work and advocated a psychoanalytic approach to psychic phenomena. He published skeptical newspaper articles on mediumship, which caused an opposition from spiritualists.

Reviews

[Sidney Schwartz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful reference book on all aspects of psychic phenomena, including the gifts of the Spirit, short biographies of mediums, and psychical researchers.