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1、LIBRARYUNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIASANDIEGO7ATheQuestSeriesEditedbyG.R.S.MeadPSYCHICALRESEARCHANDSURVIVALTHEQUESTSERIESEditedbyG.R.S.MEAD,B.A.,PRESIDENTOFTHEQUESTSOCIETY.Crown8vo.2s.6d.neteach.FIRSTLISTOFVOLUMES.PSYCHICALRESEARCHANDSURVIVAL.ByJAMESH.HYSLOP,Ph.D.,LL.D.,SecretaryofthePsychical
2、ResearchSocietyofAmerica.[ReadyTHEQUESTOFTHEHOLYGRAIL.ByJESSIEL.WESTON,Authorof'TheLegendofSirPer-'ceval,'SirGawainattheGrailCastle,'etc.[ReadyJEWISHMYSTICISM.ByL.ABELSON,M.A.,Lit.D.,PrincipalofAriaCollege,Portsmouth.[ReadyAlsointhePressBUDDHISTPSYCHOLOGY.ByC.A.F.RHYSDAVIDS,M.A.,F.B.A.
3、,LecturerinIndianPhilo-sophy,ManchesterUniversity.THEMYSTICSOFISLAM.ByREYNOLDA.NICHOLSON,M.A.,Litt.D.,LL.D.,LecturerinPersian,CambridgeUniversity.LONDON:G.BELL&SONSLTD.PSYCHICALRESEARCHANDSURVIVALBYJAMESH.HYSLOP,PH.D.,LL.D.SECRETARYOFTHEAMERICANSOCIETYFORPSYCHICALRESEARCHLONDONG.BELL&S
4、ONSLTD.1913THEQUESTSERIESEDITEDBYG.R.S.MEADPSYCHICALRESEARCHhastoproceedonscientificlines.Thechiefofthemanyproblemswhichconfrontitisconcernedwithphenomenapurportingtoestablishthefactofthesurvivalofhumanpersonalityafterbodilydeath.Ithasfirsttoauthenticatescientificallytheexistenceofsuch
5、pheno-mena,nexttoinvestigateandaccuratelydescribetheirnature,andthentoattemptsomeexplanationofthem.Finally,ifitfindsitselfunabletodosoonanyothersupposition,itshouldnotshrinkfromad-mittingwhathasbeentheoldestbeliefintheworldasascientifichypothesis,andifthisisfoundtoexplainthephenomenamo
6、reeasilythananyothertheory,togiveitatleastthatcredit.InthefollowingpagesDr.JamesH.Hyslop,theSecretaryoftheviEDITOR'SPREFACEAmericanSocietyforPsychicalResearch,describesthegenesisandtheworkofpsychi-calresearchwithspecialreferencetothiscentralproblem,anddealsatlengthwithitsscientific,phi
7、losophic,religious,andmoralimplications.Nordoesheleavethesubjectintheair,asisusuallythecaseinbooksonpsychicalresearch,but,basinghimselfontheexperienceofmanyyearsofpersonalinvestigation,andaftertestingtheotherhypothesesbroughtforward,hedeclares,withafullsenseofresponsibility,that,sofa