CONTENTS[Introduction ]vii[I. Science's Attitude towards the "Supernatural" ]1[II. The Hypnotic State ]13[III. Phantasms of the Living ]35[IV. Dreams ]59[V. Hallucinations ]82[VI. Phantasms of the Dead ]100[VII. On "Hauntings" and Kindred Phenomena ]124[VIII. The Dowsing or Divining Rod ]159[IX. Mediumistic Phenomena ]180[X. More Physical Phenomena ]201[XI. The Materialisation of "Ghosts" ]217[XII. Spirit-Photography ]235[XIII. Clairvoyance ]251[XIV. Mrs Piper's Trance Utterances ]271[Afterword ]288[Publications of T. Werner Laurie.]