CONTENTS

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Translator’s Preface[vii]
I.Introduction[1]
II.Childhood and Youth of Mlle. Smith[15]
III.Mlle. Smith Since Her Initiation into Spiritism[35]
I.The Mediumistic Beginnings of Mlle. Smith[36]
II.Mlle. Smith in her Normal State[41]
III.Spontaneous Automatic Phenomena[48]
1. Permanence of Exterior Suggestions[49]
2. Irruptions of Subliminal Reveries[51]
3. Teleological Automatisms[58]
IV.The Seances[60]
IV.The Personality of Leopold[76]
I.Psychogenesis of Leopold[80]
II.Personification of Balsamo by Leopold[96]
III.Leopold and the True Joseph Balsamo[107]
IV.Leopold and Mlle. Smith[116]
V.The Martian Cycle[139]
I.Origin and Birth of the Martian Cycle[140]
II.Later Development of the Martian Cycle[152]
III.The Personages of the Martian Romance[172]
Esenale[173]
Astané[177]
Pouzé, Ramié—Various Personages[188]
IV.Concerning the Author of the Martian Romance[190]
VI.The Martian Cycle (continued)—The MartianLanguage[195]
I.Verbal Martian Automatisms[198]
II.The Martian Texts[210]
III.Remarks on the Martian Language[241]
1. Martian Phonetics and Handwriting[246]
2. Grammatical Forms[249]
3. Construction and Syntax[251]
4. Vocabulary[252]
5. Style[255]
IV.Mlle. Smith and the Inventor of Martian[257]
VII.The Martian Cycle (concluded)—The Ultra-Martian[261]
VIII.The Hindoo Cycle[275]
I.Apparition and Development of the HindooCycle[279]
II.Sivrouka and M. de Marlès[297]
III.The Arab Elements of the Oriental Cycle[309]
IV.The Hindoo Language of Mlle. Smith[314]
V.The Sources of the Hindoo Dream[337]
IX.The Royal Cycle[342]
X.Supernormal Appearances[364]
I.The Study of the Supernormal[365]
II.Physical Phenomena[375]
1. Apports[375]
2. Movements of Objects Without Contact[377]
III.Telepathy[387]
IV.Lucidity[396]
1. Medical Consultations[398]
2. Objects Recovered[401]
3. Retrocognitions[406]
V.Incarnations and Spirit Messages[413]
1. Case of Mlle. Vignier[425]
2. Case of Jean the Quarryman[430]
3. Case of the Syndic Chaumontet andof the Curé Burnier[431]
XI.Conclusion[441]