C. G. JUNG.

Zürich,
. January, 1916.


CONTENTS

PAGE
Editor's Preface to Second Edition[v]
Author's Preface to Second Edition [ix]
Author's Preface to First Edition[xiii]

CHAPTER I

On the Psychology and Pathology of so-called Occult Phenomena [1]

Difficulty of demarcation in borderline cases between epilepsy, hysteria, and mental deficiency—Somnambulism an hysterical manifestation—A case of spontaneous somnambulism, with some characters of protracted hysterical delirium—Other cases quoted—Charcot's classification of somnambulism—Naef's and Azam's cases of periodic amnesia—Proust's and Boileau's wandering-impulse cases—William James' case of Rev. Ansel Bourne—Other examples showing changes in consciousness—Hypnagogic hallucinations—Neurasthenic mental deficiency, Bleuler's case—Summing up of Miss Elsie K.'s case—Need of further scientific investigation in the field of psychological peculiarities.