(Exteriorisations): Motor.—Telekinesis; psychography (direct writing); psychophony (direct voice).

——— Sensitive-Sensorial.—Telepathy; telæsthesia.

——— Plastic.—Materialisations; apports, etc.


On the other hand, if we examine fraud in a general manner, we will notice the following correspondences: the words conscious and unconscious are taken in the sense of the personal consciousness:—

Motricity:normal.1.Conscious and voluntary movements.Conscious voluntary fraud. Simulation; responsibility.
————2.Conscious but involuntary movements.Conscious impulsive fraud. Simulation; irresponsibility.
————3.Unconscious and involuntary movements.Impulsive and unconscious fraud; irresponsibility.
——paranormal.4.Exteriorisation of motricity and plasticity; telekinesis; materialisations.No fraud.
Sensibility:normal.5.Voluntary falsehood.Voluntary and conscious fraud. Simulation; responsibility.
Sensibility:normal.6.Illusions; hallucinations; hypermnesiæ; paramnesiæ.No fraud; no real phenomenon.
——paranormal.7.Exteriorisation of the sensibility; clairaudience; telepathy; clairvoyance.No fraud; real phenomena.

As for true exosomatic automatism, there can be no question of fraud as far as it is concerned. This classification, which I only give as an experiment, appears to me more complete than that of Ochorowicz’s (Annales de Sciences Psychiques, vi. 97). The latter distinguishes—

(a)Conscious fraud.
(b)Unconscious fraud:
in the waking state}Medianity of an inferior order.
in the trance state
(c)Partial, automatic fraud}Medianity of a superior order.
(d)The pure phenomenon

If we compare Ochorowicz’s table with mine we will notice that his conscious fraud corresponds to Nos. 1 and 5 of my classification.

His unconscious fraud to No. 3.