psychical

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Though dismayed by her sudden fame, Ms. Garrett moved to the United States the next year and went on a lecture tour for the American Society for Psychical Research.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

During his visit, he gave a talk about the Premonitions Bureau to the American Society for Psychical Research, on West Seventy-third Street.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019

In middle-class culture meanwhile, the Society for Psychical Research, founded in Cambridge in 1882, collected hundreds of detailed dreams from people all over the Empire.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2015

That he was curious about the seemingly paranormal and helped found the Society for Psychical Research?

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2015

Prof. James of Harvard and Dr. Hodgson, Secretary of the American Branch of the Society for Psychical Research, who reported this case to the society, now became interested in the matter.

From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by Mason, R. Osgood