Hypnotism, 67, 171; history of, 172 sqq., 203, 227, 231-235; before the Academies, 202-205; extravagances of, 214, 217-227; as applied to medicine, 202, 204, 214; lessons of, 231-235. Hypothesis, its logical status, 100, 101. Illusion, 109, 110; optical, 282, 284; of ambiguous outlines, 286 sqq.; see also Deception. Images, their use in magic, 244. Inertia, mental, 296, 297-300. Interest, as creating coincidences, 88-92; as influencing perception, 119; in Psychical Research, 56-58, 63, 65. Involuntary Movements, 307; illustrations of, 312-321; influence of bodily position upon, 322-330; analysis of, 322-330; varieties of, 334; effects of object of attention upon, 331-333; see also Subconscious. Involuntary whispering, 335, 336. James, William, 39, 41, 43. Kellar, Harry, 122, 140, 150. Keller, Helen, 366; her account of her dream-life, 353-358; her mental traits, 351, 352, 359, 360. Kitto, John, 363, 366. Knerr, Dr., 141, 142, 145. Lang, Andrew, 14, 21, 66, 166, 176. Le Bon, ----, 134. Lewis, Prof. Carvill, 146. Liebault, A. A., 216. Logic, as applied to the occult, 3, 13, 19, 23, 30, 31, 39; logicality and rationality, 45. Lubbock, Sir J., 242, 252. Magic, 242, 257, 265; sympathetic, 240, 241, 246, 254, 261-263, 273; correspondences in, 266; see also Images, Names, Numbers. Mahatma, 8, 10. Martineau, Harriet, 221, 222. McCosh, Dr., 346. Medicine; see Folk-medicine; see also Superstition. Mental Community, 80-83. Mental Telegraphy; see Telepathy. Mesmer, Friedrich Anton, 14, 25, 36, 43, 180; his theories, 181, 189; his practices, 181, 190, 191; his Parisian career, 182-189; the commission to examine, 185-187, 192, 193; his attitude, 187; caricatures of, 188; his status in regard to Hypnotism, 191, 192. Metaphor, in relation to analogy, 248, 264, 270. Mind, its influence over body, 26, 37, 38; mortal, 28, 29. Mind-reading; see Muscle-reading. Miracles; see Supernatural. Muscle-reading, 308, 324. Myth, in relation to analogy, 270. Names, their use in Magic, 243-245, 257. Nancy, School of, 230. Numbers, in Magic, 258; in relation to analogy, 259. Observation, defects of, 87, 153-155. Occult, nature of, 3; motives that incline to the, 4, 39, 40, 43; conditions that favor the, 5, 57; persistence of, 46; antidote to the, 46. Occult Healing, 25, 26, 33, 34; varieties of, 34, 35; by absent treatment, 36; extravagances of, 35, 37. Od, 225.