Sinclair, Mary Craig, 1883-1961; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968; Telepathy; Telepathy -- Case studies
And Mrs. Sinclair’s clairvoyant successes do not stand alone. They are
in line with the many successful “book-tests” recorded of recent years
by competent workers of the English Society for Psychical Research, as
well as with many other less carefully observed and recorded incidents.
Mr. Sinclair’s book will amply justify itself if it shall lead a few
(let us say two per cent) of his readers to undertake carefully and
critically experiments similar to those which he has so vividly
described.
WILLIAM MCDOUGALL
_Duke University, N. C.
September, 1929_
PREFACE
Ich habe das Buch von Upton Sinclair mit grossem Interesse gelesen und
bin überzeugt, dass dasselbe die ernsteste Beachtung, nicht nur der
Laien, sondern auch der Psychologen von Fach verdient. Die Ergebnisse
der in diesem Buch sorgfältig und deutlich beschriebenen telepathischen
Experimente stehen sicher weit ausserhalb desjenigen, was ein
Naturforscher für denkbar hält. Andererseit aber ist es bei einem so
gewissenhaften Beobachter und Schriftsteller wie Upton Sinclair
ausgeschlossen, dass er eine bewusste Täuschung der Leserwelt anstrebt;
seine bona fides und Zuverlässigkeit darf nicht bezweifelt werden. Wenn
also etwa die mit grosser Klarheit dargestellten Tatsachen nicht auf
Telepathie, sondern etwa auf unbewussten hypnothischen Einflüssen von
Person zu Person beruhen sollten, so wäre auch dies von hohem
psychologischen Interesse. Keinesfalls also sollten die psychologisch
interessierten Kreise an diesem Buch achtlos vorübergehn.
gez A. EINSTEIN
_den 23. Mai 1930_
PREFACE
I have read the book of Upton Sinclair with great interest and am
convinced that the same deserves the most earnest consideration, not
only of the laity, but also of the psychologists by profession. The
results of the telepathic experiments carefully and plainly set forth in
this book stand surely far beyond those which a nature investigator
holds to be thinkable. On the other hand, it is out of the question in
the case of so conscientious an observer and writer as Upton Sinclair
that he is carrying on a conscious deception of the reading world; his
good faith and dependability are not to be doubted. So if somehow the
facts here set forth rest not upon telepathy, but upon some unconscious
hypnotic influence from person to person, this also would be of high
psychological interest. In no case should the psychologically interested
circles pass over this book heedlessly.
[signed] A. EINSTEIN
_May 23, 1930_
FOREWORD
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