James Hyslop

James Hyslop

James Hervey Hyslop (born August 18, 1854 in Xenia , Ohio , United States , † June 17, 1920 in Montclair , New Jersey , United States) was an American philosopher and parapsychologist .

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Hyslop attended the College of Wooster , which he graduated in 1877 with a Bachelor of Arts . From 1882 to 1884 he studied at the University of Leipzig , then at Johns Hopkins University , where he graduated in 1877 with a Doctor of Philosophy . From 1889 to 1902 he taught ethics and logic as a professor at Columbia University .

He was interested in paranormal phenomena and sought connections to science in this direction. As a member of the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR), he reorganized it after Richard Hodgson's death on December 20, 1905, and continued to run the ASPR as an independent organization. He was president of ASPR until his death in 1920. He founded the American Institute for Scientific Research .

Hyslop was present on September 7, 1875, at a lecture by George Henry Felt in Helena Petrovna Blavatsky's apartment . During the following discussion, the idea of founding the Theosophical Society (TG) came up for the first time . The next day, September 8, 1875, he was a co-signer of the founding charter for the TG. However, nothing is known about a later membership in the TG.

Works (selection)

• Contact with the other world . The Century Co., New York 1920
• Democracy; a study of government . C. Scribner's sons, New York 1899
• Enigmas of psychical research . GP Putnam's sons, London 1906
• Problems of soul research . Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1909
• Science and a future life . GP Putnam's sons, London 1906

literature

• Tubby, Gertrude Ogden: James H. Hyslop - X, his book, a cross reference record . The York printing company, York 1929

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