From India to the Planet Mars : : A Case of Multiple Personality with Imaginary Languages / / Theodore Flournoy; ed. by Sonu Shamdasani, Sonu Shamdasani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Flournoy, Theodore,
• MitwirkendeR: Cifali, Mireille,; Jung, C. G.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cifali, Mireille.; Jung, C. G.
• HerausgeberIn: Shamdasani, Sonu,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1754
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.) :; 44 line drawings

A classic in the field of psychology, From India to Planet Mars (1900) depicts the remarkable multiple existence of the medium Hélène Smith, who claimed to be the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, of a Hindu princess from fifteenth-century India, and of a regular visitor to Mars, whose landscapes she painted and whose language she appeared to speak fluently. Through a psychological interpretation of these fantasies, which consisted in the subliminal elaboration of forgotten memories, Théodore Flournoy vastly extended the scope and understanding of the unconscious, and in particular, of its creative and mythopoetic capacities. In the introduction to this work, Soriu Shamdasani evokes the rich cultural and intellectual setting which Flournoy published his findings, and discusses their impact on Freud, Jung, and other pioneers psychology.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Editorial Note (1994) -- Foreword: Théodore Flournoy -- Introduction: Encountering Hélène Théodore Flournoy and the Genesis of Subliminal Psychology -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Childhood and Youth of Mile. Smith -- Chapter Three. Mile. Smith Since Her Initiation into Spiritism -- Chapter Four. The Personality of Leopold -- Chapter Five. The Martian Cycle -- Chapter Six. The Martian Cycle (Continued): The Martian Language -- Chapter Seven. The Martian Cycle (Concluded): The Ultra-Martian -- Chapter Eight. The Hindoo Cycle -- Chapter Nine. The Royal Cycle -- Chapter Ten. Supernormal Appearances -- Chapter Eleven. Conclusion -- Appendix One. The Making of Martian: The Creation of an Imaginary Language -- Appendix Two: Passages Abridged from the 1900 Translation