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Thanks, tyder001. That's really a historical document for me. Wonderful to hear the master speak across the decades

... Although he doesn't seem to give E. A. Poe any credit, who did write detective stories in which the hero used his skills of logic and observation before Sherlock Holmes.

In the beginning, he says that he wanted to talk about his 'psychic experiences'. That sounds rather like he had his own ones instead of just looking into the alleged experiences and abilities of others. Does anybody know if he had any personal stories? He goes on later that his experience in the psychic field began around 1886, when he was coming up with the Holmes stories, but unfortunately he gives no details if that's meant only in respect to him investigating psychics or if there was more to it.

Anyways, 1886 is a long way from WW 1, so I guess that the idea that his interest in these subjects was caused by the loss of his son in that war, as its indicated, for example, on his german wiki page, is only half the story. Typically enough, while he himself obviously considers his psychical research the more important part of his life's work, it is hardly mentioned on that wiki page (and only in a kind of patronizing way, using mainly the Cottingley fairies as an example).

<blockquote data-quote="Polterwurst" data-source="post: 121390" data-attributes="member: 5239">Thanks, tyder001. That&#039;s really a historical document for me. Wonderful to hear the master speak across the decades&nbsp;... Although he doesn&#039;t seem to give E. A. Poe any credit, who did write detective stories in which the hero used his skills of logic and observation before Sherlock Holmes.&nbsp;In the beginning, he says that he wanted to talk about his &#039;psychic experiences&#039;. That sounds rather like he had his own ones instead of just looking into the alleged experiences and abilities of others. Does anybody know if he had any personal stories? He goes on later that his experience in the psychic field began around 1886, when he was coming up with the Holmes stories, but unfortunately he gives no details if that&#039;s meant only in respect to him investigating psychics or if there was more to it.&nbsp;Anyways, 1886 is a long way from WW 1, so I guess that the idea that his interest in these subjects was caused by the loss of his son in that war, as its indicated, for example, on his german wiki page, is only half the story. Typically enough, while he himself obviously considers his psychical research the more important part of his life&#039;s work, it is hardly mentioned on that wiki page (and only in a kind of patronizing way, using mainly the Cottingley fairies as an example).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Polterwurst, post: 121390, member: 5239"] Thanks, tyder001. That's really a historical document for me. Wonderful to hear the master speak across the decades ... Although he doesn't seem to give E. A. Poe any credit, who did write detective stories in which the hero used his skills of logic and observation before Sherlock Holmes. In the beginning, he says that he wanted to talk about his 'psychic experiences'. That sounds rather like he had his own ones instead of just looking into the alleged experiences and abilities of others. Does anybody know if he had any personal stories? He goes on later that his experience in the psychic field began around 1886, when he was coming up with the Holmes stories, but unfortunately he gives no details if that's meant only in respect to him investigating psychics or if there was more to it. Anyways, 1886 is a long way from WW 1, so I guess that the idea that his interest in these subjects was caused by the loss of his son in that war, as its indicated, for example, on his german wiki page, is only half the story. Typically enough, while he himself obviously considers his psychical research the more important part of his life's work, it is hardly mentioned on that wiki page (and only in a kind of patronizing way, using mainly the Cottingley fairies as an example). [/QUOTE]

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