Contents

CHAPTER		PAGE
	TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE	vii
I.	INTRODUCTION	1
II.	CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF MLLE. SMITH	15
III.	MLLE. SMITH SINCE HER INITIATION INTO SPIRITISM	35
	I. THE MEDIUMISTIC BEGINNINGS OF MLLE. SMITH	36
	II. MLLE. SMITH IN HER NORMAL STATE	41
	III. SPONTANEOUS AUTOMATIC PHENOMENA	48
	1. PERMANENCE OF EXTERIOR SUGGESTIONS	49
	2. IRRUPTIONS OF SUBLIMINAL REVERIES	51
	3. TELEOLOGICAL AUTOMATISMS	58
	IV. THE SEANCES	60
IV.	THE PERSONALITY OF LEOPOLD	76
	I. PSYCHOGENESIS OF LEOPOLD	80
	II. PERSONIFICATION OF BALSAMO BY LEOPOLD	96
	III. LEOPOLD AND THE TRUE JOSEPH BALSAMO	107
	IV. LEOPOLD AND MLLE. SMITH	116
V.	THE MARTIAN CYCLE	139
	I. ORIGIN AND BIRTH OF THE MARTIAN CYCLE	140
	II. LATER DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARTIAN CYCLE	152
	III. THE PERSONAGES OF THE MARTIAN ROMANCE	172
	ESENALE	173
	ASTANÉ	177
	POUZÉ, RAMIÉ—VARIOUS PERSONAGES	188
	IV. CONCERNING THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN ROMANCE	190
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VI.	THE MARTIAN CYCLE (CONTINUED)—THE MARTIAN LANGUAGE	195
	I. VERBAL MARTIAN AUTOMATISMS	198
	II. THE MARTIAN TEXTS	210
	III. REMARKS ON THE MARTIAN LANGUAGE	241
	1. MARTIAN PHONETICS AND HANDWRITING	246
	2. GRAMMATICAL FORMS	249
	3. CONSTRUCTION AND SYNTAX	251
	4. VOCABULARY	252
	5. STYLE	255
	IV. MLLE. SMITH AND THE INVENTOR OF MARTIAN	257
VII.	THE MARTIAN CYCLE (CONCLUDED)—THE ULTRA-MARTIAN	261
VIII.	THE HINDOO CYCLE	275
	I. APPARITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HINDOO CYCLE	279
	II. SIVROUKA AND M. DE MARLÈS	297
	III. THE ARAB ELEMENTS OF THE ORIENTAL CYCLE	309
	IV. THE HINDOO LANGUAGE OF MLLE. SMITH	314
	V. THE SOURCES OF THE HINDOO DREAM	337
IX.	THE ROYAL CYCLE	342
X.	SUPERNORMAL APPEARANCES	364
	I. THE STUDY OF THE SUPERNORMAL	365
	II. PHYSICAL PHENOMENA	375
	1. APPORTS	375
	2. MOVEMENTS OF OBJECTS WITHOUT CONTACT	377
	III. TELEPATHY	387
	IV. LUCIDITY	396
	1. MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS	398
	2. OBJECTS RECOVERED	401
	3. RETROCOGNITIONS	406
	V. INCARNATIONS AND SPIRIT MESSAGES	413
	1. CASE OF MLLE. VIGNIER	425
	2. CASE OF JEAN THE QUARRYMAN	430
	3. CASE OF THE SYNDIC CHAUMONTET AND OF THE CURÉ BURNIER	431
XI.	CONCLUSION	441

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