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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE

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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