Ebook: Mysterious Phenomena of the Human Psyche

This book by L. L. Vasil'yev, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, exposes the superstitions engendered by a naive, narrow interpretation of certain "mysterious" neuropsychological phenomena. Sleep, unusual dreams, hypnosis, autosuggestion, "mind reading", the long-distance transmission of thought, death, and experiments in the revivification of animals and human beings are all discussed in a fascinating manner and numerous interesting examples are given. Page after page, this book speaks of the great power of true science armed with the materialistic outlook, which, in the struggle against superstition and religion, is extending our knowledge of the nature of the human psyche step by step. In 1999 a large edition of a book of the same title by L. L. Vasil'yev was quickly sold out. As a result of the interest shown in this book by the most diverse groups of readers, a new edition was prepared in 1963; the author made certain corrections and additions and even wrote two new chapters: "What can be said about 'extrasensory perception'?" and "Is transmission of muscular force at a distance possible?". The present edition is based on the text of the previous edition augmented by some new material on hypnopedia (in Chapter 3), dermovisual perception (in Chapter 7), etc.