Thomson Jay Hudson

Thomson Jay Hudson

Thomson Jay Hudson (born Windham, Ohio, USA, February 22, 1834) was chief examiner of the US Patent Office and psychical researcher, known for his three laws of psychic phenomena, which were first published in 1893.

Refusing his father's wish to become a minister of religion, Hudson funded his own study of law at college. He began a law practice in Port Huron, Michigan but, in 1860, he began a journalistic career instead. In 1866, he unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate. From 1877 till 1880 he was Washington correspondent for the Scripps Syndicate. In 1880 he accepted a position in the US Patent Office and was promoted to principal examiner of a Scientific Division, a post he held until the publication of his remarkable book The Law of Psychic Phenomena in 1893.

He wrote and lectured on this subject until his death from heart failure in 1903.

Hudson's theory

Thomson Jay Hudson began observing hypnotism shows and noticed similarities between hypnosis subjects and the trances of Spiritualist mediums. His idea was that any contact with "spirits" was contact with the medium's or the subject's own subconscious. Anything else could be explained by telepathy, which he defined as contact between two or more subconsciouses.

Hudson postulated that his theory could explain all forms of spiritualism and had a period of popularity until the carnage of the First World War caused a fresh interest in spiritualism again as psychic mediums emerged to meet the demands of grieving relatives.

Hudson's three laws

Man has two minds: the objective mind (conscious) and the subjective mind (subconscious).
The subjective mind is constantly amenable to control by suggestion.
The subjective mind is incapable of inductive reasoning.

Works

Hudson's books include The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1892),^[1] A Scientific Demonstration of the Future Life (1895),^[2] Law of Mental Medicine (1903),^[3] and Evolution of the Soul and Other Essays (1906).^[4]

References

Parapsychology

Outline

Topics	Apparitional experience Astral projection Auras Bilocation Clairvoyance Deathbed phenomena Dermo-optical perception Dream telepathy Ectoplasm Electronic voice phenomenon Extrasensory perception Ganzfeld experiment Ghosts Kirlian photography Materialization Mediumship Near-death experience Out-of-body experience Pam Reynolds case Past life regression Plant perception (paranormal) Poltergeist Precognition Psychic Psychic detective Psychic reading Psychic surgery Psychokinesis Psychometry Pyrokinesis Reincarnation Remote viewing Retrocognition Second sight Sensory leakage Spoon bending Telepathy Thoughtography Xenoglossy Zener cards

Organizations	American Society for Psychical Research College of Psychic Studies Institute of Noetic Sciences International Association for Near-Death Studies Koestler Parapsychology Unit National Laboratory of Psychical Research Parapsychological Association Parapsychology Foundation Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory Rhine Research Center Society for Psychical Research

Parapsychologists	William Barrett John Beloff Daryl Bem Hans Bender Stephen E. Braude Whately Carington Hereward Carrington Tony Cornell William Crookes Eric Dingwall Peter Fenwick Camille Flammarion Nandor Fodor Alan Gauld Bruce Greyson Erlendur Haraldsson John Hasted Rosalind Heywood Richard Hodgson Hans Holzer Charles Honorton James Hyslop Alexander Imich Brian Inglis Robert G. Jahn William James Raynor Johnson Brian Josephson Stanley Krippner Thomas Lethbridge Oliver Lodge James McKenzie Edgar Mitchell Raymond Moody Robert L. Morris Gardner Murphy Frederic Myers Karlis Osis Sam Parnia Michael Persinger Guy Lyon Playfair Frank Podmore Joseph Gaither Pratt Harry Price Walter Franklin Prince Andrija Puharich Harold Puthoff Dean Radin J. B. Rhine Charles Richet D. Scott Rogo William Roll Helmut Schmidt Gary Schwartz Rupert Sheldrake Henry Sidgwick Samuel Soal Ian Stevenson Russell Targ Charles Tart Montague Ullman Jessica Utts Evan Harris Walker Caroline Watt

Publications	Extrasensory Perception Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century Journal of Near-Death Studies Journal of Parapsychology Journal of Scientific Exploration Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon—Survival of Bodily Death Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives Mental Radio Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind The Roots of Coincidence Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation Varieties of Anomalous Experience

Skeptics	James Alcock Robert Baker Barry Beyerstein Susan Blackmore John Booth Derren Brown Mario Bunge William Carpenter Robert Todd Carroll Sean Carroll Milbourne Christopher Edward Clodd Brian Dunning Bergen Evans Antony Flew Kendrick Frazier Chris French Martin Gardner Thomas Gilovich Henry Gordon G. Stanley Hall Trevor Hall C. E. M. Hansel Melvin Harris Daniel Webster Hering Terence Hines Bruce Hood Harry Houdini Nicholas Humphrey Ray Hyman Joseph Jastrow Paul Kurtz Daniel Loxton Scott Lilienfeld Charles Mackay David Marks Joseph McCabe Albert Moll Joe Nickell Steven Novella Robert Park Henry Maudsley Massimo Pigliucci Massimo Polidoro George Price Benjamin Radford James Randi Graham Reed Joseph Rinn Milton Rothman Carl Sagan Theodore Schick Michael Shermer John Sladek Gordon Stein Victor Stenger Stuart Sutherland John Taylor Sarah Thomason Ivor Lloyd Tuckett John Wheeler Richard Wiseman

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