Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy

The author surveys reported cases and controlled trials concerning telepathic phenomena, organizing evidence into experimental transference of sensations (tastes, pains, sounds, visual images), tests with hypnotized percipients, induced motor effects (inhibition, origination of action, planchette-writing, table-tilting), and distant transference. The work identifies methodological pitfalls such as fraud, suggestion, muscle-reading, sensory leakage, and errors of memory and narration, reviews spontaneous cases and coincident dreams, and applies critical standards to assess credibility. Emphasis is placed on detailed description of procedures, the statistical and observational weaknesses of the evidence, and recommendations for more rigorous inquiry.