Category: H

A machine invented by Thomas G. Hieronymous in 1949 that was intended to combine psychic phenomena with electronics. The first in a continuing line of such inventions, it was to analyze the eloptic radiation of minerals, a radiation hitherto unknown. The machine consisted of a box containing some tunable electronic circuitry of the thermionic valve…

Predominant medical theory and practice in the United States in the early 19th century that stressed phlebotomy, purgatives, and emetics. Based upon the belief that most diseases caused the overstimulation of various bodily systems, heroic therapy was designed to lower dangerously excited states to more natural, balanced ones. The term “heroic” referred to the aggressive…

Victorian organization dedicated to the investigation and spread of occultism. Drawing on the theosophist and spiritualist movements, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1923) brought together into a single system a wide body of occult material. Under their leaders Mac¬ Gregor Mathers, Dr. William Wynn Westcott, and Dr. W. R. Woodman, the Magicians of…

Theory that the Sun rather than Earth is at the center of the universe. The heliocentric theory of the universe was originally proposed by the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos. Around the year 280 B.C.E., Aristarchus suggested that Earth revolves around the Sun in common with the other planets an idea that had been considered…

A professor of anthropology at the University of Jena and the most distinguished academic advocate of the racial superiority of Nordics on which Hitler built his pro-Aryan policies. Gunther accepted that not all Germans were Nordics tall, fair-haired, of fair complexion, and blue-eyed but maintained that there were more pure Nordics than members of other…

Businessman, author, and traveler who advocated a dietary regimen that stressed careful and prolonged mastication and reduced food intake. Born and raised in Massachusetts, at age 15 Fletcher embarked upon a life of travel and adventure that included whaling, extensive tours of the Orient, and even some time on a pirate ship. Later he received…

An eminent British psychologist of the early 20th century. He published the landmark work Studies in the Psychology of Sex in seven volumes between 1897 and 1928 the final, complete edition was not published until 1936 as well as many other books and papers. His promotion of a more open attitude to sex and to…

Pioneering theorist for what became nazi racial beliefs in the 1930s. Though born in Britain and educated in an English boarding school, Chamberlain was influenced by a German tutor whom he met in 1870. The tutor communicated a love of the fatherland, and Chamberlain eventually married Eva Wagner, daughter of German composer Richard Wagner, and…

French philosopher and metaphysician. Henri Bergson’s concepts of how the human mind works influenced later philosophers and metaphysicians such as Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Jacques Maritain, and William JAMES. Bergson began his teaching career at a school in Clermont-Ferrand in 1883 and in 1900 moved to the College de France, where he continued to teach…

Temporary toxic or allergic symptoms such as bloating, gas, and / or headaches, that may occur following the onset of a probiotic regimen. This reaction is the result of a massive die-off of harmful bacteria or fungi. It is considered part of the healing process.