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[[File:F W H Myers by WIlliam Clarke Wontner.jpg|right|220px|thumb|F. W. H. Myers portrait by William Clarke Wontner]]
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'''Frederic William Henry Myers''' (1843–1901) was a poet, classicist, philologist, [[Theosophist]], and a founder of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].<ref>William James, "Frederic Myers's Service to Psychology," ''The Popular Science Monthly'' (August 1901), 380-389. Available online at [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3CMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&dq=Frederic+Myers+psychical+JOURNAL&source=bl&ots=FXOOhETNRy&sig=TTvGT57EibioBWyySZ6CmYw6v0Y&hl=en&ei=yEFsTKaHHovOvQPT0_T1Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAjg8#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] </ref> An early researcher in what is now called depth psychology, Myers wrote a massive work about human consciousness, '''''The Human Personality and Its Survival of Physical Death''''', published posthumously in 1903.

According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br>
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Myers, Frederick, W. H., an English FTS of note. A number of questions raised by him in regard to some of the material that was appearing at that time in TS literature were answered at length in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']]. It is intimated that some of these answers were dictated by the Adepts and that they seemed very anxious to answer his questions satisfactorily. Later he published a monumental work entitled ''The Human Personality and Its Survival of Physical Death'', which is still referred to as a comprehensive study of the subject.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 240.</ref>
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[[Francesca Arundale]] wrote of a visit of Myers to [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]]. He asked for proof of her occult power. She produced the sound of astral bells, and he was momentarily impressed, but later doubted  the [[Phenomena|phenomenon]] he had experienced.<ref>Francesca Arundale, "Some Reminiscences" ''The Theosophist'' 38-12 (September,1917), 685-686.</ref>

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== Additional resources ==

* '''''The Human Personality and Its Survival of Physical Death''''' is available online at [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38492 Project Gutenberg].

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