James H. Hyslop

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James. H. Hyslop (August 18, 1854 – June 17, 1920) was an American psychology and psychic researcher. He may have been the J. Hyslop who was one of the Founders of the Theosophical Society.

Personal life

Academic career

Hyslop's first academic position was as an instructor in Philosophy in Lake Forest University in Illinois during 1880–82 and 1884–85. He became the head of Department of Philosophy in Smith College during 1885–86, and then served as a faculty member in Bucknell University in Pennsylvania during 1888–89. From 1889–91 he worked as a tutor in philosophy, ethics and psychology. He completed his career at Columbia University, teaching ethics and logic from 1891–1902.

In 1902 he received an honorary degree (LL.D) from the University of Wooster where he had been awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877.

Spiritualism and psychic research

Some of these experiences were personal in nature:

In 1898-99 a series of sittings [with Boston medium Mrs. Leonora Piper] were held at which Mr. Hyslop, father of Professor J. H. Hyslop, was the professed communicator...

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Connections to the Theosophical Society

Writings

Professor Hyslop was a prolific writer. William James, Richard Hodgson and Oliver Lodge and others criticized some of his works not for their content but for their convoluted style and high degree of detail.

Textbooks and academic works

  • Elements of Logic. 1892.
  • Hume's Treatise of Morals: And Selections from the Treatise of the Passions. 1893.
  • Elements of Ethics. 1895.
  • Problems of Philosophy. 1905.

Psychical research

  • Enigmas of Psychical Research.
  • The Doris Case of Multiple Personality (1915–1917). With Walter Franklin Prince.
  • Life After Death. Problems of the Future Life and Its Nature. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1918. Available at Internet Archive.
  • Contact with the Other World; the Latest Evidence as to Communication with the Dead. New York: The Century Company, 1919.

Available at Internet Archive.

Poetry

  • Poems, Original and Translations. 1915.

Additional resources

  • Ogden, Gertrude. James H. Hyslop - X His Book: A Cross Reference Record.

Notes