CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGETranslator’s PrefaceviiI.Introduction1II.Childhood and Youth of Mlle. Smith15III.Mlle. Smith Since Her Initiation into Spiritism35I.The Mediumistic Beginnings of Mlle. Smith36II.Mlle. Smith in her Normal State41III.Spontaneous Automatic Phenomena481.Permanence of Exterior Suggestions492.Irruptions of Subliminal Reveries513.Teleological Automatisms58IV.The Seances60IV.The Personality of Leopold76I.Psychogenesis of Leopold80II.Personification of Balsamo by Leopold96III.Leopold and the True Joseph Balsamo107IV.Leopold and Mlle. Smith116V.The Martian Cycle139I.Origin and Birth of the Martian Cycle140II.Later Development of the Martian Cycle152III.The Personages of the Martian Romance172Esenale173Astané177Pouzé, Ramié—Various Personages188IV.Concerning the Author of the Martian Romance190VI.The Martian Cycle (continued)—The Martian Language195I.Verbal Martian Automatisms198II.The Martian Texts210III.Remarks on the Martian Language2411.Martian Phonetics and Handwriting2462.Grammatical Forms2493.Construction and Syntax2514.Vocabulary2525.Style255IV.Mlle. Smith and the Inventor of Martian257VII.The Martian Cycle (concluded)—The Ultra-Martian261VIII.The Hindoo Cycle275I.Apparition and Development of the Hindoo Cycle279II.Sivrouka and M. de Marlès297III.The Arab Elements of the Oriental Cycle309IV.The Hindoo Language of Mlle. Smith314V.The Sources of the Hindoo Dream337IX.The Royal Cycle342X.Supernormal Appearances364I.The Study of the Supernormal365II.Physical Phenomena3751.Apports3752.Movements of Objects Without Contact377III.Telepathy387IV.Lucidity3961.Medical Consultations3982.Objects Recovered4013.Retrocognitions406V.Incarnations and Spirit Messages4131.Case of Mlle. Vignier4252.Case of Jean the Quarryman4303.Case of the Syndic Chaumontet and of the Curé Burnier431XI.Conclusion441