Stanley De Brath (10 October 1854 – 20 December 1937) was a British

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and spiritualist."Stanley De Brath, M.Inst.C.E."
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Brath was born in

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. He worked as a civil engineer in

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for 17 years. He was most well known for his book ''Psychic Philosophy as the Foundation of a Religion of Natural Law'', published in 1896. Alfred Russel Wallace had written an introduction for the book and considered it of "great lucidity, a philosophy of the universe and of human nature in its threefold aspect of body, soul, and spirit". The book was expanded in 1908 and endorsed by Wallace in a prefatory note.Fichman, Martin. (2004). ''An Elusive Victorian: The Evolution of Alfred Russel Wallace''. University of Chicago Press. pp. 302-303. Brath was a Christian and believed that both Christianity and

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were compatible. Brath also translated a number of

psychical research Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near- ...

books into English. He translated

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's ''Thirty Years of Psychical Research'' (1923). He was the editor of ''Psychic Science'' a journal published by the

British College of Psychic Science James Hewat McKenzie (1869–1929) was a British parapsychologist, and the founder of the British College of Psychic Science. McKenzie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 11 November 1869 and died on 29 August 1929, in London.Buckland, Raymond ( ...

. His books were criticized by the

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. The sociologist

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ridiculed ''Psychical Research, Science, and Religion'' in a review as an anti-scientific work and only "grand-reading if you have a sense of humor." Johnson, Guy B. (1927). ''Reviewed Work: Psychical Research, Science, and Religion. by Stanley de Brath''. ''

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'' 5: 531-532.

Publications

''The Foundations of Success: A Plea for Rational Education''
(1896) *''Psychic Philosophy as the Foundation of a Religion of Natural Law'' (1896, 1908)

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br>''Mysteries of Life: A Book for Boys and Girls''
(1916)
''Psychical Research, Science and Religion''
(1925) *''The Drama of Europe, Or, The Soul of History'' (1930)
''The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism''
(1930) Translations *

Gustav Geley Gustav Geley (13 April 1868 – 15 July 1924) was a French physician, psychical researcher and director of the Institute Metapsychique International from 1919 to 1924.Gustav Geley Gustav Geley (13 April 1868 – 15 July 1924) was a French physician, psychical researcher and director of the Institute Metapsychique International from 1919 to 1924.Charles Richet Charles Robert Richet (25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France known for his pioneering work in immunology. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on ...

. ''Thirty Years of Psychical Research'' (1923) *

Ernesto Bozzano Ernesto Bozzano (January 9, 1862 – June 24, 1943), also known as Signor Bozzano was an Italian parapsychologist and spiritualist. Career Bozzano was born in Genoa. He did not receive formal education, he was self-taught. He was influenced by ...

. ''Animism and Spiritism: A Reply to M. Sudre's Introduction à la Métapsychique Humaine'' (1932)

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