This paper\u00a0\u00a0explores the scientific interpretations on phenomena\u00a0such as\u00a0magnetic somnambulism and modern spiritualism.<\/p>\n
Reports on psychic \/ spiritual phenomena are found in all cultures throughout the time. In the early nineteenth century, investigations into the nature of these phenomena, such as trances and the supposed communication with spirits, prompted much debate in the scientific arena.<\/p>\n This article discusses the main explanations offered by researchers of psychic phenomena reported between 1811 and 1860. It focus on two main movements in the period: magnetic somnambulism and modern spiritualism.<\/p>\n While the investigations of these phenomena gave rise to multiple theories, they did not yield any consensus. However, they did have implications for the understanding of the mind and its disorders, playing an important role in \u00a0the history of psychology and psychiatry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read the full article in English and Portuguese:<\/p>\n Pimentel, Marcelo Gul\u00e3o, Alberto, Klaus Chaves and Moreira-Almeida, Alexander\u00a0Investigations of psychic\/spiritual phenomena in the nineteenth century: somnambulism and spiritualism, 1811-1860<\/a>. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2016.<\/p>\n Pimentel, Marcelo Gul\u00e3o, Alberto, Klaus Chaves and Moreira-Almeida, Alexander.\u00a0As investiga\u00e7\u00f5es dos fen\u00f4menos ps\u00edquicos\/espirituais no s\u00e9culo XIX: sonambulismo e espiritualismo, 1811-1860<\/a>.\u00a0Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos<\/i>, 2016, no.ahead, p.0-0. ISSN 0104-5970<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n![\"818894\"](\"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/818894.jpg\")
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