International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals
Periodical:Revue de Psychopotence
Revue de Psychopotence: cover of an issue
Summary:
Summary by:
Pat Deveney
Title:
Revue de Psychopotence.
Subtitle:
Publication Mensuelle Independante et Documentaire de Mentalite et de Psychisme Experimental .
Other Titles:
Revue de Psychologie Applique et de Psychopotence
Published:
1907-1908
Frequency:
Monthly
Location:
Paris,France.
Language:
French.
Editor(s):
Leon Demonchy, M.D..
Description:

1/1, November 1907-1/8, June 1908. With the third issue, January 1908, the journal became Revue de Psychologie Applique et de Psychopotence, reflecting its adoption as organ of the Societe de Psychologie Applique. 10 pp., 6 francs. "Psychopotence," as defined, described the crowd of poorly understood states that included Od, "neuric force," astral force, etc. An individual could more or less psychopotent as measured by the phenomena he could produce. The journal, which seems to have been written entirely by Dr. Demonchy, included examples of Psychopotence, including telepathy, skin-writing ("dermographisme"), and the production of stigmata. Neither the neologism nor the journal seems to have caught on with the public.

Other Sources:BNF
Issues:Revue De Psychopotence V1 N1 Nov 1907
Revue De Psychopotence V1 N2 Dec 1907
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N3 Jan 1908
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N4 Feb 1908
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N5 Mar 1908
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N6 Apr 1908
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N7 May 1908
Revue De Psychologie Applique Et De Psychopotence V1 N8 Jun 1908