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Hélène Smith

Occultism and the Discovery of the Unconscious

By: Claudie Massicotte,Bittner

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Hélène Smith

Occultism and the Discovery of the Unconscious

By: Claudie Massicotte,Bittner

In 1896, a young Genevan medium named Hélène Smith perceived in trance the following words from a Martian inhabitant: "michma michtmon mimini thouainenm mimatchineg." Those attending her séance dutifully transcribed these words and the event marked the beginning of a series of occult experiences that transported her to the red planet. In her state of trance, Smith came to produce foreign conversations, a new alphabet, and paintings of the Martian surroundings that captured the popular and scientific imagination of Geneva. Alongside her Martian travels, she also retrieved memories of her past lives as a fifteenth-century "Hindoo" princess and as Queen Marie Antoinette. Today, Smith's séances may appear to be nothing more than eccentric practices at the margins of modernity. As author Claudie Massicotte argues, however, the medium came to embody the extreme possibilities of a new form of subjectivity, with her séances becoming important loci for pioneering authors' discoveries in psychology, linguistics, and the arts. Through analyses of archival documents, correspondences, and publications on the medium, Massicotte sheds light on the role of women in the construction of turn-of-the-century psychological discourses, showing how Smith challenged traditional representations of female patients as powerless victims and passive objects of powerful doctors. She shows how the medium became the site of conflicting theories about subjectivity--specifically one's relationship to embodiment, desire, language, art, and madness--while unleashing a radical form of creativity that troubled existing paradigms of modern sciences. Massicotte skillfully retraces the story of this prolific figure and the authors, scientists, and artists she inspired in order to bring to light a forgotten chapter in modern intellectual history.

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Oxford University Press

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0197680011

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9780197680018

Mycorrhizas

Anatomy and Cell Biology

By: R. Larry Peterson,Hugues B. Massicotte,Lewis H. Melville

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Mycorrhizas

Anatomy and Cell Biology

By: R. Larry Peterson,Hugues B. Massicotte,Lewis H. Melville

Mycorrhizas are soil-inhabiting fungi that form mutualistic root/fungal associations. The intention of this book is to provide a summary of all the mycorrhizal categories from a morphological & anatomical perspective. The first seven chapters cover the seven categories of mycorrhizas based on the structural features of the symbiosis between the plant and the fungus involved: ectomycorrhizas, ectendomycorrhizas, and arbuscular mycorrhizas, ericoid, arbutoid, monotropoid, & orchid mycorrhizas. The final chapter describes dark septate fungal endophytes of roots. Includes glossary and index.

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188

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NRC Research Press

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0660190877

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9780660190877

Flowing Like a River

More Than Just Words

By: Ashley Aurthurton Massicotte

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Flowing Like a River

More Than Just Words

By: Ashley Aurthurton Massicotte

Flowing Like A River is a poetic expression of true-life experiences. It covers four separate areas: Love-Friendship-Romance, Spiritual, Children and Nature and, General poetry. Combining humor with deep, true feelings, Ashley invites all readers to be entertained, educated and to also reflect on their own personal experiences. Though deep and thoughtful, each poem is so simple that persons of almost every age can read, understand and enjoy. If you want to express your true feelings to loved ones, there are many to suit you. You can even fine a few for Spiritual occasions or simply to reflect on the goodness of God in your life. You can entertain a child, encourage, comfort, make someone stop and think by simply choosing one of these poems. You had a hard day and work and need to relax? Then read one of the Mosquito poems; you will surely feel better. You are cordially invited. Come on in, be like a boat and flow along on that river of words as they gently flow from my lips. These poems are nothing short of being real; take some time to sit, relax and enjoy.

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1468518488

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9781468518481

Establishing the Rules of the Game

Election Laws in Democracies

By: Louis Massicotte,André Blais,Antoine Yoshinaka

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Establishing the Rules of the Game

Election Laws in Democracies

By: Louis Massicotte,André Blais,Antoine Yoshinaka

There are an astonishing variety of election laws across contemporary democratic societies. In Establishing the Rules of the Game, Louis Massicotte, André Blais, and Antoine Yoshinaka provide the first thorough examination of these laws. The study incorporates original data collected from more than sixty democracies around the world, and touches on oft-ignored, yet extremely important, aspects of election laws. The countries covered by the study include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Romania, and the United Kingdom. The authors focus on six dimensions of election laws: the right to vote, the right to be a candidate, the electoral register, the agency in charge of the election, the procedure for casting votes, and the procedure to sort out the winners and losers. Massicotte, Blais, and Yoshinaka uncover underlying patterns, explaining why certain types of country tend to adopt a given sets of rules. In general, former colonies adopt the same laws as their former mother country. There is also a tendency for established democracies to be more inclusive than non-established ones. The authors point out sociological patterns and review normative and practical arguments for and against each set of rules, providing invaluable information for students of elections and democratic theory as well as election practicioners.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802085644

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9780802085641

Trains, Literature, and Culture

Reading and Writing the Rails

By: Steven D. Spalding,Benjamin Fraser

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Trains, Literature, and Culture

Reading and Writing the Rails

By: Steven D. Spalding,Benjamin Fraser

Trains, Literature and Culture: Reading and Writing the Rails delves into the rich connections between rail travel and the creation of cultural products from short stories to novels, from photographs to travel guides, and from artistic manifestos of the avant-garde to Freud’s psychology. Each of the contributions engages in critical readings of textual or visual representations of trains across a wide spectrum of time periods and traditions—from English and American to Mexican, West African and European literary cultures. By turns trope, metaphor, and emblem of technological progress, these textual and visual representations of the train serve at times to index racial and gender inequalities, to herald the arrival of a nation’s independence, and at still others to evince the trauma of industrialization. In each instance, the figure of the train emerges as a complex narrative form engaged by artists who were “Reading & Writing the Rails” as a way of assessing the competing discursive investments of cultural modernity.

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Lexington Books

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0739165623

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9780739165621

Trance Speakers

Femininity and Authorship in Spiritual Séances, 1850-1930

By: Claudie Massicotte

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Trance Speakers

Femininity and Authorship in Spiritual Séances, 1850-1930

By: Claudie Massicotte

Few people know that Susanna Moodie participated in spiritual séances with her husband, Dunbar, and her sister, Catharine Parr Traill. Moodie, like many other women, found in her communications with the departed an important space to question her commitment to authorship and her understanding of femininity. Retracing the history of possession and mediumship among women following the emergence of spiritualism in mid-nineteenth-century Canada – and unearthing a vast collection of archival documents and photographs from séances – Claudie Massicotte pinpoints spiritualism as a site of conflict and gender struggle and redefines modern understandings of female agency. Trance Speakers offers a new feminist and psychoanalytical approach to the religious and creative practice of trance, arguing that by providing women with a voice for their conscious and unconscious desires, this phenomenon helped them resolve their inner struggles in a society that sought to confine their lives. Drawing attention to the fascinating history of spiritualism and its persistent appeal to women, Massicotte makes a strong case for moving this practice out of the margins of the past. A compelling new reading of spiritual possession as a response to conflicting interpretations of authorship, agency, and gender, Trance Speakers shines a much-needed light on women’s religious practices and on the history of spiritualist traditions and travels across North America and Europe.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773549935

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9780773549937

In Your Sons & Daughters' Shoes

The Mistakes Parents Make

By: Ashley Aurthurton Massicotte

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In Your Sons & Daughters' Shoes

The Mistakes Parents Make

By: Ashley Aurthurton Massicotte

This book looks at the various mistakes some parents make at three different stages of their sons and daughters' lives, namely Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood. These mistakes are not highlighted with the intent to offend parents or to make them look bad - as the author is a parent himself - but rather they are highlighted in order to identify and suggest possible ways of dealing with, resolving, or even avoiding these mistakes. The author's intent is to help make the world-wide community a better one for all of us parents, and our sons and daughters. It highlights a number of practical experiences, some of the author himself, hoping that these experiences will help others realize that we can actually make a difference.

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1467841048

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9781467841047

Tu rêves, Pitchounette?

By: Sylvie Massicotte,Rafael Sottolichio

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Tu rêves, Pitchounette?

By: Sylvie Massicotte,Rafael Sottolichio

Pitchounette est inquiète. Graciela, sa gardienne préférée et danseuse de flamenco, a passé une audition. Si elle réussit, elle partira deux semaines au bord de la mer pour participer à un spectacle. De son côté, Pitchounette doit se concentrer sur son examen, ce qui est un peu difficile quand elle se met à rêver de la mer et des "Aventures de Mario", son livre préféré. Tout se passe bien toutefois; au retour de l'école, une belle surprise l'attend : Graciela propose de l'emmener avec elle à la mer, et ses parents sont d'accord. -- Un récit et des personnages sympathiques, une trame simple; un texte léger, de lecture agréable. [SDM].

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Éditions La courte échelle

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2890215814

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Hélène Smith

Hélène Smith

Mycorrhizas

Mycorrhizas

Flowing Like a River

Flowing Like a River

Establishing the Rules of the Game

Establishing the Rules of the Game

Trains, Literature, and Culture

Trains, Literature, and Culture

Trance Speakers

Trance Speakers

In Your Sons & Daughters' Shoes

In Your Sons & Daughters' Shoes

Tu rêves, Pitchounette?

Tu rêves, Pitchounette?

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