From ether theory to ether theology
Oliver Lodge and the physics of immortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4004434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Courtenay Grean Raia, 凯利姆 凯利姆, 盛长忠 盛长忠, 石明 石明, 安春菊 安春菊, 吴学锋 吴学锋, 李德森 李德森, 杜荣骞 杜荣骞 |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-43 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jhbs.20207 |
| PMID | 17205538 |
| OpenAlex | W17205538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article follows the development of physicist Oliver Lodge's religio-scientific worldview, beginning with his reticent attraction to metaphysics in the early 1880s to the full formulation of his "ether theology" in the late 1890s. Lodge undertook the study of psychical phenomena such as telepathy, telekinesis, and "ectoplasm" to further his scientific investigations of the ether, speculating that electrical and psychical manifestations were linked phenomena that described the deeper underlying structures of the universe, beneath and beyond matter. For Lodge, to fully understand the ether was to force from the universe an ultimate Revelation, and psychical research-as the most modern and probatory science-was poised to replace religion as the means of that disclosure. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Biology · Geography · Marsh · Spartina · Wetland · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Ecology · History of Science and Natural History · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |