Nandor Fodor

Nandor Fodor
Born	13 May 1895(1895-05-13) Beregszasz, Hungary
Died	17 May 1964(1964-05-17) (aged 69) New York
Occupation	Psychic Researcher
Organization	National Laboratory of Psychical Research Society for Psychical Research The Ghost Club

Nandor Fodor (born in Beregszasz, Hungary, May 13, 1895 – died May 17, 1964, New York, New York) was a British and American parapsychologist, psychologist, author and journalist of Hungarian birth, one of the leading authorities on poltergeists, haunting and all kinds of paranormal phenomena usually associated with mediumship. Fodor, who was at one time Sigmund Freud's associate, wrote on subjects like prenatal development and dream interpretation, but is credited mostly for his magnum opus, Encyclopedia of Psychic Science, first published in 1934.^[1][2] Among the subjects he closely studied was the case of Gef the talking mongoose.^[3]

Major works

• Encyclopedia of Psychic Science. London: Arthurs Press, 1934.
• The Haunted Mind: A Psychoanalyst Looks at the Super-natural. New York: Garrett Publications, 1959.
• New Approaches to Dream Interpretation. New York, 1951. Reprint, New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1951.
• On the Trail of the Poltergeist. New York: Citadel Press, 1958.
• These Mysterious People. London: Rider, 1936.
• The Search For the Beloved. A Clinical Investigation of the Trauma of Birth and Pre-Natal Conditioning (1949.
• Fodor, Nandor, and Hereward Carrington. Haunted People. New York: Dutton, 1951.
• The Story of the Poltergeist down the Centuries. London: Rider, 1953.
• Between Two Worlds. New York: Paperback Library, 1964. (Опубликована посмертно)
• The Unaccountable. New York: Award Books, 1968.

Notes

1. ^ ISS: Nandor Fodor biography
2. ^ Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science
3. ^ http://dalbyspook.110mb.com/gefinvestigation3.html

External links

• Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science
• The Search For the Beloved. A Clinical Investigation of the Trauma of Birth and Pre-Natal Conditioning (1949)
• Freud, Jung, and Occultism. Nandor Fodor. New Hyde Park, N.Y.: University Books, 1971. 272 pp.

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Name	Fodor, Nandor
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Date of birth	May 13, 1895
Place of birth	Berengszasz, Hungary
Date of death	May 17, 1964
Place of death	New York