Buchanan, Joseph Rodes

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Joseph Rodes Buchanan

1814–1899

Joseph Rodes Buchanan

(English: Joseph Rhodes Buchanan)

(1814–1899)

American physician and writer who developed the concept of psychometry.

His Manual of Psychometry: the Dawn of a New Civilization was published by the author in Boston in 1885. A biographical sketch is referenced in BCW VI, 429-430. (BCW 2:523).

The appendix refers to his biography in volume VI, pages 429-430. (BCW 4:637).

American physician and writer (1814-1899) who developed psychometry and sarcognomy, the latter concerning supposed sympathetic relations between body and soul. He founded The Journal of Man and wrote Manual of Psychometry and Therapeutic Sarcognomy. (BCW 6:429-430).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Бьюкенен, Джозеф Родес
• Wikipedia: Joseph Rodes Buchanan
• Other resources: Biographical source, The Theosophist, vol. 5, June 1884, p. 220

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