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).

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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