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R. Osgood (Rufus Osgood) Mason
1830–1903
A 19th-century physician who wrote with unusual curiosity about hypnotism, telepathy, and the hidden workings of the mind. His books bring together medical training, spiritual questions, and the era’s fascination with psychic phenomena.
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Telepathy and the Subliminal Self
by R. Osgood (Rufus Osgood) Mason
About the author
Rufus Osgood Mason was an American physician, surgeon, and teacher born in Sullivan, New Hampshire, on January 22, 1830. He studied at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1854, and later earned his medical degree in New York in 1859 after a brief period at Union Theological Seminary.
Alongside his medical career, he became known as an early writer on hypnotism, suggestion, telepathy, and related subjects. He is especially remembered for exploring the borderland between medicine and psychical research in books such as Telepathy and the Subliminal Self.
Mason died in New York City on May 11, 1903. Today, he is of interest both as a practicing 19th-century doctor and as a vivid example of how science, spirituality, and psychology often overlapped in his time.