Remembering the Swiss woman who went from ‘India to the Planet Mars’ in the 19th century
And how did a book on her inspire Carl Jung?
Apr 24, 2018 · 11:30 am
In the 1890s, a woman in Geneva described her previous incarnations as a Hindu princess, a French queen, and her travels to Mars. Hélène Smith’s story is narrated in
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia, a
book published first in French by the Swiss psychologist, Theodore Flournoy (1854-1921) who taught at the University of Geneva.