The Forging of Passion into Power (Paperback)

1912. The niece of George Everest (for whom the mountain is named) and the wife of George Boole, the mathematician, the author's works were often considered quite controversial for the Victorian times in which she lived. Contents: The Training of the Imagination; Economy of Force; Destructive Mania; Suicidal Mania; Morality and Art; Sex Instincts; Protective Instincts; Balance of the Nervous System; The Invert Consciousness; The Fixing of Good Habits; Conscious and Unconscious Mind; Hyperaesthesia, Adumbrations, Hallucinations, Hysteria; Mobility and Decision; The Steadying of the Imagination; Teacher-Lust; and The New Idea of Order.