Tanagras Memoirs 2016.
Update (24 Aug 2025): This video has moved to my new channel The Greek Society for Psychical Research, @GreekPsychicalArchives: [ • Tanagras Memoirs 2016 ]. This copy will be set to Unlisted soon.
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This short video introduces the posthumous publication of Angelos Tanagras’s memoirs, which I edited and released in 2016 from his original manuscripts. Tanagras (1877–1971), founder of the Greek Society for Psychical Research, was a pivotal—though largely forgotten—figure in early 20th-century parapsychology.
Set to the gentle strains of Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1, the video offers a visual journey through:
The manuscripts and web edition of Tanagras's autobiography
A brief biographical sketch and English-language resources
Photographs, drawings, and personal mementos
The origin of his pseudonym and intellectual influences
The headquarters and activities of the Greek SPR
His role in reviving firewalking rituals in the 1930s
Reflections on his legacy and contributions to psychical research
Excerpts on his philosophical views and international efforts
The 1930 International Parapsychology Congress in Athens, hosted by Tanagras
This visual essay celebrates the memory and intellectual courage of a man who attempted to bridge science, philosophy, and the unexplained—at a time when few dared to do so.
Music: Claude Debussy, Deux Arabesques, performed by Ronan O’Hora.
Explore the full memoirs and related material at: http://users.uoa.gr/~fpallik/tanagras...
For more on the history of parapsychology in Greece, see our related videos on the Greek SPR, Cleio's telekinesis, and Tanagras's psychobolia theory.
00:00 Tanagras's autobiography manuscripts were edited and published in 2016
00:18 Memoirs webpage of Tanagras
00:31 Articles on Tanagras in English
00:41 Short bio of Tanagras
00:46 Photos and sketches display of Tanagras
01:05 Possible inspiration of his pseudonym
01:11 The headquarters of the Greek Society for Psychical Research
01:17 Reviving firewalking in Greece
01:23 The Legacy of the Tanagras in Psychical Research
01:29 The adventures of Tanagras in psychical research
01:40 The philosophy of Tanagras
01:56 The 4th International Parapsychology Congress in Athens 1930
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