Talk:Volney Mathison/Archive 1

Mathison-Jung connection

I would like to see greater clarification regarding Mathison's interest in the work of Carl Jung. The article refers only to Jung's theories. There is no mention of the recorded use of electropsychometers in the work of Jung on WORD ASSOCIATION in the early 1900's nor the 1920's exploration of the use of electropsychometers by Jungian psychotherapists to detect psychological complexes. Was Volney Mathison aware of Jung's earlier work with such devices? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.208.35 (talk) 16:33, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Re: Improving the Article

   The quoted statement by Mr. Hubbard

“ As we long ago suspected, the intervention of a mechanical gadget between the auditor and the preclear had a tendency to depersonalize the session."

is from an essay entitled "Communication Lag" which is in Dianetics 55!(Pg. 131 of the 1989 version) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.34.115.78 (talk) 17:29, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Tags removed

I looked but saw no obvious reason why they were placed, then checked and saw zero explanation on the talk page. Tags removed. Cirt (talk) 08:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Book

The Power and Glory of Sex - removed from list of works, as I was not able to confirm this one in external databases. Cirt (talk) 10:52, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Rootsweb?

I suspect that this is him... which would mean that he's G.(George) Volney Mathison and not Volney G. Mathison, and would probably indicate that he's deceased (since Rootsweb rarely gives out information on living people plus he was married in 1916, meaning that he was born in 1898 at the latest unless he was married very young). In any case, nothing much to help the article, just food for thought. Cheers, CP 18:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, would need a better source to confirm that. :( Cirt (talk) 19:02, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

As stated in the AfD nom, there appears to be a death notice in the LA Times. Someone with free access or willing to pay can verify this. ^Bongo_matic 23:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I have free access - that's not a death notice for him, it's a death notice for his wife, Jean. It doesn't give information other than her familial relations and when and where her services are going to be held. There's no match for Jean Mathison in the SSDI, so either she had another name (there's a Maude Mathison who died in California) or she's one of those with no record. In any case, there's no mention of "Josephine" so either he remarried, or that Rootsweb entry is just a coincidence. Cheers, CP 05:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Paragraph on Hubbard commented

Action: I have commented a paragraph about Hubbard NOT using the E-meter, then inventing or patenting his own E-meter. Reason: The subject of this page is Mathison, not the E-meter or Hubbard. The E-meter is relevant only because Mathison developed it. Hubbard is relevant only because he worked with Mathison and commissioned Mathison's E-meter, or collaborated on the E-meter, or used the E-meter, or whatever. Hubbard's subsequent relationship with E-meters is not germane to the article on Mathison -- that information is covered on the E-meter page. Parallel: The page about Elizabeth Taylor mentions Conrad Hilton, but does not list Hilton's other wives, and the other husbands of those wives, etc. That information is reserved for the page on Hilton, and the personal pages on those other women. The text is just commented rather than deleted in case other editors have a different opinion. Slade Farney (talk) 19:22, 11 May 2015 (UTC)