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Patience Worth was allegedly a spirit contacted by Pearl Lenore Curran (February 15, 1883 – December 4, 1937). This symbiotic relationship produced several novels, poetry and prose which Pearl Curran claimed was delivered to her through channelling the spirit, Patience Worth.〔Rodger Anderson. (2006). ''Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules''. McFarland & Company. p. 38. ISBN 0-7864-2770-1〕 Psychologists and skeptics who have studied Curran's writings are in agreement that Patience was a fictitious creation of Curran.〔Joseph Jastrow. (1935). ''Patience Worth: An Alter Ego''. In ''Wish and Wisdom: Episodes in the Vagaries of Belief''. D. Appleton-Century Company. pp. 78-92〕〔Lyon Sprague de Camp. (1966). ''Spirits, Stars, and Spells''. New York: Canaveral. p. 247〕〔Robert Goldenson. (1973). ''Mysteries of the Mind: The Drama of Human Behavior''. Doubleday. pp. 44-53〕〔Milbourne Christopher. (1970). ''ESP, Seers and Psychics''. Crowell. pp. 128-129. ISBN 978-0-690-26815-7〕〔Andrew Neher. (2011). ''Paranormal and Transcendental Experience: A Psychological Examination''. Dover Publications. p. 218. ISBN 0-486-26167-0 "Eventually, investigation revealed that Pearl Curran's own experience was adequate to account for the knowledge she displayed as Patience Worth."〕〔Stollznow, Karen. (2014). ''Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic''. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-137-40484-8 "Worth was a seventeenth-century English ghost, but according to linguist Professor Shelling, she spoke a mixture of pidgin Shakespeare and, strangely, the contemporary St Louis dialect spoken by Curran. Some believe that Curran suffered from dissociation identity disorder, and that Patience Worth was another personality of Curran's. Others think that Curran was just a creative writer and that Worth was a persona."〕〔("Patience Worth" ). ''The Skeptic's Dictionary''. Retrieved 2015-05-30.〕 == About Pearl Curran == Curran was born Pearl Lenore Pollard in Mound City, Illinois. The family moved to Texas when she was eight months old and she started school when she was six. She was an average but uninterested student, eventually dropping out in her first high school year, later stating she had a nervous breakdown due to the strenuous academics. She later returned to classes at St. Ignatius Catholic school. Curran was a normal girl and was sensitive about her looks, considering herself to be ugly. She admitted to having little imagination and few ambitions, except to be successful as a singer. She had a short attention span and read very little during her formative years. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was 14. She made a last attempt at attending school but was discouraged when placed in a lower grade based on her academic skills. However, she took music lessons and training in piano and voice and aspired to be a prima donna. About that time the family moved again, to Palmer, Missouri. As Curran's musical talents blossomed, she was sent to Kankakee, Illinois for voice training, before moving to Chicago for tuition from J.C. Cooper. She worked at the McKinley Music Company addressing envelopes for $6 a week, then the Thompson Music Company selling music. From the age of 18 to 24 she worked at assorted jobs in Chicago during winter months, and during the summer she taught music at home in Missouri. Pearl married John Howard Curran when she was 24. Though by no means wealthy, they lived a lifestyle which gave Pearl free time for moviegoing or playing cards with her husband or neighbors. The Currans had an average education for that time and owned few books; neither of them had traveled extensively. The first seven years of their marriage were uneventful. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patience Worth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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