▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁occ ult ism ▁may ▁be ▁dated ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁primarily ▁to ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁tele path y ▁reported ▁in ▁Sir ▁Oliver ▁L odge ' s ▁book ▁The ▁Sur v ival ▁of ▁Man . ▁In ▁Was iele w ski ' s ▁first ▁writing ▁on ▁the ▁subject , ▁Wass ▁muss ▁jed ermann ▁vom ▁Occ ult ismus ▁w issen ▁( 1 9 1 5 ) ▁[ What ▁everyone ▁should ▁know ▁about ▁the ▁occ ult ], ▁the ▁author ▁tried ▁to ▁recon cile ▁scientific ▁methods ▁to ▁occ ult ▁phen omena . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁Was iele w ski ▁married ▁Maria ▁von ▁Blo ed au ▁( 1 8 8 3 – 1 9 6 3 ), ▁whose ▁medium ship ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁deep en ▁his ▁tele path ic ▁studies . ▁In ▁his ▁main ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁subject , ▁Tele path ie ▁und ▁Hell se hen ▁[ T ele path y ▁and ▁cla ir voy ance ] ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁prove ▁the ▁phen omena ▁through ▁scientific ▁methods ▁and ▁testing , ▁a ided ▁by ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁tele path ic ▁ab ilities . ▁In vol ved ▁in ▁these ▁experiments ▁was ▁the ▁doctor ▁and ▁par aps ych ologist ▁Rudolf ▁T isch ner ▁( 1 8 7 9 – 1 9 6 1 ). ▁ ▁A ▁correspond ence ▁developed ▁between ▁Was iele w ski ▁and ▁the ▁poet ▁R ainer ▁Maria ▁R il ke ▁from ▁R il