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I did not hold another photographic séance, but being emboldened by success, introduced at the next meeting “a…
I did not hold another photographic séance, but being emboldened by success, introduced at the next meeting “a medium from London.” (As a matter of fact he came from Trinity, but I had ascertained that nobody knew him, which was the important thing.) After sui
Read record →Pretty generally known, and the undesired notoriety brought so many requests to allow other visitors at the…
pretty generally known, and the undesired notoriety brought so many requests to allow other visitors at the séances that it became evident to me that the proceedings must terminate
Read record →If a plate is wrapped in paper and submitted to “spirit influences”--whatever these may be--never being exposed…
If a plate is wrapped in paper and submitted to “spirit influences”--whatever these may be--never being exposed in a camera at all, and on development shows faces or writing, I personally can only find one explanation--trickery
Read record →Tographs produced by professional or semi-professional mediums, a critical observer with practical photographic…
tographs produced by professional or semi-professional mediums, a critical observer with practical photographic experience can point out some such definite evidence of fraudulent manipulation
Read record →The so-called “Fairy Photographs” recently published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Mr
The so-called “Fairy Photographs” recently published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Mr
Read record →The lighting of the fairies is badly wrong; they are brightly illuminated from a point behind the camera,…
The lighting of the fairies is badly wrong; they are brightly illuminated from a point behind the camera, whereas Alice is less brightly illuminated, and from the left-hand side
Read record →The two more recently published photographs are very similar to “Alice and the Fairies,” and the same general…
The two more recently published photographs are very similar to “Alice and the Fairies,” and the same general criticisms apply
Read record →An artist to whom I have shown this photograph, together with the full-length photographs of “Iris” published…
An artist to whom I have shown this photograph, together with the full-length photographs of “Iris” published with the earlier article in the Strand Magazine, is of opinion that the fairy has the same figure and features as Iris, and, in fact, may very well be
Read record →Rse, concerned with elaborate “stage effects,” but rather with small matters like the substitution of one plate…
rse, concerned with elaborate “stage effects,” but rather with small matters like the substitution of one plate for another or the distraction of the sitter’s attention while the required extra is impressed upon the plate.) The conjurer’s audience knows that i
Read record →One would think that anyone who reads Mr
One would think that anyone who reads Mr
Read record →Very briefly, the story was as follows: Mr
Very briefly, the story was as follows: Mr
Read record →But this card, impressive as it looks, will not really take the trick
But this card, impressive as it looks, will not really take the trick
Read record →I may first mention the very thorough exposure by Dr
I may first mention the very thorough exposure by Dr
Read record →The conviction of the genuineness of spirit photographs is a conviction which is founded on purely negative…
The conviction of the genuineness of spirit photographs is a conviction which is founded on purely negative evidence (namely, that on very many occasions no fraud has been actually discovered), and held in the face of definite positive evidence (namely, the oc
Read record →Thus in Light for January 29th I find advanced as “most evidential” the fact that whereas a plate which had…
Thus in Light for January 29th I find advanced as “most evidential” the fact that whereas a plate which had been in the possession of the medium for several days showed an “extra,” others, simultaneously exposed, which had not been in her possession, did not
Read record →This theory of the psychic transparency is very popular just now and is being freely invoked to account for the…
This theory of the psychic transparency is very popular just now and is being freely invoked to account for the obvious indications of fraud which even a superficial study of spirit photographs reveals
Read record →Who enjoyed the privilege of a sitting with this artist not long ago tells me that when he went to focus the…
who enjoyed the privilege of a sitting with this artist not long ago tells me that when he went to focus the camera (as one is frequently invited to do), he clearly saw a wholly gratuitous face already projected on the ground-glass!
Read record →To the last sentence of the preceding section someone will probably retort, “If only critics would stop talking…
To the last sentence of the preceding section someone will probably retort, “If only critics would stop talking about fraud and examine the phenomena at first hand, they would be convinced and we should have a chance of getting on with the war and finding out
Read record →If the account of fraudulent methods given above is referred to again, it will be seen that of the twenty-two…
If the account of fraudulent methods given above is referred to again, it will be seen that of the twenty-two varieties there noted, no less than eighteen depend on either (a) the use of the medium’s faked camera or slides, or (b) the fact that the plates are
Read record →I may very well be wrong, there may very well be methods which I do not know and cannot imagine which would get…
I may very well be wrong, there may very well be methods which I do not know and cannot imagine which would get round even this degree of control, but I am inclined to think that this procedure would be “fraud-proof.” Nothing less rigorous can be so, at any ra
Read record →I shall probably be told that the conditions mentioned above as being apparently fraud-proof would…
I shall probably be told that the conditions mentioned above as being apparently fraud-proof would automatically inhibit the phenomena as would insistence on full light in the case of telekinesis
Read record →In conclusion we must confess that we have little hope of influencing convinced believers by the preceding…
In conclusion we must confess that we have little hope of influencing convinced believers by the preceding discussion
Read record →WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING I DEDICATE THIS SMALL VOLUME TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS THE CHILDREN OF ALASKA
“I am thankful that you are alive,” said the voice
Read record →WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING I DEDICATE THIS SMALL VOLUME TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS THE CHILDREN OF ALASKA
The little fellow was so frightened he wanted to run away, but it was too late, for the giant had already seen him and shouted to him that he must dance
Read record →Flournoy’s heroine, although she is a high-minded, honorable woman, regarded by all her neighbors and friends…
Flournoy’s heroine, although she is a high-minded, honorable woman, regarded by all her neighbors and friends as wholly incapable of conscious fraud, has been subjected to the closest surveillance on the part of a number of eminent physicians and scientists of
Read record →Tters, and have cautiously and perseveringly continued, in their endeavor to satisfy skepticism, to pile Pelion…
tters, and have cautiously and perseveringly continued, in their endeavor to satisfy skepticism, to pile Pelion upon Ossa in the way of cumulative proofs of the genuineness of the phenomena and to safeguard their investigations in every possible manner against
Read record →He traditions, the intuitions of our race are themselves in their infancy; and before we abandon ourselves to…
he traditions, the intuitions of our race are themselves in their infancy; and before we abandon ourselves to brooding over them let us at least first try the upshot of a systematic search for actual facts
Read record →Having gladly accepted the invitation of my worthy colleague, I found the medium in question, whom I shall call…
Having gladly accepted the invitation of my worthy colleague, I found the medium in question, whom I shall call Mlle
Read record →The number of those invited to take part in the seance being complete, we seated ourselves in a circle, with…
The number of those invited to take part in the seance being complete, we seated ourselves in a circle, with our hands resting upon the traditional round table of spiritistic circles
Read record →As is well known, mediums are usually surrounded by a halo of veneration, which prevents any one from touching…
As is well known, mediums are usually surrounded by a halo of veneration, which prevents any one from touching them during their trances
Read record →Smith that these slumbers ordinarily leave her no memory upon her awakening of what has transpired in her…
Smith that these slumbers ordinarily leave her no memory upon her awakening of what has transpired in her trance, and she longs for the seances of former times when the visions unfolded themselves before her eyes, furnishing her with a pleasing spectacle which
Read record →To sum up: sometimes revealing himself by raps upon the table, the taps of a finger, or by automatic writing;…
To sum up: sometimes revealing himself by raps upon the table, the taps of a finger, or by automatic writing; sometimes incarnating himself completely and speaking by the mouth of Mlle
Read record →The Martian romance, which dates from the same period, is closely connected, as I shall also show, with an…
The Martian romance, which dates from the same period, is closely connected, as I shall also show, with an involuntary suggestion of M
Read record →A chain of peculiar circumstances their daughter was baptized a Catholic shortly after her birth, her name…
a chain of peculiar circumstances their daughter was baptized a Catholic shortly after her birth, her name being inscribed some months later on the register of the Protestant church of Geneva
Read record →Later, she had some sporadic visions
Later, she had some sporadic visions
Read record →The fragments which have survived in Hélène’s conscious memory are all that is known to us of the content of…
The fragments which have survived in Hélène’s conscious memory are all that is known to us of the content of these reveries, but it suffices, nevertheless, to reveal to us the general tone of her fictions, and to show us that the images suddenly surging up bef
Read record →“March 25, 1892.—Eleven persons around a large and heavy dining-table of oak with two leaves
“March 25, 1892.—Eleven persons around a large and heavy dining-table of oak with two leaves
Read record →Smith is concerned, through my conversations with her and as the result of my investigations concerning her,…
Smith is concerned, through my conversations with her and as the result of my investigations concerning her, she does not present a single abnormality, physical, intellectual, or moral, between the periods of the irruptions of her automatisms
Read record →There are two points in regard to which she is uncompromising—namely, the objective reality of Leopold, and the…
There are two points in regard to which she is uncompromising—namely, the objective reality of Leopold, and the supernormal content of her automatisms
Read record →Permanence of exterior suggestions.—The spiritistic reunions are naturally their principal source
Permanence of exterior suggestions.—The spiritistic reunions are naturally their principal source
Read record →Y image of a straw hat, the inside of which was turned towards her, and which remained vertically in the air…
y image of a straw hat, the inside of which was turned towards her, and which remained vertically in the air about three or four feet in front of her, without being held by any one
Read record →Ppear from before her eyes; the noise of the wheels in the street ceases to be heard; she feels herself…
ppear from before her eyes; the noise of the wheels in the street ceases to be heard; she feels herself becoming inert and passive, while a feeling of bliss and ecstatic well-being permeates her entire individuality in the presence of the spectacle which appea
Read record →Having ascended one day to an upper story, to look for something in a dark store-room, she had an apparition of…
Having ascended one day to an upper story, to look for something in a dark store-room, she had an apparition of a man in a turban and large white cloak, whom she had the impression of recognizing,[4] and whose presence filled her with a delightful calm and pro
Read record →Ot prepare, and does not perceive until the moment she has finished uttering them.[5] In this particular case…
ot prepare, and does not perceive until the moment she has finished uttering them.[5] In this particular case it is by a quatrain (a very unusual occurrence) that she replies to some one who had consulted her in regard to some blue ribbon
Read record →“I have heard some Martian words this afternoon, but have not been able to retain them in my mind
“I have heard some Martian words this afternoon, but have not been able to retain them in my mind
Read record →G from a few seconds to a quarter of an hour, generally in a shorter time if the room is well darkened and the…
g from a few seconds to a quarter of an hour, generally in a shorter time if the room is well darkened and the sitters are perfectly silent, she begins to have visions, preceded and accompanied by very varied sensory and motor disturbances, after which she pas
Read record →The eyes, which have been for a long time closed, open wide, stupidly staring into vacancy, or fix themselves…
The eyes, which have been for a long time closed, open wide, stupidly staring into vacancy, or fix themselves slowly on the objects and the sitters within their range of vision, the dilated pupils do not react, the face is an impassive and rigid mask, devoid o
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