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She believed that there was a real world beyond the glamour and vision of our ordinary senses, and sometimes this veil was lifted for a few seconds
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It is the same at rare moments of semi-consciousness, when one has actually laid hold of a genuine astral experience--and knows it
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In deep slumber the physical body in healthful repose remains where it has lain down to rest, but the man's higher principles, the astral body encasing the soul and spirit, is invariably withdrawn, and in underdeveloped persons hovers in the immediate neighbor
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At that period the great topic of conversation amongst ghost-hunters was Glamis Castle, the most celebrated of all haunted houses
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For what seemed to me a long time I stared at the gray apparition
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to get away, and leave that malignant unseen watcher in undisputed possession of his dismal abode!
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That night, before beginning to undress, I blew out my candle, and throwing up the window I stood looking forth upon enchantment
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Of course, any house that falls into serious disrepair, and remains unoccupied for some long period, any dwelling whose owner permits decay to proceed unchecked, and dilapidation to run its course, at once suggests the thought to the beholder, "what a haunted
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Absolutely nothing to be seen or heard
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Some days after this the soldier begged for another experiment with the medium
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After the medium had remained entranced for some minutes, the same male entity again controlled her
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The medium had turned at bay, and began a frantic encounter with some entity unseen by us
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Suddenly my steps were arrested by a loud knocking on a window-pane, and I collected my thoughts and tried to take my bearings
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There are many haunted houses that are quite habitable, such as Hampton Court Palace, etc
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It was then I marked that a rainbow was now about her head, and I knew at once that tremendous events were in store for her, though the British Government had refused her services
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its made Visible by Lightning--Scarcely Credible but True--A Game of Euchre--Margaret's Dream--Mistaken Names Corrected by Spirits--An Unwilling Convert made Grateful and Happy--A Spirit Knows better than the Postmaster--Opening of a Combination Lock--A Visito
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I then named all the neighbors I could think of, and asked if any of them had injured him, and received no answer
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"I am not a believer in haunted houses or supernatural appearances
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This was about nine o'clock in the evening
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After they came, I asked the same questions over again, and got the same answers
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I had been in the kitchen a long time, and knew that nobody could have gone into that room
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"A large collection of people had assembled, more than could get into the house; committees were chosen, and placed in different parts of the house, that no deception might be practised by any one
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It was not till March 31st that they seemed to have culminated to the point which exhausted their patience, and which at last drove them to do so
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[2] It would seem that none of the families who, in the course of several years, had preceded the Fox family in the occupancy of this haunted house, combined the highly mediumistic nature with the other characteristics specially qualifying them for the great w
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The sound was horrible enough, but, in addition, came the jarring of the windows and of the whole house, as if a heavy piece of artillery had been discharged in the immediate vicinity
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We went to bed at an early hour, being tired and much excited
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After breakfast we concluded to visit Mount Hope Cemetery
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We were getting ready for bed, when we heard a wagon drive up to the side gate and a familiar voice say "Whoa" to his horses
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Perhaps they will explain what is wanted, if thee will call the alphabet now." This seemed to be exactly what they did want; and I asked the question, "Do you want to say something to us?" There was a tremendous rapping in answer
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One night there was a great uproar in the other house
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The Spirits appeared interested in much that we were saying, and often pressed us approvingly with their hands
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Frequently our friends would become so deeply interested in their manifestations that they would forget we were mortal and needed time to recuperate our physical strength
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Post) replied, "Why, I don't know whom to invite to such an entertainment
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Thus the first great step was taken, in order to lay the facts of Modern Spiritualism before the world
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Burtis declared that "those girls would not have him on the Committee for a hundred dollars;" intimating that he was known to possess unusual facilities for the detection of fraud
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They now concluded it was about dinner-time, and said to us, "You can go home and get your dinner
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She would even tell by whose horses the body was brought to the grave (in the country at that time there were no regular hearses, and this service was performed by some friend or neighbor)
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He offered up petitions to the Most High for the bereaved husband and friends
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After remaining a while we drove home, in Clinton Street, Rochester, where the nurse was standing with the babe Georgie in her arms
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Besides the above-mentioned writing actually executed by this wonderful medium baby of about a year old, which I have in my possession, and of which I regret that it cannot be photographed, I have before me also a photographic copy, of carte de visite size (se
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He introduced himself as the "servant of the Lord," and, walking up to mother, said, "This is sister Fox, I suppose?" Mother replied, "I am Mrs
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We were consoled by the reflection that we had fairly gained the victory, and cleared ourselves from the charges of deception; and that was our first and chief desire
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The rappings answered, "My dear son, ha'e ye forgotten your puir auld mither?
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They spoke much of my father, and what his mind was, and at each time that same sound was heard
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I then went home to my family and pondered over these strange things
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The controversy on the rapping and the general spiritual manifestations after the public investigation could no longer be suppressed
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"I, for one, can find an apology for the penny-a-liners who have poured their puerile effusions at the knocking mystery
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It was the first of April, 1850, when the Rev
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