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The figure which had seemed to move away and return, again touched me from behind, drawing me slightly toward it
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"This terminated the sitting for the time; the arm still remaining paralyzed as before
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"I then said, mentally, 'Perhaps I was wrong.' He said, 'No, I was in fault.' I asked him to spell his first name, which he did
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Boynton said that he pretended to be friendly, got communication with his father's Spirit (who was not dead), and then he detected this lady in rapping and charged her with it; and she owned up to him and taught him how to rap, which he was practising
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I will keep it a long time, as a remembrance, and will be again obliged, whenever a repetition of the favor may be experienced without taxing your patience and generosity beyond its friendly bounds
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"We look, not upward nor downward--for those terms are inadmissible in this connection--but outward from our standpoint; and what do we see?
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The communication, in its essentials, was an entire fabrication
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Now, then, why should there be any need of so conducting circles for manifestations as to cause suspicion, or leave the minds of investigators in doubt?
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There are those prone to amuse themselves with a sort of practical joking and false personation; and such Spirits, being in a low plane, are apt to be glad of any opportunity to push themselves forward into the door opened by the presence of the medium, and pl
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For, however genuine, as well as impressive, may be the manifestations of the presence and action of the Spirits which may have occurred in the employment of them, they afford opportunities for deception which dishonest mediums are but too ready to avail thems
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ned the small gate and held it open, supposing the dog would pass through it; but judge of my amazement to see him instead of doing so, scale the great gate with a bound and meet me face to face on the other side, but no longer a dog!
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Wilson, one of the most prominent physicians of New York, was one of my dearest and best of friends
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Will you give me your name?' The alphabet being then called for, the name was given me privately, not by rapping, which Leah would of course have heard, but by touches on my foot, in correspondence to the letters of the alphabet
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"I was," she said, "sitting in the north room at home (in father's house)
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We then went to Amy Post, and told her how we had been deceived and disappointed by the Spirits
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We went and told Joe about it, who made no account of it, regarding Charlie as not in his right mind; but the latter continued so long with the same cries which proved such severe actual suffering, whatever might be the illusion possessing his mind in regard t
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As we huddled together and sat paralyzed, we heard the cheerful voice of our good Quaker friend, Mr
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We took no light with us, as we did not expect to need any
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One evening when Margaretta and I were alone in my private room (the front room of the second story), some friends wanted a dark séance; for which purpose Katie went down with them into the basement room
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A party of David's friends drove over from Newark to have a séance with the Spirits
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"In conclusion we may repeat the prophecy respecting this boy, which prediction was spelt out at the house of Mr
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"We have with us this morning a lady, a Medium, who has been known for years among the Spiritualists as one who has sown the seed in the early forming of our faith, and scattered it with open heart and hand
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In the ranks of Mediumship there are no small number of noble men and women possessing this splendid power
Read record →Three Friars, says a legend, hid themselves near the Witch Sabbath orgies that they might count the devils; but…
Three Friars, says a legend, hid themselves near the Witch Sabbath orgies that they might count the devils; but the Chief of these, discovering the friars, said--'Reverend Brothers, our army is such that if all the Alps, their rocks and glaciers, were equally
Read record →The fable of Thor's attempt to drink up a small spring, and his failure because it was fed by the ocean, seems…
The fable of Thor's attempt to drink up a small spring, and his failure because it was fed by the ocean, seems aimed at such efforts as mine
Read record →Alls for Nemesis--Lilith and her children--Neoplatonicism--Astrology and Alchemy--Devil's…
alls for Nemesis--Lilith and her children--Neoplatonicism--Astrology and Alchemy--Devil's College--Shem-hammphorásch--Apollonius of Tyana--Faustus--Black Art Schools--Compacts with the Devil--Blood covenant--Spirit-seances in old times--The Fairfax delusion--O
Read record →The splendours of the morning and evening; the azure vault, painted with frescoes of cloud or blackened by the…
The splendours of the morning and evening; the azure vault, painted with frescoes of cloud or blackened by the storm; the night, crowned with constellations: these awakened imagination, inspired awe, kindled admiration, and at length adoration, in the being wh
Read record →Not less significant are the facts which were attested at the witch-trials
Not less significant are the facts which were attested at the witch-trials
Read record →It is the presence of these more mystical and complex ideas in religions which indicate a progress of the human…
It is the presence of these more mystical and complex ideas in religions which indicate a progress of the human mind from the large and obvious to the more delicate and occult, and the growth of the higher vision which can see small things in their large relat
Read record →And yet, while recognising the name Eumenides as euphemistic, we may admire none the less the growth of that…
And yet, while recognising the name Eumenides as euphemistic, we may admire none the less the growth of that rationalism which ultimately found in the epithet a suggestion of the soul of good in things evil, and almost restored the beneficent sense of Saranyu
Read record →It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the Demon and the Devil, though, for some purposes, they must be…
It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the Demon and the Devil, though, for some purposes, they must be mentioned together
Read record →The Sanskrit deva, 'the shining one,' Zend daêva, correspond with the Greek theos, Latin deus, Anglo-Saxon Tiw;…
The Sanskrit deva, 'the shining one,' Zend daêva, correspond with the Greek theos, Latin deus, Anglo-Saxon Tiw; and remain in 'deity,' 'deuce' (probably; it exists in Armorican, teuz, a phantom), 'devel' (the gipsy name for God), and Persian div, demon
Read record →Ad read, from the Sura called 'The Star,' the question, 'What think ye of Allat, Al Uzza, and Manah, that other…
ad read, from the Sura called 'The Star,' the question, 'What think ye of Allat, Al Uzza, and Manah, that other third goddess?' he himself added, 'These are the most high and beauteous damsels, whose intercession is to be hoped for,' the response being afterwa
Read record →Persistence of this idea in various ethnical lines of development
persistence of this idea in various ethnical lines of development
Read record →It is through this mythologic history that the most powerful demons have been associated in the popular…
It is through this mythologic history that the most powerful demons have been associated in the popular imagination with stars, planets,--Ketu in India, Saturn and Mercury the 'Infortunes,'--comets, and other celestial phenomena
Read record →The evolution of demons and devils out of deities was made real to the popular imagination in every country…
The evolution of demons and devils out of deities was made real to the popular imagination in every country where the new religion found art existing, and by alliance with it was enabled to shape the ideas of the people
Read record →The statements made concerning the fair names of the chief demons and devils which have haunted the imagination…
The statements made concerning the fair names of the chief demons and devils which have haunted the imagination of mankind, heighten the contrast between their celestial origin and the functions attributed to them in their degraded forms
Read record →These classes are selected, in obedience to necessary limitations, as representing the twelve chief labours of…
These classes are selected, in obedience to necessary limitations, as representing the twelve chief labours of man which have given shape to the majority of his haunting demons, as distinguished from his devils
Read record →N's satisfaction of his need--the bird and fish so hard to get, the stingy earth so ready to give him a stone…
n's satisfaction of his need--the bird and fish so hard to get, the stingy earth so ready to give him a stone when he asked for bread--that he came to the conclusion that there must be invisible voracious beings who wanted all good things for themselves
Read record →Might have defeated the purpose of the expedition by the smoke it was sending up, had not two officers leaped…
might have defeated the purpose of the expedition by the smoke it was sending up, had not two officers leaped upon the fire and scattered its fuel; but just about the time when these courageous gentlemen were trampling out the fires of superstition whose smoke
Read record →In some cases, indeed, we meet with the vampyre superstition; as in the story of Vikram and the Vampyre, and in…
In some cases, indeed, we meet with the vampyre superstition; as in the story of Vikram and the Vampyre, and in the Tamil drama of Harichándra, where the frenzied Sandramáti says to the king, 'I belong to the race of elves, and I have killed thy child in order
Read record →Rarely supposed to enjoy it; but it exposes the real ugliness of the pious superstitions sometimes deemed…
rarely supposed to enjoy it; but it exposes the real ugliness of the pious superstitions sometimes deemed pretty, that, in proportion to the intensity of belief in supernaturalism, the people live in terror of the demons that go about seeking whom they may dev
Read record →There is something dangerous and fatal in the air; every one should be on the watch, and not tempt the schedim…
There is something dangerous and fatal in the air; every one should be on the watch, and not tempt the schedim (demons) in any way
Read record →The two parties then united and returned in procession to the front of Balmoral Castle, where refreshments were…
The two parties then united and returned in procession to the front of Balmoral Castle, where refreshments were served to all, and dancing was engaged in round a huge bonfire
Read record →Sometimes there are queer coincidences between their notions and some of the early legends of Britain
Sometimes there are queer coincidences between their notions and some of the early legends of Britain
Read record →'If an ignorant negro is smitten with a disease which he cannot comprehend, he often imagines himself the…
'If an ignorant negro is smitten with a disease which he cannot comprehend, he often imagines himself the victim of witchcraft, and having no faith in 'white folks' physic' for such ailments, must apply to one of these quacks
Read record →The volcanoes originated the belief that hell is at the earth's centre, and their busy Vulcans of classic ages…
The volcanoes originated the belief that hell is at the earth's centre, and their busy Vulcans of classic ages have been easily transformed into sulphurous lords of the christian Hell
Read record →Gill's South Pacific myths is one of a Prometheus, Maui, who by assistance of a red pigeon gets from the…
Gill's South Pacific myths is one of a Prometheus, Maui, who by assistance of a red pigeon gets from the subterranean fire-demon the secret of producing fire (by rubbing sticks), the demon (Mauike) being then consumed with his realm, and fire being brought to
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