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One can quite see how this would be the case, e.g
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In Home's case, then, the evidence for his levitation phenomena rests, not on any one case taken by itself, but…
In Home's case, then, the evidence for his levitation phenomena rests, not on any one case taken by itself, but on the mass of cumulative testimony offered by scores of witnesses
Read record →After a brief discussion of Home's fire-tests, which Miss Johnson practically admits are inexplicable by any…
After a brief discussion of Home's fire-tests, which Miss Johnson practically admits are inexplicable by any process either of fraud or of hallucination known to her (p
Read record →It is a different thing to say that hallucination might account for the facts, and saying that the facts tell…
It is a different thing to say that hallucination might account for the facts, and saying that the facts tell in favour of hallucination
Read record →I venture to think we have no analogies whatever
I venture to think we have no analogies whatever
Read record →Is there any similarity between the two cases?
Is there any similarity between the two cases?
Read record →First, then, let us distinguish between illusions and hallucinations, as this is of the very greatest…
First, then, let us distinguish between illusions and hallucinations, as this is of the very greatest importance in a discussion such as this
Read record →When one's hair is suddenly and forcibly pulled by living fingers, and when one is banged over the head by a…
When one's hair is suddenly and forcibly pulled by living fingers, and when one is banged over the head by a closed fist, and when one is grasped by a hand and pulled so forcibly as to almost upset one into the cabinet--it requires a strong imagination to beli
Read record →I returned to the curtains of the cabinet, and my mother announced herself present, 'who had died from…
I returned to the curtains of the cabinet, and my mother announced herself present, 'who had died from consumption.' The curtains were pulled aside, and I put my face close to the opening, since it was so dark I could see nothing
Read record →And one is no more detachable than the other; and one is no more "immortal" after the death of the body than…
And one is no more detachable than the other; and one is no more "immortal" after the death of the body than the other
Read record →When the Society for Psychical Research was founded, in 1882, its main energies were directed toward the…
When the Society for Psychical Research was founded, in 1882, its main energies were directed toward the investigation of this faculty, and of the reality of thought-transference
Read record →Ose manifestations which take place at or about the moment of death; phantasms of the living, phantasms of the…
ose manifestations which take place at or about the moment of death; phantasms of the living, phantasms of the dying, and phantasms of the dead--according to whether the subject is yet living, is dying, or has recently died
Read record →Now the first analogy which strikes one in the consideration of this question is that of wireless…
Now the first analogy which strikes one in the consideration of this question is that of wireless telegraphy--the subtle electric vibrations which journey to and fro with incredible swiftness through the universal ether
Read record →But there is a reply to this argument
But there is a reply to this argument
Read record →But there are other and still more serious objections to the vibratory action of telepathy which have not as…
But there are other and still more serious objections to the vibratory action of telepathy which have not as yet been mentioned
Read record →Again, the theory has been advanced that all minds are in touch in a sort of subterranean way--through their…
Again, the theory has been advanced that all minds are in touch in a sort of subterranean way--through their subliminal regions--just as all spokes of a wheel ultimately reach the hub, though each spoke is distinctive
Read record →For if we try to picture to ourselves the process of telepathy as taking place in some manner other than…
For if we try to picture to ourselves the process of telepathy as taking place in some manner other than physical, how are we to conceive such action?
Read record →Regarded physiologically, a thought is only a vibration, probably, which does not pass out of its appropriate…
Regarded physiologically, a thought is only a vibration, probably, which does not pass out of its appropriate medium
Read record →We know similar cures have been effected at Lourdes; over the bones of saints (which did not really exist under…
We know similar cures have been effected at Lourdes; over the bones of saints (which did not really exist under the sacred cloth); over (fraudulent) "chips of the Cross"; by means of hypnotism, and in a hundred ways
Read record →We seem to be driven, then, into one of two alternatives: (1) that unconscious muscular action pushed the…
We seem to be driven, then, into one of two alternatives: (1) that unconscious muscular action pushed the board, and that the supernormal information given was obtained by telepathy, clairvoyance, etc.; or (2) that spirits did the writing
Read record →There are, very frequently, answers to mental questions--questions, too, the answer to which none of those…
There are, very frequently, answers to mental questions--questions, too, the answer to which none of those having their hands on the board could possibly know
Read record →Occasion, for example, and at such times will tear round the table like a living thing, pointing first to one…
occasion, for example, and at such times will tear round the table like a living thing, pointing first to one letter and then to another, and accentuating its meaning or calling attention to certain letters that are important, or that have been omitted in the
Read record →Its action, as before said, ceases where the rapport ceases; and if communications from really intelligent…
Its action, as before said, ceases where the rapport ceases; and if communications from really intelligent spirits have sometimes been defective as to the quality of the intelligence manifested, it is because there has been found nothing in the medium which co
Read record →[46] I have in mind especially one remarkable (but hitherto unpublished) experiment with Mrs
[46] I have in mind especially one remarkable (but hitherto unpublished) experiment with Mrs
Read record →It has frequently been pointed out that, "where there is so much smoke there must be some fire"; also that…
It has frequently been pointed out that, "where there is so much smoke there must be some fire"; also that there is, probably, and almost necessarily, some grain of truth in any popular superstition, no matter how absurd it may appear at first sight
Read record →If an old woman were seen to enter a house by the front door, and a black cat was seen to leave the house by…
If an old woman were seen to enter a house by the front door, and a black cat was seen to leave the house by the back door, it was deemed sufficient evidence that the old woman was a witch, without further evidence or investigation--and indeed much of the evid
Read record →"A witch should be an old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye,…
"A witch should be an old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaky voice, a scolding tongue, having a ragged coat on her back, a skull cap on her head, a spindle in her hand, a dog or cat by her side
Read record →In France and England the witches ride upon broomsticks; but in Italy and Spain the Devil himself, in the shape…
In France and England the witches ride upon broomsticks; but in Italy and Spain the Devil himself, in the shape of a goat, supports them on his back, which lengthens or shortens according to the number of witches he is desirous of accommodating
Read record →Blished such a book, it was likely that he would have been burned himself; but the times were probably ripe for…
blished such a book, it was likely that he would have been burned himself; but the times were probably ripe for just such a publication; there was already much unrest and uneasiness afoot, and his book appeared in the nick of time
Read record →It must be remembered that, in the days of witchcraft, virtually nothing was known of hysteria, epilepsy, the…
It must be remembered that, in the days of witchcraft, virtually nothing was known of hysteria, epilepsy, the varied forms of insanity, hallucination, hypnotism, or of the possibilities of mal-observation and lapse of memory: while such a matter as first-hand
Read record →Ondition, capable often of being induced in uneducated and simple persons with extreme ease, in which any idea…
ondition, capable often of being induced in uneducated and simple persons with extreme ease, in which any idea that is suggested may at once take sensory form, and may be projected as an actual hallucination
Read record →Doubtless a large part of witchcraft, particularly that portion of it which relates to the Sabbath and the…
Doubtless a large part of witchcraft, particularly that portion of it which relates to the Sabbath and the scenes said to be enacted there, can be explained as being due to the morbid workings of the mind while in a trance state
Read record →The extreme tenuity of these constituent molecules, which represent the last term of inorganic matter, allows…
The extreme tenuity of these constituent molecules, which represent the last term of inorganic matter, allows it to pass through the walls and partitions of apartments
Read record →This interpretation of the facts, it will be seen, forms a sort of connecting link between apparitions, ghosts,…
This interpretation of the facts, it will be seen, forms a sort of connecting link between apparitions, ghosts, materializations, vampirism, and witchcraft; it is also in accord with the statements of the theosophists as to the astral body, conforms with certa
Read record →Many French observers have, apparently, obtained these phenomena; but there seems to be much scepticism…
Many French observers have, apparently, obtained these phenomena; but there seems to be much scepticism regarding them in England and America, where they are generally considered to be due entirely to "suggestion." For my own part--while I do not uphold past e
Read record →How many of us, re-reading the fairy stories of our childhood have for a moment believed that many of these…
How many of us, re-reading the fairy stories of our childhood have for a moment believed that many of these tales might be based upon scientific truths?
Read record →This power of becoming visible and invisible to others is not limited to mythical times, but may be reproduced…
This power of becoming visible and invisible to others is not limited to mythical times, but may be reproduced today by artificial means
Read record →Now it is only necessary for us to extend our conception somewhat in order to see the scientific truths…
Now it is only necessary for us to extend our conception somewhat in order to see the scientific truths contained in many fairy stories, in which one of the characters--hero, fairy, or what not--becomes visible and invisible at will
Read record →We might, perhaps, also account for "invisibility" in one or two other ways
We might, perhaps, also account for "invisibility" in one or two other ways
Read record →It may be thought that this knowledge was not possessed by the ancients to the requisite extent; but there is…
It may be thought that this knowledge was not possessed by the ancients to the requisite extent; but there is abundant evidence to show that "mesmerism" has been practised from very ancient times
Read record →The star twinkled, trembled, and turned, at first with a slow, gyratory motion, then faster and faster,…
The star twinkled, trembled, and turned, at first with a slow, gyratory motion, then faster and faster, increasing its circumference at every rotation until it formed a brilliant disk, and we no longer saw the dwarf, who seemed absorbed in its light
Read record →Closely akin to these visions are those in which, it is reported, journeys have been made through space on a…
Closely akin to these visions are those in which, it is reported, journeys have been made through space on a magic carpet--as in the Arabian Nights--or merely at the wish or command of some fairy or magician
Read record →While we must assume that the periods over which this sleep-state extended have been greatly overdrawn, the…
While we must assume that the periods over which this sleep-state extended have been greatly overdrawn, the reported cases of hypnotic trance, and of voluntary interment, among the Hindus and elsewhere, lend probability to these stories, because of the fact th
Read record →One of the chief constituents of every fairy story is the giant or dwarf, who occupies a central position
One of the chief constituents of every fairy story is the giant or dwarf, who occupies a central position
Read record →"It is incontestable that beings of gigantic size do appear from time to time
"It is incontestable that beings of gigantic size do appear from time to time
Read record →In not a few fairy tales we read that the plates and dishes, which were upon the fairy's table, ran of their…
In not a few fairy tales we read that the plates and dishes, which were upon the fairy's table, ran of their own accord to the kitchen, washed themselves, and came back to the table; that a cake was cut by a knife held by no visible hand; a decanter of water,
Read record →Here, then, we have phenomena, attested by scientific men, all happening within the past few years, rivalling…
Here, then, we have phenomena, attested by scientific men, all happening within the past few years, rivalling any of a like nature that are reported to have occurred in fairy stories!
Read record →Other extraordinary narratives will doubtless occur to the mind
Other extraordinary narratives will doubtless occur to the mind
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