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Stanley returned again through the medium, said that his widow was going to marry again, and that it was with his full approbation
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I succeeded at Christchurch in performing the feat of waking up a Cathedral City, and all the ex-sleepers were protesting loudly against such a disturbing inrush from the outer world
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Thacker, the mayor, for much kind attention whilst in Christchurch
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Reynolds, of Dunedin, I met one of the most powerful clairvoyants and trance mediums whom I have tested
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She then cried, "I see an elderly lady here--she is a beautifully high spirit--her name is Selina." This rather unusual name belonged to my wife's mother, who died nearly two years ago
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Whilst in the Blue Mountains I was forced to reconsider my plans on account of the strike which has paralysed all coastal trade
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It means to me not only disfigurement, but often a sleepless night
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It was as well, for the walk would have been quite beyond her, and yet having once started there is no return, so we should have ended by carrying her through all the subterranean labyrinths
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actite effects, though very wonderful, are not, I think, superior to those which I have seen in Derbyshire, and the caves have none of that historical glamour which is needed in order to link some large natural object to our own comprehension
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Whilst in Sydney I had an opportunity of examining several phases of mediumship which will be of interest to the psychic reader
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On my last evening at Sydney, I attended a third seance with Charles Bailey, the apport medium
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Apart from the actual production in the seance room, which may be disputed, I should like to confront the honest sceptic with the extraordinary nature of the objects which Bailey produces on these occasions
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m, Geley promises to be the greatest male practical psychic researcher, and he has advantages of which Crawford could never boast, since the liberality of Monsieur Jean Meyer has placed him at the head of a splendid establishment with laboratory, photographic
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After my lecture, which covered an hour and a quarter, we were favoured by an extraordinary exhibition from a medium named Aubert
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If she had not been a great pioneer in Science, she might have been a remarkable actress, for it was wonderful how her face took off the various types
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These took the form of materialisations
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Geley's work, he had foreseen that the only answer which any critic, however exacting, could make to the evidence, was that the paraffin hand had been brought in the medium's pocket
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Geley that the experiments in England with the medium Eva had been largely negative, though once or twice the ectoplasmic flow was, as I understand, observed
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I have just had a sitting with Eva, whom I cannot even say that I have seen, for she was under her cloth cabinet when I arrived and still under it when I left, being in trance the whole time
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The particular case which came immediately under my notice was that of a mother whose son had been killed from an aeroplane, in the war
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To-day I heard music which I had known and loved in the happy, careless long ago, and whilst I was lost in a dream of half-forgotten bliss I smelt the fragrance of mimosa flower
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In those days we never heard the word "ghost" mentioned, yet I cannot recollect thinking of "silk dress" as anything but a visitor from the other world
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What may have given rise to the suggestion was the fact that she dressed after the fashion of the Scottish Queen, and was surrounded by "Mary relics." Also, there is no doubt that she had a deeply sympathetic interest in the unfortunate Queen, and had elevated
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The jewels possessed by Lady Caithness were the most gorgeous I have ever seen
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I sat with her through many seances, successful, barren, and indifferent, conducted by mediums of various nationalities
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One night I had a curious experience
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The figure moved softly round the room, it made no sound whatever, and as it came to each sleeper it bent down, as if closely scrutinizing each face
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Such sacramental hours sanctify the variety of our lot, combine the pathos of love and death, and stretch through the corridors of memory into the hush and shadow of the haunted past; where all the mystery of such hours seem gathered for inspiration
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One night, immediately after he had dined, he ran upstairs to his bedroom to fetch something
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When the following autumn came round he found himself again in the North, under exactly similar circumstances
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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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