I quote by permission from a letter written me by Mr. Davis under date of June 22, 1923
During 1922 the Occult Committee of the Magic Circle took up the investigation of Spirit photography first giving its attention to Mr
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I quote by permission from a letter written me by Mr. Davis under date of June 22, 1923
McKenzie, had vouched for her as being absolutely conscientious and straightforward in her work and one fully qualified to produce “psychic extras without resort to trickery.” Mr
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In his later years he became prominent as an illustrator, making drawings for The Newcomes in 1853, and becoming especially successful in illustrating such fairy stories as Hunt’s “Jar of Honey,” Ruskin’s “King of the Golden River,” and Montelbas’ “Fairy Tales
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The friendship of Sir Arthur and myself dates back to the time when I was playing the Brighton Hippodrome, Brighton, England
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Unfortunately he uses the reasoning, so common among Spiritualists, that no matter how often mediums are caught cheating he believes the only reason for it is that they have overstepped their bounds and resorted to trickery in an effort to convince
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a cool observer he was and how hard it would be to fool him, or in any way deceive him.[79] He told me that he did not believe any of “the nice old lady mediums” would do anything wrong and it was just as unlikely for some old gentleman, innocent as a child un
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I had been present at two of their seances
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who was infinitely my superior in investigation (he had a start of 20 years) told me that there wasn’t a chance of the Thomas Brothers being genuine, and related how, owing to the great interest of Sir Arthur in them, the London Daily Express eventually induce
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When I quizzed Sir Arthur about the manner in which the Thomas Brothers of Cardiff were bound during a seance which he attended, he told me that they were secured so tightly that it was impossible for them to move as they were absolutely helpless
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Houdini and I were sitting on the sand skylarking with the children Sir Arthur excused himself saying that he was going to have his usual afternoon nap
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Sir Arthur thinks that I have great mediumistic powers and that some of my feats are done with the aid of spirits
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Feilding assured me I was correct about her antipathy towards magicians and suggested that the only way I could ever hope to attend one of her seances was to convince the medium that I was not one of the biased prestidigitator class, and proposed as a means to
Read record →I quote by permission from a letter written me by Mr. Davis under date of June 22, 1923
At these seances my word was pledged to give full and sacred thoughts and I tried to control my thoughts so that my whole attention could be given to the medium
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This was granted and she took a load from her mouth behind the veil which was wet and looked soaked
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When he came back he was very serious and asked that they continue
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Oscar Jaeger, Professor of Economics at the University of Christiania, Norway, and President of the Norwegian Society for Psychical Research
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With trembling knees and shaking hands the man climbed to the stage and in the midst of sobs recognized and embraced his sweetheart
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Unfortunately mere deception is not the only or the worst evil in these Spiritualistic materializations
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The deception was worked as follows: the mediums, taking advantage of the undertaker’s weakness, kept him intoxicated and were thus free to do whatever they cared to around his establishment
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This is not the only instance of this sort by any means
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“In September, 1920, an action was brought in the New York Courts against a medium named Mrs
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A few years ago the papers told of the case of a woman in the Middle West who was sensationally and cruelly deceived by a medium
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The available amount of evidence of this sort is almost unbelievable, but enough has been given to show the extent of the evil
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Spiritualism has been the cause of much discussion between men of science, men of magic, and believers in the “Spirit World.” Countless investigations, wise and otherwise, have been held in most of the countries of the globe
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Perhaps my ideas on the subject of how to conduct an investigation are wrong; I am fully convinced, however, that the only way to conduct a successful one is to get the committee together previous to the seance, discuss the expected manifestations, formulate s
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This seance proved to be typical of all that fell to the lot of the Seybert Commission to investigate
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Many of the most prominent mediums of the day appeared before the Commission during its three years of work
Read record →How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao 104 XV
How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao 104 XV
Read record →As the ocean depths draw near the island coasts, they grow more and more shallow and become a wonderful…
As the ocean depths draw near the island coasts, they grow more and more shallow and become a wonderful fairy-land into which the dreamer looks from his floating canoe
Read record →A greater sorcerer married Na-maka-o-ka-hai
A greater sorcerer married Na-maka-o-ka-hai
Read record →Ka-moho-alii (The-dragon-or-shark-king)
Ka-moho-alii (The-dragon-or-shark-king)
Read record →Then began one of the great legendary battles of ancient Hawaiian folk-lore
Then began one of the great legendary battles of ancient Hawaiian folk-lore
Read record →On each island she slew dragons which had come from the ancient traditional home of the Polynesians, India
On each island she slew dragons which had come from the ancient traditional home of the Polynesians, India
Read record →But to this it may be objected that a curse implies a personal agent, human or divine, who has called down some…
But to this it may be objected that a curse implies a personal agent, human or divine, who has called down some evil on the sufferer; whereas in many, indeed in most, of the cases enumerated by Mr Hobley there is no suggestion of such an agent, and the evil wh
Read record →There are charms worn when going to war, charms worn when love-making, to ensure the return of affection
There are charms worn when going to war, charms worn when love-making, to ensure the return of affection
Read record →There is a curious custom in Ukamba which throws some light on the spiritual beliefs of the people
There is a curious custom in Ukamba which throws some light on the spiritual beliefs of the people
Read record →The Scapegoat Idea in Kitui.—If a village is afflicted by a serious sickness, the headman will call in a…
The Scapegoat Idea in Kitui.—If a village is afflicted by a serious sickness, the headman will call in a medicine man who concocts some medicine by grinding up the roots of the following plants: muthumba, kiongoa (an aloe), mulema, nthata, kivumbu, and mutaa
Read record →Lives in South Kikuyu-land an elder named Kichura or Thiga wa Wairumbi wa Kaumo of the Kachiko clan and the…
lives in South Kikuyu-land an elder named Kichura or Thiga wa Wairumbi wa Kaumo of the Kachiko clan and the Njenga generation or rika, who is credited with the extraordinary power of being the recipient of messages from the Supreme Being, and in consequence po
Read record →He says that he was invested with this power when he was a stripling, soon after he had been circumcised
He says that he was invested with this power when he was a stripling, soon after he had been circumcised
Read record →It often happens that during a ceremony at an ithembo a woman is seized, or possessed, and passes into a…
It often happens that during a ceremony at an ithembo a woman is seized, or possessed, and passes into a condition of semi-trance in which she will prophecy either that the rains are coming or that they will fail, or, in former days, that a Masai raid was immi
Read record →Explained to me unhesitatingly in the following manner: In a particular locality, long ago, there would be a…
explained to me unhesitatingly in the following manner: In a particular locality, long ago, there would be a woman, noted as a prophetess or seer, whose prophecies always came true, and at her death she would be buried in her village
Read record →The owner of the stone will then kill a sheep, and place strips of the skin, rukwaru, upon the right wrist of…
The owner of the stone will then kill a sheep, and place strips of the skin, rukwaru, upon the right wrist of all the men, and upon the left ankle of all the women in the thief’s village
Read record →Next comes the proper harvest, but before reaping can commence the owners again consult the medicine man whose…
Next comes the proper harvest, but before reaping can commence the owners again consult the medicine man whose advice was previously sought at sowing time
Read record →The next thing is the threshing of the grain, and before the mawele grain, and according to some the mbaazi…
The next thing is the threshing of the grain, and before the mawele grain, and according to some the mbaazi pea, can be threshed, permission must be sought from a medicine man who specialises in agricultural magic
Read record →Several thousand people of both sexes had collected to dance and take part in the festivities; the warriors…
Several thousand people of both sexes had collected to dance and take part in the festivities; the warriors were dressed in their war paint and had their bodies smeared with red or grey paint, and in some cases were picked out with star-like patterns
Read record →A man circumcised according to Masai fashion can marry a girl circumcised according to Kikuyu fashion and vice…
A man circumcised according to Masai fashion can marry a girl circumcised according to Kikuyu fashion and vice versâ; but a medicine man and the elders have to perform a ceremony to change the girl from Kikuyu to Masai before the marriage can take place
Read record →(59) If a parent goes on a journey and, during his absence, one of his or her sons cohabits with one of his…
(59) If a parent goes on a journey and, during his absence, one of his or her sons cohabits with one of his father’s wives, the parents are thahu, and upon his return will be seized with illness
Read record →The thahu apparently affects the wife who lives in the hut, and she is apt to be attacked by a wasting disease
The thahu apparently affects the wife who lives in the hut, and she is apt to be attacked by a wasting disease
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