This is a very common occurrence and easily leads to myth making
This is a very common occurrence and easily leads to myth making
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Among all the Algonkin tribes whose myths have been preserved we find much is said about a certain Giant…
Among all the Algonkin tribes whose myths have been preserved we find much is said about a certain Giant Rabbit, to whom all sorts of powers were attributed
Read record →The beginning of things, according to the Ottawas and other northern Algonkins, was at a period when boundless…
The beginning of things, according to the Ottawas and other northern Algonkins, was at a period when boundless waters covered the face of the earth
Read record →They hastily hauled her on the raft and examined her paws one by one
They hastily hauled her on the raft and examined her paws one by one
Read record →The animals on the raft soon found homes on the new earth
The animals on the raft soon found homes on the new earth
Read record →He invented the art of knitting nets for fish, and taught it to his descendants; the pieces of native copper…
he invented the art of knitting nets for fish, and taught it to his descendants; the pieces of native copper found along the shores of Lake Superior he took from his treasure house inside the earth, where he sometimes lives
Read record →In the Algonkin tongue the word for Giant Rabbit is Missabos, compounded from mitchi or missi, great, large,…
In the Algonkin tongue the word for Giant Rabbit is Missabos, compounded from mitchi or missi, great, large, and wabos, a rabbit
Read record →This is further shown by the beliefs current as to his occasional appearance on earth
This is further shown by the beliefs current as to his occasional appearance on earth
Read record →The locality to which the crafty Tezcatlipoca had invited them was called, The Rock upon the Water.[1] It was…
The locality to which the crafty Tezcatlipoca had invited them was called, The Rock upon the Water.[1] It was the summit of a lofty rock at the base of which flowed the river called, By the Rock of Light.[2] When the day had departed and midnight approached, t
Read record →I should prefer to spell the name Kukulkan, and have it refer to the first day of the Maya week, Kan
He tells us that many of the natives believed that Kukulcan, after his earthly labors, had ascended into Heaven and become one of their gods
Read record →I should prefer to spell the name Kukulkan, and have it refer to the first day of the Maya week, Kan
He came from the East, from the llanos of Venezuela or beyond them, and it was said that the path he made was broad and long, a hundred leagues in length, and led directly to the holy temple at his shrine at Sogamoso
Read record →I should prefer to spell the name Kukulkan, and have it refer to the first day of the Maya week, Kan
The legend was that Pay Zume, as he was called in Paraguay (Pay = magician, diviner, priest), came from the East, from the Sun-rising, in years long gone by
Read record →II. FROM THE PAPYRUS OF HUNEFER. [Footnote: From the Papyrus of Hunefer (Brit. Mus. No. 9901).]
The gods of Egypt whose names are known to us do not represent all those that have been conceived by the Egyptian imagination, for with them as with much else, the law of the survival of the fittest holds good
Read record →II. FROM THE PAPYRUS OF HUNEFER. [Footnote: From the Papyrus of Hunefer (Brit. Mus. No. 9901).]
R[=a] was supposed to sail over heaven in two boats, the [=A]TET or M[=A] TET boat in which he journeyed from sunrise until noon, and the SEKTET boat in which he journeyed from noon until sunset
Read record →Of the members composing that Commission but one is now surviving, Dr
Of the members composing that Commission but one is now surviving, Dr
Read record →This mode of manifesting Spiritualistic power, as far as it has come under our observation, is, concisely…
This mode of manifesting Spiritualistic power, as far as it has come under our observation, is, concisely stated, the writing on the concealed surface of a slate which is in contact with a Medium
Read record →Our first séance was held in the evening at the Medium's own home
Our first séance was held in the evening at the Medium's own home
Read record →By the advice of the Medium, in order to eliminate any possible antagonism, we divided our numbers, and only…
By the advice of the Medium, in order to eliminate any possible antagonism, we divided our numbers, and only one or two of us at a time sat with her
Read record →At the risk of appearing inconsequent by mentioning that first which in point of time came last, we must…
At the risk of appearing inconsequent by mentioning that first which in point of time came last, we must premise that in our investigations with this Medium we early discovered the character of the writing to be twofold, and the difference between the two styl
Read record →In its simplest form (and one which any person can try with astonishing results upon an artless, unsuspicious…
In its simplest form (and one which any person can try with astonishing results upon an artless, unsuspicious sitter), a slate, on which, before the sitter's visit, a message has been written, is lying face downward on the table when the séance begins
Read record →The method of producing the long message which opened the séance has been described above
The method of producing the long message which opened the séance has been described above
Read record →By this manoeuvre a double end is attained: First, it creates an atmosphere of expectation, and the sitters…
By this manoeuvre a double end is attained: First, it creates an atmosphere of expectation, and the sitters grow accustomed to a good deal of motion in the Medium's arm that holds the slate; and secondly, by these repeated motions the pencil (which, having bee
Read record →At our last séance with him we noticed two slates which were not with the other slates on the small table…
At our last séance with him we noticed two slates which were not with the other slates on the small table behind him, but were on the floor resting against the leg of that table, and within easy reach of his hand as he sat at the larger table
Read record →There are very, very few professional Mediums, as far as our experience goes, who are accepted by all…
There are very, very few professional Mediums, as far as our experience goes, who are accepted by all Spiritualists as free from the reproach of fraud
Read record →There is really no step in the bare process of producing this writing, as we have observed it, which might not…
There is really no step in the bare process of producing this writing, as we have observed it, which might not be accomplished by trickery or by legerdemain
Read record →Every Medium, it would appear, is under the special tutelage of a departed Spirit; this Spirit is termed the…
Every Medium, it would appear, is under the special tutelage of a departed Spirit; this Spirit is termed the 'Medium's control.' In the present case, when the slates were delivered to Mrs
Read record →So anxious, however, was our Acting Chairman that the experiment should prove successful, that, undeterred by…
So anxious, however, was our Acting Chairman that the experiment should prove successful, that, undeterred by this failure, he carefully sealed up a second slate, and placed it in the hands of the same Medium, with renewed adjurations to put forth all her Spir
Read record →Each Medium, generally, has some peculiar mode of manifesting Spiritualistic power; it is a peculiarity of this…
Each Medium, generally, has some peculiar mode of manifesting Spiritualistic power; it is a peculiarity of this Medium, as has been before stated, that the completion of the Spirit message within the slates is indicated not by raps, as is frequently the case w
Read record →Whether these answers be ascribed to Spirits, or to what is termed clairvoyance, they would be none the less…
Whether these answers be ascribed to Spirits, or to what is termed clairvoyance, they would be none the less true or false if delivered orally by the Medium; all that we are sure of is that the writing down of these communications, be their substance what it m
Read record →We were more successful in procuring a séance with Mr
We were more successful in procuring a séance with Mr
Read record →Rothermel and Powell, of whom the former is the Medium, the latter, acting mainly as a reservoir of psychic…
Rothermel and Powell, of whom the former is the Medium, the latter, acting mainly as a reservoir of psychic force, guides and directs the séance
Read record →I have been forced to the conclusion that Spiritualism, as far at least as it has shown itself before me (and I…
I have been forced to the conclusion that Spiritualism, as far at least as it has shown itself before me (and I give no opinion upon what has not fallen within my observation), presents the melancholy spectacle of gross fraud, perpetrated upon an uncritical po
Read record →Furness held another séance with the Medium formerly examined, Mrs
Furness held another séance with the Medium formerly examined, Mrs
Read record →On Saturday, May 31st, 1884, at 8 P.M., the Commission met at the house of the Provost, 1811 Spruce Street, for…
On Saturday, May 31st, 1884, at 8 P.M., the Commission met at the house of the Provost, 1811 Spruce Street, for the purpose of sealing a slate to be left with the Medium, Mrs
Read record →Sellers' right and at the side of the table, sat Mr
Sellers' right and at the side of the table, sat Mr
Read record →Note by the Stenographer.--No intimation is given that the rap here spoken of was heard by any one other than…
Note by the Stenographer.--No intimation is given that the rap here spoken of was heard by any one other than the Medium herself
Read record →The company retained their positions with hands joined, and the Spirits were repeatedly requested to make their…
The company retained their positions with hands joined, and the Spirits were repeatedly requested to make their presence known--Mr
Read record →Subsequently, when the trance condition had apparently disappeared, the Medium complied with a request to…
Subsequently, when the trance condition had apparently disappeared, the Medium complied with a request to write, as it would be read to her, the Latin phrase at the end of the first communication
Read record →These slots and the use to which I ascertained they might be applied are worthy of special comment, as they…
These slots and the use to which I ascertained they might be applied are worthy of special comment, as they played a very important part in all the expositions that were made of the Medium Slade's manifestations
Read record →Taking a slate in his hand Slade held it beneath the table leaf to his right, when almost immediately there was…
Taking a slate in his hand Slade held it beneath the table leaf to his right, when almost immediately there was a succession of faintly audible sounds such as would have been made by writing on the slate under the table
Read record →A special minute is here made of observations by members of the Committee upon certain features of the Medium's…
A special minute is here made of observations by members of the Committee upon certain features of the Medium's operations, which tended to discredit the assumption of a supernatural agency in the production of the slate writings
Read record →Upon being requested to open his left hand and hold it thus extended in a position beneath the top of the table…
Upon being requested to open his left hand and hold it thus extended in a position beneath the top of the table to his left, Mr
Read record →At this point the Medium substituted another slate for the one which he had held in his hand, and almost…
At this point the Medium substituted another slate for the one which he had held in his hand, and almost immediately thereafter, upon the new slate being placed under the table, the sound of writing began and was carried on with little interruption
Read record →Sellers here resumed, from his notes): The same experiment of jerking the pencil over the table was repeated…
Sellers here resumed, from his notes): The same experiment of jerking the pencil over the table was repeated with another pencil
Read record →Sellers (resuming): An accordion was then played under the manipulations of the Medium, after which that…
Sellers (resuming): An accordion was then played under the manipulations of the Medium, after which that gentleman told the writer that he might look under the table and witness the performance of the instrument
Read record →(Resuming, from notes): The next meeting of the Committee, which was held on January 26th, at the Girard House,…
(Resuming, from notes): The next meeting of the Committee, which was held on January 26th, at the Girard House, was an exceedingly important one, because its result was absolutely negative
Read record →Fullerton here remarked that at the séance reported by him, soon after the members were seated, the Medium…
Fullerton here remarked that at the séance reported by him, soon after the members were seated, the Medium reached behind his (the Medium's) position to get one of the slates placed near him, and accidentally turned up one, the back of which was covered with w
Read record →Sellers: The methods of this Medium's operations appear to me to be perfectly transparent, and I wish to say…
Sellers: The methods of this Medium's operations appear to me to be perfectly transparent, and I wish to say emphatically that I am astonished beyond expression at the confidence of this man in his ability to deceive, and at the recklessness of the risks which
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