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While thus situated, conversing freely with the medium and little Maud (who was evidently pleased to have me…

Date of account
Published 1885
Source
Materialized apparitions: if not beings from another life, what are they
Reference
Materialized apparitions: if not beings from another life, what are they · selected passage 53
Rights
public_domain
Language
English
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

While thus situated, conversing freely with the medium and little Maud (who was evidently pleased to have me there), a spirit materialized and went out among the audience

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While thus situated, conversing freely with the medium and little Maud (who was evidently pleased to have me there), a spirit materialized and went out among the audience. After it returned, another materialized, and taking my left hand while Mrs. Sawyer held my right, we all three walked out into the room, some distance from the cabinet, in full view of all present. This was a new experience for me. To suppose that the twenty-five honest, intelligent persons who witnessed this were deceived, or that the appearance of the form was due to a confederate, is simply absurd. I know it materialized in the cabinet, within reach of where I sat.

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Modern context

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