Again, there are often from fifty to sixty distinct individual forms appearing at each seance, requiring as…
- 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 91
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
Again, there are often from fifty to sixty distinct individual forms appearing at each seance, requiring as many confederates to represent them
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyAgain, there are often from fifty to sixty distinct individual forms appearing at each seance, requiring as many confederates to represent them. As the circle is rarely composed of more than twenty-five persons, would it pay to keep so many actors for so small an audience? If people who listen to these accusations would reflect for a moment, they would see that the theory of confederates is not a very plausible one, and it might do much toward relieving mediums from the unjust suspicions to which, through lack of understanding on the part of the public, they are more or less obliged to submit.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis is a historical account assembled under the reporting and publishing conventions of its period. It may preserve testimony, hearsay, retelling and editorial interpretation together.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyA modern comparison can identify recurring descriptions and possible explanations, but the account is not treated as independently verified evidence merely because it appeared in print.
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