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I cannot forbear from quoting further the following passage addressed to members of the society

Date of account: Published 1908
Source: Occultism and common-sense
Reference: Occultism and common-sense · selected passage 187
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

But I carefully guarded myself from conviction until I had read the evidence--even to a resume of this medium's utterances last year in London under the auspices of the Society for Psychical Research--and I assert with confidence that no metaphysical theory has ever been formulated that will account for these manifesta…

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But I carefully guarded myself from conviction until I had read the evidence--even to a _resume_ of this medium's utterances last year in London under the auspices of the Society for Psychical Research--and I assert with confidence that no metaphysical theory has ever been formulated that will account for these manifestations save one--the survival of the human personality after death. Once Mrs Piper is admitted as genuine, then it follows that the spiritistic manifestations which have puzzled mankind, not merely for generations or during the modern cult of spiritism, but ever since primitive times, become, as it were, emancipated.

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Modern context

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The passage can support a history of claims and recurring descriptions. It does not establish a paranormal mechanism, and competing psychological, social and physical explanations remain relevant.

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