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I sat with her through many seances, successful, barren, and indifferent, conducted by mediums of various…

Date of account: Published 1919
Source: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences
Reference: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences · selected passage 32
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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I sat with her through many seances, successful, barren, and indifferent, conducted by mediums of various nationalities

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I sat with her through many seances, successful, barren, and indifferent, conducted by mediums of various nationalities. I remember one conducted by a South American medium, where the "controls" became very noisy and troublesome, and threatened to do serious damage. The medium could not be roused out of the trance she had fallen into, and it had really become necessary to put an end to the performance. She was a very big, heavy woman, and had sunk half off her chair on to the floor. I suggested to Lady Caithness that if we could drag or carry her into another room matters might then quiet down, but I added dubiously, "She must be a great weight."

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