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Entered unseen and without knocking ?

Date of account: Published 1894
Source: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Reference: Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy · selected passage 78
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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entered unseen and without knocking ?

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No. of Experi- Date. Hour when Remarks. Success ments. given. or Failure. 1886. 1 8th Sept. 3 P.M. Found asleep at 4 P.M. M. J. entered unseen and without knocking ? 2 9th Sept. 3 P.M. Madame B. complained of headache F. 3 11th Sept. 9 (? A.M.) Found at 10, "troublée et étourdie" F. 4 14th Sept. 4 P.M. M. J. enters at 4.15. Madame B. says she was asleep, but wakened by ringing of door-bell ? 5[1] 18th Sept. 3.30 P.M. Found asleep at 4 P.M.; states she was put to sleep at 3.30 S. 6[59] 19th Sept. 3 P.M. Went to sleep at about 3.15 S. 7 23rd Sept. 2 P.M. She was out walking F. 8 24th Sept. 3.15 P.M. Found asleep at 4. Had been seen awake at 3.15 ? 9 26th Sept. 3 P.M. Walking in garden F. 10 27th Sept. 8.30 P.M. Commanded by M. Gibert to come to his house. Left the Pavillon, entranced, at 9.5 P.M. [in the account in the _Revue de l'Hypnotisme_ the latter hour is given at _9.15_] S. 11 29th Sept. 3.50 P.M. Found asleep at 4.5 [given in _Revue_ as _5.5_] S. 12 30th Sept. 3.30 P.M. F. 13 1st Oct. 2.40 P.M. She was out walking F. 14 5th Oct. 4 P.M. Fell asleep suddenly at 4.5 whilst talking with nurse in garden S. 15 6th Oct. 3 P.M. F. 16 9th Oct. 3.15 P.M. F. 17 10th Oct. 3.20 P.M. Found asleep at 4.5 ? 18 12th Oct. 3 P.M. F.

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