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Another modern development, which has been largely exploited by Hope, of Crewe, is the “psychograph.” For this,…

Date of account
Published 1923
Source
The Case Against Spirit Photographs
Reference
The Case Against Spirit Photographs · selected passage 25
Rights
public_domain
Language
English
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

Another modern development, which has been largely exploited by Hope, of Crewe, is the “psychograph.” For this, again, no camera is used; a plate is carefully wrapped up, usually sealed, and submitted to the medium’s influence

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Another modern development, which has been largely exploited by Hope, of Crewe, is the “psychograph.” For this, again, no camera is used; a plate is carefully wrapped up, usually sealed, and submitted to the medium’s influence. The plate is then developed by the victim, and screeds of writing appear, usually arranged in circles instead of lines. Sometimes the plate is sent to the medium through the post, carefully wrapped and sealed, and returned apparently unopened a few days later. On development, the message appears--and the most banal rubbish it usually is. Yet many people actually believe that these productions are the means adopted by higher intelligences to communicate with us.

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Modern context

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