Psychography: by M.A., Oxon |
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Adshead Alfred Russel Wallace asked attention believe bit of pencil Carter Blake chair Charles Blackburn Clairvoyance clean closed Cloth corner covered crumb of pencil distinctly heard Epes Sargent evidence experiment fact feet fingers flap folded folding-slate force frame George King held Henry Slade Hensleigh Wedgwood holding the slate inches Intelligence investigation Joseph Cook Kislingbury laid left hand letter light London LUDGATE CIRCUS Madame Blavatsky Magnetism marked medium mediumship millimètres minutes Monck observers obtained writing opening the slate ordinary paper person present pheno piece of pencil placed position post free Price produced Professor Psychic Force psychical phenomena Psychography Psychological raps record right hand scientific sealed séance sheet sight sitters sitting Slade sat Slade's hands slate-pencil sound of writing Spiritualism Spiritualists surface theory tion took the slate W. H. Harrison Watkins words writing was heard written Zöllner
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Page 12 - THE LIGHT OF ASIA ; or, THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (Mahabhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India, and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold, MA, CSI , &c.
Page 56 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44. But 1 say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them, that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45.
Page 4 - ... with or governed by intelligence : thus the sounds to which I have just alluded will be repeated a definite number of times, they will come loud or faint, and in different places at request ; and by a pre-arranged code of signals, questions are answered, and messages given with more or less accuracy. The intelligence governing the phenomena is sometimes manifestly below that of the medium.
Page 123 - Butlerof, in St. Petersburg ; to search for the explanation of this phenomenal power, and to prove its reality. I declare, moreover, the published opinions of laymen, as to the "How " of this subject to be premature, and according to my view and experience, false and onesided. This, my declaration, is signed and executed before a notary and witnesses. (Signed) SAMUEL BELLACHINI. BERLIN, 6th December, 1877.
Page 127 - ... contains many a wise and discerning spirit, it also has in it the accumulation of human folly, vanity, and error; and this lies nearer to the surface than that which is wise and good. Distrust the free use of great names. Never for a moment abandon the use of your reason.
Page 12 - I had seen the written characters formed. But as space will not allow me to enter into full particulars, I will merely select two instances in which my eyes as well as ears were witnesses to the operation. " The first instance which I shall give took place, it is true, at a dark seance, but the result was not less satisfactory on that account. I was sitting next to the medium, Miss Fox, the only other persons present being my wife and a lady relative, and I was holding the medium's two hands in one...
Page 4 - At a very early stage of the inquiry, it was seen that the power producing the phenomena was not merely a blind force, but was associated with or governed by intelligence : thus the sounds to which I have just alluded will be repeated a definite number of times, they will come loud or faint, and in different places at request ; and by a pre-arranged code of signals, questions are answered, and messages given with more or less accuracy.
Page 122 - I had, at the wish of several highly-esteemed gentlemen of rank and position, and also for my own interest, tested the physical mediumship of Mr. Slade in a series of sittings by full daylight, as well as in the evening, in his bedroom, I must, for the sake of truth, hereby certify that the phenomenal occurrences with Mr. Slade, have been thoroughly examined by me, with the minutest observation and investigation of his surroundings, including the table, and that I have not in the smallest...
Page 104 - I held the slate firmly down with my elbow ; one of Slade's hands was then grasped by mine, and the tips of the fingers of his other hand barely touched the slate. While closely watching both of Slade's hands, which did not move perceptibly, I was much astonished to hear scratching going on apparently on the under side of the table, and when the slate was lifted up I found the side facing the table covered with writing. A similar result was obtained on other days ; further, an eminent scientific...
Page 125 - Do not concentrate attention too fixedly on the expected manifestation. Engage in cheerful but not frivolous conversation. Avoid dispute or argument. Scepticism has no deterrent effect, but a bitter spirit of opposition in a person of determined will may totally stop or decidedly impede manifestations. If conversation flags, music is a great help, if it be agreeable to all, and not of a kind to irritate the sensitive ear. Patience is essential, and it may be necessary to meet ten or twelve times...