Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathyPodmore, Frank
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Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Podmore, Frank
Apparitions; Telepathy
The following record is taken from a paper by M. Jean Charles Roux,
medical student, published in the _Annales des Sciences Psychiques_
(vol. iii. pp. 202, 203). These experiments in thought-transference at
a distance were preceded by a series of fairly successful trials with
playing-cards at close quarters, and by some other experiments designed
to test clairvoyance.
_Third Series_: Experiments at a distance.
Lemaire is in his room, I in mine, with two rooms intervening. At an
hour previously fixed on, I suggest a card to him.
Date. Card thought of. Card guessed.
(1) Mar. 15, 1892 4 hearts red, hearts; low number, five
(2) " 18, " 10 hearts 3 diamonds
(3) " 27, " 6 spades 6 clubs
(4) " " " Kg. diamonds Knave diamonds
(5) " " " ace diamonds 5 clubs
(Agent had failed to concentrate his attention.)
(6) " " " Queen spades King spades
(7) " " " 4 clubs 6 clubs
(8) Apr. 6, " 3 clubs 5 clubs
(9) " " 2 spades 2 spades
_Fourth Series._
The account of the following six trials at a distance in space and
time, which are imperfectly recorded in the _Annales_, is taken from a
letter received from M. Roux, dated the 19th December 1893:--
(10) Paris, 2nd April.--Lemaire having gone out I drew a card from
the pack, the 9 _Hearts_, and tried to transfer it to him. Then I
wrote a note to the following effect: "Guess the card that I am
thinking of as I write these words," and left it on the table. A
few minutes after Lemaire entered and guessed the 7 _Hearts_.
(11) 3rd April.--Lemaire was out. I drew a card from the pack, the
_ace Hearts_, and tried to transfer it to him. As on the previous
day, I left a note on the table and went out immediately. When I
came back at midnight I found a line from Lemaire saying he had
guessed the _ace Hearts_.
The four other experiments took place in a country town, at
Chateauroux. We lived about 500 or 600 yards apart.
(12) 13th April.--In the morning I saw Lemaire and said to him,
"At 2 o'clock you must guess a card that I shall suggest to you."
I went home, and at a quarter to twelve I drew from the pack the
5 _Hearts_. I saw Lemaire again in the evening. He had guessed
the 6 _Hearts_. He was walking in the street with a friend. At
about two minutes to 2 P.M. he looked at his watch, remembered the
experiment, and immediately the idea of _Hearts_ came to him. A few
minutes later, when alone, he tried to guess the exact card, and
decided on the 6 _Hearts_.
(13) 13th April.--I said to Lemaire that on the 14th April, at 9
A.M., he was to guess a card. After going home on the 13th April,
at 10 P.M. I drew a card from the pack--4 _Clubs_. Next day, at 9
A.M., Lemaire guessed 2 _Clubs_.
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