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
When I was seated I no longer saw anything, and I asked my sister,
'Did you see nothing opposite you?' 'Nothing whatever, and what
possessed you to ask as you got in if it was really our carriage?'
she answered laughing. Then I told her what I have related above,
describing my vision minutely. 'That familiar face,' said she, 'the
hair parted at the side, the nut-brown coat, where have we seen
it? Certainly nothing here answers to your description,' and we
racked our brains without finding any clue. After we got home we
related the incident to our mother; my description made her also
remember vaguely a similar face. The next evening (March 12th) a
young man of our acquaintance, Mr. Solovovo, came to see us. I told
him also what had just occurred. We discussed it at some length,
but fruitlessly. I still could not find the right name for the
man of my vision, though I remembered quite well having seen a
face exactly similar among my numerous acquaintances, but when and
where? I could remember nothing, with my bad memory, which often
fails me in this fashion. Some days later we were calling on Mr.
Solovovo's grandmother. 'Do you know,' she said, 'what sad news I
have just received from Talta? Mr. P. has just died, but I have
heard no details.' My sister and I looked at each other. At the
mention of this name the pointed face and the nut-brown top-coat
found their possessor. My sister recognised him at the same time as
myself, thanks to my minute description. When Mr. Solovovo entered
I begged him to find the exact date of the death in the newspapers.
The date of the death was given as the 14th of March, that is to
say two days after my vision. I wrote to Talta for information, and
learned that Mr. P. was confined to bed from the 24th November, and
that from that time he was in a very feeble state, but sleep never
left him. He slept so long and so profoundly, even during the last
night of his life, that hopes were entertained of his improvement.
"We were much astonished that it was I who saw Mr. P., although
he had promised to appear to my sister; but here I ought to add
that before the occurrence mentioned above I had been clairvoyante
a certain number of times; but this vision is certainly the one
in which I distinguished details most clearly, even down to the
colours of the face and dress.
"COMTESSE EUGENIE KAPNIST.
COMTESSE INA KAPNIST."
The second signature is that of the sister who was present at the time.
The account above given, it should be explained, is a translation from
the original French.
Our friend, Mr. Petrovo-Solovovo, through whom we obtained the account,
writes:--
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