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
"I must write you of something that occurred last night. After
this lady, whom I have mentioned above, had retired, and almost
immediately after we had extinguished the light, there suddenly
appeared before me a beautiful lawn and coming toward me a chubby,
yellow-haired little boy, and by his side a brown dog which closely
resembled a fox. The dog had on a brass collar and the child's
hand was under the collar just as if he was leading or pulling the
dog. The vision was like a flash, came and went in an instant. I
immediately told my friend, and she said, 'Do you know where there
are any matches?' and began to hurriedly clamber out of bed. I
struck a light, she plunged into her trunk, brought out a book, and
pasted in the front was a picture of her little boy and his dog.
They were not in the same position that I saw them, but the dog
looked exceedingly familiar. Her little boy passed into the beyond
about four years ago...."
Mrs. F. corroborates as follows:--
"_May_ 18_th_, 1888.
"I wish to corroborate the statements of Mrs. N. G. relative to ...
and her wonderful vision of my little boy, and my old home. Mrs.
G. never saw the place, or the little child, and never even heard
of the peculiar-looking dog, which was my little son's constant
companion out of doors. She never saw the photograph, which was
pasted in the back of my Bible and packed away.
"(Signed) I. F."
In this case, it will be noted, the vision was the direct sequel of
some partially successful experiments in thought-transference; and
the transferred impression fell short of actual hallucination. In the
following case there is no evidence of any special rapport between
the percipient and the person who, on this hypothesis, acted as the
agent; and the percipient's impression took the form of a completely
externalised hallucination.
No. 91.--From FRANCES REDDELL.
"ANTONY, TORPOINT,
_December_ 14_th_, 1882.
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