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
49. Brabant. | Bra ... (I made a mental
effort to help the subject,
without speaking.)
Brabant.
50. Paris. | P ... aris.
51. Telephone. | T ... elephone.
_Fourth Series_, May 8th.--Same conditions.
52. Z. | L, P, K, J.
53. B. | B.
54. T. | S, T, F.
55. N. | M, N.
56. P. | R, Z, A.
57. Y. | V, Y.
58. E. | E.
59. Gustave. | F, J, Gabriel.
60. Duch. | E, O.
61. Ba. | B, A.
62. No. | F, K, O.
_A Number._
63. 44. | 6, 8, 12.
64. 2. | 7, 5, 9.
(I told my assistant to imagine the look of the number when
written, and not its sound.)
65. 3. | 8, 3.
66. 7. | 7.
67. 8. | 8; no, 0, 6, 9.
Then followed thirteen trials with fantastic figures, details of which
Dr. Ochorowicz does not record. He tells us, however, that only five
of the representations presented even a general resemblance to the
originals.
It is to be observed that in this series of experiments contact was
not completely excluded in all the trials. But if Dr. Ochorowicz's
memory may be relied upon for the statement that the agent looked
at the original letters and diagrams, and not at the percipient's
attempts at reproducing them, the hypothesis of involuntary muscular
guidance must be severely strained to account for the results. At any
rate, in the three remaining trials in this series it seems clear that
muscle-reading is inadequate as an explanation.
A person thought of.
_Subject._ | _Answer._
68. The percipient. | M. O----; no, it's myself.
69. M. D----. | M. D----.
An Image.
70. We pictured to ourselves | I see passing clouds ... a
a crescent moon. M. | light ... (in a satisfied
P---- on a background | tone)--it is the moon.
of clouds, I in a |
clear dark blue sky. |
_Transference of Visual Images._
NO. 4.--By DR. BLAIR THAW.
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