Sinclair, Mary Craig, 1883-1961; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968; Telepathy; Telepathy -- Case studies
Mr. Sinclair remarks that “when in these drawing tests there has been
anything [that is, in his drawings] indicating fire or smoke she has
‘got’ it, with only one or two failures out of more than a dozen cases.”
This would mean a much larger ratio of success for the drawings so
characterized than that for the total number of drawings. Mr. Sinclair
accounts for this by the fact that his wife, owing to terrifying
incidents in her childhood, is exceedingly sensitive to the thought of
fire and given to taking unusual precautions. Readers will probably
agree that this is a plausible and sensible theory. I propose to
tabulate _all_ such tests, including the original drawings significant
of light.
Original Drawings Indicating Fire or Smoke
1928
1. July 29. O:[20] Smoking cigarette—R: Various curved lines, and “I
can’t draw it, but curls of some sort.”
1929
2. Jan. 28. O: House with smoking chimney—R: Curls as of smoke. (See
Figs. 36, 36a.)
3. Feb. ?. O: Lighted lamp—R: Pipe, and “Pipe with fire in it.”
4. Feb. 8. O: Pipe with smoke—R: Drawing similar to a pipe, with
smoke. (See Figs. 37, 37a.)
5. Feb. 8. O: House with smoking chimney—R: _Failure_.
6. Feb. ?. O: Pipe with smoke—R: Written, “Smoke stack.”
7. Feb. 10. O: Smoking mountain—R: (No _thought_ of smoke but) Drawing
very like O. (See Figs. 25, 25a.)
8. Feb. 15. O: Smoking match—R: Smoking match. (See Figs. 91, 91a.)
9. Feb. 23. O: Steamboat with smoking stack—R: Draws smoke, “Smoke
again,” and draws figure like stack with smoke. (See Figs. 77,
77a, 77b, 77c.)
10. Mar. 16. O: Lighted lamp—R: Drawing somewhat like the part of a
lamp within the chimney, and “Flame and sparks.” (See Figs.
40, 40a.)
Original Drawings Not Indicating But Significant of Fire or Smoke
1929
11. Feb. ?. O: Pipe—R: _Failure_ (But a smoking pipe in same series of
8).
12. Feb. 2. O: Candelabrum—R: Base of candelabrum correctly drawn.
13. Feb. 10. O: Fire-rocket (felt unable to draw it bursting)—R: Six
drawings labelled “light,” several like swirling rocket, and
words “whirling light lines.”
14. Feb. 11. O: Muzzle of end of cannon, mouth indicated by double
circle—R: Drawing of “half circle double lines—light
inside—light is fire busy whirling or flaming.”
15. Feb. 16. O: Gable and chimney—R: Chimney with smoke.
16. Mar. 7. O: Cannon—R: “Black Napoleon hat and red military
coats.”[21]
17. Mar. 16. O: Trench mortar, with wheels and axle—R: Drawing similar
to mortar and axle, plus smoke. (See Figs. 42, 42a.)
Original Drawings Significant of Light
1929
18. Feb. ?. O: Electric light bulb—R: Drawing and script very
suggestive; but nothing about _light_.
19. Feb. 10. O: Electric light bulb—R: Two drawings somewhat like O in
shape; nothing about _light_.
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