Mysterious Psychic Forces: An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European SavantsFlammarion, Camille
Philosophy
Mysterious Psychic Forces: An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants
Flammarion, Camille
Parapsychology -- Investigation; Spiritualism
Presently, _all the company see the chair_ on which the lump of
plaster lies (not at all a light chair) _moving between myself and the
medium_, without our being able to understand the determining cause of
the movement.
Mme. Paladino puts her outspread hand upon the back of the chair and
her left above it. When our hands rise up, the chair rises also
without contact, reaching a height of about six inches. This
performance is several times repeated, with the addition of the
intervention of the hand of No. 5, under conditions of light and of
control which leave nothing to be desired.
The room is again almost completely darkened.... A current of cold air
upon the table precedes the arrival of a little branch with two green
leaves. We know that there are no plants in the neighborhood of the
company: it appears then that we have here a case of _bringing-in_
from the outside.
No. 3 is greatly exhausted with the heat. And, lo! a hand, which takes
his handkerchief from his neck and with it dries the perspiration on
his face. He tries to seize the handkerchief with his teeth, but it is
snatched from him. A big hand lifts his left hand and makes him rap
several strokes with it on the table.
Gleams of light begin to appear, at first on the right hand of No. 5,
then in different parts of the hall. They are perceived by everybody.
The curtain is inflated, as if it were pushed against by a strong
wind, and touches No. 11, who is seated in a small easy-chair a yard
and a half from the medium. The same person is touched by a hand,
while another hand pulls a fan from the inside pocket of his jacket,
carries it to No. 5 and then to No. 11. The fan is soon returned to
its owner, and is moved to and fro above our heads, to the great
satisfaction of all of us. A tobacco pouch is taken from the pocket of
No. 3: the Invisible empties it on the table, and then gives it to No.
10. Various stems of plants drop upon the table.
Transfers of the fan from one hand to another begin again. Then No. 11
believes that he ought to announce that the fan had been offered to
him by a young girl who had expressed the wish that it be transferred
to No. 11, then given back to No. 5. Nobody knew about this except No.
11.
No. 5, who at present occupies the small arm-chair where formerly No.
11 was seated, a yard and a half from the medium, feels the edge of
the curtain touching him and then perceives the presence of the body
of a woman whose hair rests on his head.
The seance is adjourned about one o'clock.
At the moment of parting, Eusapia sees a bell on the piano; she
extends her hand; the bell glides along on the piano, turns over, and
falls on the floor. The experiment is renewed, in full light as
before, the hand of the medium remaining several inches from the
bell....
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