Raymond; or, Life and Death: With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death.Lodge, Oliver, Sir
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Raymond; or, Life and Death: With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death.
Lodge, Oliver, Sir
Future life; Lodge, Raymond, 1889-1915 (Spirit); Spiritualism; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
LADY L.--Can Lily see us?
NO.
LADY L.--Lily, darling, your mother does love you so dearly. I have
wanted to send you my love. I shall come to see you some time, and
then we shall be so happy, my dear, dear little girl. Thank you very
much for coming to help Raymond, and coming to the table sometimes,
till he can come himself. My love to you, darling, and to Brother
Bill, too.
(Raymond seemed very pleased when Brother Bill was
mentioned.)
(The table now seemed to wish to get into Lady Lodge's
lap, and made most caressing movements to and fro, and
seemed as if it could not get close enough to her.
Soon we realised that he was wanting to go, so we asked
him if this was so, and he said:--)
YES.
(So we said 'good night' to him, and after giving two
rather slight movements, which I gather is what he
generally does just as he is going, we said 'good night'
once more, and came away.)
(Signed) WOODIE
One other family sitting, a still shorter one, may be quoted as a
specimen also; though out of place. A question asked was suggested by
something reported on page 230. It appears that Miss Wood was still
here, but that on this occasion she was not one of those that touched
the table.
At this date the table generally used happened to be a chess-table
with centre pillar and three claw feet. After this table and another
one had got broken during the more exuberant period of these domestic
sittings, before the power had got under control, a stronger and
heavier round table with four legs was obtained, and employed only
for this purpose.
_Table Sitting in the Drawing-Room at Mariemont, 9 p.m., Monday, 17
April 1916_
REPORT BY M. F. A. L.
Music going on in the drawing-room at Mariemont.
The girls (four of them) and Alec singing at the piano. Woodie and
Honor and I sitting at the other end of the room. Lionel in the large
chair.
The Shakespeare Society was meeting in the house, and at that time
having coffee in the dining-room, so O. J. L. was not with us.
Woodie thought Raymond was in the room and would like to hear the
singing, but Honor thought it too late to begin with the table, as we
should shortly be going into the dining-room.
However, I got the table ready near the piano, and Honor came to it,
and the _instant_ she placed her hands on it, it began to rock. I put
my hands on too.
We asked if it was Raymond, and if he had been waiting, and he said:--
YES.
He seemed to wish to listen to the music, and kept time with it
gently. And after a song was over that he liked, he very distinctly
and decidedly applauded.
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