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
To my mind the whole incident is rather exceptionally good as a piece
of evidence; and that 'Raymond' expected it to be good evidence
is plain from Peters's ('Moonstone's') statement, at that first
reference to a photograph on 27 September, namely, "He is particular
that I should tell you of this." (This sentence it probably was
which made me look out for such a photograph, and take pains to get
records soundly made beforehand.) Our complete ignorance, even of
the existence of the photograph, in the first place, and secondly
the delayed manner in which knowledge of it normally came to us, so
that we were able to make provision for getting the supernormally
acquired details definitely noted beforehand, seem to me to make it
a first-class case. While, as to the amount of coincidence between
the description and the actual photograph, that surely is quite
beyond chance or guesswork. For not only are many things right, but
practically nothing is wrong.
CALENDAR
_20 July 1915_ Raymond's last visit home.
_24 August 1915_ Photograph taken at the Front, as
shown by entry in Raymond's
private Diary, but not mentioned
by him.
_14 September 1915_ Raymond's death.
_27 September 1915_ Peters' ('Moonstone's') mention of
the photograph as a message from
'Raymond.'
_15 October 1915_ Negative sent with other negatives
by Capt. Sydney T. Boast, from
the Front in Flanders, to Messrs.
Gale & Polden, Aldershot, for
printing.
_29 November 1915_ Mrs. Cheves wrote spontaneously,
saying that she had a group-photograph
of some 2nd South
Lancashire Officers, which she
could send if desired.
_3 December 1915_ Feda's (Mrs. Leonard's) further description
of a photograph which
had been mentioned through another
medium, in answer to a
direct question addressed to 'Raymond.'
_6 December 1915_ M. F. A. L. found an entry in Raymond's
Diary showing that a
photograph had been taken on
24 August.
_Morning of 7 Dec. 1915_ To make sure, O. J. L. wrote to
J. A. H. his impression of the
photograph before it came.
_Afternoon of 7 Dec 1915_ Arrival of the photograph.
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