Telepathy, Genuine and FraudulentBaggally, W. W. (William Wortley)
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Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent
Baggally, W. W. (William Wortley)
Parapsychology -- Investigation; Telepathy
As I have said, the two successful telepathic experiments which I have
described, and which took place in the rooms of the Society for
Psychical Research, led to further experiments at a distance between
Miss Telbin and myself.
AT 7 P.M.
I drew the following diagram
[Illustration]
AT 7 P.M.
Miss TELBIN'S drawings
[Illustration]
AT 7:10 P.M.
I fixed my attention on a
flower
[Illustration]
AT 7:10 P.M.
Miss TELBIN obtained several
incorrect scrawls, but amongst
them one under which
she had written the
words
[Illustration]
"First impression"
AT 7:20 P.M.
I looked at a pair of opera
glasses, at which I gazed first
lengthwise
[Illustration]
then sideways
[Illustration]
AT 7:20 P.M.
Miss TELBIN'S drawings
were--
First impression [Illustration]
A series of crescents [Illustration]
And this drawing [Illustration]
Also four drawings
[Illustration]
It was arranged that we should sit on certain days in the week, and that
at a fixed hour I should act as agent and transmit to her my thoughts,
she being at the time in her residence in West Hampstead, and I in
Kensington. The distance between these localities as the crow flies is
four miles. The result of our first sitting, which took place on 20th
May 1902, is shown on the preceding page.
There was no possibility that the agent or the percipient could have
copied the drawings, as the letters embodying them that we wrote to each
other were posted on the evening of the same day and received by the
first post the following morning, having crossed in the post.
Telepathy was clearly indicated in this experiment.
We continued trying experiments for some months after, but did not get
such good results as at the beginning. On one occasion, however, we
obtained a successful negative result. I was not feeling well, and did
not fix my attention on any object. On the following morning Miss
Telbin's letter said, "I could get nothing from you last night." It
was, to say the least, curious that she should not have received an
impression on the only night that I had not attempted to experiment.
On another occasion, when Miss Telbin was in London and I in Folkestone,
I arranged to transmit to her the impression of a diagram on a certain
day at 8 p.m. It chanced that on that evening there was a performance at
the theatre, at which my wife wished to be present. I therefore decided
to telegraph to Miss Telbin that I would be unable to try the experiment
that night, but after a good deal of hesitation I changed my mind, and
thought that I would endeavour to transmit the impression of the diagram
on my way to the theatre. The letter that I received from Miss Telbin
the next day was to this effect:--
"I got a good deal of writing last night which was
illegible, but amongst it I read the words 'going out' and
'rain.'"
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