The Case for Spirit Photography: With corroborative evidence by experienced researchers and photographersDoyle, Arthur Conan
Religion
The Case for Spirit Photography: With corroborative evidence by experienced researchers and photographers
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Spirit photography; Spiritualism
(_The photograph referred to by Mrs. Hartwell, when compared
with a normal photograph of her late husband, leaves no doubts
whatever as to the question of recognition._)
I went to Mr. Hope as a complete stranger and when I received the
photograph, I recognised the “extra” to be the likeness of my husband,
whom I had lost during the war. It was also recognised by all of his most
intimate friends to whom it was shown.
You have my full permission to make whatever use of it you wish, and
am only too pleased to do anything in my power to help forward this
beautiful cause.
(_Signed_) D. HARTWELL.
_2, St. Giles Terrace, Northampton._
* * * * *
An Account by MRS. R. FOULDS, OF SHEFFIELD
(_Mrs. Foulds, an experienced photographer, describes how she
obtained a psychic photograph of her mother and a psychograph
of more than seventy words, under good test conditions. The
psychic photograph showing Mrs. Foulds’s mother is reproduced
in fig. 24, with normal photograph of the same lady, fig. 25,
for comparison._)
The “extra” of my mother (Figure 24) was obtained at 144, Market Street,
Crewe, in February, 1920, under the following conditions: I took a sealed
packet of plates, also my own slide, which, though slightly different
from Mr. Hope’s, fitted his camera; after the usual sitting I went into
the dark room, broke the seal, opened the packet of plates, placed one
in each division of the slide, initialled them, put slide in my dress,
also rest of plates, after being focussed I placed slide in camera
after a thorough examination of same, resumed my seat, when the usual
exposure was made. I then took slide from camera, went into dark room and
developed plates, with result that one was normal and the other bore a
good likeness of my mother (recognised by all of the family who have seen
it). Then Mr. Hope said, “I would like you to choose another plate, any
one you like, from your packet, and develop that, too.” I chose the one
next but one to the bottom of packet, and on developing that, obtained
a message of upward of seventy words dealing with matters of a strictly
private nature.
I wish to state most emphatically that from beginning to end of the
experiment, the packet of plates never left my person, and those
developed were not touched in any way whatever by Mr. Hope or Mrs.
Buxton until they left the fixing bath, neither did the slide leave my
possession except when I placed it in the camera.
(_Signed_) R. FOULDS.
_84a, Eastbank Road, Sheffield._
* * * * *
From C. DOVE, ESQ., OF SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
(_In forwarding four psychic photographs with normal
photographs for comparison, Mr. Dove gives the attestation
hereunder._)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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