The Problems of Psychical Research: Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the SupernormalCarrington, Hereward
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The Problems of Psychical Research: Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
Carrington, Hereward
Parapsychology
be obtained we probably would have done this, but we were just a
company of friends who had gathered to try what we might
accomplish, after having read of Colonel de Rochas' experiments
along this line. We trusted one another, and so it is barely
possible that for a moment some one who was supposed to be
watching the subject was off his guard. Therein lies the sole
possibility of fraud in this result, and, as I said, this is out of
the question with us who know the character of the subject.
Yours very truly,
Vincent Jones,
215 Balboa Bldg.
P. S. The reason we were not all in the room with the subject
during the trial was that we were trying to do the same thing
ourselves. I was concentrating upon a V, with a film on my
forehead, and the others were trying it either with film or plate.
Only one other secured anything at all, and that was but a blur.
Our subject who did get the Cross result is a very highly developed
mystic with remarkable powers of concentration, but modest about
his powers and for that reason, and because he is extremely busy,
we have not been able to repeat the experiment with him since. V.
J.
As might be expected, many of these "psychic photographs" take on the
characteristics of "spirit-photographs," in that they show definitely
recognizable _forms_. This is especially true of a number of psychic
photographs which were recently taken at Crewe, England, in the presence
of two non-professional mediums, who have, nevertheless, obtained
hundreds of successful photographs in this manner. Regarding their
experiments, a correspondent writes me:
"They are not professionals and charge no fee. A nominal charge is
made for prints.... I do not know of any one who has sat with the
Crewe circle who has not been satisfied that fraud, at any rate,
will not explain these things. Those who have _not_ been and who
know nothing of the subject, say just the opposite.... Many of the
results in themselves rule out faking. I have had many sittings
with these mediums and have not the slightest doubt whatever
regarding their absolute genuineness. In fact, in some of the tests
I have carried out with them, faking would have been quite
impossible, even had they been desirous of tricking. I speak as an
amateur photographer of many years' standing, in touch with
photography every working day of his life."
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