The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Religion
The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Spirit photography; Spiritualism
Mr. A. GLENDINNING explained that it had originally been intended to
have had the photographs taken in the studio of a West-end photographer,
but that gentleman had withdrawn his consent owing to his religious
views, expressing the opinion that such experiments were dangerous, if
not wicked. The experiments were therefore made in the drawing-room of a
house in Dalston.
Mr. W. E. DEBENHAM asked if it would be possible to repeat the
experiments in the presence of the same medium and two members of the
London and Provincial Photographic Association.
[This question was answered at a later period of the meeting, when the
suggestion was made by the Chairman.]
Mr. GLENDINNING said he had been interested in the subject of psychic
photography for twenty-eight years, and he asked permission from the
Chairman to make a few remarks. This being readily and courteously
granted, he said, “Do the members of this Society, who are now present,
believe that Mr. Taylor is competent for the investigation which he
recently undertook? I do not mean, are you prepared to endorse his
statements regarding the results of his recent experiments? I do not mean
merely, do you consider Mr. Taylor an honest investigator? There are many
honest men who would not be considered qualified to watch with sufficient
care and accuracy experiments in photographic manipulations. There are
others who are honest and upright, and who are skilful in the ordinary
routine of photographic work, who may possess very little knowledge of
chemistry or of optics, in their relation to practical photography.
Others, again, may be honest men, skilful manipulators, and adepts in
chemistry and in optics, but too opinionative to conduct such experiments
as those under consideration. Well, then, gentlemen, looking at the
matter all round, I put it to you this way. My own belief, my strong
conviction, is this, that Mr. Taylor is well qualified in every respect
for the very important and, I would add, the very solemn task which he
undertook. A man with an open mind, prepared to—
‘Accept the truth where’er ’tis found,
On Christian or on heathen ground?’
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