The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Religion
The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Spirit photography; Spiritualism
The writer takes exception to Mr. Taylor’s statement that the figures
when examined by the stereoscope were absolutely flat; because “the
figures were solid enough to obscure a view of the sitting medium when
they stood between him and the camera.” That is, Mr. Gass knows all about
solidity, and what could or could not be done by what Mr. Taylor is
careful to call a “psychic entity.” That there is any appearance of light
and shade in the engraving as it is in the _Review of Reviews_ proves
nothing; even if it is there, we have Mr. Taylor’s assertion that in
the photograph he examined with the stereoscope the “psychic figure was
absolutely flat.” As to the nonsense about the clothing of the figures
and the draper’s shops in Ghost-land we have nothing to say. Mr. Gass
then falls foul of photographs being taken without the employment of a
lens. Such a thing would be a miracle. So Mr. Gass knows what a miracle
is. “To obtain a portrait on a plate, light is imperatively necessary,
and to obtain an image of a figure it must be brought into focus by the
lens of a camera.” Of course, if these things “must” be so, there is an
end of the matter, but the experiment went to disprove the necessity
of this “must.” And what is “light”? Has Mr. Gass any knowledge of the
spectrum, and could he himself “see” the actinic rays which produce the
pictures on the sensitised plate?
_From the “TWO WORLDS” March 24th, 1893._[12]
Mr. Taylor is, perhaps, the most competent and reputable man who,
as an experienced and scientific photographer, has undertaken such
experiments, hence his testimony is all the more valuable. The medium was
Mr. David Duguid, and the results are of great importance.
Mr. A. Glendinning, who brought about the sittings, deserves the thanks
of all Spiritualists.
GHOSTS AND THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS.[13]
_By_ THE REV. H. R. HAWEIS, M.A.
“I suppose there is nothing more difficult than for scientific
people to realise that the dead are living.”—Rev. H. R. HAWEIS,
M.A.
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