The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Religion
The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Spirit photography; Spiritualism
“The following are some of the more obvious:—1. If a person
with a knowledge of photography takes his own glass plates,
examines the camera used and all the accessories, and watches
the whole process of taking a picture, then, if any definite
form appears on the negative besides the sitter, it is a
proof that some object was present capable of reflecting or
emitting the actinic rays, although invisible to those present.
2. If an unmistakable likeness appears of a deceased person
totally unknown to the photographer. 3. If figures appear
on the negative having a definite relation to the figure
of the sitter, who chooses his own position, attitude, and
accompaniments, it is a proof that invisible figures were
really there. 4. If a figure appears draped in white, and
partly behind the dark body of the sitter without in the least
showing through, it is a proof that the white figure was there
at the same time, because the dark parts of the negative are
transparent, and any white picture in any way superposed would
show through. 5. Even should none of these tests be applied,
yet if a medium, quite independent of the photographer, sees
and describes a figure during the sitting, and an exactly
corresponding figure appears on the plate, it is a proof that
such a figure was there.
“Every one of these tests have now been successfully applied in
our own country.”
Dr. Wallace gives minute details of some experiments which resulted
in his obtaining photographs which he recognised as _unmistakable
likenesses_ of his mother.
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When Mr. Duguid was first asked to come to London to give test séances
to Mr. Taylor, it was hoped that Mr. Stainton Moses would have so far
recovered strength as to be present at the experiments. He took great
interest in the subject, and many of his photographs have been reproduced
by Mr. Arthur Maltby and Mr. Acton. On March 19th and 26th Mr. Maltby
gave lectures in the Athenæum Hall, and exhibited on the lantern screen a
number of spirit-photograph transparencies. Here are a few notes made at
the meeting on March 19th, by Mr. Burns, jun. Mr. Maltby said:—
“This lecture is given in memory of the late Mr. Stainton
Moses, better known as ‘M.A., Oxon,’ editor of _Light_, writer
of many valuable books on Spiritualism, and one of the best
friends the cause ever had. Most of you have either read or
heard of his marvellous book called _Spirit Teachings_, one
of the grandest series of spirit controls ever published. It
teaches a higher Spiritualism than is generally understood.
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