The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Religion
The Veil Lifted: Modern Developments of Spirit Photography
Spirit photography; Spiritualism
Mr. Stainton Moses, at a meeting of the London Spiritualist Alliance,
advised those who intended to experiment in photography to employ a
stereoscopic camera. He considered that the genuineness of spirit
photographs so obtained could not be called in question. This opinion
has also been held by other investigators. In June, 1892, some spirit
photographs were submitted to an eminent scientific gentleman, together
with copies of the notes, detailing fully the conditions under which
the pictures were obtained, and giving the names and addresses of all
those who were present at the experiments. The opinion of the gentleman
was expressed in writing as follows, viz.:—“You have adopted all the
precautions I can think of as being necessary. The only one thing else
I can think of is the employment of a binocular camera. That is the
_final Court of Appeal_, and a spirit photograph taken by it can leave
no room for cavil.” To those who endorse this opinion I may state I
have eight photographs taken with binocular cameras, all obtained under
test conditions, and all having abnormal figures which are perfectly
stereoscopic _per se_, as well as in relation to the sitters. Halves
of two of these photographs accompany these miscellanea.[15] They were
obtained on the 21st October, 1893, on dry plates purchased from Mr.
Doublet, and the whole of the manipulations, so far as not done by
myself, were under my close and continuous observation.
[Illustration: PART OF A STEREOSCOPIC PAIR OF SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPH OBTAINED
BY A LADY OCTOBER 21 1893.]
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