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... tightly there seemed to be no reaction upon the medium . I next put my foot under the table ( heel on floor , toe in air ) and asked that the sole be struck . Taps were heard which synchronised with the blows experienced on the sole of ...
... tightly there seemed to be no reaction upon the medium . I next put my foot under the table ( heel on floor , toe in air ) and asked that the sole be struck . Taps were heard which synchronised with the blows experienced on the sole of ...
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... tightly with fine strong whipcord , using two or three ' separate pieces of cord ; then I tied her ankles to the back bar under her chair . The consequence was that the medium could not get within 18 inches of the front of the vessel ...
... tightly with fine strong whipcord , using two or three ' separate pieces of cord ; then I tied her ankles to the back bar under her chair . The consequence was that the medium could not get within 18 inches of the front of the vessel ...
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... tightly on the floor within the four legs of the table - so tightly that it could only be removed with difficulty at the end of the séance , as the legs of the table had to be slightly sprung to get round it , thus locking it in ...
... tightly on the floor within the four legs of the table - so tightly that it could only be removed with difficulty at the end of the séance , as the legs of the table had to be slightly sprung to get round it , thus locking it in ...
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... tightly and contiguous spots where it is not so tightly stretched , these spots occurring alternately , the net result being to give the appearance of little holes as shown in figs . 17 , 23 , and 24 . Although the photographs do not ...
... tightly and contiguous spots where it is not so tightly stretched , these spots occurring alternately , the net result being to give the appearance of little holes as shown in figs . 17 , 23 , and 24 . Although the photographs do not ...
Page 74
... tightly laced and the laces tied in three knots . Then she placed her feet together on the floor , and I tied her ankles tightly together with three separate pieces of whip- cord , and then tied the whipcord round her ankles to the back ...
... tightly laced and the laces tied in three knots . Then she placed her feet together on the floor , and I tied her ankles tightly together with three separate pieces of whip- cord , and then tied the whipcord round her ankles to the back ...
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adhering ankle appeared asked the operators bell ringing boot boundary cantilever cardboard circle space clay marks clean cloth coloured column concave impressions curved deposited dish edge elastic electrical apparatus evidently Experiment feet and legs felt film fingers flat impressions floor foot foot-rests front Goligher circle gripping heel inside knickers lace holes leather levitated table levitated the table light lined with stocking little carmine magnifying glass materialisation medium wore medium's body medium's feet medium's shoes medium's stockings methylene blue moved neighbourhood noises obtained particles phenomena phosphorescent photograph pieces placed portion pressure psychic film psychic matter psychic rod psychic structure psychic stuff pulled rapping rod reader right shoe rod end rod termination round rubbed séance room serrated shape shoes and stockings shows side sitters skin sole solid soot stocking fabric stocking marks straight struc test-box tightly tion toes touch undersurface usual visible whole
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Page 69 - ... upwards from the impression left by each, thread. The reason why this impression should appear is given as follows. The actual psychic structure is covered by a film which is formed against the medium's feet out of psychic matter oozing round about the little holes in the fabric of her stockings. It is at first in a semi-liquid state, and it collects and partly sets on the outer covering of the stocking, and being of a glutinous, fibrous nature, it takes almost the exact form of the stocking...
Page 25 - ... structure in one of my hands. On the reply " Yes," I went inside the circle, lay down on my right side on the floor alongside the table, and placed my gloved right hand between the two nearest legs of the table. Almost immediately I felt the impact of a nearly circular rod-like body about 2 inches in diameter on the palm of my hand, which was held palm upwards. (The back of my hand was towards the floor and at a distance of about 5 in. from it.) This circular rod-like body was flat at the end,...
Page 50 - ... at a distance of about 5 in. from it.) This circular rod-like body was flat at the end, ie, as if the rod were sawn across. It maintained a steady pressure evenly distributed over the area of impact, and was soft but firm to the sense of touch. I estimate the magnitude of pressure at from 4 to 6 oz. Without being requested to do so, the " operators " moved this rod-like structure until I felt the clearly defined edges of the circular blunt end. This was accompanied by a sensation of roughness,...
Page 24 - operators' (having first obtained the permission of the leader of the circle) if they could place the end of the structure in one of my hands. On the reply ' Yes,' I went inside the circle, lay down on my right side on the floor alongside the table, and placed my gloved right hand between the two nearest legs of the table. Almost immediately I felt the impact of a nearly circular rod-like body about 2 in.
Page 172 - ... thighs and on the interior of the thighs. For about a year Dr. Crawford took one photograph each seance night, in the hope that he might ultimately obtain success. The operators had informed him by raps that he might finally expect this, though he had to take care to prevent injury to the medium, as it was necessary gradually to work her up to withstand the shock of the flashlight upon the plasma. He found that the pulse of the medium, which was 84 at the beginning, rose to 120 just before the...
Page 23 - ... though quite invisible to ordinary sight, be felt. It is described as clammy, cold, reptilian, almost oily, as though the air were mixed with particles of dead and disagreeable matter. The psychic rods issuing from the medium may vary in diameter at their extremities from £ inch to 7 or 8 inches, and the free end of each rod seems able to assume various shapes and degrees of hardness. The end may be flat or convex, circular or oval ; it may be soft as the flesh of a babj, or as hard as iron.
Page 21 - I have compared the whitish, cloud-like appearance of the matter in the structure with photographs of materialisation phenomena in all stages obtained with many different mediums all over the world, and the conclusion I have come to is that this material very closely resembles, if it is not identical with, the material used in all such materialisation phenomena. In fact, it is not too much to say that this whitish, translucent, nebulous matter is the basis of all psychical phenomena of the physical...
Page 25 - The impacts were upon the more sensitive side of my hand. When my fingers were being touched or pressed it seemed as if another finger were causing the sensation — a finger of very great strength. During this experiment of pressure on the fingers there was no sensation of roughness, such as occurred and is described with the larger rod when I felt the edge of the circular end. My sight is very keen. "(Sgd.) ARTHUR HUNTER.
Page 173 - As time went on these increased in size and variety until great quantities of this psychic material could be exteriorized and photographed. Then the operators began to manipulate it in various ways, building it up into columns, or forming it into single or double arms, moulding it into the different shapes with which I had been long familiar in a general way from previous investigation. Not only did they do this, but they showed unmistakably, by means of set photographs, from what part of the medium's...