They contain constant references to the séances which went on concurrently, and whose dates are independently known; and in the later books, records of some of these séances are interspersed in their due places amongst other matter.
Mrs. von Wiesler knew only too well, from the séances she had taken part in with me, how little dependence can be placed on Spiritualistic communications.
When "direct writing" was given at the séances the handwriting of each alleged spirit was the same as that which the same spirit was in the habit of employing in the automatic script.
First and most important are a group of persons recently deceased, and sometimes manifesting themselves at the séances before their decease was known through any ordinary channel to any of the persons present.
The communication presented nothing remarkable, but it was nevertheless resolved to continue the séances once a week, on every Tuesday.
I hasten to write to you as to that case of thought-transference of which I spoke to you when you were present at my hypnotic séances at Nancy.
Her mother also had not joined in any séances except our own.
She has an only daughter, Sophie, who at the time of those séances was completing her studies.
She had taken no part, either at our séances or at any others, and she had not read anything about Spiritualism.
In fact, for test purposes, dark séances are a mistake, though they are admirable for a flirtation.
At this period my brother came to visit me, and he had either been present himself or knew persons who had been present at certain séances at Mr. Rymer's.
Tout, of Vancouver, records that after attending a few séances with some friends he felt a strong impulse to turn medium himself, and assume a foreign personality.
Dee faithfully noted down, and many years later, long after both Dee and Kelley had been carried to their graves, these manuscript notes of the séances were published.
The outraged husband, as may be imagined, lost not a moment in demanding admission to the séances which were proceeding merrily under the direction of a servant in the Parsons family and a clergyman of the neighborhood.
Scientific men frequently complain that spiritualists will not submit their séances to the test of a public examination in broad daylight.
Many of these experimental séances took place without the presence of any professional mediums.
Several instances may be found in Mr. Home's séances in which holy-water and crucifixes are spoken of with a certain amount of unction.
In the few cases in which individuals have manifested abnormal excitement, the séances have been frustrated.
His astronomical studies were one of these, but a deeper reason was to be found in those Sunday séances at the Villa Ogilvy.
I mean, my dear boy, that although I have asked you to abjure séances and so forth, I do pray of you to cultivate the spiritual.
They were Brother Josiah Smith, the spiritualist, and Professor Petersen, the investigating Dane, whom he used to meet at the séances in the Villa Ogilvy.
Six séances sufficed to banish the symptoms, which at the end of several months had not recurred.
The exercises may advantageously be repeated every three hours to begin with, then their duration may be increased and the intervals lengthened, until the séances are extended to fifteen minutes three times a day.
His academic mind recoiled from the grotesque and trivial messages associated with séances and the performances of professional psychics.
The spirits which are made to appear at the séances are degraded spirits.
And, after all, it appears that these marvelous séances were no better than this miserable personation by Haxby.
The materialization séances offer a sufficient example of this form of manifestation.
These disturb- ances will continue until the end of error, when all discord will be swallowed up in spiritual Truth.
I have read that one of the dangers of attending Spiritualistic Séances is that spirits occasionally attach themselves to people, and can only be got rid of with great difficulty.
All his experiences, he said, had taken place in the light, and he believed only spoof ghosts at séances required the opposite conditions.
It was always very much against it, that its professors held their séances in darkened apartments, and that for the most part they took money for the display of their wonders.
This explanation, on a physiological basis, considerably reduces the mystic character of those mesmeric marvels in which the late Dr Elliotson indulged at his public séances in Conduit Street.
The records of her séances fill a large place in the proceedings of the S.
One of these séances led to a rather amusing incident.
I would say more of my séances and all the recollections they evoke, were I not impatient to get back to du Maurier and to Malines.
The sisters gave public séances through the country, and interest in spiritualism spread to England.
The two young women gave public séances throughout the country, arousing an interest that spread to England.
But the fact of Mrs de B---- having attended séances explained everything.
I've been to too many séances to be able to accept that point of view.
No more séances while I'm in command here--is that understood?
All of which bears upon the present narrative because Roberta Vallis had arranged to have one of these self-revealing séances as a feature of her party; and she insisted that Penelope contribute an emotional experience.
Sylvia's séances with old Reinhardt and the piano were becoming serious affairs: for it was now tentatively decided that she was to earn her living by teaching music.
Now, let us apply this to Home's séances, and to spiritistic séances in general.
Speaking now of materialization séances only--of which I have seen many--I may say that in all my investigations I have never seen one single instance of suggested or spontaneous hallucination.
In other words, these séances present evidences of psychological processes for which we can find no analogy in any other series of séances, or in hypnotic or any other phenomena with which we are familiar.
In a series of séances conducted in Naples, the following apparatus was employed.
Very rarely have attempts been made to photograph apparitions (probably because they were too fleeting and unexpected), and the forms at séances have been photographed on only a few occasions.
During séances held with Eusapia Palladino, objects were moved from place to place in the room without visible contact, and apparently of their own accord.
On the other hand, it may be asked: If the messages we receive at séances really do come from the departed, why should they be so fleeting and so uncertain as they are?
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