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{{Style S-Small capitals|In}} anticipation of a detailed report from Herr Gillis himself, after his return to St. Petersburg, I give an outline of a succession of splendid results, culminating in a demonstration which forms an “event” in the development of our science.
A few weeks ago I received a letter from Herr Gillis, then in Paris, requesting me, on the recommendation of Professor Zollner, of Leipzig, and Herr Wiese, of Wiesbaden, to aid him in the further investigation of Spiritualistic phenomena, some of which he already accepted as established facts, after several sittings with Dr. Slade at Professor Zollner’s. If these names alone had not inspired me to do all in my power, the spirit of the letter of Mr. Gillis laid the foundation of my confidence in his love of truth as his only motive. My hope for marked results in a given time was somewhat shaken when I learned that my friend desired a special phenomenon, and that one the interlinking of two solid unbroken rings of different materials, to form permanent and portable proof of the “new force.” Vain attempts of mine had been made for years in this direction in many powerful circles. I once had for months two rings cut out of different pieces of printed paper on my ''séance'' table. I urged Mr. Gillis to give up all hope, as the time for such immense tests seemed not ripe. To my surprise Herr Gillis informed me that an analogous result had already been obtained through Dr. Slade’s mediumship.
On Thursday, the 18th July, we went to Mr. Williams, at his semi-public evening ''seance, ''where the fine manifestations satisfied him of good results of some kind, even if the desired one should not be granted; and his cheerful resignation pleased me much, because mental conditions are such at ''seances, ''that eager and concentrated expectation towards one end has a deterrent effect. A sitting at Mr. and Mrs. Herne’s the next day was likewise highly interesting, and acquaintance made with u James Lombard.” Both mediums, Mr. Williams and Mr. Herne (with Mrs. Herne), were at once engaged for five private sittings, one every day, but the difficulty of finding suitable hours was readily met by the mediums agreeing to sit together. The first of the ''seances'' came off on Monday last week. I was present on all occasions except one, when Herr Gillis was quite alone with Mr. and Mrs. Herne, and obtained tremendous tests, surpassing all he had had before. At lunch in his hotel (the Royal Hotel, Blackfriars), where he took the mediums, a roll of paper was thrown at his feet from his ''locked ''portmanteau in his locked bed-room, and this was but one among other strong items.
On the Monday Herr Gillis brought to our ''seance ''a number of small rings of ivory, wood, and also of paper, and a piece of leather with strips cut within its margin, to receive knots like those already given to Professor Zollner in a common cord with sealed ends. “Peter” made us feel in the dark something like knots, but on examination they proved to be slip knots only, so strongly tied that it took some time to undo them, and then presented only a proof of clever fingerwork, with a touch of suspicion that he had been playing “a lark,” or did not clearly comprehend the nature of the original demand. Then the ends of a cord were sealed by Herr Gillis, and to his delight a knot was made in it, but so tightly drawn that it took a long time in plucking open to show a real knot, as obtained through Slade with Professor Zollner, and in London through Eglinton. A repetition of this resulted in three true knots on the same cord, and seemed to revive the hopes of Herr Gillis, and to inspire ours, although Peter, in a tone of despair, seemed not to believe in the possibility of his interlinking the rings. Beautiful materialisations of spirits, and other marvels, now and then diverted us. After vainly searching for my umbrella in Mr. Herne’s room, it suddenly dropped to my feet, Mr. Herne putting his finger to his mouth and crying: “It hurt me!” Herr Gillis felt something pushed gently into his inside breast pocket, and when a light was struck he discovered his note-book, which he positively declared to have left in his locked portmanteau at his hotel. We were not sitting for these phenomena, and the spirits were evidently keeping their thread of action in hand themselves, doing all things in their own way. It struck me, as I know not the nature of their intelligence, that Peter might not have perfectly under- {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|7-219}}
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