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grapher to the Emperor Charles V. Henry VIII. of England and Margaret of Austria competed for the favor of his attachment to their respective courts. At the age of twenty, so great was his reputation as an alchemist, that the principal adept of Paris wrote to Cologne to invite him to settle in France, and aid them with his experience in discovering the philosopher's stone. (See Mackay's “Popular Delusions"). Although he was believed to have the secret of the transmutation of metals, he lived and died in poverty, as all true adepts of Occultism have before and since his time.

{{Style P-No indent|grapher to the Emperor Charles V. Henry VIII. of England and Margaret of Austria competed for the favor of his attachment to their respective courts. At the age of twenty, so great was his reputation as an alchemist, that the principal adept of Paris wrote to Cologne to invite him to settle in France, and aid them with his experience in discovering the philosopher's stone. (See Mackay's “Popular Delusions"). Although he was believed to have the secret of the transmutation of metals, he lived and died in poverty, as all true adepts of Occultism have before and since his time.}}

The stories which are told of his power to evoke spirits are most wonderful, {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB crossed out|and Mr. Peebles quotes one of these (from}} {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|See}} Goodwin’s  “Lives of the Necromancers”{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB crossed out|), in his “Seers of the Ages ;” although he omits to give}} {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|where {{Style S-HPB SB. Lost|are}} find}} the name of the Earl of Surrey, at whose request he called up the shade of Tully, upon the occasion noted, and made it repeat his celebrated oration for Rocius.

The stories which are told of his power to evoke spirits are most wonderful, {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB crossed out|and Mr. Peebles quotes one of these (from}} {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|See}} Goodwin’s  “Lives of the Necromancers”{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB crossed out|), in his “Seers of the Ages ;” although he omits to give}} {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|where {{Style S-HPB SB. Lost|are}} find}} the name of the Earl of Surrey, at whose request he called up the shade of Tully, upon the occasion noted, and made it repeat his celebrated oration for Rocius.

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  | source title = Spiritual Scientist  

  | source title = Spiritual Scientist  

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  | source details = v. 3, No. 7, October 21, 1875, p.79

  | publication date = 1875-12-16

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''To the Editor of the Spiritual Scientist:''

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{{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: —Your readers and the general public are aware that the Imperial University of St. Petersburg, the chief governmental educational institution of Russia, had decided upon a thorough scientific investigation of the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism, and that the most eminent professors of the nation had been assigned to the duty. It is also known that Madame Blavatsky, an erudite Russian lady resident in this country, and I, have been honored with a commission to test and forward such mediums as we might consider best fitted to exemplify the nature and potency of the occult force designated as mediumistic power.

{{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: —Your readers and the general public are aware that the Imperial University of St. Petersburg, the chief governmental educational institution of Russia, had decided upon a thorough scientific investigation of the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism, and that the most eminent professors of the nation had been assigned to the duty. It is also known that Madame Blavatsky, an erudite Russian lady resident in this country, and I, have been honored with a commission to test and forward such mediums as we might consider best fitted to exemplify the nature and potency of the occult force designated as mediumistic power.

We placed the elder one, well secured, behind a curtain, stretched across the corner of the room. Before him stood a table, and on this we fixed a wooden cage about one cubic foot in site, which could be securely locked with a key. In the walls of the cage the apertures were not larger than would admit the insertion of a lead pencil. Inside the cage a hand bell was placed, and the door was then locked, the key removed, and the room darkened. The bell was soon rung loudly and repeatedly. It was a splendid test!

We placed the elder one, well secured, behind a curtain, stretched across the corner of the room. Before him stood a table, and on this we fixed a wooden cage about one cubic foot in site, which could be securely locked with a key. In the walls of the cage the apertures were not larger than would admit the insertion of a lead pencil. Inside the cage a hand bell was placed, and the door was then locked, the key removed, and the room darkened. The bell was soon rung loudly and repeatedly. It was a splendid test!

With respect to the personnel of the committee and its plans, M. Aksakof  

With respect to the personnel of the committee and its plans, M. Aksakof says; —

 

says; —

I am extremely satisfied with our scientific committee. Nothing more could be desi ed in this respect Without exception they are so amiable and so ready to comply with any reasonable conditions demanded, that it would be a great misfortune if Spiritualists were not to profit by the opportunity now offered for a thorough investigation. . . . They have adopted a resolution to hold forty official seances, beginning about May 13 next, and continuing to September I, omitting the regular summer vacation. They allow twenty of these forty sittings to be failures from one cause or another; but if after the course closes they shall not have found anything worthy of scientific notice, they will consider themselves absolved from, undertaking any further inquiry ink the subject.

I am extremely satisfied with our scientific committee. Nothing more could be desi ed in this respect Without exception they are so amiable and so ready to comply with any reasonable conditions demanded, that it would be a great misfortune if Spiritualists were not to profit by the opportunity now offered for a thorough investigation. . . . They have adopted a resolution to hold forty official seances, beginning about May 13 next, and continuing to September I, omitting the regular summer vacation. They allow twenty of these forty sittings to be failures from one cause or another; but if after the course closes they shall not have found anything worthy of scientific notice, they will consider themselves absolved from, undertaking any further inquiry ink the subject.

"Perhaps,” says he, “it will be interesting for you to know that Prince A. Dolgorouky, the great authority of mesmerism, has written me that he has ascertained that spirits which play the most prominent part at seances, are elementaries — gnomes, etc. His clairaoyants have seen them and describe them thus.”

"Perhaps,” says he, “it will be interesting for you to know that Prince A. Dolgorouky, the great authority of mesmerism, has written me that he has ascertained that spirits which play the most prominent part at seances, are elementaries — gnomes, etc. His clairaoyants have seen them and describe them thus.”

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