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... | John King asserted his materialisation and by the assistance of a luminous slate showed himself to all present round the table. | ||
He appeared to me, as usual, to bear a close resemblance to the medium, but smaller, and with the addition of a beard. | |||
His eyes seemed to me at first invisible, but on my urging him to show his eyes, they seemed to glance out for a moment again and again, and as quickly disappear, as if the power faded away. | |||
During the appearance and moving about of the figure, I satisfied myself that Mr. Husk was motionless and seated in his chair, but on my curiosity tempting me to touch his hand, the figure seemed to melt away and the voice of Irresistible said, “Dr. Wyld you should not have touched the medium.” However, the figure re-appeared again and again. | |||
Hands touched all present repeatedly, and on my asking that a hand might show itself on the luminous slate, this was done. I noticed the size and shape of the hand attentively, and after the ''seance'' was over, I compared the hands of the sitters with the hand I had seen on the slate, and I found that no one present had a hand at all resembling it, either in size or shape. The hand shown on the slate was smaller and of a finer form than any other hand present, and I traced the hand up to the arm, which was loosely clothed in a white soft wide and buttonless sleeve, quite different in form and texture from any sleeve present, or from any ordinary sleeve. | |||
I then asked if any scent could be produced, when immediately a very strong camphorou, smell pervaded the room, perceptible to all present, and remaining for about a quarter-of-an-hour. | |||
I have said the character of the phenomena was the same as usually met with in Mr. Husk’s presence, but the peculiarity last night consisted in the ''quantity'' produced. | |||
We sat for about two hours, and from the first minute to the last there was no intermission to a continuous succession of operations. | |||
In Mr. Husk’s presence the ring test, or the threading of a chair on the arm usually occurs. Last night this did not occur, but on every other occasion when I have been present it has occurred, but never on my arm. | |||
I have attended many ''seances'' in order to get this test, but Irresistible always says I will get it one day but meantime my “magnetism” is too positive for him and that my positive lines of force resist the transverse cut as it were of the force which, when the ring passes, penetrates the arm of the medium, who describes the sensation as if cut with a red hot knife. These remarks remind me of Faraday’s diamagnetic views. | |||
It is certainly open to the sceptic concerning the voices to suggest ventriloquism, but whatever the source of the voices may be, the owners certainly see perfectly in the dark, as they at once touch any finger requested, and on one occasion when I released my hand from my next neighbour in order to rub my nose, Irresistible at once said “Dr. Wyld, don’t break connection.” | |||
Mr. Husk frankly admits that his own larynx often feels tired after the voices have been long talking, and he also says he feels often as if the organ were being used and he could not at one and the same time use it for his own speech. | |||
The sceptic may smile at this simple admission, but for myself I am not only satisfied Mr. Husk is a simple honest man but that extraordinary spiritual powers are manifested through the agency of his mind and body. I believe this sincerely, but my belief cannot, in connection with ''any dark seance'', reach that absolute knowledge which it did in my matchless daylight experiences with Slade. | |||
Last night after the ''seance'' we adjourned to another room for tea, when Irresistible, in bright gas-light, repeatedly moved the table and answered many questions by raps, and on Captain James regretting that he had lost the key of his clock, Irresistible said distinctly, “you will find it below the table;” on which Captain James and I proceeded to the ''seance'' room and found it below the table. | |||
This proves that Mr. Husk can produce phenomena in the light, and although it is perfectly true that the grand secrets of nature, such as conception and the growth of seeds are all produced in the dark, and the mind itself works in the cavity of the skull as in a ''camera-obscura'', it is still true that dark ''seances'', except when confined to the family circle, are open to various objections, which make it much to be desired that mediums may yet appear possessed of Slade’s overwhelming power to compel belief, and that in the light of the sun. | |||
As to the personality of the possessors of the voices, the impression on my mind remains that the phenomena are complex, and that the outside force is so closely connected with the mind and body of the medium as to suggest the idea of the double; but at other times, as for instance when last night Irresistible left the circle and went to the fire-place and there roughly and energetically began knocking about the cinders and cracking his jokes, one felt as if compelled to admit the presence of an independent being, however strange it might seem that an inhabitant of a spiritual world should so comport himself. | |||
12, Gt. Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London, November 7th. | |||
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As a proof of the clearness with which spirits discern objects in total darkness, the following instance of what occurred at the above reported ''seance'' may be of interest:— | |||
I had asked “Charlie” and the other controls to be careful not to break the gas-globes. Immediately the globe most exposed to danger was placed on my left hand, and the small screw that retains the globe in its place, was put between the forefinger and thumb of my right hand. | |||
This I think was a rather intelligent and thoughtful manifestation, supposing my obliging friend to have been a mere “elementary.” | |||
129, Gower Street, London. | |||
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< A Seance With Mr. Husk (continued from page 10-444) >
John King asserted his materialisation and by the assistance of a luminous slate showed himself to all present round the table.
He appeared to me, as usual, to bear a close resemblance to the medium, but smaller, and with the addition of a beard.
His eyes seemed to me at first invisible, but on my urging him to show his eyes, they seemed to glance out for a moment again and again, and as quickly disappear, as if the power faded away.
During the appearance and moving about of the figure, I satisfied myself that Mr. Husk was motionless and seated in his chair, but on my curiosity tempting me to touch his hand, the figure seemed to melt away and the voice of Irresistible said, “Dr. Wyld you should not have touched the medium.” However, the figure re-appeared again and again.
Hands touched all present repeatedly, and on my asking that a hand might show itself on the luminous slate, this was done. I noticed the size and shape of the hand attentively, and after the seance was over, I compared the hands of the sitters with the hand I had seen on the slate, and I found that no one present had a hand at all resembling it, either in size or shape. The hand shown on the slate was smaller and of a finer form than any other hand present, and I traced the hand up to the arm, which was loosely clothed in a white soft wide and buttonless sleeve, quite different in form and texture from any sleeve present, or from any ordinary sleeve.
I then asked if any scent could be produced, when immediately a very strong camphorou, smell pervaded the room, perceptible to all present, and remaining for about a quarter-of-an-hour.
I have said the character of the phenomena was the same as usually met with in Mr. Husk’s presence, but the peculiarity last night consisted in the quantity produced.
We sat for about two hours, and from the first minute to the last there was no intermission to a continuous succession of operations.
In Mr. Husk’s presence the ring test, or the threading of a chair on the arm usually occurs. Last night this did not occur, but on every other occasion when I have been present it has occurred, but never on my arm.
I have attended many seances in order to get this test, but Irresistible always says I will get it one day but meantime my “magnetism” is too positive for him and that my positive lines of force resist the transverse cut as it were of the force which, when the ring passes, penetrates the arm of the medium, who describes the sensation as if cut with a red hot knife. These remarks remind me of Faraday’s diamagnetic views.
It is certainly open to the sceptic concerning the voices to suggest ventriloquism, but whatever the source of the voices may be, the owners certainly see perfectly in the dark, as they at once touch any finger requested, and on one occasion when I released my hand from my next neighbour in order to rub my nose, Irresistible at once said “Dr. Wyld, don’t break connection.”
Mr. Husk frankly admits that his own larynx often feels tired after the voices have been long talking, and he also says he feels often as if the organ were being used and he could not at one and the same time use it for his own speech.
The sceptic may smile at this simple admission, but for myself I am not only satisfied Mr. Husk is a simple honest man but that extraordinary spiritual powers are manifested through the agency of his mind and body. I believe this sincerely, but my belief cannot, in connection with any dark seance, reach that absolute knowledge which it did in my matchless daylight experiences with Slade.
Last night after the seance we adjourned to another room for tea, when Irresistible, in bright gas-light, repeatedly moved the table and answered many questions by raps, and on Captain James regretting that he had lost the key of his clock, Irresistible said distinctly, “you will find it below the table;” on which Captain James and I proceeded to the seance room and found it below the table.
This proves that Mr. Husk can produce phenomena in the light, and although it is perfectly true that the grand secrets of nature, such as conception and the growth of seeds are all produced in the dark, and the mind itself works in the cavity of the skull as in a camera-obscura, it is still true that dark seances, except when confined to the family circle, are open to various objections, which make it much to be desired that mediums may yet appear possessed of Slade’s overwhelming power to compel belief, and that in the light of the sun.
As to the personality of the possessors of the voices, the impression on my mind remains that the phenomena are complex, and that the outside force is so closely connected with the mind and body of the medium as to suggest the idea of the double; but at other times, as for instance when last night Irresistible left the circle and went to the fire-place and there roughly and energetically began knocking about the cinders and cracking his jokes, one felt as if compelled to admit the presence of an independent being, however strange it might seem that an inhabitant of a spiritual world should so comport himself.
12, Gt. Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London, November 7th.
As a proof of the clearness with which spirits discern objects in total darkness, the following instance of what occurred at the above reported seance may be of interest:—
I had asked “Charlie” and the other controls to be careful not to break the gas-globes. Immediately the globe most exposed to danger was placed on my left hand, and the small screw that retains the globe in its place, was put between the forefinger and thumb of my right hand.
This I think was a rather intelligent and thoughtful manifestation, supposing my obliging friend to have been a mere “elementary.”
129, Gower Street, London.