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... | {{Style S-Small capitals| The}} last mail from India has brought us from several correspondents, including Colonel and Mrs. Gordon, details enough to fill a volume, about the contention on Spiritualism going on in that country. Attention was drawn to the subject in the first in-stance by the letter of Mrs. Gordon in ''The Pioneer, ''(Allahabad), one of the best newspapers in India. All the subsequent correspondence is now before us, and some of it consists of the old and threadbare arguments for and against Spiritualism. The following letter, however, contains something new to English readers, many of whom would be glad to get facilities for the observation of the strong psychical powers possessed by a few of the Indian fakirs:— | ||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-98}} | <center>THE POWERS OF PAUL JOPPER.</center> | ||
<center>''To'' ''the Editor of “The Pioneer.”''</center> | |||
{{Style S-Small capitals| Sir}},—Was Spiritualism known in India sixty years ago? I am unable to answer the question. I only know that a Paul Jopper, in Madras, did, apparently unaided, all the strange things your correspondent, “Still in the Dark,” describes having witnessed in your issue of the 6th instant, as the transfer of rings, removal of furniture, &c., and Paul Jopper did more at ''seances ''held at very distinguished houses; indeed, where the ''creme de la creme ''alone were invited to witness the strange powers of this marvellous man. He changed their jewellery ''and under-linen ''without their knowledge, dressing the gentlemen in ladies’ belongings, and giving to the ladies frilled shirts in exchange for what was taken from them, the amiable beholders meanwhile quite unconscious of their larceny until they got home to undress. I cannot explain the agency. I only know Paul Jopper did these things while he walked up and down on the stage erected for him, entertaining his audience with legerdemain tricks. His last feat was to summon a {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-98}} | |||
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london_spiritualist_n.376_1879-11-07.pdf|page=10|London Spiritualist, No. 376, November 7, 1879, p. 224 | |||
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