…writing, a rough bottle drawing and the package’s coloured envelopes. Life and Career Outline Stefan Ossowiecki was born in Moscow, Russia, on 22 or 26 August 1877. His father was a wealthy chemical manufacturer who in his youth had been assistant to Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the Periodic Table of…
…table-turning and spirit rappings, sitting with notable séance mediums of the day, such as William Eglinton, DD Home and Mrs Guppy, and claiming to have repeatedly witnessed materializations, slate-writing, music from unknown sources, apports, and the like.6Fodor (1934), 403. This led him to a belief in the existence of ‘preterhuman…
René Warcollier (1881–1962) was a French chemical engineer, inventor and parapsychologist who devoted much of his career to the experimental study of telepathy by means of transmission of drawings. His writings are considered a major contribution towards understanding the complex psychological processes underlying telepathy. Warcollier led the journal of the…
The natural philosopher Francis Bacon (1561–1626), a key figure of the scientific revolution, is widely believed to have been sceptical of psychic phenomena. In fact, his writings show a strong belief in the occult and also in the possibility that its manifestations could be investigated empirically; his reluctance to do…
…me the importance of identifying and sharing the skills necessary to make dreams generally accessible.3Ullman (1988). This ‘accidental exposure’ was membership during the early 1930s in a group of teens who held attempted successfully to generate psychokinetic phenomena such as raps, table levitations and automatic writing (see Bindelof Phenomena). In…
…his first appearance on 4 January 1943, this communicator was belligerent, railing against religion. However, the group exercised forebearance and on two subsequent appearances his demeanour changed to friendly and forthcoming. Facts about him were confirmed by Gauld, who recalled having read writings by a psychologist of the same name….
…met Geraldine Cummins, an Irish medium, who later sent him material that she had received by automatic writing that purported to originate with Ambrose Pratt, a recently deceased Australian novelist, politician and businessman whom Johnson had known intimately. Pratt, whom Johnson considered a man of considerable integrity as well as…
…falling; had fallen; and was performing automatic writing. The most frequent circumstances found in a more recent study were: physically relaxed (79%), mentally calmed (79%), dreaming (36%), meditating (27%), and emotional stress (23%).50Gabbard & Twemlow (1984). But there were more rare circumstances such as childbirth (4%), having an orgasm (3%),…
…days at a time. Margaret finally disappeared in April 1914, leaving Doris integrated for the first time in 22 years.7Prince (1929). Mediumistic Experiments In 1911, Prince experimented with automatic writing. He placed a pencil in Doris’s hand above a piece of paper, while Margaret was in control, sleeping. Shortly the…
