…(1955), a book wholly devoted to research into paranormal phenomena, was published as part of the popular ‘Teach Yourself’ series. Survival of Death On a visit to England in 1953 he met Geraldine Cummins, an Irish medium, who later sent him material that she had received by automatic writing that…
…The couple married in 1919. Works Books Sittings with Eusapia Palladino and Other Studies (1912/1963). New Hyde Park, New York, USA: University Books. Articles Discussion of Professor Richet’s case of automatic writing in a language unknown to the writer, Part III. (1905, with A Johnson). Proceedings of the Society for…
…ten Brazilian Kardecist Spiritist psychographers (mediums who perform automatic writing) when they wrote in trance was different from during control, non-trance states.54Peres et al (2012). Maraldi and Krippner examined the hand temperature, heart rate, bilateral skin conductance, electroencephalography (EEG), and electromyography (EMG) of head and neck muscles of a Brazilian…
…of the SPR Dublin Section,2Unsigned (1909-1910), 40. presenting it with a modified planchette for testing automatic writing in mediums.3SPR Dublin Section (1909), 64. Fournier d’Albe was interested in the physical phenomena of the séance room, notably the researches of materialisation mediums carried out by William Crookes. He advanced ideas of…
…‘Mrs Willett’, said she psychically perceived a young woman watching over him. Subsequently other mediums, including Margaret Verrall, Helen Salter and ‘Mrs Holland’, wrote automatic (trance) scripts which it was believed were dictated by this woman. The scripts contained references to: Palm Maiden (she died on Palm Sunday) Lady with…
…found an explanation in Kardecist Spiritism. Soon Aldo and Zibia were reading aloud Allan Kardec’s The Gospel According to Spiritism to their children and holding Spiritist meetings at their home. Zibia practiced psychography (automatic writing) and eventually published books of spirit communications.1Dubugras (1987); Dubugras & Gasparetto (1979). Luiz was a…
…evidential value.4Fisk (1965), 94. Matthew Manning During his childhood the British psychic Matthew Manning (born 1955) seemed to be the focus of poltergeist-type effects, which led to him producing automatic writing and artworks credited to deceased entities. Many such incidents were witnessed over an extended period by his family and…
…underlining the fallibility of witness testimony and exposing cheating methods he suspected were used by Eglinton and other slate-writing mediums. As a result of this and other investigations, Hodgson concluded that ‘nearly all the professional mediums are a gang of vulgar tricksters who are more or less in league with…
…by automatic writing (1892). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 5, 299-301. A case report (1893). In F.W.H. Myers’ ‘Subliminal consciousness’. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 9, 68-70. Rapport de la commission réunie à Milan pour l’étude des phénomènes psychiques (1893, with A. Aksakof, G. Schiaparelli, C….
