…later in the day. Moreover, Pearl noted that ‘while I am writing there seems to be no definite place where my consciousness ceases, and that of Patience comes in’.17Prince (1927/1964), 398. Writing Samples The literature produced by Patience Worth received very favourable, and sometimes lavishly complimentary, reviews. But apparently because…
…‘Phinuit’ and Piper.15Hodgson (1892), 29. (See below for further discussion.) Automatic Writing In the sittings described in Hodgson’s second (1897) report, the entranced Piper showed a preference for writing over speaking as a means to communicate. To facilitate this, before going into the trance state she rested her head on…
…to the healing deity called Nodens, who is equivalent to the Roman god Mars. Of great importance in a Greek sanctuary was its entrance gate, the propylon. The gate functioned not just as an ordinary opening, but also as the threshold between profane and sacred spaces.12Sassu (2012). Inside the sanctuaries,…
…his first year of mediumship, these messages were recorded by Mrs Speer as they came, primarily by means of rappings and the trance voice. After a year or so, Moses developed a facility for automatic writing, and began communicating directly with the spirits in the privacy of his home. I…
…by psychic phenomena appearing in trance states and automatic writing, including some mediums, and these became a focus of interest until the early 1930s. The Society has continued to carry out field investigations and fund experimental research until the present day. From the outset, researchers sought first to eliminate non-paranormal…
…were seen during automatic writing, with increased activity in regions related to sensory integration and motor control. Comparisons between the spontaneous automatic writer and the highly hypnotizables highlighted distinct neural and subjective experiences of automatic writing, with notable differences in brain activity and self-reported control. The authors consider the study…
…alphabet, and semi-automatic handwritings. Example of the ‘Martian’ text received automatically by Hélène Smith Above: Example of the ‘Martian’ text received automatically by Hélène Smith It took some time for Flournoy to uncover its structure and provide a coherent translation into French. He was helped by Ferdinand de Saussure, a…
…centenary, and the first of several feature films devoted to his life and work, entitled simply Chico Xavier was seen by two million in its first month. Automatic Writing or Psychography? Almost anybody can produce automatic writing, simply by resting a pen or pencil on a blank sheet of paper…
…by Piper and other mediums, and by practitioners of automatic writing. Her detailed studies of automatic scripts written by the medium Alice Fleming (‘Mrs Holland’) were published in the society’s proceedings.2For instance Johnson (1910), 201-63 She also contributed reports of sittings with the physical medium Eusapia Palladino3Johnson (1911), 30-31. and…
