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where
a
materialized
entity
writes
or
talks
in
a
language
perfectly unknown to
the medium
holding the
stance.
To
underline
this
peculiar
event,
the
author
presents
some
documented
examples.
The
article
starts
with
the
phenomenology
of
Laura
Edmonds
obtained
during
her
stances
in New
York.
She was
able
to
talk
fluently
in
languages
she
absolutely
did
not
know,
so
that
the
researchers
considered
the
possibility
of an
outside
posses-
sion.
We
read about Major Tudor
Pole who was able
to
talk
and
understand
Persian,
a
language
absolutely
un-
known
to
him.
The
article
describes
Thfrese Neumann
who, during
her mystic
raptures,
used
to
talk
in Aramaic,
perfectly
recognized
as
the
real
Christ
language
by
the
scholars who had the
possibility
to
assist
her.
"Nephentes”
materialized
herself
during
the
stances
held
by
E.
D’Esperance.
She
was
able
to
write
a
message
in
the
memo book of a researcher
assisting in the stance.
In the
end
of
the
article we
read
of
an
ancient poem
corrected
for a better comprehension by the “Confucius" entity.
This
request came
from Doctor Whymant during
a
sitting
with
the medium
Valiantine.
The
author
ends
the
article
by
saying
that
during
his
life
he
had
the
opportunity
to
at-
tend many xenoglossy manifestations where many languages
and
dialects were spoken.
He
is sure
that such languages
were unknown
to
present people, and
for
this reason he
is
perfectly sure of the autonomy of the entities.
- DA
03049.
Ravaldini,
Silvio.
In memory of Gastone De
Boni.
Luce e Ombra, 1987 (Jul/Sep), 87(3), 205-208.
On
the 23rd of September
1986 Gastone De Boni
left
us,
having
finished
his
human
experience.
Only
after
having
put
in
order
all
the
material
he
left
us
will we
fully
understand
the
importance
of
his
wide
knowledge.
De
Boni’s aim
was knowledge
of
the
psyche-that
defined
by
Myers
as
"the
subliminal
self'
and
evidenced
in
his
book,
Human
Personality and
Its
Survival of Bodily
Death.
We must
not ’forget
that Myers was considered
a
teacher
by De
Boni.
In
fact,
he
wrote:
"In
this
psychic
microcosm we only can catch
a glimpse
of
the power and
shining
of
psychic
macrocosm."
As
a
follower
of
Jung's
thought,
he
rationally
examined
the
possibilities
of
the
psyche
under
its
different
appearances,
and
he once
said:
"Our
position makes
us
fight
in
favor
of an
idea,
which,
even
if
it
grows
and
finishes
under
the
control
of
pure
thought,
must and
will have an
important
place
in human
life."
- DA
03050.
Giovetti, Paola. Near-death experiences in other
cultures.
Luce e Ombra, 1987
(Jul/Sep), 57(3), 209-213.
Dr. Giorgio Fonzo
is
a
medical doctor who
for many
years
worked
for
the
World
Health
Organization,
being
constantly
in touch with Moslem
people.
On several
occa-
sions
he
had
the
opportunity
to
deal
with
persons
who
were near death and
to
listen
to
their
impressions.
They
reported
experiences
that
were
very
similar
to
the
ones
reported by
so many
people
of
different
religions,
which
have
been
collected
all
over
the
world
in
recent
years.
Dr.
Fonzo’s
patients
reported
out-of-body
experiences and
"tunnel
experiences,"
visions
of
beautiful
places
and
of
a
marvelous
light,
encounters
with dead
friends or
relatives,
etc.
Those who are familiar with
the specialized
literature
will
recognize
in
Dr.
Fonzo’s
material
some
transcultural
elements of great
interest.
- R.A.W.
03051.
Iannuzzo,
Giovanni.
Studies
of
the
history
of
parapsychology
in
Italy from
1982
to
1986: A
report
and
a
critical
revision.
Luce e Ombra,
1987
(Jul/Sep),
87(3), 214-225.
refs;
1 table
After a
detailed review of the most important
Italian
parapsychology
journals
in order
to better analyze
the way
scientific
research
has been
carried on from
1982-1987,
the
author
thinks
more
scholars
are
interested
in
pursuing
studies
in
this
field.
His
research examines
the
quantita-
tive
data
at
our
disposal
that
specifies
which
research
areas
are
the most
studied, and
he
suggests
a way
to
im-
prove such researches qualitatively.
- DA
03052.
Ravaldini, Silvio.
Daniel Dunglas Home.
Luce
e Ombra, 1987 (Jul/Sep), 87(3), 226-244.
54 refs
It
is not easy
to
discuss
all the
different phenomena
Daniel
D. Home
produced
during
his
life,
especially
the
physical
ones.
Therefore
the
author
has put
in evidence
only three of them: the
telekinetic phenomena produced on
an
accordion,
those
concerning
levitations,
and
the
fire-
immunity
ones.
The
accordion
was
playing
while
the
medium
was
holding
it on
the
side
with no
keys,
but
it
was
playing
as
well
as
when
anybody
was
touching
it.
This peculiar phenomenon was fully described by trustwor-
thy
people.
In
addition,
a
journalist
for
the Times
was
not
able to find any
trick.
Home’s ability
to hold burning
coals
in
his
hands was confirmed by
scholars
such
as
Sir
William Crookes and Charles RicheL
The author describes
Home’s
levitations
in
more
detail,
especially
the
one
at
Ashley
House
where Home
went
out
one
window
and
came
back
in
another.
In
considering
every
side
of
the
problem, the author thinks these phenomena
actually took
place. He proposes that the phenomena Home produced
are
still happening nowadays,
for example,
those produced
by
Roberto
Setti, the Florence medium.
- DA/RA.W.
03053.
Heim, Albert.
Death from
falls. (Trans,
by
Paola
Giovetti.)
Luce e Ombra,
1987
(Jul/Sep),
87(3),
245-252.
This
article
was
written
in
1892
by
the
Swiss
geologist.
Dr.
Albert Heim, and
published
in
the
Bulletin
of
the
Swiss Alpine
Club.
The author
describes
his
per-
sonal
experiences and those of
several
persons who
nearly
died
because
of
mountain
falls.
Their
sensations and
vi-
sions were wonderful: They
felt no
fear, no
pain.
Sensa-
tions
of
peace,
well-being, and
beautiful
visions were com-
mon.
This
is
very
similar
to
modern
near-death
ex-
periences, and
in
this sense
Dr. Heim’s analysis
is
really
a
pioneer one and worthy of note.
- DT/R.A.W.
03054.
Giroldini,
William.
Parapsychology
and
research.
Luce e Ombra, 1987 (Jul/Sep), 87(3),
253-259.
refs
The
author
critically
debates
the
proposal
many
researchers have advanced
to reevaluate the study of spon-
taneous
ESP-PK
phenomena.
Many
believe
that
spon-
taneous phenomena are more repeatable and of a "superior
quality"
than
the
results
obtained
in
the
laboratory
using
the
traditional experimental
criteria
derived from
the
nor-
mal
sciences.
Giroldini
thinks
that
all
the
existing
studies
of spontaneous
cases overlook the problem of chance coin-
cidence.
Because of
this,
it
is not
possible to know
if
the
collected events are mainly "true" or "spurious."
Therefore,
the
study
of
spontaneous
events
runs
the
risk
of
being
worthless
because
of
this
underlying
ambiguity.
The
author
proposes
that
the study of spontaneous events must
be
made
following
a
method
which
makes
it
possible
to
evaluate
the
probability
of
chance
coincidences.
The
phenomena
that seem most suitable could be hallucinations
in
connection
with
the
death
of
a
relative.
If
this
proposal
is accepted by scholars, then
it would be
possible
to
increase
our
knowledge
of
paranormal
phenomena
by
concentrating the study on the
less polluted phenomena
in-
stead
of the spurious ones.
- DA/R.A.W.
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