New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-23
SPIRITUAL RAPPINGS IN TURKEY

y,o- Or Own ColTsGpoDaert
CoSsTANTINOPLE, Monday, March IL, 1850.
For more than year or past, news OF the
turning tables have been wcll-knOwn here, and
trl.d with entire success by several lndl'ldua's
vouDg and old, credUlOus and IN n,redulous, nervous
AZ well as those Of strong frames and powerful
nerves. 10 the utter amazement OF the spectators.
More recently spiritual rappings have been expert
mentaliz.d in this city with equal success aud as
hitle understood
An Armenian ply sician, Dr. Stishman pupil
Of the seminary oi the Rev. Mr.. Ilamln (Auencan
Missionary of Bebek, on the Bosphorus la'ely re-
tuned here from Paris, where he h4d gone to per-
feet his medical studies. While in this capital Dr.
: either heard of or saw experiments OF rapDlngs
and ANNUAL magnetism and explained the results
a. some Of bis cOuntrymen cf this place-mucH
nO doubt TO their surprise and curiosity
Since his arrival, private individuals nave en-
deayered to ascertain whether or not they pos
s.ssed the power of magnetism, and succeeded
entirely. One Young Armenian lady OF Gasta,
Of very nervous temperament (lt has been now
clearly ascertancd) can serve rs medium be-
tween invoked spirits and human beings still OF
this life Startling as this assertion seems, the
facts which shall detail will serve to support II.
But fret allow me TO state that am strongly
incredulous First: Because believe there never
has been and never will be any intercourse be.
twetn the beings Of this existence and the souls OF
the spiritual world: and secondly, because Of the
unspiritual manner in which it is supposed, the
latter communicate with living men and women IN
this life.
The Young lady in question had. until recently,
nervous indispOsitOn. She bee Ame frequently az
tackled with hysteria, and suffered much from
feeble frame She was placed under DR.. s.
care and he has succeeded in curing her almost
entirely. She experimental with the tables with
Extraordinary success, and at the request of the
Doctor abe consented to make an attempt at serv
ing as medium between Invoked spirits aud those
who choae TO ask for them. For this purpose she
seats herself near any small circular table sup
ported By tripod. She rests her right hand upon
this table and any person present being decided to
ask whether certain spirit-say OF Napoleon,
Lord Byron, or Nirabeau-will respond TO his
or her question, makes the request in an ordl-
narily loud voice. II the spirits disposed 70 accede
b. the request knocking is distinctly heard upon
one Of the three feet Of the table. The request
must be made in the language which the spirit
must have spoken (his native tongue) while in this
life.
Many of the responses have filled all those pres
ent with surprise. The incredulous have been
greatly embarrassed by them and, like myself, all
feel that there must be either some deception, or
come result Of magnetism thus brought into action,
heretofore unknown. Most OF the spirits invoked
have been those Of departed Armenians, and conse-
Quently the language spoken is the Armenian, with
which am wholly unacquainted. One spirit replied
that il was a cheruhim None eemed disP0sed
to give any information as 10 the tR,sre. What
they have been. and still are, is freely mentioned.
The spirits of W. Csrabet Duy Oglou, an uncle
of the young lady serving as medium was one
evening invoked, and she had TO be cut OF i'm
medately from her condition of medium, or she
would have tainted 90 much wss she affected by IT.
To do this it 10 only necessary for stranger to
touch the hand placed upon the table. On Lord
Byrons spirit being invoked, the rsppngs on the
table were most violent and alarmed those pres
ent that the medium had 10 be cut Of immedi.
stely.
one Of the spirits has stated that there are
twelve persons in this place who have the faculty
Of serving as mediums. Some Of them are known.
One is a married lady of rank, who has tried an
experiment with entire success, but, as well from
her own repugnance ss from that OF her friends
and relations, she has determined not to attempt
il again.
weuld add that one OF my particular friends,
q young Armenian full of conscientious conyic-
tions and Of probity and morality beyond al
suspicion, has brother, priest at the Armenian
College Of 81. Lazarus in Venice, 70 whom he 10
greatly attached. As an experiment be ssked
whether the guardian spirit" of this brother
would manifest itself 10 him. Ii did 90, and said
that il was 10 human spirit, but "eherubim."
The impression which these faets-for such
they certainly are-hsve made in ConstaniinOple,
h very great. Animsl Dsgpetsp bss, however,