The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-26
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Nature Turned Upside Down in I.ondOn-DOInRs
Of Homc,tiIe Ghost Raiser-He Floats over
Walls and Through Windows-The Air Full of
ms.,,c R,s ssEm. speSM &sSSs,yhsrs Ss
menken-The Secret of Ghe Egyptian HicrO-
Elyphics About TO be Revealed.
Editorial CoTrespondea ef tte Qhtcege .UsrgrsNA
LONDON, England, Sept. D, 1S69.-Thrillcd
the other day by the recital of remarkable cS-
perienees contained in IA letter written to us by
Signor Damiani, we involmtarily exclaimed
''Oh. that this great throbbing, doubling world
could Witness these wonderful phenomena -
A book Of great merit, inter-related with this
thought of phenomenal spiritullism, has just
fallen into our hands fresh 4roni the pen of
Viscount Adare The Introduction, by Earl
Dunraven, who lis on theD most intimate terms
with the medium d. d. Home exhibits a fine
taste and high scholarly attainments -- tg 80 .8s
''It has been my object, says Lord Adare, Sin
writingof these .seances of Mr., Home, TO divest.
nv accounts of all sensational elements; and for
fear of exaggerating in any particular, l have
simply recorded the bare factsI witnessed. To
put down on paper accurately what others, with
myself. have seen, or to report even the sub
stance OF what Is spoken IN trance, is ex-
tremely difficult. 1t is well to men
ton, that have witnessed many persons make
at their first seance, every effort to account for
the phenomena by tricIery and mechanical con-
tlivNnce, and failing IN that to reduce them to
the effects OF some unknown force. L have
Invariably found them, provided the Seance was
successful, very soon obliged to admit that these
phenomena cannot be accounted for, except on
the suppostion that they are caused by an un-
seen but active and reasoning intelligence. |
have printed names in full Whenever obtaining
leave to do so, knowing how little value is gene
rally attached to statements, unsupported by the
testimony of more than one person" Lord
Adare gives to the public, in this book, the
names OF fifty persons as witnesses of these
spiritual manifestations These individuals are
well known and responsible Some belong to
the aristocracy, some are scientists, some are
eminent in the pursuits of literature. and others
in the law, physics, and the military department.
We take pleasure in furnishing for our readers
the gistof some of the wonders seen ut these
seanccs, and recorded by Lord Adare.
sEANcET SO. 1-sHADowY FoRMs--INvIsIBLE
at. ACCORDION PLAYERS 49, .|.
During this sitting, in the presence of Dr.
Gully, Mr.. Earl Mrs. Thayer, and Others the
table began to yibrate with great rapdty, and
danced round the room in various directions
1t was tilted up to an angle greater than forty
five degrees. The surface was smooth, polished
mahogany, yet the candles, paper, and pencil
did not move. Feeling cold currents of air pass
across my face and hands, a chair
4 standing against the wall, at o distance
of perhaps five yards, came suddenly
] away from the wall and placed itself beside
me at the table The effect was startling Mrs
4 Thayer saw shadowy form standing between
Home and myself; | was touched lightly upon
the head. An accordion was brought; Home
took it, holding the lower part with the keys
hanging over the edge of the table, when it
began tune resembling voluntary upon the
organ; the melody was perfect, and the express
played looked at it two or three times under
the table: All were permitted to do the same,
demonstrating the fact that it was played with
out visible hands. s.- .. ... -
SPIRIT BIRDS.
Present, MIR. Jenckin. Mrs. Jenckin, Mrs.
Heming, Mr.. Russell, and others. The manifes-
tatons commenced with the usual vibration of
the floor and our chairs and also the cold cur
rents of air passing over the hands of those
present Curious sounds were heard, something
between the chirping of bird and the whistling
produced by birds wings Soon the spirit voice
was heard distinctly. During the time of the
rustlng of the birds wings and the spirit-voices,
Mr.. Home engaged in social conversation, show
ing that the sounds were not produced by ven
triloquism.
FLOATING TABLES.
Present. Lady Galway, Lord Adare, Mrs. Scott
Russell and others. very large table, seven
feet long and five wide, yibrated at first strongly
and then sprang forward violently as though
forced by a mighty, mysterious power. The
table was lifted in the air, and yibrated suifici
emily strong, at later hour in the evening, to be
felt in the next house Music was heard, ant
other remarkable manifestations, demonstrating
the reality of o future existence.
A LORD LIFTED IN THE AIR BY UNSEEN HANDS
During this sitting the seance was exceedingly
harmonious. Mr.. Home, entranccd, spoke
beautifully and was elongated, from his natural
height, five feet ten inches, to SIX teet Iour
Lord Dunrayen placed his hands on his feet, an6
they were fairly on the floor; Others unbuttonet
his coat. and he was elongated again; the space
between his WaiStcOat and the WalSt0and OF MS
pantaloons being four or five inches. He also
grew in breadth and size all over, but there wa'
no way of testing to what extent. Spirit-yoice:
were heard, and spirit-forms were seen.
HORRIBLE GRAVEYARD ISCANTATIoNs.
Lord Dunrayen, Charles Wynne, Home, an(
Lord Adare went to the Abbey, and, Will,
standing near the al.ar, Home was entranced
and by the expression of his face appeared to b'
in great agony. His head and hands became
luminous. An owl few round the Old Able,
Sprpppl1nO | attributed the noise mt first Il
Home, but as lie passed me he said in mos
awful voice mo, it is not me; you are mis-
taken" He kneeled upon the ground, waved
his hands, and, appearing in great distress, said
-'Do YOU that tombstone with "a Hgh
shining upon il? 1t would be better mllio
times better, TO lie there in the cold dark ella
than TO spend years upon years, every momen
of which is an eternity, in wandering hero. Oh
am so weary-so weary! Soon he awok
from his trance in a nervous state. Entrance
again we saw him approaching aud evideutl
raised from off the ground. for he doated by
front of Us at height which carried him oy(
a broken wall which was about two feet higl
There could not be better test of his being eI
tirely of the ground, for, AS he crossed the wal
he was quite horizontal, and uniform i'll move
ment. The distance that We saw him carrie
must have been at least ten or twelve Yards.
THE GHOST OF AN ANCIENT MONK.
When Home came ont of the trance, /
seemed excited, and remembered that preyiol
to losing his consciousness he had been walkin
about with u man dressed like frar in a brow
gown-a costume common TO this order in I'll
Catholic Church The spirit--the friar--to
Home Lc was unable to leave the earth. Son
DsychOlOnic law seemed tO hold him to the O