The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-12
A ROMAN sEANCE.
What a Countess Saw-A Table Floats
in SPACE
Countess Mainardi. in sphinx Union.


Countess Mainardi in Sphinx Union.
On March IS my husband took me TO
the InternationalPs Psychological Academy,
where we were kindly received by the
director. Prof Holman, who invited Us
TO a sitting. and introduced US to DR.. san
tangelo. The latter read two important
letters, one OF which was from Prof
Iombroso. and the other from Prof
Richet of Paris. Both spoke IN the most
hopeful terms of the new science, and
Lombroso even added that on this oc-
casion he expected TO see large number
convinced. At this seance there were
present Jour mediums and about fifteen
sitJers. among whom remarked the well
known painter, He de Siemiradski DR.
Santangelo and an eCSlesiastiC.
After the, circle had been formed al a
four-legged table weighing from fifty TO
sixty pounds, the honor of each sitter mas
pledged to preserve the contact Of hands
and knees. The room, the chairs. the
table, and the walls were carefully
examined, as were also tambourine. a
small flute, bell and cord lying on the
table. A red lamp which was lit enabled
the sitters TO recognize each other and
after few moments they heard, as if in
the wood of the table, what sounded like
the powerful roll of drum. while. at the
same time, the table itself rose about
two feet from the foor-now from
as if in kind of feverish
excitement. Prof Hoffman,, who re-
NAMED outside the circle, asked the
cause of this unrest, aud the reply came:
| TOO much light Thereupon the lamp
was extinguished, and Immediately the
| table rose clear from the floor and fioated
so high that the members of the circle
! eo1ol6 no EanrN fhef,, ia DO = &
IT suddenly sank down again. When it
| appeared 10 be about to repeat this ex-
| pertinent, IL suddenly, and to the great
establishment of the closed Circle, floated
| clear of them, and proceeded towards a
| corner of the room where the medium,
| Sig. Giacomo, was in a magnetic sleep.
| Prof. Holman then told us TO let the
! spirits have their way, and Immediately
| phosphorescent and starry lights APP
! peared singly aud in groups, moving
hlther and thither from all quarters of
| the room and remaining visible for a few
| seconds. AT the same time almost all of
US were caressed by somewhat cold and
| invisible hands, one of whose fingers
tried TO retain with the thumb of my left
| hand, which held that of the medium, but
| 1t escaped me and moved about my hair,
face and shoulders, and then / plainly
! felt kiss impressed on my left hand. At
| the same time my husband was lightly
| touched, and Prof. Siemiradski asserted
/ that he received a kiss on his cheek II
must be remembered that we were in
! close circle ana were linked to each other
] in such fashion that the slmmest Of hui
man bodies could neither get IN nor out.
| In a few minutes a light was struck,
/ and then ] observed that my arm was
| bound to the chair and SignOr Giacomo
| lay on the top of the table, which had
! gone out from our circle Heaven knows
/ how that happened, for out of that circle
/ no one could have escaped to do it. An
other medium. SignOr CeCenini was
found fast asleep and in his shirt sleeves,
| while the clothes which were taken
| away from him had been put upon Signor
| Giacomo, who was bound At the latter
! part of the sitting, when the room was
! again in darkness we realized that some
thing was flying through the air just
over our heads, without, however, touch
ing US.
This something proved to be the tam
BOURNE, the flute and the bell which
were all playing together, and they after
wards sank down in the middle of the
| circle without touching any one AT this
seance | asked Prof. Hoffman, If ] could
ascertain whether or not a beloved Rus
sian relative was present, and imme-
diately received q kiss on my left hand.
l then requested "a written message by
means of which l might be certain of MY
friends identity, but was informed by
raps that the medium was already eA-
hausted.