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A SECOND LIFE
Strange Case of Geneva
Young Woman.
Curious Phenomena Which Would
Support the Theory Of
ReinCarnation.

LONDON, April PA short time age
( the news was cabled from here Of .
strange case or apparent reincarnatiol
reported by Prof. Flournoy of Geneva
lhose VINO remember Rudyard Kipling's
( 'aIe' Inc flnest Story in the World. =
VIII at once notice the strange similari-
! " between the professors case and .hs
writer's imagination. \ few wears aeo
Blanche r, a young woman of Geneva
consulted the professor for Some nar,,o,,,
| trouble. He then discovered tho nar,i1iari
| ties or her case, and for three wears raada
careIuI observations He also called in
sole OF ms colleagues to assist in his
experiments. Among these were Prof
BolsSobey, Well-known philologist ana
I IroI. Wales, the author of the "Etudes
HlStoriQueS.'
briefly this: When in a state of hypnot-
&c trance Miss +. seemed to have clear
reCollections of three distinct previous
G t,ssls The first was on an unknown
world, Wnlch she describes, and which
from her description, agreeing more or
less as Il does with scientific assllrnn.
tlCns. is supposed to be the planet Mars.
/ When she refers to this state of exist
! ence Miss f. speaks a strange Language.
which never varies, and also writes in
strange characters, which are always
consistent. Her second existence was in
India. at far distant epoch When re
. ferrlng to this stage Miss +. speaks pure
Sanskrit and refers to events of which
the historical accuracy has been nroyed
Her thlrd state of existence would seem
TO have been in France at the time of
the Revolution.
Miss r. Is of irreproachable character,
ana works regularly in a business house
f'rof. Flournoy declares that he is con-
WINGED there is no trickery, and owns in
company with his colleagues, that he is
completely myStified. Obviously of
course. there is plenty of opportunity for
chicanery in a pretended knowledge of
AFFAIRS so recent and We'll known as the
events of the French Revolution. IL is
impossible to apply any test to the truth
fulness OF description of life on the
planet Mars, but there is no doubt of
the purity of Miss F.'s Sanskrit and the
accuracy with which she describes
events, which are, rule, only known
to the most learned in the ancient his
tory of India.
ted this strange case, unspeakably
strange even if it be nothing more than
an 1mposture, to a committee of undoubt-
ed savants. The seance was held in the
private house of a German professor at
Charlottenburg. Among the guests were
Il number OF university professors, of
whom two are doctors. whose names are
household words throughout Germany
There were also present three professors
Of the Oriental Seminary, Profs. Bacha,
Hsuek-Shen and Hassan Djelaleddin, and
gave the assembled guests a brief re-
sumo of his observations and then pro-
ceeded to put Miss f. into a hypnotic
sleep. He declined To have the lights
eNtinguished, as, it was an important
point to watch the subjects face
Upon being commanded TO speak, Miss
+. uttered what one of the newspaper
men describes as "a strange sounding
idiom with innumeraple as" Two of the
Indian philologists made movement OF
surprise.
''Sanskrit, undoubtedlyr' said one.
she speaks it better than l can" re-
marked the other. 1T is wonderfully
npr ,a and CLASSICAL :st,; He then proceeded
pillars all round, She is lying on steps
going down to the Water......The water
is yellow, the steps white and rose-color-
ed...r. She smites her head on the stones,
weeping -. She is afraid of the monkeys
go. hundreds of them. She worships
them because they are holy She
The sleeper stopped short; the blood
rose to her face and her lips quivered.
suddenly she started singing softly:
Madame Veto await promis
The Carmagnole.
The face of the medium now assumed
such a wild expression, in contrast to
her soft monotonous voice. that some OF
the guests became alarmed. She sudden
ly stopped again.
one or two of the doctors present felt
the pulse of the medium, ana tested the
nerVe-sensitiveness by holding a light to
the eyes and pricking the arm with
needles.
Prof. Flournoy said that he had only
Oiltt SuCCttUeu IN transmitting the lnftu-
ence from Miss +. to another person by
contact of hands, and that it might be
possible for a hypnotic medium to follow
the working of her mind in this fashion.
a young specialist in nervous diseases
volunteered to make the experiment. DR.
Flournoy placed him exactly opposite
Miss F., Joined the palms of their hands
and gently stroked the point of iuncture
7 he blood disappeared from the young
doctors face and his heart began to
hcave. Then for five minutes all was
silence.
The following is a shorthand report
made by one of the reporters OF what tho
doctor said when commanded to speak
His voice was hoarse and without eX-
preston as he said
What a curious city,. houses like
-,ramids. ..one on top OF the other.
like hills. all glass. mo, not
SASS. ..... glistening. don't know. 49,.
living. but they are fixed to the
ground. what flowers, opening and
closing themselves curious glowing eyes
inside......strange scent......Oh what is
behind there?.....-a mountain, n volcano
$50. but that is no fire. burning air.
thunder: &c. lightning ...... we fly.
we are in a CURRENT swept along
800. all is alive. but where. but
what......in the glass pyramids stuff
like glass though pig1ntss .... how
strange......like children with immense
heads. menu. ....speaking ...... But
what?......we fly. curious feelings. 80.
whats that. .darkness......a light
flashes. la column of air. 49,. oh! OH.
.,..an apparition.. clouds. ..... life ....
terrible.
The young Doctors voice suddenly be
came a shrek, and the host sprang for
ward, demanding that the experiment
should stop. Prof. Flournoy obeyed, and
awoke the doctor and Miss +. simulta-
neCusly.
Where was /? asked the doctor with
a bewildered air
A declaration was then written and
signed by all the guests, saying that no
scientific explanation could be furnished
Of what they had seen and heard, but
that ii was possible 10 become in a GER
tain manner cogniZant. through Blanche
f., OF certain now extinct stages of hu-
E,an development and Of as yet unknown
phases of existence.
Miss +. declines to appear in public
but IL is possible that she may lend her
self to renewed experiments in the pres
ence of large number of scholars
Meanwhile Mr.. II. q. Wells must look