The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-11
A SECOND LIFE
Strange Case Of Geneva
Young Woman.
Curious Phenomena Which Would
Support the Theory Of
Reincarnation.

LONDON Arm 2, a short time ago
the news was cablod frum here " q
strange care of apparent roiucarnation
reported - Trof tlournoy % Geneva.
those who remember Ruuyarl lSiplng'
tnlc "lhc Finest story ir the World.
.ylil az once notco tine strange similari-
y between the professors case and .hc
Nrit,rs Imagination a foW years ago
blanche r., young woman OF Geneva,
utsuit,d the professor for some ner, ous
,rDuOie, He then discovered thv ptgulptri-
Is ui her ,Hl,, anu Tor tuIty ytaIs iaauy
ar, rul oIstrNnUufS ftc ulsu tau,u GA
sumc Of MS CuuDagucs 40 assist in hia
experiments, AmuLE these were tloi
tgDboy, "A wei hnoWn puiluiug,st anu
rU1. Nancs, the author 81 the 'rtuucs
Inc result Of their experiments was
pricny tins: " hen IN a stl,u oil nyplOt'
&c trance Miss T.. seemed to have clear
.eoonoouoHs Of three distnct previous
rNistonCes. The first was uu an unknown
world, wntCh she describes, ana winch,
rom her absorption, agreeing more o.
.css as II does with sUlenuuc assump-
.tus, ~ supposed to be the planet MHrs,
" heu she refers to ms state OF exist
nee MISS H.. speaks n strange language,
which never wares, ana also writes ~
strange characters, which are always
Consistent. hDr second existence Was a,
.nula, at a lar Instant epoch. When re
.,IrlhE 10 TINS flAEt MISS r. SpthhS pure
oaLskr.t and refers TO events OF Whici
ne historical accuracy has been proved
der third statc of existence would seem
10 have been I'm France at the time o.
,lc hUNOIuLOn.
Miss j.. is OF irreproachable character
aud works regularly In a business house.
.rUf. l. tourney declares that he Is con
yinCod there is no uickery, anu owns. a.
company with ms colleagues, That Ae D.
completely mysuhcd. obviously %
-outse, there is plenty OF opportunity ioN
shicauory in pretended kaowleGse ="
aflairs 50 recent and Wei known as tnt
events of the French Revolution. II IA
impossible TO apply any test TO tine truth
fulnCss of a description OF Hie on th'
the purity OF MISS II. s Sunskrit aud tn,
accuracy with which she descflbe.
.ev ents, which are, as rule, only hnoW'
to the most learned in the accent ms
tory Of India.
A few days ago Prof. Flournoy submit
ted this strange case, uhspealiapI.
strange even If 1T be nothing more ma
an imposture, to committee of undouGt
ed saNants. The seaNCe Was held IN tn.
private house Of German professor
CharlottenLurg. Among The guests wer
a number of university professors, o.
whom two are doctors, whose names ar
household words throughout Germany
There were also present three professor
of the Oriental Seminary, Irols. baGha
Hsuek-Shen and Hassan CJelaleGdIli, an
two newspaper men. Prof. tlolfho.
gave the assembled guests a brIel re
sumo of his observations and then pro
ceeded to put Miss IF. into a hypn9t'
sleep. He declined to have the hshI
extinguished, as it was an impor'an'
point to watch the subjects face.
Upon being commanded to speak, MIS-
F. uttered what one of the newspaper
men describes as "a strange sounulns
diom with innumerable as" TWO or tht
Indian philologsts made movement o.
surprise.
"Sanskrit, undoubtedly said one.
1y., fhna N a
pure and classical" He then proceeded
10 interpret: she Is in n temple. huge
pillars all round. She is lying on steps
is yellow, the steps white and rose-color
ed. 49,. She smites her head on the stones
weeping -. She is afraid of the monkeys
hundreds OF them. She worships
them because they are holy...''sh'
makes a vow to....."
The sleeper stopped short; the blood
rose to her face and her lips quiYered
Suddenly she started singing softly;
Madame Veto await promis.
The Carmagnole!
The face of the medium now assumed
such a wild expression, in contrast tC
her soft monotonous voice, that some OF
the guests became alarmed She sudden
ly stopped again. :,
One or two of the doctors present fel
the pulse of the medium, and tested the
observation-disclosures by holding light e
the eyes and prickins the arm witt
needles.
prof, Flournoy said that he had only
once succeeded in transmitting the infu
ence from Miss f.. to another person bS
contact of hands, and that 1t might b,
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. Or
Fiournoy placed him exactly opposite
Miss F., Joined the palms of their hands
and gently stroked the point OF 1uncture
The blood disappeared from the youni
Doctors face and his heart began u
hcave. Then for five minutes all wa
silence.
The following is shorthand repor
| made by one of the reporters or what IN
doctor said when commanded TO speak
His voice was hoarse and without ex
preston as he said: a.
What a curious city: houses lik
PYRAMIDS; .one on top or the other,;
glass. gilstenlng, don't know, =.
what is that?..... Trees. a annals
living but they are fixed to tn
ground. what flowers, opening am
closing themselves, curious glowing eye
! inside. strange SCENT. oh! what Ii
behind there?, ....,a mountain, = volcah
-. but that is no fire.. burning air
thunder. .....lightning we ny
we are in current. swept aionl
| 49,. all is alive...... but where. blu
WHAT. lin the glass pyramids. ''''st ui
strange, like children with immens
heads. ....men?.. speaking Bu
what?...,..we hy.u., curious feelings !.
| q. what's that. 49,. .darkness.....a ligh
flashes. ia column of air......oh! OH.
Ian 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 oheyed, an'
awokc the doctor and Miss II, simuita
| neously.
Where was !? asked the doctor will
| n bewildered air.
A declaration was then written an'
signed by all the guests, saying that M
| scientific explanation could be furnished
| of what they had seen and heard, bu
| that II was possible to become In a Ger
tain manner cognizant. through BLANCHE
f., OF certain now extinct stages or hu
| man development and of as yet unknown
| phases of existence.
Miss +. declines to appear In public
hut II Is possible that she may lend her
self 20 renewed experiments In the pres
ence of large number of scholars.
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