The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-11
MARCONI IN SPIRITUALISM.
PRINCESS DEL DRAGO SAYS SHE
HAS CONVERTED HIM.
Tells OF Her Own Weird Experiences with
Ghost or Her Husbands First VIE
wireless wizard in a Table Turning
Seance-Net Out for Prof. CroOkes.
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Special Gable d sspdtca to THE sun.
LONDON, Dec. I0.-The Rome corre-
spondent of tho NcrninQ Leader saws that
Marconi's conversion to ~spiritualism is
Of quite recent date. IL was effected by
Princess D'Antuni del Drago, who, be-
sides being a convinced spiritualist, is a
remarkable medium. She took up spirit
ualism after the death of her husband
seven months ago. She is studying the
matter thoroughly. dedicating almost ell
Of her time 20 il. In an interview the
Princess said.
Here in Italy my set as a rUls do not
believe in spiritualism, which they con
slider in the light of a huge joke. If they
knew l had taken up the matter seriously
and succeeded in obtaining materialistic
phenomena in seances they would look on
me as hysterical.
in America and England it is quite
different. There science has been brought
70 bear on spiritual istic phenomena. The
subject has beer raised TO a sort of cult
and studied on a scientific bass.
Il lave felt since | was a child Of 4
years that l had some extraordinary power
something mysterious and underlined
that enabled me 10 experience sensations
ueIlcu OlDtIS. L UcdIu NOlItSs "HlNls VI
course, at that z l could % explain.
Shortly after my marriage the first phe-
nomenon Of any importance happened.
| was in bed awake when the blankets were
pulled of violently by unseen hands.
Strange to relate, l was not alarmed.
Suddenly l saw a shadow over the he'd, a
black shadow, which gradually took the
shape Of a female figure. saw it clearly
and distinctly. all the smallest details Of
the figure, its features and dress. The
figure spoke. saying:
81 am your husbands first wife I am
dead. I came to tell you that o shall
have a son, but he will die. Civ this to
my husband with my love- and so a y
ing handed me a lock of hair.
Il cried aloud for my husband. He
rushed into the room and saw the shadow.
He picked up the lock of hair l had
dropped to the floor. He had a lock of his
vife's hair in a locket. When we compared
we found the two identical.
when my son was born I again saw the
figure Of my husbands first wife. She
pleaded that the child should be baptized,
as it would soon die. 1t had hardly zen
christened when it died. No doctor could
explain the cause Of death, as the child was
quite healthy.
Il saw my grandmother in Paris the
same day and hour she died in Naples.
was warned several days before my hus-
band died, when everybody, including
himself, believed he was in the best Of
health.
Lately I began to hold selnces here
in my palace. l met Signor Marconi
a few weeks ago at an entertainment given
by the Marchesa Pinolecce. | spoke TO
him about spiritualism. He said he dil
not believe in it, so | invited him TO conn
to my house and assist in a seance.
He came last Tuesday. There were only
myself, Marconi and the medium. We formed
a chain around a small table and without
telling all the phenomena we obtained
il il sufficient 20 say that when MarcOni left
he was a convinced s%piritualisI and quite
determined TO study the subject scien-
tifcally.
H promised to put me- in ccmmunica-
ton with Prof. Crookes. | am a~nxiouslv
waiting 10 see whether the great inventor
will succeed in finding an explanation oi
s~piitualistic phenomena"