The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
9e Search for the Soul
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allel to Doctor MaeDougall's Haverhill
experiments, and suggests once more
with awesome effect that death may
not be merely a cessation OF bodily
forces, but that It involves the de-
parture from this house Of clay OF a
mysterious visitor,
Like MacDougall. the Chicago ply
sician watched the last moments of
dying man. To his practised eye the
aura OF the sufferer. a patient IN
Mercy hospital, was plainly outlined
with its dark etheric double and its
inner and outer bands Of light
For half an hour or so O'Donneh
kept his vigil. The inferno In charge
Of the case finally announced that the
patient was sinking 81 kept my eyes
fastened on the patient" says o'Don'
nell. in his account Of the weird ex'
perience. Suddenly the aura began
to spread away from the body, then
II disappeared At that instant the
house physician announced that the
patient was dead. What force pro
duces the aura We cannot say Just
yet. Every living person has one. II
is gone the instant death comes"
This inquisitive Chicago doctor has
no mind to be made a scientific mar
tyr by announcing soul-heresles, but
he is firm in stating his belief that the
aura, so evident in life and vanishing
so ghostlike in death, is not the re-
sultant of mere bodily magnetism or
electrical force. He believes he has
discovered the visible effect of some
as yet unknown human force, differing
widely from the play Of electricity or
magnetism, and separated as II by a
gulf from the chemical and mechanical
reactions of the body. In word,
It is inseparable from life, for when
life goes the aura goes also. As to
whether it be the physical side or as
pect Of the soul, he refuses to express
his private view for publication.
Over in France they are more out.
spoken, and they are telling Of mar
yels the Photographic camera has wit
messed and recorded which as yet
have been denied to the direct vision
of the unaided eye. Consider the ex.
periments of Doctor Baraduc, well.
known savant, concerning the light
phenomena above and around the bod
les of the dead
Doctor Baraduc is a psychic as well
as a scientist of repute. Between him
self and his son Andre a strong bond
Of affection existed. Frequently each
had remarkable telepathic experiences
with the other, and both were interest !
ed in the study of the soul. When in
1907 Andre died, his father took a pho.
.ograph of the coffin after the boy had |
been dead nine hours.
When the plate was developed II
was discovered that emanating from
he body in the coffin was a formless, |
misty, wavelike mass, radiating in all .
with considerable force,
ouching the bodies of those who came
n close proximity to the coffin, as il
attracted to them by some magnetic
orce. On one occasion the force Of .
contact with this mass was so great
hat Doctor Baraduc received an elec.
ric shock from head to foot, which
a temporary dizziness.
The savant's interest was so aroused
.fter his photograph was taken that
lie attempted more conclusive expert
nents Immediately upon the death Of
lis wife, who died six months after
Ter son. He set a camera at the bed
ide and at the moment of her death
e photographed the body and short
y after developed the plate. On it
,ere found three luminous globes rest.
1g a few inches above the body by
me luminous threads.
Ensuing photographs showed that
hese gradually condensed and became
lore brilliant Streaks of light like
ne threads were also seen darting
lther and thither. A photograph TAX
n Is minutes after the death Of his
life showed Doctor Baraduc that
uid cords had developed partly encir.
ling the globes of light.
An hour after her death a photo
raph then taken showed the con-
ensed globe which ohscured the head
Nine. Baraduc Cords appeared in
le shape of a figure eight, closed at
le top and opened at the point near
st the body. Finally, three hours and
half after death, well formed globe
ested above the body, apparently held
)gether by the encircling luminous
1rds, which seemed to guide and con-
ol it. At last the cords snapped one
Y one and the globe fioated away and
Are these weird and grewsome lum-
lous phenomena connected with the
eparture of the aura? And can the
ira be the physical manifestation Of
lie soul? These are two questions
lat need to be authoritatively an
yered one way or the other, and the
win not rest till the
lswers are found.