Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
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9. X X X 10. X X X X X 11. X X 12. X X X 1. 'Intelligent Raps.' 2. 'Movement of objects untouched.' 3. 'Levitation' (floating in air of seer). 4. Disappearance and Reappearance of objects. The 'object' being the medium in some cases. 5. Passage of Matter through Matter. 6. Direct writing. That is, not by any detected human agency. 7. Sounds made on instruments supernormally. 8. Direct sounds. That is, by no detected human agency. 9. Scents. 10. Lights. 11. Objects 'materialised.' 12. Hands materialised, touched or seen. There are here twelve miracles! Home and Iamblichus add to Mr. Moses's repertoire the alteration of the medium's height or bulk. This feat still leaves Mr. Moses 'one up,' as regards Home, in whose presence objects did not disappear, nor did they pass through stone walls. The questions are, to account for the continuity of collective hallucinations, if we accept that hypothesis, and to explain the procedure of Mr. Moses, if he were an impostor. He did not exhibit before more than seven or eight private friends, and he |
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