The physical phenomena of spiritualism, fraudulent and genuine : being a brief account of the most important historical phenomena, a criticism of their evidential value, and a complete exposition of the methods employed in fraudulently reproducing the same (1907)
Carrington, Hereward, 1880-1959, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Boston : Herbert B. Turner & Co. · leaf 214
onsists in substituting the first finger of the outstretchedleft hand the moment the right hand is withdrawn, and itis this finger that the sitter so carefully guards for the re-mainder of the seance (v. Fig. XVII., p. 188). It is reallyamusing. The right hand is free to produce any manifesta-tions… … Holding Tests 189 Another plan, and a very satisfactory one, is the follow-ing, in which the sitters two hands are held by the two handsof the medium, while the manifestations take place. Mediumand sitter sit opposite one another, with their knees touch-ing. The sitter now places his two hands on…
Parapsychology · Spiritualism
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