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 62
extinguished for a few seconds, nevertheless,when the room is again illuminated, the cord is found to con-tain a number of genuine knots, the seals still being intact,and the rope the same one knotted by the sitters, as anexamination will show. This test is very mystifying, and is,in many respects,… … The Slade - Zollner Investigation 45 seals are not unfastened. It is not necessary. The mediumtakes the cord in his right hand at a distance of about onefoot from the end, in the manner shown in Fig. II. The lefthand now takes up a loop of the rope in the manner shownin Fig. III., and passes this…
Parapsychology · Spiritualism
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