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Spirit slate writing and kindred phenomena (1898)

Soo, Chung Ling, 1861-1918 · New York City, Munn & Co. · leaf 32

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First we will begin with the single slate which has just been handed to the medium, after being thoroughly cleaned by the person bringing it. The skeptic holds one end of the slate in one hand and the medium the opposite end in one of his hands, and both persons clasp their disengaged hands. In a… … Fig. 6.— Writing on the Slate with the Pencil Thimble. the second time, I was enabled to fathom its mys- tery. It is patterned somewhat after the style claimed to have been used by Slade, wherein he used a piece of slate pencil fastened to a thimble, and with appa- ratus attached to his forefinger…

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