Glimpses Of The Next State.Pdf - Spiritualists' National Union

114cases out of twelve she had no opportunity of touching the letters or the ink. Any attempt totamper with slates, stretched canvas, or ink would have resulted in the spilling of the ink;sometimes I used five rubber bands; on three occasions the ink was in sight, and only one foot orfifteen inches from me. In all cases the slates or stretched canvas were nearer to me than to thepsychic. For the moment, however, let us suppose that this was the modus operandi. We have yet toaccount for allusions in the letters to conversations at the table during the seance, and to theknowledge possessed by May Bangs (the only other person in the room) of the contents of my letter.In at least six cases she told me the chief points (sometimes everything) of my own script while wewere sitting at the table.The Bangs are not always successful. As far as I could judge, the phenomena generallyoccurred when the sitter was positive, like myself—a person wholly devoid of any receptivemediumistic faculty. Their time is fully occupied; I was only one of many visitors. They offeredevery facility for examination of the premises, and I roamed through their rooms alone for at leasta quarter of an hour, on the average, every day that I was in Chicago.