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Arthur Conan Doyle. The History of Spiritualism, Vol. II
The History of Spiritualism, Vol. II
Table of Contents
I. — THE CAREER OF EUSAPIA PALLADINO
II. — GREAT MEDIUMS FROM 1870 TO 1900: CHARLES H. FOSTER, MADAME D'ESPÉRANCE, WILLIAM EGLINTON, STAINTON MOSES
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III. — THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
IV. — ECTOPLASM
V. — SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY
VI. — VOICE MEDIUMSHIP AND MOULDS
VII. — FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN SPIRITUALISM
VIII. — SOME GREAT MODERN MEDIUMS
IX. — SPIRITUALISM AND THE WAR
X. — THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF SPIRITUALISM
XI. — THE AFTER-LIFE AS SEEN BY SPIRITUALISTS
APPENDIX
NOTE TO CHAPTER II. THE MEDIUMSHIP OF THE REV. W. STAINTON MOSES
MR. WALES's AUTOMATIC WRITING
THE END
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Published by Good Press, 2022
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In Paris, in 1885, Eglinton met M. Tissot, the famous artist, who sat with him and subsequently visited him in England. A remarkable materializing séance at which two figures were plainly seen, and one, a lady, was recognized as a relation, has been immortalized by Tissot in a mezzotint entitled "Apparition Medianimique." This beautiful, artistic production, a copy of which hangs at the offices of the London Spiritualist Alliance, shows the two figures illuminated by spirit lights which they are carrying in their hands. Tissot also executed a portrait etching of the medium, and this is to be found as the frontispiece to Mr. Farmer's book, "'Twixt Two Worlds."
A typical example of his early physical mediumship is described* by Miss Kislingbury and Dr. Carter Blake (Lecturer in Anatomy at Westminster Hospital):
