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time。 Her hand was controlled and she wrote a quantity of matter which 

was entirely outside her own knowledge or character。 Upon her doubting 

whether     her   sub´conscious     self  might    in  some   way    be  producing     the 



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writing�察�which was partly done by planchette�察�the script was written upside 

down   and   from   right   to   left�察  �as   though   the   writer   was   seated   opposite。 

Such script could not possibly be written by the lady herself。 Upon making 

enquiry as to who was using her hand�察�the answer came in writing that it 

was a certain Fred Gaylord�察�and that his object was to get a message to his 

mother。   The   youth   was   unknown   to   Miss   Cameron�察  �but   she   knew   the 

family and forwarded the message�察�with the result that the mother came to 

see her�察�examined the evidence�察�communicated with the son�察�and finally�察�

returning home�察�buried all her evidences of mourning�察�feeling that the boy 

was   no   more   dead   in   the   old   sense   than   if   he   were   alive   in   a   foreign 

country。     There    is  the   first  proof    of  preternatural     agency�察   �since    Miss 

Cameron        developed      so  much     knowledge       which     she   could    not   have 

normally       acquired�察     �using     many      phrases     and     ideas    which      were 

characteristic of the deceased。 But mark the sequel。 Gaylord was merely a 

pseudonym�察�as the matter was so private that the real name�察�which we will 

put    as  Bridger�察   �was   not   disclosed。    A   few   months     after  the   book    was 

published      Miss    Cameron       received     a  letter  from    a   stranger    living   a 

thousand   miles   away。   This   letter   and   the   whole   correspondence   I   have 

seen。 The   stranger�察  �Mrs。   Nicol�察  �says   that   as   a   test   she   would like   to   ask 

whether   the   real   name   given   as   Fred   Gaylord   in   the   book   is   not   Fred 

Bridger�察    �as  she   had    psychic    reasons    for   believing    so。  Miss    Cameron 

replied that it was so�察�and expressed her great surprise that so secret and 

private     a  matter    should    have    been    correctly    stated。   Mrs。   Nicol    then 

explained that she and her husband�察�both connected with journalism and 

both    absolutely     agnostic�察   �had    discovered     that   she   had    the  power     of 

automatic       writing。    That    while�察   �using    this   power     she   had    received 

communications   purporting   to   come   from   Fred   Bridger   whom   they   had 

known      in  life�察 �and   that  upon    reading     Miss   Cameron's      book    they   had 

received from Fred Bridger the assurance that he was the same person as 

the   Fred   Gaylord   of   Miss   Cameron。  Now�察 �arguing upon   these   facts�察 �and 

they would appear most undoubtedly to be facts�察�what possible answer can 

the materialist or the sceptic give to the assertion that they are a   double 

proof of the continuity of personality and the possibility of communication�拭�

Can     any   reasonable      system    of   telepathy    explain    how    Miss    Cameron 



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discovered the intimate points characteristic of young Gaylord�拭�And then�察�

how are we afterwards�察�by any possible telepathy�察�to explain the revelation 

to Mrs。 Nicol of the identity of her communicant�察�Fred Bridger�察�with the 

Fred   Gaylord   who   had   been   written   of   by   Miss   Cameron。   The   case   for 

return seems to me a very convincing one�察�though I contend now�察�as ever�察�

that it is not the return of the lost ones which is of such cogent interest as 

the message from the beyond which they bear with them。 

       C。 SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY 

       On   this   subject   I   should   recommend   the   reader   to   consult   Coates' 

;Photographing the Invisible�察─�which states�察�in a thoughtful and moderate 

way�察�the evidence   for this   most remarkable   phase�察�and   illustrates it  with 

many   examples。   It   is   pointed   out   that   here�察  �as   always�察  �fraud   must   be 

carefully guarded against�察�having been admitted in the case of the French 

spirit photographer�察�Buguet。 There are�察�however�察�a large number of cases 

where the photograph�察�under rigid test conditions in which fraud has been 

absolutely barred�察�has reproduced the features of the dead。 Here there are 

limitations   and   restrictions   which   call   for   careful   study  and   observation。 

These      faces    of   the   dead    are   in   some     cases    as  contoured      and    as 

recognisable   as   they   were   in   life�察  �and   correspond   with   no   pre´existing 

picture   or   photograph。   One   such   case   absolutely   critic´proof   is   enough�察�

one   would   think�察  �to   establish   survival�察  �and   these   valid   cases   are   to   be 

counted   not   in   ones�察  �but   in   hundreds。   On   the   other   hand�察  �many   of   the 

likenesses�察     �obtained     under     the   same     test   conditions�察    �are   obviously 

simulacra or pictures built up by some psychic   force�察�not necessarily  by 

the    individual      spirits   themselves�察     �to   represent     the    dead。    In   some 

undoubtedly genuine cases it is an exact�察�or almost exact�察�reproduction of 

an existing picture�察�as if the conscious intelligent force�察�whatever it might 

be�察�had consulted it as to the former appearance of the deceased�察�and had 

then   built   it   up   in   exact   accordance   with   the   original。   In   such   cases   the 

spirit    face   may    show     as   a  flat  surface    instead    of   a  contour。     Rigid 

examination   has   shown   that   the   existing   model   was   usually   outside   the 

ken of the photographer。 Two of the bravest champions whom Spiritualism 

has ever produced�察�the late W。 T。 Stead and the late Archdeacon Colley 

names which will bulk large in days to comeattached great importance to 



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spirit   photography   as   a   final   and   incontestable   proof   of   survival。   In   his 

recent    work�察    �Proofs    of  the   Truth   of  Spiritualism;     ��Kegan     Paul���察  �the 

eminent   botanist�察  �Professor   Henslow�察  �has   given   one   case   which   would 

really appear to be above criticism。 He narrates how the inquirer subjected 

a    sealed    packet    of   plates    to  the    Crewe     circle   without     exposure�察�

endeavoring to get   a   psychograph。  Upon   being   asked   on   which plate   he 

desired it�察�he said ;the fifth。; Upon this plate being developed�察�there was 

found on it a copy of a passage from the Codex Alexandrinus of the New 

Testament 
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