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[poliphilo]

Tony Robinson was investigating the paranormal on TV last week. At one point a professional sceptic offered to show  how spiritualist seances were worked. A bunch of stooges sat round a table in total darkness, the "medium" called for a spirit to manifest itself  and the "medium"'s assistant came in- soundlessly-  and moved some objects around.

This was supposed to prove that the famous, physical medium, Helen Duncan- who sat in semi darkness and produced ectoplasmic manifestations of actual, dead people- was a fake. 

When Robinson pointed out there was a certain disparity between knocking things over in the dark and producing walking, talking spooks, he was told that Duncan's sitters were obviously imagining things. 

Ah, but of course. 

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's true.

Which is inconvenient for someone like me who chooses to believe in psychism :)

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Well heavens... who knows? He may have been looking in all the wrong places!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I really don't know. The explanation may simply have been that his mother didn't want to "come through".

[mummm.livejournal.com]

After the experience I had one morning in the old cottage of a STRONG smell of bacon (My FIL's favorite thing) and then finding that there was none... I am unsure.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My Sat-Nav- which is sitting on the mantlepiece next to me- switched itself on a couple of times yesterday. It could have been a malfunction- or it could have been someone dropping by to let me know he's still around....

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Who knows? It's a nice way of thinking though.