Twixt Two Worlds the work of Wm Eglinton - New Age Spiritual Mission

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llicn ask.il him t" do sdiiutliiiig for up. lie answered,
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iiicijiiini is not will; wr wish to do souk tiling new. Start the musieal box.' I'his being done,
an attempt to l;er|i time witli it upon the stringed instrument in the eabinet was made. Faces
were -seen by two or three of the eompan}- between the curtains, wliirli at tiiis time wi-re
opened about a foot by unseen hands, which also held them ajiart. I'iie most sceptical could
not deny that tiie hands and knees of the medium were at the same time distinctly ^(-en.
Tlie next manii'cstation of intere.st was a light w]\icb seemed to proceed from the palms of
the m( dium's hands one o'i tlic
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j'arty .said it was a handkerchief, which it somewhat resembled
in (. >rm. To me it appeared in substance like a fleecy cloud, undulating for a few seconds;
I III II it was dinwu liack under tiie medium's chair, and at tiic same time it was fading away.
yM'ter :i short jjrcak the bauds of the medium were tied cunningly togetiier, and be was placed
in a calico bag, which was sewn up tightly to bis throat
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lie was then re-scatcd in his chair,
were drawn. The spirit asked that a pair of black gloves might be laid upon
in front of the cabinet. This was done by a stranger, Mr. Terrell, who, as wag
• Is found, had [uovided tiiem for a special test, wbicii he bad only mentioned to
li- 1 slingbin-y, before entering the s^caticc room. The spirit then asked for matches 'that
I :id " smell,' and some sealing wax. Taking these from Mr. Tapp, he ob.scrved,
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•hi' urn the medium.'- Presently wc heard several attempts to strike a ligbt, two of which
eessful, showing tbrougli the ciu'tains that tb'- liglit was under the medium's chair,
,i .ill foot from the ground. After this a book was placed, by 'joey's' request, on
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lie entranced medium was released from the bag, we lonnd the black gloves on his hands,
I "illoned, and dabbled with sc-aling wax. The matches and wax were foiuid at the feet of the
iVU'l'imi, inside the bag."
"^li-;-, Kislingbiiry adds:
"In reference to the black gloves, 1 may add that when Mr. Terrell
1 \\> whether be should be allowed to impose his own test, I replied tliat I did not know,
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no further uu.ntion of it; the gloves were not mentioned in the cii'de until the
asked for them. Neither the nnxlium nor any one present but mvself and
.: 1,11, and probably bis friend, knew anything of the proposed glove test."
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!• re weie also present besides Mrs. Wisctnau, Mrs. Cha[)lin, and Miss Kislingbury,
Cai't'iiii James, late of the gotb Light Infantry, Baron von Dirckinck-I lolmfeld, Mr. 'T. Terrell,
M. I ,S. Morris, Mrs. Mackinnon, Mr. F. Napier, I,t. R.N., Mr. R. Stock, I.t. R.N.,
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(",. R. 'Tajip, on behalf of the saiiicr Conmiittee of the Associatii.m.
'ir;r details with reference to a similar savur appeared in the Spiii/ita/is/ for June l6th,
lie medium's coat sleeves were sewn to his knees, and were thus placed in lull \iew of all
"spirit" bands were projected onthis occasion, the presiding intelligence explaining
ih-M il r-st was an unusually severe one, as the substance with which the sjiirit hand is
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lip. I ord( r to render it \isible to ordinary mortal \ision has to be abstracted IVom the
i. :.i I ic medium, and that this exceedingly subtle chemical jiidccss is carried on with far
mure diflii nlty in the ligbt, and under the eye of man, than in the still darkness of the
rinsed cabinet.
At till next scaiirr, however, it was suggested by the spirit that the same lest should be
liiicl .ig.-iin, as he was ambitiniis of accomplishing the feat; he fuither remaiked that he and