'Twixt two worlds : a narrative of the life and work of William Eglinton

Drawings and Writings Prodttccd by Abnormal JlJcans. 75
certainly could not have been written by any one bodily present, in total darkness, and the
handwritings were identified and could be proven in any court of justice.
The example of combined spirit drawing and writing, Fig. 8, was done under precisely similar
conditions in my own house, in a small circle of intimate friends sitting round a table holding
hands, in total darkness. It is upon a sheet of my note paper, initialled like the other for
identification, but for economy of space not included in the reproduction. The handwriting of the
motto, "I am the light," and of the signature "Willie," a short pet name for " Wilhelmina,'
Fig. 9.—A Direct Drawing Executed in Total Darkness.
will be recognised at once as the same as that of the longest message in Fig. 7. How
those circles, originally perfect, but marred, as I have explained, by my efforts to make them
more distinct for reproduction, could be drawn without instruments, in total darkness, and these
and the writing all done in a few seconds, passes comprehension. All I know is that both these
examples were done in the time, and under the conditions I have stated. They are solid,
permanent facts, and wonderful evidences of spirit power.
The wonderful " Ecce Homo " (Fig. 9) was done in my presence, under conditions I
wish to describe accurately. I sat opposite Mr. Eglinton at a table in a room in my own