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North Berwick WitchesThe witches of North Berwick make cattle sick, set fire to churches and generally make themselves unpopular
Paranormal / PsychokinesisSTANISLAWA TOMCZYK Polish medium, demonstrates PK while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects
Soul Leaves BodyThe SOUL leaves the BODY at the moment of death
Mediumship / Table TurningA table turning seance gets out of hand in Lyon, France
Stanislawa PPolish psychic Stanislawa P. produces ectoplasm at Munchen in the presence of Schrenck- Notzing; in 1930 Osty accused her of systematic deception
Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned womanMargaret Vergh Gryffyth, Welsh woman who exhibited herself with a 10 centimetre horn growing from her forehead
Witchcraft - FlyingA countrywoman is amazed to see two witches - one male, one female - flying past escorted by the Devil who, it seems, also needs a broomstick Date: circa 1600
Henry Jenkins (169)HENRY JENKINS of Ellerton-upon-Swale, Yorkshire : in his last century he was a keen fisherman, and swam in the river after reaching 100. Date: 1501 - 1670
Bernadette SoubirousBERNADETTE SOUBIROUS Her home at Lourdes, with rooms advertised for rent Date: 1894
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky(1831-1891). Russian mystic and writer when a young woman
Gladys Osborne Leonard, trance mediumGladys Osborne Leonard (1882-1968), British trance medium. Date: 20th century
Fat Edward BrightEDWARD BRIGHT, of Maldon, Essex, who died at age 30 looking like this... Date: 1720 - 1750
View from within Borley summerhouseUndated photograph of the view from within Borley summerhouse. HPG/1/3/3 (xii)
Townshend Esp TestTesting a hypnotised subject for ESP : the hypnotiser holds up a card, concealed from his subject who tries to name it. Townshend found mesmerism enhanced psi ability
TROPHONIUS, architect of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, subsequently had his own oracle at Lebadeia, Boeotia (Greece)
Preparing for SabbatThe master of the house investigates noises in his wine-cellar, finds his domestic staff taking the evening off on their broomsticks
Mediumship / SatiricalTHE PLEASURES OF HAT-MOVING To perform this scientific experiment, the experimenters must touch hands for 20 minutes or so
Lenormand - FatesGrand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand the Fates
Guillemette and the WolfA wolf carries young Guillemette to meet its master, Satan : in the forest, it becomes an old hag, who presents the girl to the Devil, assuring him she will serve him all her life
Paranormal / Religious VisBernadette Soubirous, visionary of Lourdes
Crescent and HandCRESCENT AND HAND TALISMAN an emblem of hospitality
Breton SorciereBRETON SORCIERE Naia, the Sorciere du Vieux Chateau of Rochefort-en- Terre, Bretagne, gives a consultation to a somewhat self-conscious countrywoman
Toad Rides SkeletonA toad - a witches familiar - rides to the sabbat mounted on an animal skeleton
Graphology ManualGRAPHOLOGIE French manual by Dr Cornelius Ruys on the study of handwriting
Griffon preaching to the Maronites of Mount LebanonGriffon, preaching to the Maronites of Mount Lebanon, is aided by a miracle -- God moves the sun so that its rays illumine the church from the east, not the west
John Gadbury. Astrologerastrologer, born in the county of Oxford Date: 1627 - 1704
Spr Office - Rare BooksOffices of the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH at their former address, Adam & Eve Mews, Kensington, London : rare books in the Library Date: 1987
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931
Tomczyk Demonstates PkStanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising small objects, in this case a little ball
Dingwall & Schrenck NPsychical researcher with Schrenck-Notzing at Munchen, circa 1923
French Cartomancy BookComment se tirer les cartes soi-meme (How to interpret the cards yourself) - a French popular manual by Madame Athena
Schmidts Rng ExperimentHELMUT SCHMIDTs random number generator experiments : a subject at the Institute of Parapsychology, Durham, North Carolina, attempts to predict or affect the RNG display
Hatcher LevitatesA F Hatcher, about whom little is known, levitates at a seance, holding a luminous tambourine enabling photographer Harold T Brown to focus his Kodak correctly
Zodiac / Taurus (Maxims)portrayed as a bull in a china shop (although the china shop is seemingly a combination of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Professor JaegerProfessor JAEGER Norwegian psychical researcher
Margery Crandon 4Controversial American medium Margery in trance. She was exposed by Houdini but many believe her genuine
Stella CranshaweSpirit medium discovered by Harry Price, who seems to have believed her genuine, in contrast to Helen Duncan
Testing RasmussenApparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained
Schneider HandkerchiefIn a seance with Harry Price, Austrian medium Rudi Schneider causes a handkerchief to move paranormally by psychokinesis
Spirit Photo BoddingtonH Boddington and a female spirit form, photographed under test conditions
Levitation SeanceAt a dramatic seance, one of the sitters finds himself levitated while all kinds of trickery is in progress
Lady with Crystal BallThanks to her crystal ball, actress Patience Seymour can see more
Mediumship / CaranciniItalian physical medium Francesco Carancini demonstrates table-lifting, though bound and seemingly in full light; he was however widely accused of trickery
Jan Guzyk, MediumPolish medium, in 1922 or 1923
Japanese Snow GhostJAPANESE SNOW GHOST If a Japanese dies in the snow, s/he becomes a yuki onna - a snow ghost - as in the story of Oyasu who died in a great snowstorm
Mrs LeonardGLADYS OSBORNE LEONARD English spirit medium
Jane Lewson (116)JANE LEWSON a London widow as renowned for her eccentricities as her age, such as a belief that washing in water is unhealthy : she used pigs lard instead
Charles Byrne, GiantCharles Byrne (1761-1783) known as the Irish Giant, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall, depicted with various Edinburgh notables