From India to the planet Mars : a study of a case of somnambulism with glossolalia / by Th. Flournoy ; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye.

  • Flournoy, Théodore, 1854-1920.
Date:
1900
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Credit: From India to the planet Mars : a study of a case of somnambulism with glossolalia / by Th. Flournoy ; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    by way of example, the vision which so astonished me at my first meeting with Helene (p. 2), and which has alreadj^ been pubHshed by M. Lemaitre. 1 re- produce his narrative, giving real names : The medium [Mile. Smith] perceives a long trail of smoke, which envelopes M. Flournoy. ' A wom- an !' cries the medium, and, a moment after, ' Two women . . . quite pretty, brunettes . . . both are in bridal toilet! . . . This concerns you, M. Flour- noy!' [The table approves by a rap.] They re- main motionless ; they have white flowers in their hair and resemble each other a little ; their eyes, like their hair, are black, or, at all events, very dark. The one in the corner appears under two different aspects; under both forms she is young—perhaps twenty - five years old; on the one hand she re- mains with the appearance already described (bridal toilet), and on the other she appears very luminous in a great space, a little more slender of visage, and surrounded by a number of pretty children, in the midst of whom she appears very happy; her hap- piness manifests itself by her expression, but still more in her surroundings. Both women seem ready to be married. The medium then hears a name, which at first escapes her, then returns little by lit- tle. *An! . . .An! . . . Dan . . . Ran . . . Dandi . . . Dandiran!' ' To which of these two women does this name be- long T demands M. Flournoy—' to the one you see under two aspects, or to the other ?' Answer : ' To the one who is presented under two forms.' The me- dium does not see the other woman as distinctly as