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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    reckon. We try for writing. We receive through me encouragements to proceed. ''February 26.—Progress; the table moves itself considerably, salutes one by one all the members of the group, and gives us certain names, of which only one is recognized . . . Writing : Mile. Smith, who tries for the first time, writes mechanically, her eyes closed, some phrases, of which we can decipher some words. March 11.—Nothing at this seance, except a com- munication written by myself. ''March 18.—Progress; clear communication by the table. Attempt to experiment in the darkness (which was not absolute, the hall outside having some incan- descent lights which diffused a feeble light; we could distinguish each other with difficulty). Mile. Smith sees a balloon, now luminous, now becoming dark: she has seen nothing tip to this time. Writing: Mile. Smith writes mechanically a quite long communica- tion from the father of M. K. [a Bulgarian student present at the seance]; advice to him. At this point the sitters became so numerous that they broke up into two groups, of which the one con- tinuing to meet with Mile. Z. does not concern us. Mile. Smith became a member of the other, which met at the house of a lady named N., where weekly seances were held for a year and a half (up to the end of June, 1893). The records of these meetings, kept by Mme. N., are unfortunately very brief and obscure on many points of interest to the psychologist. Those of the first months are in the handwriting of Mile. Smith, who acted as secretary of the group for