Materialized Apparitions

so that an injury received on the left side of the brain affects the right side of the body, and vice versa. While the duplicated orga

ete control over the right side of the body, and, in some instances, a manifestation of character, which wo

and spiritual would, probably, lie within reach. A person with a strong will may possess a magnetic power enabling him to throw another, of a peculi

gth or power to control other sensitives, it may manifest itself in remote places, either clairvoyantly or by materialization more or less tangible. It can, however, do this much more perfectly in close proximity to its own body. Such a materialization is a counterpart of the entranced person; is, in fact, the spirit of t

f some of the best intellects. It plays an important part in the progress and development of all physical séances, since it is the first indication of true material

ized form, complete in its organization, and capable, for the time, of physical and mental action. Such manifestations are what is understood to be the production of living forms by means of living mat

e it to suit his or her requirements. So long as it remains in the possession of the spirit of the entranced person, the likeness to it is maintained; but the moment it passes into the possession of another, the resemblance will depend entirely upon the strength of the control, and the knowl

ndings, this will probably be found to be the usual way in which they make themselves visible to us. The

ze, or been taken into the cabinet by the form and found the entranced medium there; but I have never seen a single instance of transfiguration, unless the double of the medium be considered as such. The fact that Mrs. Fairchild stands outside, by the cabinet, during the séance, in full view of the audience; that at the Berry Sisters', and at Mrs. Sawyer

lized forms a decided lack of some of the elements that make up the magnetism of what we call real life; something not easily described, b