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He had put them into awkward and constrained attitudes, of course; and they all looked as if they had the instrument of torture which photographers call a head-rest under their occiputs. Here and there an elderly lady's face was a mere blur; and some of the younger children had twitched themselves into wavering shadows, and might have passed for spirit-photographs of their own little ghosts.
This method of obtaining psychic or thought-photographs is entirely different from that employed in obtaining so-called "spirit-photographs." In the latter case, a camera is focused upon the sitter, who "sits" as usual, and the forms appear upon the plate when developed. An intense effort is made to impress upon the plate, by an act of will, a mental picture or image held in the mind.
Oscar himself only completed these spirit-photographs by what he told me of his life at Trinity. "It was the fascination of Greek letters, and the delight I took in Greek life and thought," he said to me once, "which made me a scholar.
Oscar himself only completed these spirit-photographs by what he told me of his life at Trinity. "It was the fascination of Greek letters, and the delight I took in Greek life and thought," he said to me once, "which made me a scholar.
As might be expected, many of these "psychic photographs" take on the characteristics of "spirit-photographs," in that they show definitely recognizable forms. This is especially true of a number of psychic photographs which were recently taken at Crewe, England, in the presence of two non-professional mediums, who have, nevertheless, obtained hundreds of successful photographs in this manner.
Those who have seen shapes in the clouds, or remember Hamlet and Polonius, or who have noticed how readily untaught eyes see a portrait of parent, spouse, or child in almost any daub intended for the same, will understand how easily the weak people who resort to these places are deluded. There are various ways of producing the spirit-photographs. One of the easiest is this.
When we complicate the subject still farther by considering what connection such things as rappings, apparitions, poltergeists, spirit-photographs, and materializations may have with it, the bosh end of the scale gets heavily loaded, it is true, but your genuine inquirer still is loath to give up. He lets the data collect, and bides his time.
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