. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of havealready guessed that this is performed by the medium by means of thetelescopic tube, at the end of which he places a piece of chalk. Herubs the chalk on his head, to show that the spirits had raisedhim to the ceiling, as if he had performed the feat with his crucial test which these mediums offer is known as the lights are lowered, he calls out the exact time to the exact all seems very mysterious and unaccountable, but I shall againshow that we do not require spirit aid to perform these m
. Modern magic. : A practical treatise on the art of havealready guessed that this is performed by the medium by means of thetelescopic tube, at the end of which he places a piece of chalk. Herubs the chalk on his head, to show that the spirits had raisedhim to the ceiling, as if he had performed the feat with his crucial test which these mediums offer is known as the lights are lowered, he calls out the exact time to the exact all seems very mysterious and unaccountable, but I shall againshow that we do not require spirit aid to perform these medium has in his pocket a small phial containing phosphorusand oil ; and when this test is performed there is invariably a longcloth on the table. When the papers upon which the sentence orfigures are written, or the watch, are placed on the table, the lightsare lowered, and the performer stoops beneath the table, takes thepaper or watch, opens the phial, from which a blue flame is emitted,and by this light he reads the sentence, or figures, or sees the invisible writing. One of thecompany is asked to write asentence or a number of fig-ures upon a piece of paper is carefully folded,the lights are extinguished. f- In a few seconds they areI again relighted, when themedium declares that thespirits have told him the con-tents of the paper, and hereads the sentences or tellsthe figures. Again, the medium asks agentleman to put the handsof a watch to any hour hechooses, and, when again the ANCIENT AND MODERN MAGIC. 557 He replaces the articles, and can, of course, readily tell what he hasread or seen. The floating table has often been performed, but I have neverattempted to do this spiritual manifestation. The medium generallyhas with him an accomplice, and they bind to their arms a flat ironrod, which terminates toward the wrist in a kind of hook concealedfrom the company by the cuffs of the shirt. The medium contrivesto slip this hook under the edge of the table,
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