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" I took several shells from a card-basket on the table (small lake shells), closed my hand, and placed it entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was done correctly. As I knew how many shells there were in my hand, I... "
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism - Page 68
by Barbara Weisberg - 2009 - 348 pages
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Buchanan's Journal of Man, Volume 1

Phrenology - 1850 - 656 pages
...shells), closed my hand and placed it under the table entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was done correctly. As I knew...shells there were in my hand, I resolved to test it in another way, to see if there was a possibility of my mind having any influence in the matter. I...
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Explanation and History of the Mysterious Communion with Spirits ...

Eliab Wilkinson Capron, Henry D. Barron, Henry Danforth Barron - Spiritualism - 1850 - 112 pages
...(small lake shells,) closed my hand and placed it entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was done correctly. As I knew...matter. I took a handful of shells without knowing now many I took myself. Still the answers were correct. I then requested Mr. Post, who sat by the table,...
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Buchanan's Journal of Man, Volumes 1-2

1850 - 1042 pages
...under the table entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was doiie correctly. As I knew how many shells there were in my hand, I resolved to test it in another way, to see if there was' a possibility of my mind having any influence in the matter. I...
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An Exposition of Views Respecting the Principal Facts, Causes, and ...

Adin Ballou - Spiritualism - 1852 - 264 pages
...lake c shells,) closed my hand and placed them entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was done correctly. As I knew...took a handful of shells without knowing how many I had myself. Still the answers were correct. I then requested Mr. Post, who sat by the table, to put...
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An Exposition of Views Respecting the Principal Facts, Causes and ...

Adin Ballou - Spirit writings - 1853 - 284 pages
...(small lake shells,) closed my hand and placed them entirely out of sight, and requested as many raps as there were shells. It was done correctly. As I knew...took a handful of shells without knowing how many I had myself. Still the answers were correct. I then requested Mr. Post, who sat by the table, to put...
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