go Notes of an Enquiry into the (January, 
a joint effort was again made. After a third trial the lath 
gave it up and moved back to its place, the pencil lay as it 
fell across the paper, and an alphabetic message told us 
—‘‘ We have tried to do as you asked, but our power is 
exhausted.” 
CLASS 0. 
Phantom Forms and Faces. 
These are the rarest of the phenomena I have witnessed. 
The conditions requisite for their appearance appear to be 
so delicate, and such trifles interfere with their produétion, 
that only on very few occasions have I witnessed them under 
satisfactory test conditions. I will mention two of these 
Cases. 
In the dusk of the evening, during a séance with Mr. Home 
at my house, the curtains of a window about eight feet from 
Mr. Home were seen to move. A dark, shadowy, semi- 
transparent form, like that of a man, was then seen by all 
present standing near the window, waving the curtain with 
his hand. As we looked, the form faded away and the 
curtains ceased to move. 
The following is a still more striking instance. As in the 
former case, Mr. Home was the medium. A phantom form 
came from a corner of the room, took an accordion in its hand, 
and then glided about the room playing the instrument. 
The form was visible to all present for many minutes, 
Mr. Home also being seen at the same time. Coming rather 
close to a lady who was sitting apart from the rest of the 
company, she gave a slight cry, upon which it vanished. 
Crass Scia. 
Special Instances which seem to point to the A gency of an Exterior 
Intelligence. 
It has already been shown that the phenomena are 
governed by an intelligence. It becomes a question of im- 
portance as to the source of that intelligence. Is it the 
intelligence of the medium, of any of the other persons in 
the room, or is it an exterior intelligence? Without 
wishing at present to speak positively on this point, I may 
say that whilst I have observed many circumstances which 
appear to show that the will and intelligence of the medium 
have much to do with the phenomena,* I have observed 
* I do not wish my meaning to be misunderstood. What I mean is, not 
that the medium’s will and intelligence are actively employed in any conscious 
or dishonest way in the production of the phenomena, but that they sometimes 
appear to act in an unconscious manner. 
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