From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



times been intentionally touched by a hand or grasped 

 by its fingers. 



The most remarkable materialisations which I have 

 myself observed are those produced by Eva in my 

 laboratory, during three consecutive months of the 

 winter of 1917-1918. In the bi-weekly seances in 

 collaboration with Madame Bisson, the Medical Inspector 

 General, M. Calmette, M. Jules Courtier, and M. Le 

 Cour, we obtained a series of records of the greatest 

 interest. We saw, touched, and photographed repre- 

 sentations of heads and faces formed from the original 

 substance. These were formed under our eyes, the 

 curtains being half-drawn. Sometimes they proceeded 

 from a cord of solid substance issuing from the medium, 

 sometimes they were progressively developed in a fog 

 of vaporous substance condensed in front of her, or at 

 her side. For reproductions of some of these photo- 

 graphs see the Appendix, p. 328. 



In the former case, when the materialisation was 

 fully formed, traces more or less marked of the original 

 cord of substance could be seen. 



The materialised forms, photographs of which were 

 given in my study on so-called Supernormal Physiology 

 and are reproduced at the end of this volume, were 

 remarkable from several points of view. 



1. They were always three-dimensional. During the 



stances I could convince myself of this by 

 sight, and on several occasions by touch. 

 Moreover, the relief is evident in the stereo- 

 scopic pictures taken. 



2. The different faces in this series presented some 



similarities together with great differences : 



Differences in the features; 



Differences in the size of the forms, some 

 less than natural size, but of dimensions variable 

 from one seance to another, and in the course 

 of the same seance; 



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