From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



was no possibility of trickery.' 1 Further, and I cannot 

 repeat it too often, nearly always the materialisations 

 took place under my own eyes, and I have observed 

 their genesis and their whole development. 



Well constituted organic forms having all the appear- 

 ance of life, are often replaced by incomplete formations. 

 The relief is often wanting and the forms are flat. There 

 are some that are partly flat and partly in relief, I have 

 seen in certain cases, a hand or a face appear flat, and 

 then, under my eyes assume the three dimensions, 

 entirely or partially. The incomplete forms are some- 

 times smaller than natural size, being occasionally 

 miniatures. 



Instead of being apparent by an alteration in 

 height, breadth, or thickness, the incompleteness of the 

 formations is often manifest by deficiencies : the materiali- 

 sations are of natural size, but show gaps in their 

 structure. 



Dr Schrenck-Notzing, by taking simultaneous stereo- 

 scopic photographs from the front, the side, and the 

 back, has seen that usually only the first reveal a complete 

 materialisation; the dorsal region being in the condition 

 of a mass of amorphous substance. 



I have personally remarked the same thing. 



It is not improbable that the loose veils, turbans, 

 and similar drapery with which ' phantoms ' so often 

 appear, mask defects or gaps in the newly-formed 

 organism. 



There are all possible gradations between the com- 

 plete and the incomplete organic forms, and they 

 develop under the eyes of the observers. 



Along with these complete and incomplete forms it 

 is necessary to mention another strange category which 



* I am, moreover, glad to testify that Eva has always shown, in my 

 presence, absolute experimental honesty. The intelligent and self- 

 sacrificing resignation with which she submitted to all control and the 

 truly painful tests of her mediumship, deserve the real and sincere grati- 

 tude of all men of science worthy of the name. 



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