404 FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE. 



Here is the conversation which followed, as extracted from 

 my notes, written on the day following the seance: 



Medium. &quot; Oh, yes ; but I see light around all 

 bodies.&quot; 



I. &quot; Even in perfect darkness ? &quot; 



Medium. &quot; Yes ; I see luminous atmospheres round all 

 people. The atmosphere which surrounds Mr. R. C. would 

 fill this room with light.&quot; 



I. &quot; You are aware of the effects ascribed by Baron 

 Reichenbach to magnets ? &quot; 



Medium. &quot; Yes ; but a magnet makes me terribly ill.&quot; 



I. &quot; Am I to understand that, if this room were per 

 fectly dark, you could tell whether it contained a magnet, 

 without being informed of the fact ? &quot; 



Medium. &quot; I should know of its presence on entering 

 the room.&quot; 



Z &quot;How?&quot; 



Medium. &quot; I should be rendered instantly ill.&quot; 



I. &quot; How do you feel to-day ? &quot; 



Medium. &quot; Particularly well ; I have not been so well 

 for months.&quot; 



I. &quot; Then, may I ask you whether there is, at the 

 present moment, a magnet in my possession ? &quot; 



The young lady looked at me, blushed, and stammered, 

 &quot; No ; I am not en rapport with you.&quot; 



I sat at her right hand, and a left-hand pocket, within 

 six inches of her person, contained a magnet. 



Our host here deprecated discussion, as it &quot; exhausted 

 the medium.&quot; The wonderful narratives were resumed ; 

 but I had narratives of my own quite as wonderful. These 

 spirits indeed, seemed clumsy creations, compared with 

 those with which my own researches had made me familiar. 

 I therefore began to match the wonders related to me by 

 other wonders. A lady present discoursed on spiritual 

 atmospheres, which she could see as beautiful colors when 



