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to win to your cause an apostle, who will proclaim your 

 principles to the world from the housetop, tell me what 

 I am now thinking of.' X. reddened, and did not tell 

 me my thought. 



Some time previously I had visited Baron Eeichen- 

 bach, in Vienna, and I now asked the young lady who 

 sat beside me, whether she could see any of the curious 

 things which he describes the light emitted by crys- 

 tals, for example? Here is the conversation which 

 followed, as extracted from my notes, written on the 

 day following the seance. 



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

 bodies.' 



J. ' Even in perfect darkness? ' 



Medium. ' Yes; I see luminous atmospheres round 

 all people. The atmosphere which surrounds Mr. E. C. 

 would fill this room with light.' 



I. ' You are aware of the effects ascribed by Baron 

 Eeichenbach to magnets? ' 



Medium. ' Yes; but a magnet makes me terribly 

 ill.' 



I. ' Am I to understand that, if this room were 

 perfectly dark, you could tell whether it contained a 

 magnet, without being informed of the fact?' 



Medium. ' I should know of its presence on en- 

 tering the room.' 



I. ' How? ' 



Medium. < I should be rendered instantly ill.' 



/. ' How do you feel to-day? ' 



Medium. ' Particularly well; I have not been so 

 well for months.' 



I. ' Then, may I ask you whether there is, at the 

 present moment, a magnet in my possession? ' 



The young lady looked at me, blushed, and stam- 

 mered, 



