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Leading Articles in the Reviews. 



EXPERIMENTS IN DOUBLING. 



Four Cases of Bilocation. 



(;i' all the phenomena known as ps\chic none is 

 so inttrns<?ly interesting as the phenomenon of the 

 Double. To be able to project an absolute fac- 

 simile of yourself to any distance, to cause it to be 

 seen and felt by vour friends, is one of those latent 

 capacities of the Ego in which nobody will believe 

 until thev have had personal experiences which 

 convince them it is not only possible, but that it 

 actually occups. This is a matter on which I speak 

 with conviction, but I do not expect any of my 

 readers to accept it on my authority. Some day 

 perhaps some of them may see a Double, and then 

 they will believe — but not till then. 



Pt nding such personal confirmation of the truth 

 of bilocation, it is interesting to note the experi- 

 ments in doubling which Colonel de Rochas sends 

 10 the Annals of Psychical Science for August. In 

 the Phantasms of the Living seven completely at- 

 tested cases are to be found. To these Colonel de 

 Rochas adds four more. They are very interesting 

 because thev were not spontaneous, but were in- 

 duced. The authority is Miss Alma Haemmerle, 

 whose mother translated Carl du Prel's works into 

 French. The date is " a few years ago " ; the 

 place Kherson in Russia. 



FIRST EXPEEIHENT. 



Miss Hsemmerle says that at her mother's house 

 two of her brother's class mates, Stankewitch and 

 SerbofF, should endeavour to send their doubles to 

 us. Stankewitch had come at ii p.m., Serboff at 

 11.30. This is what happened: — 



We timed our wutclies together, and it was agreed tlint 

 M. Stankewitch sliould go to my brother in his bedroom, 

 wliilst M. ."-"erbrff should manifest in the drawing-room. 



*)n the following evening my sister Irma aat in the dining- 

 room, from whence she could see the open door which led 

 into the drawins-room. My brother, ae h.Td been agreed, 

 remained in his l)©droom and stretched him-self on his bed, 

 in order the better to concentrate his attention on the 

 phenomenon he expected. The bedroom axijoiued the din- 

 ing-room. 



After having been with my sister for a few minutes, I 

 entered my brothe 's room, and leaning my elbow on the 

 rail at the foot of his bed, I asked him what o'clock it 

 was. He nulled out his watch and said it was just 11 

 o'clock. The hanging lump in the dining-room gave lie-ht 

 enough to make it possible to distinguish objects in the 

 bedroom. At the same moment I felt something push 

 against my shoulder and I saw at my side, very distinctly, 

 the form of M. Stankewitch: I could distinguish his rtnr'.- 

 uniform with the white metal buttons. At the same moment 

 my brother said. "There he is, beside you." adding, almost 

 immediately. "Did you see him?' for after the first remark 

 the apparition had^disapneared. 



M.v sister, hearing us talking, came in, saying that she 

 had just seen M. St.ankewitch enter by the drawing-room 

 door, piiss near the table in the dining-room, and then dis- 

 .appear from her s'ght. She also had seen him in uniform, 

 and was able to distinguish the white metal buttons. 



We then immediately, all three of us. entered the draw- 

 ing-room, which was lighted by the lamp in the dining- 

 room, and awaited the apparition of M. Serboff. He did not 

 appear until nearly midnight. This apparition seemej In 



ns paler and less distinct thau the preceding: one. He 

 l,aused a moment near the door, advanced first to the right 

 to one of the bookcases, then to the left to anotlier. and 

 suddenly disappeared. 



Next day M. Serboff said that when he entered 

 the drawing-room he was uncertain which bookcase 

 to approach, for he had intended to take out a book, 

 but he lost his power of concentration and returned 

 to his normal self. He felt too fatigued to try 

 again. M. Stankewitch said that he only saw my 

 brother. He had not expected to find me in the 

 room, and when he felt a resistance approaching 

 the bed he thought it was the wall. 



SUBSEQUENT EXPERIMENTS. 

 Miss .\lma Hsemmerle had a twin sister Irma. 

 On one occasion Irma went into the country, and 

 .\lma projected her double to see what she was 

 doing : — 



It was 11 p.m. and I was in bed. Soon 1 saw myself in the 

 room which she waa sharing witli our friend, and I saw my 

 sister in her bed, a book in her hand, and reading by the 

 light of a lamp, which had a green shade. She felt mv 

 presence, raised her eyes, and saw me standing by the 

 stove. When I saw that she was looking at me I tried to 

 hide myself behind the stove, being afraid that she would 

 be frightened at the apparition, not being sure that she 

 would recognise me. 



On the following day I wrote her the details which I have 

 jUBt related, and I received a letter, dated the same day. 

 telling me that she had seen me on the previous evening 

 at 11 p.m., near the stove. 



On the third occasion she projected herself to the 

 sick room of a friend who was ill with fever. She 

 saw him, fixed her attention upon him mentally, 

 making the suggestion of a complete cure: — 



Wlien I went, on the following day, to see my friends and 

 to ask after their brother. Mile. Anna told me that he had 

 started in good health, and that he had told her, on that 

 ver.y morning, that he had seen an apparition during the 

 night: he had seen me at the further end of his rooa, 

 and had felt my presence as a calming influence, and at the 

 same moment the feverish condition had left him. 



One of my cousins who was much interested in psychology 

 has made numerous experiments in producing her own 



double." 



We were passing a few days in the country, at the house 

 of an aunt. One evening, wishinq- to know whether she 

 would perceive my presence, I resolved to go and see her 

 without previously informing her of my intention. 



We were living in the right wing of the house, at the far 

 end of the courtyard. Her room was on the ground floor, 

 and I wished to enter bv the window that looked out on 

 the courtyard. I first tried to open the shutter, but did 

 not succeed: I then determined to get in bv a simple act 

 of will. The noise I had made in attempting to open the 

 shutter awakened my cousin, who jumped out of bed to 

 see what the noise could be. She saw me in front of her 

 and gtiessing my object she became calm. The following 

 day she told me of her .TStonishment at having observed 

 that the astral body had the power of moving objects. 



These experiments are very suggestive. The 

 astral double has obviously in cases one and four 

 a material tangible entitv. In case three it was 

 capable of healing the sick. In all ca.ses the astral 

 went at the volition of its physical tenement. Most 

 curious and interesting of all was the inability of 

 the double to see a person whom his original had 

 not expected to find in the room. He felt the re- 



