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When ghosts defied science
In 1898, astronomer Camille Flammarion hosted the famous medium Eusapia Palladino for a spiritualism session. © Mairet / DR
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25.06.2021
In the 19th century, in the midst of rationalism, very inspired mediums warmed the spirits. Decryption
Pascal Fleury
Paranormal “” Spirit, are you there? ” The medium goes into a trance. “Objects began to float, we could hear blows struck in the partitions, swarms of invisible hands brushed against or sometimes even slapped the people present”, describes the witness of a spiritualism session led by the Scotsman Daniel Dunglas Home, a real star of levitation in the United States in the 1850s. He even flew pedestal tables in front of Napoleon III.
In Turin, in 1907, it is the famous medium Eusapia Palladino who materializes spirits: “The table strikes three knocks to say“ Attention! ”. Engineer Pomba is granted a visit from the unknown. A head surrounded by a curtain comes up to him and kisses him, while two hands that we do not see hold his head affectionately. I observe that the dimension of this human form is variable, that its volume increases and decreases, to such an extent that it sometimes appears an adult, sometimes a small child. ”
“Give two shots
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