Phenomena of Materialisation
About this book
Under observation, a medium appears to produce strange veils, faces and fragments of human form. Photographs record the results, but what exactly do they show? Schrenck-Notzing treats the séance room as a laboratory for an extraordinary claim.
The physician reports sittings with mediums including Eva C. and Stanislawa P., describing controls, photographs and alleged ectoplasmic manifestations. His conclusions remain highly disputed, and the images require a sceptical historical reading. The surviving photographs and sitting notes document the extraordinary lengths to which early psychical researchers went to investigate their claims.
Cite this edition
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe. Phenomena of Materialisation. 1923 reissue of the first English edition; English translation by E. E. Fournier d’Albe incorporates supplementary and later material, as explained in the translator’s preface. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co. 1923. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/books/phenomena-of-materialisation
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Eva C. between the Curtains: A Séance Drawing, 1911
Eva C.: Flashlight Photograph of 13 March 1911
De Fontenay’s Séance Photograph, 24 June 1911
Eva C. and the Investigators’ Hands, 21 August 1911