Art, Symbol & Imagination
Hélène Smith’s Martian Lake and Palace
A small boat crosses the foreground below a hill crowned by an elaborate palace. Dark trees and a monumental stepped structure complete the imagined landscape. Flournoy reproduces the drawing with a detailed colour description in his study of the visionary experiences attributed to Hélène Smith.
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Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source). "Hélène Smith’s Martian Lake and Palace" [editorial title]. In From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia, Théodore Flournoy; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1900; English translation by Daniel B. Vermilye., 1900, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 195. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0188
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- From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
- The imagined Martian landscape
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims. The depicted planetary landscapes or plants belong to the source’s imagined or mediumistic accounts.
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From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with GlossolaliaThéodore Flournoy; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye1900More from this book
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Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source). Hélène Smith’s Martian Lake and Palace. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia. Scan leaf 195. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0188