Art, Symbol & Imagination
Astané’s Flying Machine and a Martian Plant
A narrow mechanical device projects a wide fan of fine marks in the upper drawing. Below, a broad cloud-like bloom carries five curled dark extensions. The captions identify a flying machine held by Astané and a plant of Martian design, including their imagined colours.
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Citation
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source). "Astané’s Flying Machine and a Martian Plant" [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 221. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0214
Source details
- From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
- The flying device and the five-rayed plant
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). Astané’s Flying Machine and a Martian Plant. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia. Scan leaf 221. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0214