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Title: Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism"
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Britten, Emma Hardinge, d. 1899 Dadmun, John H., former owner. DLC Walrond, George W., inscriber. DLC Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Spiritualism
Publisher: New York : Published by William Britten : Lovell & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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solicitations of acquaint interested in Spiritualism, published a volume of notes at
his own cost for private use of his friends.

It would seem that strange disturbances in the house and in the vicinage
of the boy Aridjan had attracted attention, and suggested the idea of a
Spiritual agency for many months prior to the time when the circles
commenced. The first sitting was proposed by friends of the family who
had been apprised of the disturbances, and was held on the evening of
March 16th, 1858. At first the manifestations were slight and unimportant.
Still they were sufficiently marked to prove that some foreign though

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* Our readers will kindly bear in mind the sources claimed for the narratives given In this and
the preceding chapters on Dutch Spiritual Manifestations. In order to preserve the simplicity and
point to the good faith so clearly manifested in the several translations herewith submitted, the
author has preferred to retain as much as possible her correspondents own phraseology.
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HON. ALEXANDER AKSAKOF.

NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES. 339

invisible power was present, and that the boy Aridjan supplied the force
by which the unseen operators manifested. At the seventh seance loud
rappings were heard, and intelligent answers were spelled out by the
alphabet. The table at which the séances were held was a large one, and
a lamp was kept burning in the room by Spirit direction. The Javanese
Medium could neither read, write nor spell, and sat perfectly still in the
chair provided for him, unless moved about, as was often the case, by
Spirit power. For the rest of the details, we shall refer the reader to M.
Van Herwerden's diary, which was published under the title of Experences
and Communication on a still Mysterious Territory.
This book numbers over 200 pages, and is profusely illustrated by
diagrams and fac similes of spirit writing, drawing, &c., &c. Only a few
extracts from M. Riko's translation of this curious record can be given,
but they will suffice to show the general character of what occurred.

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