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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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Though
a
F.R.S.
and
a
Professor
of
Chemistry,
the
Doctor
had
no
more
idea
of
what
constitutes
evidence
than
a
baby.
He
actually
mixed
up
the
Tyrone
with
the
Lyttelton
ghost
story!
His
legend
of
Queen
Mary's
jewels
is
derived
from
(1)
the
note-book,
or
(2)
a
letter
containing,
or
professing
to
contain,
extracts
from
the
note-book,
of
a
Major
Buckley,
an
Anglo-Indian
officer.
This
gentleman
used
to
"magnetise"
or
hypnotise
people,
some
of
whom
became
clairvoyant,
as
if
possessed
of
eyes
acting
as
"double-patent-million
magnifiers,"
permeated
by
X
rays.
"What
follows
is
transcribed,"
says
the
Doctor,
"from
Major
Buckley's
note-book."
We
abridge
the
narrative.
Major
Buckley
hypnotised
a
young
officer,
who,
on
November
15,
1845,
fell
into
"a
deeper
state"
of
trance.
Thence
he
awoke
into
a
"clairvoyant"
condition
and
said:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
