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Hester Travers Smith records six years of experiments with automatic communication, concentrating on the personalities described as controls, the messages attributed to communicators and the relationship between an automatist and the other people present. Sir William F. Barrett supplies an introduction placing these accounts within the psychical research debates of the period.
The chapters consider evidence of survival, telepathy, prevision, the mental sensations of mediumship and psychometry. Smith compares possible explanations for her observations while recounting particular sittings and the behavior of recurring personalities. A concluding assessment and an appendix of practical hints complete this 1919 volume; the original pages, introduction and appendix remain intact.