Brief
Daniel Dunglas Home
The claims the writer was given for Daniel Dunglas Home, in the order they were given.
1
Daniel Dunglas Home lived from 1833 to 1886.
“Daniel Dunglas Home (1833–1886)”
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2
Daniel Dunglas Home is considered, along with Eusapia Palladino, to be one of the most impressive mediums ever.
“considered along with Eusapia to be one of the most impressive mediums ever”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch35:23925-23996 opinion
3
Daniel Dunglas Home demonstrated mediumship for twenty-five years and was never accused of cheating.
“demonstrated for twenty-five years and was never accused of cheating”
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4
Daniel Dunglas Home was born in Scotland and raised in America.
“Born in Scotland but raised in America”
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5
Daniel Dunglas Home was under carefully controlled observation for many years by William Crookes, a prominent chemist and physicist.
“Home (pronounced "Hume") was under carefully controlled observation for many years by Sir William Crookes, a prominent chemist and physicist noted for his discovery of the element thallium and for his cathode-ray studies.”
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Among the phenomena Daniel Dunglas Home repeatedly generated were hands that were supple, solid, mobile, and warm, of different sizes, shapes, and colours.
“Hands, supple, solid, mobile, and warm, of different sizes, shapes, and colors.”
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7
The hands manifested by Daniel Dunglas Home were animated and solid to the touch, but would often end at or near the wrist and eventually dissolve or melt.
“Although the hands were animated and solid to the touch, they would often end at or near the wrist and eventually dissolve or melt.”
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8
The hands manifested by Daniel Dunglas Home were sometimes said to be disfigured exactly as the hands of a deceased ostensible communicator, unknown to Home, had been.
“Sometimes the hands were said to be disfigured exactly as the hands of a deceased ostensible communicator (unknown to Home) had been.”
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9
William Crookes observed on one occasion a small hand and arm, like a baby's, appear and play about a lady sitting next to him during a séance with Daniel Dunglas Home, then pass to him and pat his arm and pull his coat several times.
“On another occasion a small hand and arm, like a baby's, appeared playing about a lady who was sitting next to me. It then passed to me and patted my arm and pulled my coat several times.”
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10
William Crookes observed a hand repeatedly playing the keys of an accordion while both of the medium's hands were visible at the same time, sometimes being held by those near him, during séances with Daniel Dunglas Home.
“A hand has repeatedly been seen by myself and others playing the keys of an accordion, both of the medium's hands being visible at the same time, and sometimes being held by those near him.”
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William Crookes observed that to the touch the materialized hand sometimes appeared icy cold and dead, and at other times warm and lifelike, grasping his own with the firm pressure of an old friend.
“To the touch the hand sometimes appears icy cold and dead, at other times warm and lifelike, grasping my own with the firm pressure of an old friend.”
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12
The strength and variety of Indridi Indridason's observed phenomena resemble those associated with Daniel Dunglas Home, considered one of the most remarkable physical mediums ever studied.
“the strength and variety of the observed phenomena resemble those associated with Daniel Dunglas Home, considered to be one of the most remarkable physical mediums ever studied”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch36:3466-3635 opinion
13
In William Crookes's account, the spirit communicator said it was impossible for matter to pass through matter, but that they would show what they could do.
“The spirit communicator stated: “It is impossible for matter to pass through matter, but we will show you what we can do.””
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14
William Crookes wrote that in full view of all present, a piece of china-grass thirty-eight centimetres long, forming the centre ornament of a bouquet on the table, slowly rose from the other flowers, descended to the table in front of the vase between it and Daniel Dunglas Home, then passed straight through the table while all present watched it pass through entirely.
“There was a bouquet of flowers on the center of the table. “In full view of all present, a piece of china-grass fifteen inches long, which formed the center ornament of the bouquet, slowly rose from the other flowers, and then descended to the table in front of the vase between it and Mr. Home. It did not stop on reaching the table, but went straight through it, and we all watched it till it had entirely passed through,” Crookes wrote.”
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15
Daniel Dunglas Home's hands were visible to all during the china-grass-through-table phenomenon, and the grass stem showed no signs of pressure or abrasion.
“Home’s hands were visible to all, and the grass stem showed no signs of pressure or abrasion.”
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Daniel Dunglas Home, a nineteenth-century spiritualist practitioner, was observed on some occasions to levitate.
“One nineteenth-century practitioner, Daniel Dunglas Home, was observed on some occasions to levitate.”
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Mark Twain witnessed Daniel Dunglas Home and believed him to be genuine.
“Home was witnessed by many people, including Mark Twain, who believed him to be genuine”
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William Crookes, a noted scientist, observed Daniel Dunglas Home's levitation and found no evidence of fraud.
“a noted scientist of the period, Sir William Crookes, observed levitation and found no evidence of fraud.”
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