As a child he was no different special abilities, and received only the first rudiments of knowledge. All that changed with the 1843. 17 -year-old met with the magnetizer Levingston, who discovered in it a superior medium capacity. In this capacity, he toured many cities in America. During trips diligently studied medicine, natural science books and mystical works.
In May 1845 Davis had a vision in which he was given an extraordinary revelation. On the instructions to publish them for the benefit of present and future people. He settled in New York and in the somnambulistic state dictates his book ' Principles of Nature, her divine revelations, and the voice of humanity ', which became a half -century spiritualism Bible. First, in America, and later in Europe, there were numerous followers of Davis. Tales of the unexpected encounters with the spirits of dead people were coming from different countries. According to eyewitnesses could not believe it, if there was no objective evidence of the existence of invisible, or rather invisible in normal conditions of peace. These certificates were primarily photos.
The first documented case of a ghost image on the display goes back to 1862. Made him an American photographer Memler. Being a Sunday in the studio of his friend, he tried to make a photographic portrait. Imagine his surprise when, upon occurrence of the plate, he found her more than a figure of some. Memler has no interest in spirits or ghosts. He first decided that the second figure arose from the fact that the plate was not clean and there are traces of another photo. In the method of producing colloidal images is sometimes the case. Intrigued by what happened Memler put several experiments, using a completely clean record. Some of them have reappeared strange fuzzy shapes. On the advice of friends, fond of spiritualism, Memler abandoned his previous employment and became a professional photographer and a medium, and photographed the calling of spirits.
The crowd poured to the shaft of a prosperous photographer. But it lasted long. Several competitors were accused of fraud Memlera and demonstrated the method by which it was possible to get a man posing next to another white, blurred figure. At the end, and could attempt to catch a ghost in the camera lens. But, fortunately unknown to researchers, this did not happen. Saved the reputation of Memlera carefully conducted test. Under the close supervision of several professional photographers, it is using other people's camera and plates, still got pictures of spirits.
At the beginning of the XX century in the traditional science was a real ' storm ' amazing discoveries, completely changed the course of human development - it was on track machine civilization. In conversations with the spirits of the people did not have enough time. The situation changed at the end of the century. Science, which are considered the main engines of civilization - physics, biology, medicine, and - increasingly are faced with unexplained phenomena.
In Russia, again, there are people and organizations involved in spiritualism. Here is a typical example of communicating with the spirits of man, narrated by the head of one of the study of societies ' unknown ' Egor Usachev. Addressed to him a young single woman. For several years, she has to fill the emptiness has successfully dealt with spiritualism, calling at the desire of the soul of famous people. Two years ago, it suddenly became active sessions ' wedge ' the spirit of the recently murdered a young man. It took a little time, and the spirit has become a woman, not only disturb the sessions. For several months she had heard the voice of the spirit the uninvited in transport, at work, home. First, the voice spoke to her about love, and then demanded that physical proximity. The woman was his sometimes see, feel, and physically speaking the language of the protocol, eventually gave way to his harassment.
During a meeting with Usachev, according to the woman, the spirit was also present. With her permission of the researcher made a picture section room where the spirit of. In the photo near the figure of a woman can discern a vague silhouette of a transparent, through which shine wallpaper a room.
The spirits leave their pictures not only in photos. The most dramatic incident occurred in 1923 in England. On the wall of Christ Church, Oxford wet spot suddenly appeared, gradually turned into a portrait of a man with high forehead and big nose. One of the congregation recognized him as rector of the Church of Liddell, who died in 1898. Compare photos of patches with extant portrait of the abbot persuaded arrived at the incident scientists, what really happened in the church of science inexplicable phenomenon.
The researchers of anomalous phenomena are still arguing, with associated voices are heard mediums, who manages the saucers at seances, how come the image ' spirits ' in photos. While it is clear, only one. With spirits, whoever they were not joking. When they helped someone, you can literally be counted on the fingers of one hand, but the unfortunate lovers, fascinated by their evocation, can be filled with several psychiatric hospitals.
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