[6] Ibid. p. 120.
[7] For a discussion of these cases, which would take us too far from our subject, see Mr. J. G. Piddington’s paper, Phenomena in Mrs. Thompson’s Trance (Proceedings, Vol. XVIII., pp. 180 et seq.); also Professor A. C. Pigou’s article in Vol. XXIII. (Proceedings, pp. 286 et seq.).
[8] Proceedings, Vol. XIII., pp. 349-350 and 375.
[9] Proceedings, Vols. V. and XI.
[10] Maxwell, Metapsychical Phenomena, p. 202.
[11] Xenoglossy is well known not to be unusual in automatic writing; sometimes even the “automatist” speaks or writes languages of which he is completely ignorant. The Latin and Greek passages are translated as follows:
“This is what I have wanted, at last. Justice and joy speak a word to the wise. A. W. V. and perhaps some one else. Chalk sticking to the feet has got over the difficulty. You help greatly by always persevering. Now I can write a name—thus, here it is!”
[12] Proceedings, Vol. XI., p. 493.
[13] Proceedings, Vol. XI., p. 505.
[14] Proceedings, Vol. XI., p. 545.