Levitation, c.1928 - c.1964
Scope and Contents
File labelled 'Levitation' containing:
1. Miss Gweneth E. Leonard. Correspondence with Nandor Fodor, 1936 and account of floating down stairs as a child.
2. Rev. J.R. Coulson. Correspondence with N. Walker (secretary to Sir Oliver Lodge), 1932 re a report of being levitated and thrown into a wall in Australia.
3. ‘Krishna’. Correspondence between Lt. Col. J. Ogilvy, Mr Osborn, Lord Halifax, E.A. Smythies, and P.V. Killick, 1950-51; drawing; and newspaper cutting re ‘strange case of the jumping servant’. Levitation in Nepal under the ‘spell of an evil spirit’.
4. Lord Halifax. Account of levitation witnessed in India, 1928 or 1929. Permission to use in SPR journal, 1936 (?).
5. Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings re levitation, 1934-35, 1937, 1959.
6. Article: ‘Short exposure photographs of a jumping model’ and photos.
7. Drummond Riddell. Correspondence with G.W. Lambert and Donald West, 1964 re levitation witnessed at BBC TV theatre.
Dates
- Creation: c.1928 - c.1964
Creator
- From the Fonds: Society for Psychical Research (1882-) (Organization)
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Extent
1 folder(s)
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