DEPRESSION IN SPIRITUALISTIC CIRCLES.
An amusing defeat of the American spiritualist, Mr Bastian, is announced from Vienna, where the eminent medium has been the cause of much discussion among the higher and highest classes of society. The Crown Prince of Austria and Archduke John, having determined to sound the mysteries of Mr Bastian's art, arranged some seances at the Archduke's residence. After the select audience had gathered in a dimly-lighted room a spirit in a garb of mourning silently entered while the medium was apparently lying in the next room, stiff and fast asleep. This room was separated from that in which the audience was assembled by a curtained doorway, through which the ghost passed. In this entrance the conspirators had fixed a secret door, which they could shut silently and instantly by touching a spring. While the mournful ghost was flitting before the awe-struck assembly, this door suddenly shut, and the ghost, who stood revealed as Mr Bastian, vainly endeavoured to make his escape. Mr Bastian had been lying in a mesmeric sleep. The depression in spiritualistic circles is naturally very great.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2401, 13 May 1884, Page 3
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