Letters on the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Letters on the Truths Contained in Popular SuperstitionsMrs R. Told my friend that, being at Cheltenham in 1806, she saw, for the first time, the divining rod used by Mrs Colonel Beaumont, who possessed the power of imparting motion to it in a very remarkable degree. Mrs R. Tried the experiment herself at that time, but without any success. She was, as it happened, very far from well. Afterwards, in the year 1815, being asked by a friend how the divining rod is held, and how it is to be used, on showing it she was surprised to see that the instrument now moved in her hands.Since then, whenever she had repeated the esperi ment, the power had always manifested itself, though with varying degrees of energy.Mrs R. Then took my friend to a part of the shrub bery, where she knew, from former trials, the divining rod would move in her hands. It did so, to my friend's extreme astonishment, and even continued to move, when, availing himself of Mrs R.'s permission, my friend grasped her hands with sufficient firmness to prevent any muscular action of her wrists or fingers in¿uencing the result.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.