1670: Harry Houdini on Spiritualism, Evidence, and Truth
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/03/31
“What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.”
“Up to the present time everything that I have investigated has been the result of deluded brains.”
“My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion.”
“The camera will click; nothing will appear on the developed film.”
“There must be some plausible, natural explanation.”
“I have not yet found the true explanation.”
“I want positive proof.”
“As for spiritualism, I neither believe nor disbelieve in it.”
“There may be honest mediums, but so far I have never met one.”
“I agreed to do whatever I could to learn what deception the medium was practising in his séances.”
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