...seen in the room upstairs overnight. I asked Mrs. Jencken who it was, and she said it was Home's wife. I have frequently seen Home, when in a trance, go...them about in his hands, put 'them inside his shirt, &c. Eight times, I myself have held a red-hot coal in my hands without injury, when it scorched my...

...similar protection in their own persons. " Eight times," he told the Dialectical Society, " I myself have held a red-hot coal in my hands without injury, when...they really would burn ; and I said so, and touched a coal with the middle finger of my right hand. I got a blister as large as a sixpence. I instantly...

...coals, and carry them about in his hands, put them inside his shirt, etc. Eight times I myself have held a red-hot coal in my hands without injury, when...they really would burn, and I said so, and touched a coal with the middle finger of my right hand, and I got a blister as large as a sixpence ; I instantly...

...manifestation can best be given in his own words : " I have frequently seen Home when in a trance go to thefire and take out large red-hot coals, and carry them about...hands, put them inside his shirt, etc. Eight times I myself have held a red-hot coal in my hands without injury, when it scorched my face on raising my...

..."fire-test" reads as follows (Dialectical Report, pp. 208-209) : "I have frequently seen Home, when in trance, go to the fire and take out large red-hot...hands, put them inside his shirt, etc. Eight times I myself have held a red-hot coal in my hands without injury, when it scorched my face on raising my...