1 result for (book:tes8 AND session:381 AND stemmed:event)
3/37 (8%)
table
Carl
pressure
floor
Claire
[... 1 paragraph ...]
(This session will actually report two separate events, lumped together for convenience. Both involve table tipping, and include one Seth session.
[... 25 paragraphs ...]
(Jane and I do not know the exact sequence of events. Most likely Bill and Pat exerted so much downward thrust that the table was at last overwhelmed. The force with which the third leg hit the floor shattered it; at the same time, did the top split in two? We cannot be sure. No pictures were taken of course, or notes made at the moment. This account is written several days later, after several conversations by Jane and me with some of the people present. A variation in accounts of course resulted, and we will not try to give these here.
[... 4 paragraphs ...]
(There was no doubt that Seth wanted to come through. The evening’s events had set the stage most thoroughly. I have no idea of the reaction, subjectively, of some of the witnesses to what must have seemed a very strange happening indeed. Personally, I believe that only the Gallaghers, Claire, Pat and myself had witnessed a session. This left as new witnesses Peg’s brother Dick and his wife Carol, Danny,Curt, Doug and Carl; though Carl and perhaps one or two others had at least heard mention of Seth.
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
