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Example sentences for "ances"
Lexicographically close words:
anatomy
;
anatropous
;
anbury
;
ance
;
anceps
;
ancestor
;
ancestors
;
ancestours
;
ancestral
;
ancestress
They contain constant
references
to the séances which went on concurrently, and whose dates are independently known; and in the later books, records of some of these séances are interspersed in their due places
amongst other
matter.
Mrs. von Wiesler knew only
too
well, from the séances she had taken part in with me, how little dependence can be placed on Spiritualistic communications.
When "direct writing" was given at the séances the handwriting of
each
alleged spirit was the same as that which the same spirit was in the habit of employing in the automatic script.
First and most important are a group of persons recently deceased, and sometimes manifesting themselves at the séances
before their
decease was known through any
ordinary
channel to any of the persons present.
The communication presented nothing remarkable, but it was nevertheless resolved to continue
the
séances once a week, on every Tuesday.
I hasten to write to you as to
that case
of thought-transference of which I spoke to you when you were present
at
my hypnotic séances at Nancy.
Her
mother
also had not joined in any séances except our own.
She
has
an only daughter, Sophie, who at the time of those séances was completing her studies.
She had taken no part, either at
our
séances or at any others, and she had not read anything about Spiritualism.
In fact, for
test
purposes, dark séances are a mistake,
though they
are admirable for a flirtation.
At this period my brother came to visit me, and he had either been
present
himself or knew persons who had been present at certain séances at Mr. Rymer's.
Tout, of Vancouver, records that after attending a few séances with some friends he felt a
strong impulse
to turn
medium
himself, and assume a foreign personality.
Dee faithfully noted down, and many years later,
long after
both Dee and Kelley had been carried to their graves, these manuscript notes of
the
séances were published.
The outraged husband, as may be imagined, lost not a moment in demanding admission to the séances which were proceeding merrily under the direction of a servant in the Parsons
family
and a clergyman of the neighborhood.
Scientific men frequently
complain
that spiritualists will not submit their séances to the test of a public examination in broad daylight.
Many of these experimental séances
took place
without the presence of
any
professional mediums.
Several instances may be found in Mr. Home's séances in which holy-water
and
crucifixes are spoken of with a
certain amount
of unction.
In the few cases in
which
individuals have manifested abnormal excitement, the séances
have been
frustrated.
His astronomical studies were one
of
these, but a deeper reason was to be found in those Sunday séances at the Villa Ogilvy.
I mean,
my
dear boy, that although I have asked you to abjure séances and so forth, I do pray of you to cultivate the spiritual.
They were Brother Josiah Smith, the spiritualist, and Professor Petersen, the investigating Dane, whom he
used
to meet at the séances in the Villa Ogilvy.
Six séances sufficed to banish the symptoms, which at the end
of
several months
had not recurred.
The exercises may
advantageously
be repeated every three hours to begin with, then their duration may be increased and the intervals lengthened, until the séances are extended to
fifteen minutes
three times a day.
His academic mind recoiled from the
grotesque
and trivial messages
associated with
séances and the performances of professional psychics.
The spirits which are made to appear at the séances are
degraded
spirits.
And, after all, it
appears that
these marvelous séances were no
better
than this miserable personation by Haxby.
The
materialization
séances offer a sufficient example of this form of manifestation.
These disturb-
ances
will continue until
the
end of error, when all discord will be swallowed up in spiritual Truth.
I have read that one
of
the dangers of attending Spiritualistic Séances is that spirits occasionally
attach themselves
to people, and can only be got rid of with great difficulty.
All his experiences,
he
said, had taken place in the light, and he believed only spoof ghosts at séances required the opposite conditions.
It was always very
much against
it, that its professors held
their
séances in darkened apartments, and that for the most part they took money for the display of their wonders.
This explanation, on a physiological basis,
considerably
reduces the mystic character of those mesmeric marvels in which the late Dr Elliotson indulged at his public séances in Conduit Street.
The records of her séances
fill
a
large place
in the proceedings of the S.
One
of
these séances led to a rather amusing incident.
I would say more of my séances and all the
recollections
they evoke, were I not impatient to get back to du Maurier and to Malines.
The sisters gave public séances through the country, and
interest
in spiritualism spread to England.
The two
young
women gave public séances throughout the country, arousing an interest that spread to England.
But
the
fact of Mrs de B---- having attended séances explained everything.
I've been
to
too many séances to be able to accept that point of view.
No more séances while I'm in
command
here--is that understood?
All of which bears upon the present narrative because Roberta Vallis had
arranged
to have one of these self-revealing séances as a feature of her party; and she insisted that Penelope contribute an emotional experience.
Sylvia's séances
with
old Reinhardt and the piano were becoming serious affairs: for it was now tentatively
decided that
she was to earn her living by teaching music.
Now, let us apply
this
to Home's séances, and to spiritistic séances in general.
Speaking now of materialization séances only--of which I have seen many--I may say that
in
all my investigations I have never seen one single instance of suggested or spontaneous hallucination.
In other words, these séances present evidences of psychological processes for which we can find no analogy in
any
other series of séances, or in hypnotic or any other phenomena with which we are familiar.
In a series of séances conducted in Naples, the following
apparatus
was employed.
Very rarely have attempts been made to photograph apparitions (probably because they were
too
fleeting and unexpected), and the forms at séances
have been
photographed on only a few occasions.
During séances held with Eusapia Palladino, objects
were
moved from
place to place in the room without visible contact, and apparently of their own accord.
On
the
other hand, it may be asked: If the messages we receive at séances really do
come from
the departed, why should they be so fleeting and so uncertain as they are?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ances" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
ancestor worship
;
ancestral form
;
ancestral spirits
;
ancestral worship