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Among the rich heritage of F.M.Dostoevsky there are only three small notes on the subject of the other world. In 1876 in his The writer’s diary, the author admitted that he was present at sessions of spiritualism, however, did not go into details.
The first spiritualistic session described by Leskov
Dostoevsky wanted to attend a spiritualistic session so that then write about similar events based on your own experience. IN 1876 in St. Petersburg appeared the Frenchwoman Saint Clair, who did not She was a professional medium, but possessed extraordinary power. AND Dostoevsky fired up to visit her sessions.
The session took place on February 13. In addition to Dostoevsky, on it attended by two other famous writers – Peter Boborykin and Nikolai Leskov.
What Fedor Mikhailovich experienced then deeply shocked him. But for some reason he refused to describe all this, even in diaries. But Leskov described this spiritualistic experience quite in detail.
We, he writes, gathered at Aksakov at eight in the evening, sat down round table on one leg and put hands on it. Soon there were spiritualistic knocks, it was not the knock of the table leg on the floor, he walked as if from within the very wood of the table. Since St. Clair was afraid that she might be suspected of imitating these knocks, then invited us to portray sounds ourselves – any. I began to scratch the table with an iron key – after a moment I heard the same scratching sound. It was impossible to repeat it, especially with your feet (hands St. Clair lay on the table), recording devices then did not It was.
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Then, continues the story Leskov, we began to write names. Dostoevsky compiled a list of seven names – all on French He repeated one name on a piece of paper, which he clamped in fist. Then he began to lead a pencil over the list. When is the turn reached Theodore, there was an affirmative knock. Fedor unclenched fist – Theodore was written on a piece of paper. Then there was mine turn. Everything repeated, and I am convinced that neither for me nor for Dostoevsky no one could spy.
The next was the experience of raising the table, Leskov recalls, first a heavy massive table rose thirty centimeters and sagged about five seconds, then the climb was repeated and the table hung in the air almost a minute. It was simply impossible to adjust.
Second Spiritual Session
The second spiritualistic session, Fedor Dostoevsky held at a very good acquaintances, where a female medium, a certain Mrs. B. This is how Fedor Mikhailovich himself wrote about this.
In the room, almost empty, there were only three of us – me, the owner and lady of the medium. The lady sat a few meters from the table at which I was asked to sit down and put a handkerchief on it so that one end of it hung down. I took up another. I soon I felt that someone was pulling a scarf and more and more. Soon I could barely hold it with both hands, and the scarf I pulled myself up, about to break off. In this case, a woman and the landlord sat quietly two meters from the table.
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Dostoevsky was shocked, after this session he admitted Baudouin de Courtenay, that he intends to engage in spiritualism itself in a serious way. However, the writer’s plans were not destined to come true, since he soon died. After the death of Dostoevsky, one of the most ardent supporters of spiritualism Wagner asked the widow of the writer to allow cause the spirit of Fedor and ask him how his views have changed to mysticism after death. But Anna Grigoryevna forbade it to be done, and categorically. Perhaps sometime spiritualists and evoked the spirit of Dostoevsky, but neither this, nor that, is known for certain what the writer from the mysterious afterlife of the world.
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