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PSYCHICAL RESEARCH for the Scientific Investigation of Alleged Abnormal Phenomena w m NATIONAL LABORATORY o f PSYCHICAL RESEARCH For the scientific investigation of alleged abnormal phenomena. (European Headquarters of the American Society for Psychical Research)« 16, Queensberry Place, South Kensington, S.W.7. (Two minute, from South Kensington Station). HONORARY PRESIDENT: T he Lord Sands, K.C., LL.D., etc. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS : The Rt. Hon. Viscountess Grey of Fallodon. Dr. A. Baron von Schrenck-N othing, Munich. Dr. E ugene O sty, Director of the Institut Métapsychique International, Paris. J. R. Gordon, Esq., Vice-President, American Society for Psychical Research, New York. Dr. Chr. W inthkr, Professor v. polyteknisk Lcereansta.lt, Copenhagen; President of the Danish Society for Psychical Research. Professor Hans T hirring, Ph.D., Vienna University. D r. R. J. T illyard, F.R.S., Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. HONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBERS: Miss May C. W alker, General European Correspondent M..RENE Sudre, Paris. J. S. JENSEN, Esq., President, Copenhagen Society for the Promotion of Psychic Knowledge. Colonel R. G. Berry, President, Belfast Society for Psychical Research. H err W ilhelm W rchovszky, Vienna. H err Ubald Tartaruga, Director, Wiener Parapsychisches Instituí. Dr. Paul SUNNER, Editor, Zeitschrift für Parapsychologie, Berlin. Kapitan F. Kogelm k, Braünaü-am-Inn, Austria. Heer W. H. C. T enhaeff, Utrecht, Holland. COUNCIL: Robert F ielding-Ould, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.A. J. Arthur F indlay, J.P., O.B. E., Vice-President, Glasgow Society for Psychical Research, Honorary Editor. E. W. J anson, M.A. Lt.-Col. W. W. H ardwick, Honorary Secretary. H arry P rice, F.R.N.S., Foreign Research Officer, American Society foi Psychical Research, Honorary Director. A. L. Urquhart, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., O.B.E. A. E. Mundy, M.A.M.E.E., Honorary Consulting Chemist, etc. HONORARY TREASURER: M ajor C. P eters. SECRETARY: Miss Lucy Kay. HON. LIAISON SECRETARY: Miss Mercy P hillimore. TELEPHONE: Kensington 6016. Registered Address for Telegrams, Cables & Marconigrams: “ T eleplasm, London." THE BRITISH J O U R N A L O F PSYCHICAL RESEARCH Official Organ o f the National Laboratory o f Psychical Research, London. SCIENTIA OMNIUM REVELATRIX. ALL COMMUNICATIONS INTENDED FOR THE EDITOR SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO t 16, QUEENSBERRY PLACE, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, S.W.7. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : SIX SHILLINGS and SIXPENCE per annum, post free. Members of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research receive the JOURNAL free of charge. Contributions, especially detailed reports of Seances, are welcomed. All articles submitted must be properly authenticated and contributors should bear in mind that it is the scientific aspect of Psychical Research which particularly appeals to the readers of this JOURNAL. Intending members of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research are advised that the list of Founder Members, 250, is now complete, and, by the rules of the 8ociety, the subscription for membership is now increased as from the 1st July, to 2 guineas for ordinary, and 1 guinea for foreign members. Application should be made on the printed form, to the Secretary, N.L.P.R., 16, Queensberry Place, S.W.7. CONTENTS. Page Brilliant Phenomena in the Home of the Schneiders Harrt Price 38 The Statistics of Psychical Research F. E. Leaning 66 Stella 0. Sittings W. W. H ardwick 61 Editorial Notes ............................ 64 Volume I. JULY—AUGUST, No. 2. BRILLIANT PHENOMENA IN THE HOME OF THE SCHNEIDERS * BY HARRY PRICE. Foreign Research Officer, American Society for Psychical Research. Nearly four years ago, when Dr. A. Baron von Schrenck-Notzing kindly invited me to some experiments he was then making with Willy Schneider at Munich, I took the opportunity of going to Braunaii-am- Inn, about ninety miles from the Bavarian capital, in order to see the birthplace of the medium whose phenomena had so impressed me. We went by motor car, as the trains at that period were very infrequent. Another reason for our visit was to make the acquaintance of Kapitan * Reprimted, by permission, from the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, January, 1926. 34 IN THE HOME OF THE SCHNEIDERS Kogelnik, a retired Austrian naval officer, who had token such an interest in the boy, Willy. I was disappointed, os Kapiton Kogelnik was away and our time was too limited to hunt up Sohneider, père. But my visit was productive of much good, as I commenced a correspondence with the Kapitan which has lasted to this day. He has frequently invited me to Braünaü (a small town on the Austrian side of the river Inn), and in the late autúmn of 1925 I accepted his invitation to have some sittings with Budi and Willy Schneider. Mr. Joseph De Wyckoff and Mir. Boy Holmyard, two members of the American Society for Psyohioal Besearch, had about this time planned a trip to Graz, to see Frau Silbert (whom they knew), and they invited me to join forces with them ; to which I agreed. We arrived at Braünaü on Wednesday, October 28th, 1925, and were disappointed to find that Budi had poisoned his leg, was confined to his bed, and could not give any séances. On our way to Braünaü 1 had made an attempt to see Baron von Schrenck at Munich. But he was away for a short time, so I left my card and, for the second time in my existence, motored the ninety miles or so between Munich in Bavaria and Braünaü in Austria. As I have stated, Budi was ill in bed, and Willy, we found, had signed a contract to sit again for Baron von Schrenck for a lengthy period. I was delighted to hear that Willy was back again with the Baron. He knows the Baron and (what is just as important) the Baron knows him; he speaks his language; it was largely due to the Baron that Willy’s powers became known in the psychic world; and it seemed fit and proper that the medium should go back to him. The reader will remember that I expressed a sincere hope that some rich scientist or society should take him under their care.1- We did not want to leave Braünaü without having some sittings with one of the Schneider boys in his home environment, so we set about getting Willy to come to his father’s flat for some séances. I wrote a letter to the Baron, asking him to release the boy for a few days in order that he could visit us at Braünaü. We sent the letter by special messenger to Munich and the Baron willingly released Willy, at the same time saying how sorry he was he missed me in Munich. Willy has again been apprenticed to a dentist at Munich and some little hitch occurred in this connection, so that Willy did not arrive home till Saturday afternoon, October 31st. While we were awaiting Willy we made the acquaintance of the town and nearly all of its inhabitants, who did not have to guess twice i- i- Sec my report on Willy, Journal, A. S. P. R., August, 1925. IN THE HOME OF THE SCHNEIDERS 35 as to our business in their midst. Before we had been in the town many hours we were on such good terms with Herr Schneider and his family that we felt we had known them all our lives. Kapitan Kogelnik made the way easy for us. Herr Josef Schneider, the father of the boys, is a very intelligent and interesting man, above medium height, 55 years of age. He is a maachinenaetzer—or what we should call a linotype compositor or type­ setter, and lives over the business where he has been employed continu­ ously for forty-one years. His employer—Herr Leopold Hoglinger— is the proprietor of the largest shop in the town, and has a large and flourishing book and printing business. We spent some hours with Herr Hoglinger, who told us what an exceptionally fine man Herr Schneider was. He (Schneider) has had twelve children, nine boys and three girls, of whom six children only (all boys) are still living. Three of his sons are married, and each has a child. No signs of abnormality can he trace in his, or Frau Schneider’s family, and his grandchildren have so far shown no psychic faculties. Frau Schneider is a gentle, unassuming woman. Of the sons of Herr Schneider who are still living, Willy, Budi, Hans, and Karl are all mediums in a greater or lesser degree. Karl, the eldest (aged 30), and Hans (a little younger) are merely auxiliary mediums: i.e., they sometimes help Willy or Budi to produce phenomena, but can obtain nothing independently—they merely go into a light trance. Budi is the youngest (17 years), and Willy is 23 years of age. Herr Schneider considers that Budi is a very powerful medium, and says his phenomena are inexhaustible. He is a jolly, “ boyish ” sort of youth, and he did not at all like being confined to his bed during our stay. The Schneider family are, of course, Catholics, which is rather curious when one comes to think of it, but I do not think they suffer on that account. Willy’s phenomena were first noticed about six years ago (1919), by accident, by the curious movements of a table when Willy was near it, but not touching it. Budi’s medium ship became apparent two years later (1921). Braiinaii itself is a very old (some 800 years) frontier town, very picturesque, on the banks of the Inn. Simbach, the German town which is at the other end of the bridge which connects the two countries, is not nearly so old or picturesque—but they are both flourishing com­ munities, and everyone seems happy, and.no signs of poverty are visible.
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