THE LAST CRAZE AT ST. PETERSBURG.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 May 1881, Page 2

THE LAST CRAZE AT ST. PETERSBURG.

» The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald writes:—* " The celebrated magneti*er, Mr Hanaeßr from Vienna, is now making experiments in Si . Petersburg in presence of a oom« mittee of doctors, who, it must be confessed, have done and are doing all in their power to undermine the reputation of Mr Hausen, and represent him as a common quack. In spite of the opinion of these learned personages, the public? besieges by thousands the Pedagogical Museum, where these seances take place, and not a tenth part can get in. Almost all Mr Hansen's experiments have sue* ceeded, and be is gong to give a series -of seances in a room where a larger audience can be accommodated. There is hardly a house in St. Petersburg now where seances are not held, and a number of amateur magnetisers have sprung into existence* This has given an impulse to the spirita* alists too, who had grown rather indifferently lately, and tables hare begun to turn, houses to be haunted afresh, and furniture to be knocked about with more zeal than ever. Mr Hansen was invited to the palace of the Grand Dnke Wladi» mir, where, iv presence of the Emperor and forty persons of the Court, he pro* duced the most interesting experiments. The Emperor takes a great interest in the occult sciences, especially in spiritualism."