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Cecil Husk (1847-1920) was a British professional singer and spiritualist medium. ==Biography== Husk was a professional singer and member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company. His eyesight deteriorated and he became a full-time medium. He claimed to materialize spirits and be able to perform psychokinesis.〔Lewis Spence. (2003). ''Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology''. Kessinger Publishing. p. 445. ISBN 978-1161361827〕 In 1891 at a public séance with twenty sitters Husk was exposed as a fraud. He was caught leaning over a table pretending to be a spirit by covering his face with phosphor material. It was noted by investigators that the materializations of Husk had fine singing voices and sounded similar to himself.〔Rodger Anderson. (2006). ''Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules''. McFarland & Company. p. 90. ISBN 978-0786427703〕 Husk also claimed to have the psychic ability to push his entire arm through an iron ring with a size that did not allow its passage over the hand, however, it was discovered that he performed the trick by using a local anesthetic on his hand.〔Harry Price. (1939). ''Fifty Years of Psychical Research''. Kessinger Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 978-0766142428〕 The magician Will Goldston also exposed the fraud mediumship of Husk. In a séance Goldston attended a pale face materialization appeared in the room. Goldston wrote "I saw at once that it was a gauze mask, and that the moustache attached to it was loose at one side through lack of gum. I pulled at the mask. It came away, revealing the face of Husk."〔Will Goldston. (1942). ''Tricks Of The Masters''. G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd. p. 4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecil Husk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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