| Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet's Magnets | |
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Origin |
Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet |
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Type |
Magnets |
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Effects |
Causes victims to hallucinate and see apparitions. |
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Downsides |
Hallucinations get worse with prolonged exposure |
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Activation |
Touching magnets |
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Collected by |
H.G. Wells |
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Section |
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Aisle |
3483120-23912984 |
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Shelf |
2412402-129281378-239 |
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Date of Collection |
May 3, 1894 |
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Origin[]
A journeyman cabinetmaker who wa attracted to the study of somnambulism in 1845, published three years later Magnétisme: Arcanes de la vie future dévoilé (English translation: The Celestial Telegraph, 1848), the first volume of a book containing a summary of his experiments with eight somnambulists and spirit communications from 36 entities that claimed to have died over a period dating back two hundred years.
Effects[]
When someone touches one of the magnets, the cause the user to hallucinate and see random apparitions. The longer they are exposed, the worse the hallucinations get. The magnets activate only when they are separated, and using one can show where the other is.
Collection[]
The magnets were collected in 1894 by Agent H.G. Wells.