Franek Kluski’s
Mediumship
Warsaw, Poland - 1873 -1943
Unique Features of Kluski’s
Physical Mediumship
In search of a Permanent Paranormal Object
Kluski’s Background
Teofil Modrzejewski = Alter Ego Franek Kluski
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Middle class family, Catholic and devout
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Primary profession as a banker, but was also a journalist, literary writer, poet, engaged in
military service
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Happy family life and wide circle of friends
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Was well educated and spoke several languages
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Extremely reticent to speak, write about psychic phenomena or his mediumship, or perform in
public — but supportive of psychical research and helping grieving individuals
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Minimal available 1st person information about his mediumship — wanted to be known for
literary/political engagement.
Personality, Health and Historical Context
Factors in the development of his mediumship
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Likeable and social, welcoming and intelligent
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Extremely private about inner life and psychic experiences
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Poor health during childhood, “delicate constitution” as an adult, and bullet injury
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Focused on career, political activism and raising a family ages 20-46
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Formal mediumship career lasted 7 years (~46-53 yrs. old). Stopped because of the toll it
took on his health.
Psychic Development
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Displayed abilities from an early age + predicted mother’s death as a child.
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“Visiting the Mole” : spirit apparitions
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Poltergeist-like phenomena on a daily basis
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Ever-present spirit entities around him
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Conflicted and paradoxical relationship with psychic life
Mediumship Career
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Began after a seance in 1918
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Became more sophisticated over time
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3 distinct stages of development
Mediumship Phenomena
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Broad and rich range of physical and mental mediumship phenomena
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Similar to what occurred in his everyday life: lights, sounds, movement of
objects, odors
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Apports
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Materialized apparitions – animal and human
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Automatic Writing in several languages
Paraffin Mold Experiments
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Led by Gustave Geley and Charles Richet of the Institut Métaphysique
International (IMI) Paris– several series of experiments with prolific
results
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The experimenters hoped to produce an “impossible object”/ Permanent
Paranormal Object
Images of the detailed molds
Paraffin Mold Experiments
Paraffin Mold Experiments
Paraffin Mold Experiments
My Attempt to Communicate