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"A Psychical Invasion" by Algernon Blackwood / John Silence #1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
- John Silence, Physician Extraordinary
Case #1: A Psychical Invasion
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John Silence, created by the British author, Algernon Blackwood, is a psychic doctor, whose special powers are employed in aid of those suffering from 'psychical afflictions'.
The first tale, A Psychical Invasion, tells of a young writer, who is suffering at the hands of something unseen, following the use of a particularly, potent drug.
Chapters:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:10 - I
1:00:22 - II
1:58:56 - III
2:05:06 - Further Listening
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I am another insomniac who hasn't got much time for bad narrators who has happily found you. Like the other listener, my cat and I enjoy your excellent narration in the small hours...you are the best find in ages
I am especially enjoying these Dr Silence stories!
Blackwood put more characterization into the dog and cat than most authors do for their human characters. I rather like his descriptions of their personalities and actions.
Sometimes I get insomnia. I accept I'm not sleeping, and listen to you. You know, your very good. Time that I would fretted, and stressed over is spent with your work. Also, my cats keep me company. It's all very nice. Thank you.
What a wonderful, textured story, and so well-read, Ian, as always. Blackwood really displayed his attraction to the mystical forces in this one: mind expansion through drugs, incursion by a malevolent spirit, and the wondrous, unseen universe which our animal friends inhabit. It was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me at the end--I first was brought to tears and then to smiles by Flame's (and Smoke's) ordeal. This was a happy ending I truly appreciated.
I love how all these early 20th and late 19th century writers had such classy lingo. Which I a,m a huge proponent of, and often incorporate such verbiage into my own conversations with moderns, daily,to the consternation of many fAmily members
I'm particularly fond of the turn of phrase "tends to obfuscate," as it tends to obfuscate.
If you really want interesting cadence in your vocabulary, you should read Chesterton.
More likely than not, they didn't speak as they wrote, except maybe when giving speeches or lectures.
@@Anthropomorphic maybe not entirely. but people didnt have nearly as many solo hobbies ( like tv/video games) back then, and typically everyone's vocabulary, conversational skills, a speaking ability was much greater than it is today since reading books and talking with people were some of the only things most people ever did with themselves outside of work and school. just listen to news clip interviews and shows/movies from the 50s and 60s and its super apparant just how much better the average person's vocabulary is.
@@addictiontransfer3731 I'd probably agree that people back then were most likely better conversationalists in the sense of having better social skills, on average. I'm not sure their vocabularies were necessarily more extensive, though, and I don't think people actually spoke privately the way characters do in old movies. For one, I don't think dialogue in media was written to be naturalistic in those days. That happened later, as part of a larger trend towards the devaluing of formal speech.
That's really the main distinction here, I think: speech typically comes in a casual "jeans and t-shirt" form and a more formal "suit and tie" form. Much like it'd be normal to expect a man to wear a suit if they were giving a speech or appearing on TV, it used to be expected that you'd adopt a correspondingly formal style of speech. It was essentially part of dressing up for an occasion. People didn't talk that way in casual conversation, though. In order to really get a sense for how people talked most of the time, you'd basically have to find recordings of people chatting casually without realizing that they're being recorded. My tip: an old radio show from the 40's and 50's called Candid Microphone, which inspired the later TV show.
Part of the confusion here comes from the fact that American society (and thus much of the rest of the world) has come to devalue formal speech. It's seen as unnatural, and often a sign that someone's trying to scam you. Notice how politicians are increasingly trying to *not* sound like politicians, basically meaning they're trying to speak more casually? And notice how people seem to respond pretty positively to it? I think it's generally said that this trend away from formal speech started in the 60's.
Wonderful description on the behavior and attitudes of the animals. I could really feel their presence.
I felt exactly the same, carlstedtmattias
. I was enthralled by Flame and Smoke, and was so relieved that all was well for them in the end.
Amazing, we have been so spoilt lately with theses longer uploads. Thank you very much!!!
This channel keeps getting better and better
The humanisation of Smoke and Flame was so well written, I greatly enjoyed that.
Always a pleasure Mr. Gordon. You have an excellent American accent by the way. You sound like an old Hollywood actor.
That was some damn good hash, apparently.
I think it may have been laced with something stronger lol
@@michaellawhead6806 man you never tried hash in context of regular bud cannabis haha. Shit is fucking wack
@@officaldungeons rofl late to the party my dude that was 5 months ago, but I have, shit that made me think i was in the Tardis, but I think this was stronger lol
That was awesome. The ideas on psychic warfare and focusing those energies was amazing. The use of the animals. I was actually worried for the dog after it was blinded in the attack. I was so relieved at the end. It's opened my eyes to the Dr Silence.
I was somewhat surpised of the almost modern take on ghost hunting also. If you "squint your eyes", you can see some similar themes to Mr. King's "The Shining". Interestingly his follow up is called "Dr. Sleep".
I was introduced to Blackwood through your channel. The Wendigo and The Willows are both fantastic stories, excited to listen to this series as well! Love finding a new (well, new to me) author to delve into
That's what it's all about man.
Thank God for that specific happy ending! I was all bummed out . 😩🐶
To be frank (or Jim, or Bill) no one reads these stories better than you do. Well done sir.
Thanks for listening, Jonathon!
I love the John Silence stories: I'm so happy you're going to be reading them!
So you're telling me, this poor author greened out so hard, he became clairvoyant on accident? I want whatever he's smoking.
Great reading of this story. Tales like this make my long night shifts bearable, and I've never found as good a narrator as you.
My favourite so far and the most naturally delivered.
Perfect narration, timing, enunciation and pronunciation.
Thank you so much
ohhhhhhhh, the dog! I was quite upset, but the ending! Thankyou
You're my favourite reader so hearing you do an A. Blackwood story was great. Thanks! 😊🌟
Thank you. You're great. Very enjoyable.
I'm so glad I found this site! I have become a subscriber. I would much rather listen to and support to this than pay for a trashy audiobook.
I can listen out loud without worrying about content. Thank you!
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Awesome, thank you! Great to have you onboard! :)
You really delivered on this My new favorite story ! This author A.B. is way beyond his time and ours !!! Excellent Job Ian !!! Bravo !!!
Thumbs up. Puts you through your paces before giving you a happy ending for our dog hero!
Love this story. Blackwood’s observations of certain cat and dog behaviors are very acute. interesting. so well written and the behavior of the animals tells the whole story i wonder how this would translate to visual media? thanks so much, Ian & co. 🐕🐈⬛🌷🌱
Loved it great story thank you
Listened twice as wanted to fully absorb the atmosphere. I hope the other stories in this series will happen soon as time allows, as I know you are so busy with loads of projects xx
The story caught my attention @ 41:37, when I imagined the narration leading into some Disney song and dance number. Thank you, Sherman brothers and thank you Ian, for evoking that!
Thanks for the tale my friend.
mesmerizing - totally immersed in the second half. merci
will listen to every one that I can find
This was a great story. Thanks for doing it Ian!
Wow thanks . I love relistening to my old
favourites. Hats off to ya
😃
Thankyou for the upload your narration is always the best, as well as your choice of books.
Thanks for the vid sir.📖👍🏼👍🏼
Love this story, thank you so much. I can't wait until you upload more from this series. Hopefully soon.
Thank you! Hopefully you won't have to wait too long. :)
Ah splendid, John Silence is my favorite Sherlockish series character in Horror, the ONLY real genre, right next to Carnacki. Kane isn't bad either.
I really enjoyed the description of the cat and dog's personalities and interraction. Somehow, your voice makes me long for Mr. Kipling's apple pies... memories of many happy years in England. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was what I needed in these times of stress! Like slipping into a warm bath!
My god. The man imbibed.... CANNABIS INDICA?! IS HE MAD??! No wonder he's under psychic attack!
🤣🤣
You ever smoke so much you got haunted?
Hash and weed? Now that's a cookie LMBO
What a little b**** those kind of drugs r a Tuesday night in my life I guess some people just can't handle weed I didn't think they were real but I guess this guy's one of them
@@larryedwards1591 i only hope one day you don't end up with some haunted og and realize the many horrors of the fifth dimension. 😱
It’s a wonder that no one has continued to write John
silence stories like they have for Lovecraft.
Thank you so much!
This is like a two-hour meme about how someone did some pot once and died
Apparently D.A.R.E. was right. Weed is a gateway drug, just not how they meant.
What do people normally do whilst listening to these amazing stories told so beautifully?
Right now I'm doing some programming 💾♥
For a minute there I was going to insist on DOG WARNING!!
another great listen...thank you as always!
This is wonderful. I didn't know Blackwood had his own Carnacki that Hodgson had. Great reading as always with hopes that more of this series is to come
Lucky number 13. I love the John Silence series.
Excellent! Thank you.
Brilliant story, with a very nice ending. 😊
Honestly this is a pretty accurate description of taking way too much edibles
I hope you'll continue with this series!
Great story.
I love me some John Silence!
That wonderful giggling terror… that's why I smoke too ❤
This Silence fellow....is destined to be in his own anime.
Superb story! As strange as this might seem there was a moment towards the end that I shall not mention but I can without a doubt confirm to be true. This is the first story I've listened to recently that made me think, wait a minute I know of some of this in real life, these things, some of them ARE real. It was a lesson indeed, reminding me to listen closer to my own feelings and awareness of certain things (sensitivities), so in conclusion, thanks VERY much for this reading! ❤
Cannabis Indica! Hahahahahahha!
dude weed lmao
Wacky Baccy 😁
I was just about to fall asleep and heard that and now I'm so awake!! Hahaha
Torrential laughter
By coincidence....
Ohhhhhh this one is fun!!!
I like this.
This is the first I’ve listened to of this series. It reminds me of Dion Fortune’s Dr. Taverner stories. Would love to hear you tackle those! Thanks as always for a great reading.
i dont think those are public domain are they?
Really enjoyed meeting Smoke and Flame!
Humanity will never grasp the feline Glamour!
I laughed, I cried, I shuddered with wonder
I.Need,MOAR!!I was shouting Good boii flame!! ( Imagine if it was lsd instead of cannabis)
Wow, and yet another absolutely riveting and captivating story narrated in perfect fashion! I was completely unsuspecting of what was to turn out to be seen by the good and brave doctor. My misguided assumptions of the story devolving into some propaganda either touting the merits of, or equally expected, the dreadful pitfalls of the use of cannabis as if written by either a Woodstock reminiscent hippy stuck in the peace and love frame of mind perpetually or a Reagan era religious right conservative pundit aggressively set on furthering the fear mongering agenda of that administration couldn't possibly have been further from the meaning and theme of this tale. Great work once again!
if you'd like to hear him reading one of his own stories go to - 'Algernon Blackwood reading Pistol Against a Ghost (7/5/1948)' I was almost three y.o. LOL
It is kind of funny for us cannabis users and almost a meme but Algernon knew what he was talking about. The writer doesn’t really feel anything from the first dose (very common when have never ingested before)… Plus he’s taking what is more or less the equivalent of super high dose edibles in a tincture (doesn’t give those dose but he says something like a high strength extract), that could deff cause someone to lose it
More John Silence PLEASE!
We've booked him in for another appearance... watch this space!
@@HorrorBabble Much appreciated :)
smoke, the cat! i love him.
I honestly got upset on account of the dog. Glad he regained sight.
Pedro Reck Bartholomay Yes, I always hate it when a dog or other animal fares ill in fiction. The people, not so much (I don't like to think what that means - except that perhaps one is more used to people being made-up). But, save the dogs!!
@@blixten2928 I think a part of it is that we just see animals as inherently more innocent (particularly dogs), not that we necessarily value them more, but in most cases we feel they usually don't deserve what happens to them.
@@mrdropkicker1 Yepp, I can relate to that. Like children. And so many horror stories coldly and coolly kill off dogs (and cats). This particular story will always warm my heart because the author so explicitly admires and loves his animals! (Come to think of it, Lovecraft loved his fictional cats dearly, too. So there are exceptions.)
Synopsis: crispety dry Victorian dude can’t keep his cool while high. Lol
Excellent reading though. I have been relentlessly binging this channel since finding it about a month ago
"the cat was coal black and it's name was"
Oh Jesus
"Smoke"
Oh thank fuck..
Reefer madness!!! Hell yea
I must say that I wish I had some of the hasch this first guy, the author, got access to. Laughter and fear, yes. Colours making sounds, no. Being able to concentrate enough to write, no. But he doesn't mention the munchies, oddly! Also fascinating that Blackwood was so empathetic to and interested in animals, didn't know that. (Subnote: don't give cats milk.)
And this is why you don’t swallow hash, or any cannabis, for that matter.
When cannabis is digested it creates an effect far stronger than when it is smoked, because the cannabinoids come into contact with digestive enzymes which cause this magnified effect, as opposed to when the cannabinoids are effectively digested by the fire when smoked and are then simply absorbed by the alveoli of the lungs. Paranoia and euphoria are commonly intertwined when trying a large first dose of cannabis. When I first smoked weed, I smoked WAYY WAY too much and all I could do or say is laugh while pacing back in forth while screaming “this is bad.”
That is some good ass weed
i love this 'long' story - and i could just listen to your voice forever :}
i love the first part about the weed and how he dealt with the writer person -
the only thing is, he described being on an LSD trip in the 60's. Blackwood died in 1951.
i never heard of that kind of thing on hash even ??? any idea about that? does cannabis
oil do that?
Cannabis can indeed do that. I'm speaking from personal experience. This story hits quite close to home.
I love listening to this channel .. but I always skip over the the first few min because of the the guy saying in a loud voice that “warren is dead”. I don’t know why it iterates me !? But .. Now I see t shirts of it . What dose it mean ? What dose it refer to ? Why is it at the beginning of ever audio ?
H.p. Lovecraft story, I forget the title. Tells of 2 men, one named Warren the other the narrator. Something to do with a tomb which Warren goes 👇, after panicked yelling after him, a disembodied replied with that line as the final line and climatic conclusion
The statement of Randolph Carter
So you're the other person on Project Gutenberg who has been reading these stories. :)
Just say no, unless it's red bud! Seriously, exceptional story masterfully)y read.
me: can I have more John Silence please?
Horrorbabble: More? More!??!!
Do you know how long it takes?!!?
me: not really...but yes please. 😂🤣✌️
Hi Michael! We've been chipping away at Case #5 for a while now. Should be ready to go in the new year.
So guy smokes a plant...opens his mind....conjures up some bad energy with a crazy cat lady bocour...Thats one thing...but I would've been SORELY disappointed if Flame had stayed blind😃 Mess with me...you may slide. Mess with my animals??? Let's see how do I put this in a pleasant controlled manner??
Bitch...its ON!! 😸😸😃😃😎😎 Well done Ian! I shall listen several times and take notes!
good puppers
Haha this is kind of a funny story to someone like me who smoke hash every day 🤤
This reminds me of Joe Rogan's DMT experiences.
I'm sorry, I inadvertently put a thumbs down yesterday, I corrected it. Edit; I came back the next day and its still thumbs down.
No apology required!
I guess at 1:04:52 they used terrible as in amazing, lol.
Great story Jasper but I have noticed that your accent changes a little between your story reading and your comments afterwards.
Why is this?
Jasper?!
Gotta be careful with those edibles!
Reefer Madness?!? Lol!
Anymore Carnaki coming up soon?
Potentially, providing the remaining 3 Carnacki stories are in the public domain. We're still not 100% certain.
Quick! Get this man some magic mushrooms. It’s the only cure for the reefer madness
I had to pause and take a break at 26:30 until i could stop laughing enough to pay attention, after the name of the drug was revealed.
Dude had too much weed and now he’s paranoid and he can’t get any work done.
Must have been some wicked weed. Lol
Silence got the ghost vaccine.
he ate the goddam weed :(
Will this is new for Algernon Blackwood in my opinion?
Who would dislike one of your videos?! That must be a mistake.
One of those was me, I was just as surprised, but I changed it back to thumbs up. My bad.
Ha, thanks Stefanie. You can't please everybody - and that's okay with us! :)