
In some texts from automatic writing (psychography), the produced signature sometimes resembles the one the deceased produced in life. This pilot research aims to explore the resemblance between signatures in automatic writing and the deceased's handwriting. The researcher followed two séances of a reputed Spiritist medium with many years of experience with psychography. The procedures were all filmed, and the medium during the trance wrote with speed clearly above the conventional one. Proxies willing to participate in the study allowed the produced signature to be photographed right there. Further, the proxy sent the researcher an image file illustrating a document with a representative signature of the deceased. For the four pairs obtained, the signatures produced by psychography were surprisingly similar to those that the deceased produced in life. In addition, the signatures seem to be in a different calligraphy than the medium's natural handwriting. However, the scarcity of material and its insufficient quality prevent more robust conclusions. The medium performed with great naturality, writing before an audience with fluency above the conventional. There seems to be no fraud detectable by the attentive presence of the researcher. Future research should describe this phenomenon in more detail and possibly venture to explain it.
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