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A REVIVAL OF MESMERISM.A s t e a d y r e v i v a l o f p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n

M e s m e r i s m l i a s b e e n i n p r o g r e s s f o r s o m e y e a r s , a n d m e s m e r i c p r a c t i t i o n e r s h a v e b e e n q u i e t l y p u r s u i n g t h e i r c a l l i n g e v e r s i n c e t h e M e s m e r i c I n f i r m a r y i n L o n d o n c a m e t o a n e n d . A s a g e n e r a l r u l e t h e i r s e r v i c e s h a v e b e e n i n g o o d d e m a n d .

I n a l l p r o b a b i l i t y a n o r g a n i s a t i o n o f m e s ­m e r i s t s w i l l b e f o r m e d b e f o r e l o n g , t h e d e ­s i r a b i l i t y o f s u c h a s t e p b e i n g g e n e r a l l y f e l t . T h e c h i e f d i f f i c u l t y e n c o u n t e r e d b y t h e f o r m e r M e s m e r i c I n f i r m a r y w a s t h a t i t e i t h e r c o u l d n o t o b t a i n o r c o u l d n o t p a y a c u l t u r e d a n d e d u c a t e d c l a s s o f m e s m e r i s t s , c o n s e q u e n t l y t h o s e p a t i e n t s w h o c o u l d a f f o r d t o s u p p o r t t h e h o s p i t a l , d i d n o t d o s o , b e c a u s e t h e y d i d n o t l i k e t h e o p e r a t o r s s e n t t o t h e i r h o m e s b y t h e i n s t i t u t i o n . T h e m e s m e r i s t s o n t h e p r e ­m i s e s , h a d p l e n t y t o d o h o w e v e r , a n d e f f e c t e d m a r v e l l o u s c u r e s , h u t m o s t o f t h o s e w h o d e r i v e d b e n e f i t c o u l d p a y l i t t l e o r n o t h i n g t o k e e p u p t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t . S u b s c r i p t i o n s c a m e i n f r o m t h e f o u n d e r s o f t h e I n ­

f i r m a r y , h u t t h e s e c h a r i t a b l e s u p p l i e s n a t u r a l l y d w i n d l e d i u a m o u n t fF y e a r b y y e a r ; f u r t h e r ­

m o r e t h e s p i r i t e d a n d c o n s t a n t m a n a g e m e n t o f m e n l i k e D r . E l l i o t s o n b e i n g r e m o v e d f r o m t h e I n f i r m a r y , e n t h u s i a s m d i e d o u t a m o n g t h e w o r k e r s , s o t h e f i r s t M e s m e r i c H o s p i t a l c a l m l y f o l d e d i t s h a n d s a n d d i e d a p e a c e f u l d e a t h .

I n a n y n e w s t e p i n t h e s a m e d i r e c t i o n t h e r e ­f o r e , c a r e s h o u l d h e t a k e n t o e n g a g e a f e w s u p e r i o r m e n a s o p e r a t o r s , w h e r e b y t h e r o c k o n w h i c h t h e f i r s t M e s m e r i c I n f i r m a r y s p l i t , w i l l h e a v o i d e d .

A VOICE PROM LAODICEA. *B Y E . PODMOUE, B .A . (O X O N )., F .0 .3 .

T he e v i d e n c e f o r t h e p h e n o m e n a k n o w n a s s p i r i t u a l i s t i c a p p e a r s t o m e l o g i c a l l y i r r e f r a g ­a b l e . T h e p h e n o m e n a a r e n a r r a t e d o n c r e d i b l e t e s t i m o n y — n a y , o n t h e t e s t i m o n y o f r e l u c t a n t o r u n i n t e r e s t e d w i t n e s s e s :— t o h a v e o c c u r r e d i n a l l p a s t t i m e . T h e y a r e w r i t t e n

* A paper read before the National Association of Spiritualists February 16 th, 1880. ..

146 THE S P I R I T U A L I S T . March 26, 1880

i n t h e B i b l e s , t h e h i s t o r i e s , t h e f o l k - l o r e t h e a m i n s t r e l s y o f a l l t h e w o r l d . P o e t s i n a l l R a g e s h a v e s u n g t h e m ; c h r o n i c l e r s h a v e r e - i > c o r d e d t h e m ; p h i l o s o p h e r s h a v e e x p l a i n e d o r i s h a v e f a i l e d t o e x p l a i n t h e m . A n d i n t h i s l a s t K g e n e r a t i o n , w h i l s t t h e y h a v e b e e n w i t n e s s e d k a s b e f o r e , b y c o m p e t e n t o b s e r v e r s i n e v e r y ! > d e p a r t m e n t o f h u m a n k n o w l e d g e , t h e y h a v e K e v e n e x c i t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h o s e l e a r n e d i n K t h e l a w s o f t h e p h y s i c a l u n i v e r s e . T h e s e ( f a c t s w h i c h s e e m t o s u s p e n d , i f n o t t o v i o l a t e ; t h e k n o w n l a w s o f n a t u r e , h a v e b e e n o f f i c i a l l y s s a n c t i o n e d b y m a n y o f t h o s e w h o h a v e h e l p e d < t o e n u n c i a t e t h o s e l a w s . T h e p h e n o m e n a , ? f r o m b e i n g a l i e n s , a r e b e c o m i n g n a t u r a l i s e d > a s l a w f u l s u b j e c t s o f t h e k i n g d o m o f S c i e n c e . s T h e y h a v e b e e n a c c u r a t e l y c l a s s i f i e d a n d r e - s c o r d e d ; t h e c o n d i t i o n s u n d e r w h i c h t h e y o c c u r < a r e b e i n g i n v e s t i g a t e d , a n d t h e i r c a u s e s a s s i g n e d . ? T h e y h a v e i n m a n y c a s e s b e e n m e a s u r e d b y > t h e r u l e a n d w e i g h e d i n t h e b a l a n c e ; t h e y K h a v e b e e n t e s t e d b y t h e g a l v a n o m e t e r a n d t h e l m a g n e t ; a n d d o u b t l e s s t h e t i m e i s n e a r a t > h a n d w h e n t h e c h e m i s t s h a l l d e t e r m i n e t h e S e x a c t p e r c e n t a g e o f n i t r o g e n i n s p i r i t a l b u m e n , ( a n d g i v e d u o d e c a s y l l a b i c n a m e s t o t h e i r ? n e w h y d r o c a r b o n s . I b e l i e v e , a s I s a i d a t R t h e b e g i n n i n g , t h a t t h e e v i d e n c e f o r t h e f a c t s i s o f w h a t i s c a l l e d S p i r i t u a l i s m i s i n d i s p u t a b l e . j s I t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o d o u b t e i t h e r t h e g o o d f a i t h c a n d a c c u r a c y o f t h e w i t n e s s e s , o r t h e a d e q u a c y !> o f t h e m e a n s o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n w h i c h t h e y h a v e K e m p l o y e d . N a y m o r e , I h a v e m y s e l f s e e n K m a n y . o f t h e p h y s i c a l p h e n o m e n a , s u c h a s Û s l a t e - w r i t i n g , a n d t h e m o v e m e n t s o f o b j e c t s R w i t h o u t c o n t a c t , u n d e r c o n d i t i o n s w h e r e K t r i c k e r y o r d e l u s i o n s e e m e d i m p o s s i b l e ; a n d K I h a v e r e c e i v e d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w h i c h I c o u l d k o n l y s a t i s f a c t o r i l y e x p l a i n b y r e f e r r i n g t h e m ! ) t o s o m e i n t e l l i g e n t i n c o r p o r e a l a g e n t . I o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e t h e o r y w h i c h m a i n t a i n s t h e j s e x i s t e n c e o f s u c h a g e n t s i s t h e o n l y o n e t h a t ] c w i l l a d e q u a t e l y a c c o u n t f o r a l l t h e o c c u r r e n c e s R v o u c h e d f o r b y c o m p e t e n t w i t n e s s e s . A s | > s u c h , I c o n c e i v e t h e s p i r i t h y p o t h e s i s t o K s t a n d o n a t l e a s t a s f i r m a b a s i s a s t h e u n - k d u l a t o r y t h e o r y o f l i g h t . A n d y e t , b e l i e v i n g j > a l l t h a t I h a v e s a i d a b o v e t o b e w i t h i n t h e K l i m i t s o f f a i r s t a t e m e n t , s o f a r a m I f r o m j s b e l i e v i n g i n t h e s p i r i t u a l i s t i c t h e o r y , t h a t I j <

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b r e a k o n t h e f o l l o w i n g T u e s d a y . I n t h e ( i n t e r v a l t h e p a r e n t s h a d b e e n r e p e a t e d l y w r i t t e n ? t o , b u t n o r e p l y h a d b e e n r e c e i v e d . T h a t > n i g h t , o r r a t h e r b e t w e e n 1 2 a n d 1 a . m . o n t h e \ f o l l o w i n g d a y , t h e l a d y w a s l y i n g a w a k e i n N b e d , w h e n s h e h e a r d t h e s o u n d o f r a p i d w h e e l s ; o n t h e r o a d l e a d i n g t o t h e h o u s e . S h e l i s t e n e d ) a n d h e a r d t h e s o u n d s t o p , a s i t a p p e a r e d a t s t h e g a t e o f t h e d r i v e . S h e t h e n w o k e h e r ( h u s b a n d , t e l l i n g h i m t h a t t h e l o n g e x p e c t e d > p a r e n t s o f t h e d e a d b o y w e r e c o m e . B a t o n l o o k - ) i n g o u t o f t h e w i n d o w , t h e y s a w n o c a r r i a g e \\ t h e n . T h e l a d y l e a r n t i n t h e m o r n i n g , t h a t a a l l t h e o t h e r i n m a t e s o f t h e h o u s e h a d h e a r d > j t h e n o i s e o f t h e s a m e m y s t e r i o u s a r r i v a l , a n d u t h a t o n e o r t w o h a d l i k e h e r s e l f l o o k e d o u t a n d s e e n n o t h i n g . I t a p p e a r e d a f t e r w a r d s , ( t h a t a t t h a t v e r y d a y a n d h o u r , t h e f a t h e r , ; ) w h o h a d b e e n a b s e n t f r o m h o m e i n a r e m o t e | S p a r t o f I r e l a n d , h a d r e c e i v e d b y s p e c i a l m e s - K s e n g e r t h e l e t t e r s w h i c h c o n v e y e d t h e t i d i n g s R o f h i s c h i l d ’ s d e s p e r a t e i l l n e s s . A l s o t h a t a t R t h e h o u r o f h i s d e a t h o n t h e T u e s d a y m o r n i n g , $ t h e f o r m o f t h e c h i l d h a d b e e n s e e n b y h i s R b r o t h e r i n I r e l a n d , w h o h a d t o l d o t h e r s a t t h e R t i m e w h a t h e h a d s e e n . I w i l l a t t e m p t t o R d e f i n e a c c u r a t e l y m y s t a t e o f m i n d w i t h r e g a r d K t o t h i s n a r r a t i v e . A t t h e t i m e t h a t I h o a r d R i t f r o m m y i n f o r m a n t s ’ l i p s , I p r o b a b l y b e l i e v e d j ? i t . A t t h e t i m e t h a t I a m s e t t i n g d o w n t h i s R a c c o u n t o f i t o n p a p e r , I f o o l a f a i n t r e v i v a l | > o f t h a t b e l i e f . B u t o r d i n a r i l y , t h i s , a n d a i s h u n d r e d i n c i d e n t s l i k e t h i s , d o n o t f o r m p a r t R o f m y m e n t a l c o n s t i t u t i o n a t a l l . I b u i l d R n o t h i n g o n s u c h r e c o r d s , I d r a w n o c o n c l u s i o n s | > f r o m t h e m . T h e y h a v e c e a s e d t o i m p r e s s m e K b y t h e p u r e w o n d e r o f t h e m , a n d t h e y m a k e R n o o t h e r i m p r e s s i o n i n i t s s t e a d . T h e m i n d ! > r e f l e c t s , b u t d o c s n o t p h o t o g r a p h t h e m . L i k e i s t h e m e m o r y o f d e a d v i r t u e s , t h e y a r e w r i t i n < w a t e r , n o t i n b r a s s . ;

N o w i t s e e m s t o m e t h a t t h i s u t t e r i n c a p a - ) c i t y f o r b e l i e f , i s a p h e n o m e n o n q u i t e a s S m a r v e l l o u s a s a n y o t h e r o f t h e m a r v e l s w h i c h > c l u s t e r r o u n d S p i r i t u a l i s m , a n d w i l l p r o b a b l y \ a t l e a s t a s f u l l y r e p a y a n a t t e n t i v e s t u d y o f \ i t . H e r e a r c m e n , w h o h a v e c a s t a s i d e a l l p r e - 5 j u d i c e s w h i c h m i g h t s t a n d i n t h e w a y o f K t h e i r r e c e i v i n g t h e f a c t s o f S p i r i t u a l i s m . T h e y R a r e w i l l i n g , n a y a n x i o u s , i f n o t t o b e l i e v e , a t ! > l e a s t t o h e a r t h e e v i d e n c e f u l l y , a n d d e c i d e K u p o n i t f a i r l y . ^ A n d w h e n t h e e v i d e n c e w h i c h | t h e y a s k e d f o r i s s u p p l i e d t o t h e m , o v e r w h e l m - R i n g i n q u a n t i t y , a n d u n i m p e a c h a b l e i n q u a l i t y , R t h e y f i n d t h e m s e l v e s a l m o s t u n a f f e c t e d b y i t . j > I n s p i r a t i o n a l a d d r e s s e s a r o t o t h e m u t t e r a n c e s I s

. i n a n u n k n o w n t o n g u e , a n d t h e t h o u s a n d |

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w o r k s o n S p i r i t u a l i s m a f f e c t t h e m a s l i t t l e a s t r e a t i s e s o n t e c h n i c a l c h e m i s t r y , o r o n t h e s u b ­d i v i s i o n s o f t h e m i c r o - l e p i d o p t e r a .

T h e s e a r e m e n r e j e c t e d b y t h e o n e s i d e , a n d h a l f w e l c o m e d b y t h e o t h e r . S o m e t i m e s t h e y s u c c e e d i n a l m o s t b r e a k i n g a w a y f r o m S p i r i t ­u a l i s m , t h e y m i x w i t h t h e w o r l d , i m b i b e t h e w o r l d ’ s o p i n i o n s , a n d b e c o m e a l m o s t o f t h e w o r l d , u n t i l a c h a n c e c o n v e r s a t i o n , a c a s u a l m e m o r y r e d u c e s t h e m a g a i n t o t h e i r u n w i l l i n g

t h r a l d o m . A t o t h e r t i m e s , t h e y b e c o m e a l m o s t S p i r i t u a l i s t s ; t h e y h a v e b e e n r e a d i n g a g o o d d e a l p e r h a p s , o r b o o n t h r o w n m u c h w i t h t h o s e o f t h a t w a y o f t h i u k i n g , a n d t h e y c o n g r a t u l a t e t h e m s e l v e s t h a t c e r t a i n t y i s a t

l a s t w i t h i n t h e i r r e a c h , a n d p r e p a r e t o e n t e r t h e r a c e f o r a m a r t y r ’ s c r o w n , b y p r e a c h i n g a n u n p o p u l a r a n d u n w e l c o m e t r u t h . A n d t h e n , a f t e r t h e l a p s e o f a f e w q u i e t w e e k s , c o m e s t h e n e x t g r e a t ‘ ' e x p o s u r e , ” a n d m o r e d e a d l y s t i l l , t h e c o m m e n t s o n t h a t e x p o s u r e b y

a c e r t a i n c l a s s o f S p i r i t u a l i s t s , a n d t h e e x ­p l a n a t i o n s o f i t . A n d t h e f a b r i c w h i c h h a d b e e n s o t o i l s o m e l y r e a r e d t o p p l e s o v e r i n a m o m e n t . A n d t h e w h i r l w i n d o f d o u b t n o t o n l y c a r n e s d o w n i n r u i n t h e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e , b u t s h a k e s t h e v e r y f o u n d a t i o n s . O f c o u r s e t h i s i s i l l o g i c a l , a n d n o t a s i t s h o u l d b e . T h e d i a m o n d s w h i c h a j e w e l l e r h a s , a n d h a s p r o v e d , a r e n o t t h e l e s s d i a m o n d s b e c a u s e h e i s f o r o n c e t a k e n i n , a n d g i v e s a h u n d r e d g u i n e a s f o r a b r i l l i a n t o f p a s t e . M r . S l u d g e w h e n l e f t t o h i m s e l f i s c a u g h t p l a y i n g t h e g h o s t w i t h a s h e e t , a n d s o m e p h o s p h o r i s e d o i l ; b u t t h e f a c t t h a t a f e w d a j s b e f o r e , w h e n M r . S l u d g e ’ s h a n d s w e r e f a s t h e l d , m y a r m - c h a i r d a n c e d a h o r n p i p e i n t h e c o r n e r o f t h e r o o m , i s n o t t h e r e b y d i s p r o v e d . I f I d e e m e d m y t e s t s s u f f i c i e n t a t a n y t i m e t o g u a r d a g a i n s t f r a u d , t h e y a r e s u f f i c i e n t s t i l l . I f t h e y w e r e n o t s u f f i c i e n t , I o u g h t n e v e r t o h a v e b e l i e v e d a t a l l . T o d i s c r e d i t m y c h a i r ’ s s a l t a t o r y p e r ­f o r m a n c e o n l y n o w , a r g u e s a w a n t o f s c i e n t i f i c a c c u r a c y i n t h e p a s t , o r o f l o g i c a l a c u m e n i n t h e p r e s e n t . W e c o m e b a c k , t h e n , t o t h e p o i n t f r o m w h i c h w o s t a r t e d . B e l i e v i n g t h e t e s t i ­m o n y t o m a n y o f t h e s e p h e n o m e n a t o b e l o g i c a l l y i n d i s p u t a b l e , a n d b e l i e v i n g i n t h e e v i d e n c e o f m y o w n s e n s e s i n t h e i r f a v o u r , I o u g h t t o b e l i e v e i n t h e a c t u a l o c c u r r e n c e o f t h e p h e n o m e n a c a l l e d S p i r i t u a l i s t i c . Y e r y g o o d , b u t I d o n ’ t b e l i e v e , a n d i f p u t o n m y d e f e n c e I c a n o n l y c r y “ P o c c a v i . ”

W h a t t h e n i s t h e n a t u r e o f b e l i e f ? P r o m w h a t , i f n o t f r o m r e a s o n , d o c s i t p r o c e e d ? B y w h a t l a w s , o t h e r t h a n t h o s e o f l o g i c , d o c s i t a c t ? T h e a n a l y s i s o f a f e w i n s t a n c e s , w h o r e

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a l l a g r e e i n b e l i e v i n g , m a y h e l p u s t o u n d e r ­s t a n d u n d e r w h a t c i r c u m s t a n c e s b e l i e f i s w i t h ­h e l d .

I n w a l k i n g w e s t w a r d d o w n L u d g a t e H i l l a f e w m o n t h s a g o , o n t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e s t r e e t ,I r e c e i v e d a b l o w a c r o s s t h e f a c e , c a u s i n g m e t o c l o s e m y e y e l i d s . I o p e n e d t h e m a l m o s t i m m e d i a t e l y , b u t c o u l d s e e n o t h i n g b y w h i c h t h e b l o w c o u l d h a v e b e e n g i v e n . C e r t a i n l y t h e r e w a s n o h a n s o m c a b i n s i g h t , w i t h i n a r e a s o n a b l e d i s t a n c e , y e t I b e l i e v e t h a t t h o b l o w c a m e f r o m t h e p r o j e c t i n g l a s h o f t h e w h i p o f a h a n s o m c a b , w h i c h h a d p r o b a b l y j u s t h u r r i e d o u t o f s i g h t i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f B l a c k f r i a r s ; J | B r i d g e , w h e n I l o o k e d u p . W h y d o I b e l i e v e ) j t h a t t h i s w a s s o , a n d y e t n o t b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y c a r e s s w h i c h I h a v e o f t e n r e c e i v e d a t a séance c p r o c e e d e d f r o m a s p i r i t h a n d ? I t w o u l d a p ­p e a r t h a t t h e r e i s s t r o n g e r e v i d e n c e f o r t h e l a s t t h a n f o r t h e f i r s t : f o r t h e h a n d i s o f t e n s e e n , t h e w h i p - l a s h i n t h i s c a s e w a s n o t . M y < b e l i e f i s g i v e n i n t h e o n e c a s e , a n d w i t h h e l d i n } t h e o t h e r , c h i e f l y , i t w o u l d s e e m , f o r t w o ; r e a s o n s . I a m f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e e x i s t e n c e o f j s h a n s o m c a b s , a n d w i t h t h e i r m o d e o f a c t i o n . (I h a v e d r i v e n i n t h e m , a n d o c c a s i o n a l l y , I h a v e ; b e e n n e a r l y d r i v e n o v e r b y t h e m . A h a n s o m c a b i s u n q u e s t i o n a b l y a vera causa. N o w t j s p i r i t s a r c n o t s o . I h a v e n o o t h e r e v i d e n c e ? f o r t h e e x i s t e n c e o f s p i r i t s t h a n t h e s e p h e - ) n o m o n a t h e m s e l v e s , a n d a n y p r e c o n c e i v e d S o p i n i o n w h i c h I m a y h a v e h a d o n t h e i r m o d o a o f a c t i o n , i s e n t i r e l y o p p o s e d t o w h a t I h e r e < f i n d a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e m . B u t t h i s i s n o t ) e n o u g h t o j u s t i f y m y u n b e l i e f , f o r t h e e x i s t e n c e i o f e v e r y t h i n g m u s t s o m e t i m e o r o t h e r b e < p r o v e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e . I b e l i e v e i n t h e i e x i s t e n c e o f w h a t a r e c a l l e d a t o m s , o f t h e l u - ; m i n i f o r o u s e t h e r , a n d o f t h e e l e m e n t f l u o r i n e s w h i c h h a s n e v e r y e t b e e n h a n d l e d o r s e e n , a o n e v i d e n c e o f a p p a r e n t l y t h e s a m e n a t u r e , b u t . f a r l e s s c o g e n t t h a n t h a t w h i c h I h e r e f i n d i n ­s u f f i c i e n t t o i n d u c e b e l i e f . I h a v e n o t t h e S l e a s t d o u b t o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f t h e l a s t d i s - Ü c o v e r e d m e t a l , o r t h e n e w e s t a s t e r o i d . I b e - } l i e v e i n t h a l l i u m , t h o u g h I d o n o t r e m e m b e r ' t o h a v e e v e r s e e n i t , a n d I d o n o t — w i t h o u t Y i n t e n d i n g t h e l e a s t d i s r e s p e c t t o t h e i r c o m m o n • < d i s c o v e r e r — 1 d o n o t b e l i e v e i n “ K a t i e K i n g . ” ;

To be Continued. ;

M rs. P aton is obtaining strong flower manifestations ’ in Melbourne.

An organisation under the name of the St. Thomas Association of Spiritualists has been formed in tho Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, and it already has < one hundred members, including- a trance medium, Mr. ) Oharlcs E. Taylor. .

[Great freedom, is given to correspondents who sometimes express _ opinions diametrically opposed to those of this Journal and its . readers. Unsolicited communications cannot he returned; copies ' should be kept by the writers. Preference is given to letters which ■ are not anonymous.']

ETERNAL PUNISHMENT.Sir,—Your remarks open up several points in con­

troversial theology, on none of which shall I attempt i to enter. '

Firstly, because it does not concern me to defend the dogma of eternal punishment, or any other part of my individual belief. -

Secondly, the example of the “ more intelligent divines,” who repeat the arguments of Origen (Peri­archon, cap 6.) warns me against ranking myself under their banner. As one whose intellect is probably only level with that of the “ children,” and the “ enthusiastic women,” who attend “ eesthetic and pleasing” services.I must kneel with tranquillity under your rod. In this position it is consolatory to share a position held by St. Ignatius, S. Thomas Aquinas, St. Gregory, St. Augus­tine, St. John Damascene, St. Bernard, St. John Ohry- sostom, and a few others, some of whom are thought “ intelligent,” all of whom were not “ children” or • “ womon,” and can scarcely he said to have been “ enthusiastic" in the sense of being imaginative or credulous. _ . . .

Not knowing the united decree by which Spiritualists bavo agreed to denounce the dogma of eternal punish­ment, it is more comforting to know something of the points in which the Catholic Church, who defines her creed, is in accordance with the various spiritual doc­trines, and to find out the points on which we agree.

That 1. There is a Divine Providence ; 2. A future life after death ; 3. That sins committed in this world are : punished in the next; 4. That certain souls are in a condition where they may be helped by the suffrages of the faithful—are points which Catholics abide on, and which I think that all Spiritualists do not contra­dict. Such doctrines have been, as yon well say, like “ a lump of honest quartz in front of the steam roller of modern progress.” Sometimes the roller does not succeed in crushing it, the machinery is thrown out of gear, and tho riders or the roller are spilt in the mud. But, however the piece of quartz may be shattered, it always remains silex, as hard as the larger piece from whence it was broken. That an institution which is diroctly opposod to the materialist and agnostic philo­sophies of the day, and which its Byllabus has declared to be irreeoncileable with modern science, should be in the way of some, I can well imagine. But it is not the Spiritualist, in the enlarged sense in which I have always used the word, as opposed to the Animist, in whose path the power which sways so many minds, has placed itself.

Permit me also just to say that the excellent man Turricremata was not named Torquemada by bis family, and that the punning word by which his adversaries have called him on the theory that his patronymic was a Spanish one, is so obviously a feeble and depreciatory joke, that historians have long since restored him to the title of a family, whose coat of arms exactly indi­cates his real name. The whole history of tho Inqui­sition in Spain is a subject well worthy the attention of historians, and the life of B. Peter Arbuos is suit­able for the perusal of all Spiritualists. _

I may, in conclusion, ask those Spiritualists who care to know what the Catholic Church has said re-. specting the dogma of eternal punishment, to read a " little book, published last year by my venerable friend,:

150 T H E S P I R I T U A L I S T . M arch 26, 1880.

the very Revd. Pius Melia, D.D. entitled “ Words of a believer on the ways of Providence towards man here and hereafter,” (8vo. Dolmans, 1879) and they will enjoy the advantage of perusing the original passages at the foot of all the quotations given.

C. Carter Blake.79, Chancery Lane, W.C., March 20th, 1880.

THREE QUESTIONS. <Sir,—Three subjects are prominently before us now ;

upon which it would be well to have a general ex- < pression of opinion from your readers ; they are ( Mysticism, Will-Power, and Sexualism. J

Mysticism seems to have been the great weakness of < mankind from the earliest times, and even to-day how ( prone we all are to have a secret. What an important i) part the “ Mystery man ” plays amongst aboriginal j? races, and with what bated breath the mystery 'writers is tell us of the mysteries of the Egyptians. The secret i) of the Rosicrucians, and of the wonderful meanings < underlying the signs of the Zodiac. When we come } however to examine them in the daylight of reason ; and science we find, as Thackeray found on taking s off King George's last waistcoat, “ nothing.” . )

The Spiritualist has always set its face against this c mystery-mongering and endeavoured to set what facts it K had, before us in a scientific and intelligible manner; 1it is time therefore that this bugbear of humanity, this ( Mumbo Jumbo business were relegated to the limbo of ( “ old Bogey” for ever. I do not mean any alliteration > when I say that this mystery is a mist which must be c dispelled. What we want is not so much “ more light ” )but ‘ ‘ less mist,” and I would ask any man who has c dabbled in this mystery business, either as an Astro- S loger, Ereemason, Theosopliist, or any other form of it, / to say candidly is it worth one pinch of snuff as a i< matter of useful knowledge ? is

Will-Power: This is comparatively a more modem \( invention, and taken in a qualifying sense such as Is determination, persistence, never-say-die meaning is \) right enough ; but when we are told of the things done ( by Yogees and Eakirs the question naturally arises, s supposing it to be so, of what practical use is the power ; to cut oneself to pieces and put oneself together again ? ' c To do this requires according to their own shewing, a \i long course of training, takes the individual from the \( field of earthly labour, for which it incapacitates him, K and absorbs his faculties from his earth-life duties. js

Sexualism : A tirade against the so-called “ animal ” K man is fashionable just now. We are told to crucify Is the sexual instinct, that spirituality can only be at- I? tained thereby, and that the virgin and celibate only i( can attain to the higher beatitudes. According to this ■) doctrine the present creation is a mistake. It is repor- 7 ted of Philip of Spain that upon one occasion he is remarked that “ if the world were to be created again ) he could suggest some very valuable improvements.” \ Had he been a Theosophist he would probably have s made us hermaphrodites, or bi-sexed like the snails, ) and thus have saved a double creation, as well in the ( interest of the economies of nature as of the welfare of ; our souls. S.

London, March 19th, 1880. )

A NEW TRANCE MEDIUM. ?

Sir,—Probably not many of your readers are aware ) even of the existence of the newly sprung up town of ( Millom, on the West Cumberland coast, and joining s the northern end of Lancashire, much less of the I) existence of Mr. H. Taylor, a most excellent trance 7 medium, who lives there, in a modest, unostentatious K sort of way. I had the pleasure of visiting him on i>

Sunday last, and could hardly help calling to mind the oft-quoted lines:—

“ Lull many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathomed oaves of ocean hear ;

Full many a flower is bom to blush unseen.And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

Mr. Taylor is really a gem, and although not literally “ wasting his sweetness on the desert air,” it was im­possible not to be struck with the apparent fact that were he more widely known, and his services utilised, the cause of Spiritualism would be far more widely benefitted than if his gifts -were confined to the rather circumscribed circle to which he now almost solely devotes his services. At the afternoon service there were perhaps some twenty persons present; all, I be­lieve, earnest Spiritualists, and there seemed to exist that kindly and harmonious feeling which should be the first out-come of all spiritual teachings. Mr. Taylor’s guide chose a subject o f discourse suggested by the day (Palm Sunday), and treated it in a most admirable manner. I don’t suppose you could spare space for even an outline of the discourse, but I trust the exigencies of your valuable paper are not such as will preclude the insertion of this notice of a medium whose capacities for extended usefulness seem to me to be next to lost, in consequence of his being so com­paratively unknown. W. A tkinson.

UTverston.

GOSWELL HALL SUNDAY MEETINGS.

Sir,—Would you be so kind as to announce in this week’s issue, that a trance address will be delivered through Mr. J. J. Morse at the above Hall on Sunday next (28th March). Subject: “ The Prophecy ofSpiritualism,” an anniversary address.

H. J. Stevens, H on. Sec.

OUR NATIONAL VICE.

Sir,—I am very anxious to distribute gratuitously a little work called “ Salvation for the Drunkard,” recently published by Mr. Ernest Gough.

I will gladly send a copy to anyone writing for it, in the hope that it may prove of moral and material benefit to those who unhappily need its advice.

If you will allow these few words to appear in your influential paper, I shall be sincerely obliged, and remain, Sir, your obedient servant,

B essie Chambers.64, Chester Square, London, S.W. March 19th, 1880.

COMMUNITY OF SENSATION AT A SEANCE.BY L. F. CLAVAIROZ (LEON F A V R E ), CONSUL-GENERAL OF

FRANCE AT TRIESTE.

E very F r i d a y s e v e r a l f r i e n d s m e e t a t m y h o u s e , a n d a w a i t c o m m u n i c a t i o n s f r o m s u c h s p i r i t s a s m a y b e k i n d e n o u g h t o a t t e n d . O n e o f t h e m o s t e a r n e s t o f t h o s e s p i r i t s i s a n I t a l i a n o f f i c e r , A l f o n s o B r u n e t t i , w h o i s w e l l k n o w n t o t h e r e a d e r s o f t h e v a r i o u s S p i r i t u a l i s t i c j o u r n a l s ; h e i s g o o d a n d p l a y f u l , a l w a y s r e a d y t o r e n d e r a s e r v i c e , b u t a p t t o p l a y j o k e s u p o n t h o s e h e v i s i t s .

O n e o f m y f r i e n d s l e f t f o r L i s b o n , a n d w a s a t s e a o n t h e f o l l o w i n g F r i d a y . “ A s k A l f o n s o , ” s a i d h e t o m e , “ t o a c c o m p a n y m e o n m y d e ­p a r t u r e . O n F r i d a y n i g h t h e w i l l b e a b l e t o t e l l y o u h o w I a m p r o g r e s s i n g o n m y j o u r n e y ^

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a n d 1 w i l l w r i t e t o y o u m y s e l f f r o m L i s b o n t o c h e c k t h e s t a t e m e n t s o f t h e c o n t r o l l i n g s p i r i t . ”

T h i s w a s d o n e . O n t h e f o l l o w i n g F r i d a y a l l o u r f r i e n d s a s s e m b l e d ; A l f o n s o a l s o k e p t t h e a p p o i n t m e n t . “ Y o u r f r i e n d , ” s a i d h e , “ h a s n o t b e e n a l t o g e t h e r i l l , b u t h i s s y s t e m i s d i s t u r b e d . T h e w e a t h e r w a s w o r s e t h i s m o r n ­i n g t h a n t h i s e v e n i n g , b u t t h e r e i s a n o t h e r s q u a l l . Q u i c k ! Q u i c k ! A b a s i n ! ”

Scarcely had our Avriting medium, Caterina, read the Avords Avhich she had written, than she became violently sea-sick. Her mother and another lady at the séance were attacked in the same Avay, and I myself felt veritable in­ternal disturbance. ' I administered a cordial to the other lady, Avhich calmed her a little, but after the sickness had a little passed off another attack began, and she had to submit to all the consequences of a great storm at sea.

Our astonishment, although great, increased on seeing our little dog, LaAranaise, SAvaying right aud left, as if carried by the AvaAres, and groaning as if she Avere sea-sick.

W e returned to the table, and Alfonso, laughing mischievously with pleasure at the trick he had played, said although he never thought that Caterina Avould have absorbed all the influence he had intended to bring to bear only on our lady-friend, still, he loved a joke.

A ll that night and all the next day the three ladies Avere suffering from the effects of the séance, and from Avant of sleep. Caterina Avas unable to think of the absent Amyager without feeling ill again.

I n this case spirits had the power to act upon the human organism and to destroy its harmony at their will. I f then, they possess this power, there is all the more reason Avhy the Avell-intentioned among them should be induced to use it in the opposite direction, and Ave should encourage this kind of developement among our mediums,

Paris, March 22nd, 1880.

A H aunted M an.— On tlie 26th of January, at Yass, in New South Wales, a man who gavo the name of Thomas Coultliard, gavo himsolf into the custody of Sub-inspector Brennan, and confessed to having, in January, 1878, at Evorton, near Liverpool, England, poisoned his wife with prussic acid. He describes him­self as a chemist and druggist, and states that he was madly jealous of his wife, who was also his cousin. After his wife’s death he fastened lead to the head and feet, placed the body in a sack, and threw it into the river Mersey. Shortly after, he sailed for Melbourne, whence he came to this colony about eight months ago. He lias lately been working on Greenfield Farm, near Yass. Ho asserts that ho has been utterly wretched ever since committing tho murder, and that his wife’s vision appears to him almost nightly. He appears to be in his right senses, and repeats his story coherently. He is 28 years of age.— Sydney Morning Herald.

A SPIRITUALISTIC SOIREE.L ast Wednesday a Spiritualistic soirée was held

at 38, Great Russell Street, London. During the evening the Misses Withall entertained the company with a duet upon the piano, after which the Misses Beaumont and Mr. Thomason joined in a trio, whilst Mr. Mason played the accompaniment; the piece was ex­cellently rendered, and the harmony perfect. Mr. T. L. Nichols, M.D., then gave a description of a birthday séance at Malvern, through the mediumship of Mr. Eglinton ; he said that some of these who were present at it desired that it should not be published, as some of the facts were likely to invite the ridicule of persons ignorant of the nature of spiritual phenomena. Miss Evelyn Beaumont then sang Charles Swain’s prettily worded song, beginning—

Oh ! merry goes the time when the heart is young1,There’s nought too high to climb when the heart is young ;

A spirit of delight Scatters roses in her flight

And there’s magic in the night, when the heart, is young.

The song closed with the following verse :—Yet an angel from its sphere, though the heart be old,AAThispers comfort in our ear, though the heart be old,

Saying,Saying :

“ Age from out the tomb,“ Shall immortal youth assume,

“ And spring eternal bloom, where no heart is old.”

Miss Lilian Beaumont gave the accompaniment, and altogether it was one of the best pieces of the evening. Mr. Thomason afterwards sang “ The Diver,” and Miss Lilian Beaumont “ Sleep.” Two good recitations by Mr. Dietz followed ; a quartette was sung by the Misses Beaumont, Mr. Thomason, and Mr. J. C. Ward. Miss Beaumont sang a solo, and the entertainment con­cluded with tho singing of “ The Message” by Mr. Ward.

CURIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES.Three mysterious occurrences, difficult to

explain, have come Avithin my personal ex­perience, or more truly speaking, knoAvledge.

A DEATH WARNING.I happened to be calling on a poor Avoman,

who is ill, and whose Avants I take care are attended to, Avhen, hearing a sudden noise and commotion outside her door, I opened it and found a young man of twenty in a dying state, he having just ruptured a bloodwessel. In ten minutes he aatis dead. The poor mother’s distress Avas terrible, this being her fourth and last child. The day after the funeral, I tried hard to give her some courage and hope, her son having died under peculiar circumstances, he being as she expressed it— “ A son and youth without reproach in his life and ways, Avith the one exception that he had left the church (Catholic), and had more than a year ago, left with lier a Avritten paper, insisting that in the event of his death he should be buried without a priest.” This to her was a

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fearful dread, especially as the Church party and priests also, made it the occasion to in­timidate others by working on this poor ignorant bereaved woman’s fears, by telling her that as he had died outside the Church and without the sacrament, his soul would he damned.

I am thankful to say, I brought her some little hope that God’s judgment was not man’s. Then she opened her heart to me, and among other things told me that on the Monday night preceding his death (he died on W ednes­day at 3 p.m.J he called her out of her sleep, telling her he would die. She went to him in fear, but he would tell her nothing more than that he would die. H e had been ill some time, though not confined to bed, she tried to reason with him by reminding him how much better he was than he had been since his illness. FTothing more was said, hut the next day he seemed quite cheerful; he told his mother to have a nice dinner and to have it early as he wished her to go to hear the hand play in the afternoon. W hile she was attending to the dinner a young friend called; during the conversation the young man asked his friend what day of the month it was, and Avas told “ the fourth.”“ A h w e l l , ” h e s a i d , “ I s h a l l g o t o t h e m u s i c

a l l t h e s a m e , h u t I s h a l l n o t s e e t h e f i f t h ; m y t i m e w i l l b e u p . ” T h e s o n ’ s f r i e n d t o l d t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n t o t h e m o t h e r t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e d a y h e r s o n d i e d . H i s w o r d s o f t h e M o n d a y j n i g h t c o u p l e d w i t h t h i s r e m a r k t o h i s f r i e n d , j c o n v i n c e d h e r t h a t h e k n e w h e w a s t o d i e t h a t j d a y . T o k n o w h e w a s s o s o o n t o l e a v e h e r , | a n d t o e a t h i s d i n n e r s o c a l m l y , a n d t h e n g o t o | t h e b a n d , a l l t h e w h i l e s o g e n t l e a n d a t t e n t i v e ] t o h e r , a n d y e t n o t t o t e l l h e r h i s t h o u g h t s a n d | k n o w l e d g e , b u t t o l e a v e h e r w i t h o u t a p a r t i n g j w o r d , w a s s o c r u e l , s h e s a i d . |

F r o m w h a t I h a v e s i n c e l e a r n e d , I f e e l t h a t ! i f i n s o m e w a y t h e s o n h a d b e e n t o l d o f h i s d e a t h a s t o h a p p e n o n t h e 5 t h , h i s s i l e n c e t o ­w a r d s h i s m o t h e r w a s t o s a v e h e r a s l o n g a s p o s s i b l e , o r p e r h a p s t o h a v e h i s l a s t h o u r s Avith h e r f r e e f r o m a n x i e t y o r r e l i g i o u s i m ­p o r t u n i t i e s . H e d i e d o n W e d n e s d a y , 4 t h o f F e b r u a r y .

A VENOMOUS SPIDER.Incident number two occurred to a young

lady of my acquaintance, a winter visitor at Cannes, who told me of a strange thing that happened to her. She says that at one of the hotels she put up at to break the journey, and about half an horn after she had fallen asleep, j' she dreamt that she saAv a large horrible spider I; on the Avail by her bedside. ' It Avas of a size I

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and kind she had never seen before, and so great Avas her fear of it, she awoke. Thinking it only a dream, she fell asleep again, being very tired. Once more she saAv it in her sleep, and again her fear caused her to awake. Fa­tigue and sleep again overcame her, but only to once more dream of the spider, ahvays in the same place, ahvays filling her Avith the same fear. This time, hoAvever, she Avas so impressed with her dream that she could not rest, and called to her friend sleeping in the adjoining room to come to her, and to bring a light. Immediately on her friend’s entrance, she looked at the Avail, and to her horror the spider Avas there, just as she had seen it three times in her sleep. In an instant she Avas out of bed, and never having seen a spider so large and strange, she rang the hell to ask about it and have it destroyed. The servant said that it was Avell she had seen it, as it was a most Arenomous one.

A s I a m k n o w n t o m a k e a s t u d y o f t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g , m y f r i e n d s a r e a l w a y s a s k i n g m e t o e x p l a i n s o m e m y s t e r y o r o t h e r ,

A DEATH-BED APPARITION.

M y third incident is of greater interest, being truly strange. M y most intimate friend here is a young girl of Swiss and Russian parentage, who promises to become a painter of some fame in the future. During the daughter’s visit to London last summer, the mother fell ill, an illness that ended in death last January. The mother was a woman of high family, and her­self of high intellectual attainments. The father, a physician, Avho happened to go to Paris, also fell ill, so that husband and wife Avere both ill, one here, the other at Paris. Fearing to do harm, neither Avas told of the other’s extrem e illness, yet both kneAV of the illness of each being sufficient to prevent the long voyage being undertaken. The mother, also my friend, Avas a firm believer in immor­tality, and in the power of the spirit to return to the earth and visit as well as make its presence known to the living, a subject Ave fre­quently conversed about, M adam e--------tellingme of having herself seen apparitions. Y et she was much opposed to evoking them, and to what is called modem Spiritualism. Her daughter, the young girl I speak of, Avas a be­liever in nothing, and almost a sceptic in its hardest sense; she loved her mother, and this Avas a great jar betAveen them, for her mother was a Christian, deep and real, but Avith no narroAv views. She was prepared to die, and had no shrinking from it. She truly believed that to die Avas gain. Her constant prayer Avas

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t h a t h e r d a u g h t e r m i g h t a l s o r e c e i v e t h e s a m e b e l i e f o f t h e f u t u r e l i f e . I t w a s a t r y i n g e x ­p e r i e n c e f o r s o y o u n g a g i r l t o s e e h e r m o t h e r d y i n g , a n d t o f e e l t h i s g r e a t d i v i s i o n i n t h e i r t w o s o u l s .

I t w a s a p a i n f u l i l l n e s s ; i n c h b y i n c h o n l y w a s s h e r e l i e v e d b y d e a t h . T h e m o r n i n g o f h e r d e a t h s h e l a y a s i t w e r e i n a d e e p s l e e p . A f r i e n d w a s w i t h t h e d a u g h t e r ;

t h e y b o t h s t o o d b y t h e b e d s i d e , n o t k n o w ­i n g i f i t w e r e r e a l l y s l e e p o r d e a t h . S u d ­d e n l y M a d a m e - - - - - - - - - c a m e t o , a n d e x c l a i m e d“ O h , w h o w e r e t h o s e t w o b e a u t i f u l a n g e l s w h o

c a r r i e d m e i n t h e i r a r m s ? ” t h e n s h e b e c a m e c o n v u l s e d ; g r e a t d r o p s o f c o l d d a m p c o l l e c t e d o n h e r f a c e . T h e n s h e s p o k e a n d s a i d “ H o w d e l i c i o u s ! ” t h e n t h e l i m b s s e e m e d s u d d e n l y t o s t i f f e n a n d a l l w a s o v e r . T h i s w a s o n a M o n ­d a y m o r n i n g , a b o u t e l e v e n o ' c l o c k . O n t h e M o n d a y n i g h t t h e t w o f r i e n d s w e r e s t a n d i n g b y t h e b e d l o o k i n g a t t h e l i f e l e s s b o d y , a n d c o n v e r s i n g o f t h e m o t h e r t h e y b o t h m o u r n e d , o n e a s a d a u g h t e r , t h e o t h e r a s a f r i e n d , a n d a l s o o f t h i s s t r a n g e t h i n g D e a t h , a n d o f t h e w o n d e r f u l f a i t h t h a t c o u l d m a k e h e r e x c l a i m

“ H o w d e l i c i o u s , ” e v e n i n t h e s e e m i n g a g o n y o f d e p a r t u r e , n e i t h e r o f t h e m b e i n g a b l e t o u n d e r s t a n d i t , b e i n g b o t h n o n - b e l i e v e r s . S u d ­d e n l y M i s s - - - - - - - - - b e g a n s t a r i n g i n t e n s e l y a t t h ef o o t o f h e r m o t h e r ’ s b e d , a s i f s h e s a w s o m e s t r a n g e l i g h t ; s h e m o t i o n e d f o r h e r f r i e n d t ol o o k , b u t she s a w n o t h i n g . M i s s - - - - - - - - - t h e ns a i d “ H u t I s e e m y f a t h e r . H o w s t r a n g e ! H e l o o k s a s o n e d e a d ; h e i s s o c h a n g e d , h i s b e a r d i s s o l o n g , h e i s s o t h i n a n d h e i s dressed a n d not l y i n g on a bed ; i t c a n n o t b e m y f a t h e r , w h a t c a n i t b e ? ” S o m e v o i c e s e e m e d t o s a y t o h e r “ Y e s , i t i s y o u r f a t h e r a n d h e is d e a d . ” T h e n s h e s a w a n d h e a r d n o m o r e .

T h i s w a s a w o n d e r f u l t h i n g f o r t h o s e t w o g i r l s , f o r n e i t h e r d o u b t e d b u t t h a t i t w a s a v i s i o n . T h e d a u g h t e r s e e m e d a l l a t o n c e t o h a v e b e ­c o m e c o n v i n c e d o f t h e r e a l i t y o f i m m o r t a l i t y ,

a n d w h e n I w e n t i n t h e m o r n i n g t o t h e m s h e t o l d m o o f h e r v i s i o n a n d o f h e r c o n v i c t i o n t h a t h e r f a t h e r m u s t h a v e d i e d a l s o . L a t e t h a t a f t e r n o o n a n o l d f r i e n d o f h e r m o t h e r ’ s c a l l e d t o t e l l h e r o f a t e l e g r a m l i e h a d j u s t r e c e i v e d , s t a t i n g t h e s u d d e n d e a t h o f h e r f a t h e r , o n l y a f e w h o u r s b e f o r e t h a t o f h e r m o t h e r , a n d n o t a t P a r i s , b u t o n h i s w a y t o h i s s o n ’ s , w h o h a d g o n e t o t h e c i t y ( f r o m S w i t z e r l a n d ) t o b r i n g h i s h i t h e r t o h i s c o m ­f o r t a b l e h o m e , t h e d o c t o r s h a v i n g s a i d t h a t t h e y t h o u g h t h e w a s e q u a l t o t h e j o u r n e y a n d t h e y h o p e d t h a t a t h i s s o n ’ s h o u s e , h i s n e e d s ! w o u l d b e m u c h b e t t e r c a r e d f o r t h a n i n P a r i s . !|

About the fourth station from the city he Ava found to be dying and was immediately removed into the station, where he soon expired and“ not on a b ed ” W h e n M o n s i e u r - - - - - - - - - , w h oi s a c l e r g y m a n , s a i d t o M i s s - - - - - - - - - , “ I a mc o m e t o t e l l y o u o f a d o u b l e b e r e a v e m e n t , ” s h e r e s p o n d e d “ Y e s , I Jcnow m y f a t h e r i s d e a d . I s a w h i m l a s t n i g h t . ” H e t h o u g h t s h e w a s w a n d e r i n g f r o m f a t i g u e a n d g r i e f , b u t s h e t o l d h i m h e r v i s i o n , a s s h e c a l l s i t .

L a s t s u m m e r w h e n c o n v e r s i n g w i t h t h e m o t h e r o n t h e s u b j e c t o f s p i r i t l i f e , s h e t o l d m e t h a t w h e n t h i s s a m e d a u g h t e r i v a s a b o u t t w o y e a r s o l d , a l i t t l e b r o t h e r , a g e d s i x , o f w h o m s h e w a s v e r y f o n d , d i e d . T h e e v e n i n g o f , o r a f t e r , ( I f o r g e t w h i c h ) h i s d e a t h , w h e n t h e f a m i l y w a s i n a n a d j o i n i n g r o o m , t h i s l i t t l e s i s t e r c a m e t o t h e m f r o m a n o t h e r r o o m , s a y i n g — a n d c a l l i n g h e r l i t t l e d e a d b r o t h e r b y n a m e — t h a t h e w a s n o t i n b e d b u t w a s p l a y i n g w i t h h e r i n t h e o t h e r r o o m . T h e y f o l l o w e d t h e c h i l d , b u t s a w n o t h i n g , n o r d i d s h e , t h o u g h s e e m i n g n o t t o u n d e r s t a n d w h a t h a d b e c o m e o f h i m .M a d a m e - - - - - - - - - - ■ t o l d m e t h a t f o r two w e e k s ,this baby-child seemed to be conscious of the presence of her little brother, and ahvays about the same time— even to seeming to hear him speak.

I send you these items of strange things, as facts I have from the individuals themselves. The tAVO friends have also since seemed to have received news or tidings from “ the other side.” So convinced are they of this power that they have had me to pass two or three nights with them, hoping that Ave three might be visited either by the mother’s, or by my own dear child’s spirit, whose loss has made death— even though immortality may not follow— a thing to be desired, “ a gain.” But nothing came to us, even Avliile my soul longed for some token to build a hope upon, longed as only a hungry soul can long, as only a human being whose last tie is severed, can hope a for­lorn hope. I thought you might be interested in these real facts, and should you think them of value you are at liberty to use them, only I must ask you not to mention any names in connection Avith the incidents. I have not asked if I may send them, but as they have been freely spoken of and are known to many persons here, I feel at liberty to speak of them.

Cannes, France, March 16th, 1880. X

M e . W alker, the Australian trance medium, is about to give public lectures in South Africa, in consequence of that indefatigable Spiritualist, Mr, Berks Hutchin­son, of Cape Town, having engaged him for that purpose.

1 5 4 T H E S P I R I T U A L I S T . M a e c h 2 6 , 1 8 8 0

A YORKSHIRE GHOST STORY.“ W hat I am going to relate happened to myself

•while staying with some North-country cousins, last July, at their house in Yorkshire. I had spent a few days there in the summer of the previous year, but without then hearing or seeing anything out of the common. On my second visit, arriving early in the afternoon, I went out boating with some of the family, spent a very jolly evening, and finally went to bed—a little tired, perhaps, with the day’s work, hut not the least nervous. I slept soundly until between three and four, just when the day was beginning to break. I had been awake for a short time when suddenly the door of my bedroom opened and shut again rather quickly. I fancied it might have been one of the servants, and called out, ‘ Come in ! ’ After a short time the door opened again, but no one came in—at least, no one that I could see. Almost at the same time that the door opened for the second time, I was a little startled by the rustling of some curtains belonging to a hanging wardrobe, which stood by the side of the bed ; the rustling continued, and I was seized with a most uncomfortable feeling, not exactly of fright, but a strange, unearthly sensation th a t I w a s n o t a lon e. I had had that feeling for some minutes, when I saw at the foot of the bed a child, about seven or nine years old. The child seemed as if it were on the bed, and came gliding towards me as I lay. It was the figure of a Ettle girl in her night-dress—a little girl with dark hair and a very white face. I tried to speak to her, but could not. She came slowly on up to the top of the bed, and I then saw her face clearly. She seemed in great trouble; her hands were clasped and her eyes were turned up with a look of entreaty, an almost agonised look. Then, slowly unclasping her hands, she touched me on the shoulder. The hand felt icy cold, and while I strove to speak she was gone, I felt more frightened after the child was gone than before, and began to be very anxious for the time when the servant would make her appearance. Whether I slept again or not I • hardly know. But by the time the servant did come, I had almost persuaded myself that the whole affair was nothing but a very vivid night­mare. However, when I came down to breakfast, there were many remarks made about my not looking well—it was observed that 1 was pale. In answer I told my cousins that I had had a most vivid nightmare, and I remarked if I was a believer in ghosts I should imagine I had seen one. Nothing more was said at the time upon this subject, except that my host, who was a doctor, observed that I had better not sleep in the room again, at any rate not alone.

“ So the following night one of my cousins slept in the same room with me. Neither of us saw or heard anything out of the way during the night or the early morning. That being the case, I persuaded myself that what I had seen had been only imagination, and, much against everybody’s expressed wish, I insisted

* T h is narrative is extracted from last w eek ’ s Notes and Queries, the ed itor o f w h ich jo u rn a l s a y s :— “ T h e fo llo w in g in terestin g com m un ica tion (title in cluded ) has been handed to m e b y a y o u n g lady , w h o is as in te lligen t as she is ch arm in g . H e r here ­d ita ry acum en precludes a ltogeth er the p oss ib ility o f any se lf­d ece it in regard to her ow n p ersonal experiences, as narrated b y herself. N or is th is the w h ole o f the ev idence on the su b ject, as the reader w ill see. T h ere are other w itnesses to be called . In the con v iction , therefore, that th is statem ent (sh arp ly d istin ­gu ish able as it is from a ll p rev iou s ones o f a k indred nature k n ow n to m e) contains m atter o f un qu estionable interest to every sort o f th inker, I subm it it to the consideration o f the readers o f “ N . & Q .” T h e scene o f the occurrences is an o ld m ansion in th e n orth o f Y o rk s h ir e ; co sy and cheerfu l th o u g h la rge and lon e ly in p o in t o f site .”

7 the next night on sleeping in the room again, and <! alone. Accordingly, having retired again to the same )| room, I was kneeling down at the bedside to say my 7i prayers, when exactly the same dread as before came K over me. The curtains of the wardrobe swayed about, I; and I had the same sensation as previously, that I was •it not alone. I felt too frightened to stir, when luckily A for me, one of my cousins came in for something whichi) she had left. On looking at me she exclaimed, ‘ Have ;< you seen anything ? ’ I said ‘No,’ but told her how I IS felt, and, without much persuasion being necessary, Ij) left the room with her, and never returned to it. v When my hostess learnt what had happened (as she K did immediately) she told me I must not sleep in that 7 room again, as the nightmare had made such an im- j< pression on me ; I should imagine (she said) all sorts j)j of things and make myself quite ill. I went to another K! room, and during the rest of my visit (a week), I was jv not troubled by any reappearance of the little girl.6 “ On leaving, my cousin, the eldest daughter of the K doctor, went on a visit with me to the house of an uncle n of mine in the same county. We stayed there for7 about a fortnight, and during that time the ‘ little girl ’ K was alludod to only as my ‘nightmare.’

“ In this I afterwards found there was a little re­) ticence, for, just before leaving my uncle’s, my cousin< said to me, ‘ I must tell you something I have boen > longing to tell you over since I left home, but my< father desired me not to tell you, as, not being very

a strong, you might be too frightened. Your nightmarewas not a nightmare at all, but the apparition

K °f a little girl.’ She then wont on to tell me that this !> ‘ little girl ’ had been seen three times before, by three( different members of the family, but as this was nine

or ten years since, they had almost ceased to think ,j anything about it until I related my experiences on the 7- morning after the first night of my second visit.■ v “ Hy cousin further went on to tell me that her>i younger sister whilst in bed had one morning, about< daybreak, to her great surprise, seen a little girl with tj dark hair, standing with her back to her, looking out 7 of the window. She took this figure for her little sister, iv and spoke to it. The child not replying or moving • ' from her position, she called out to it, ‘ It’s no use o standing like that; I know you. You can’t play tricks

with me.’ On looking round, however, she saw that

1! her little sister, the one she thought she was addressing i and who was sleeping with her, had not moved from ; the bed. Almost at the same time the child passed

from the window into the room of her (my cousin’s): sister A., and the latter, as she afterwards declared,

(■ distinctly saw the figure of a child with dark hair stand- 7, ing by the side of a table in her room. She spoke to \j it, and it instantly disappeared. The ‘ little girl ’ was V subsequently again seen, for the last time before I saw 7 it, by my cousin’s father, Dr. H. It was in the early A daylight of a summer’s morning, and he was going 7 upstairs to his room, having just returned from a pro­le fessional visit. On this occasion he saw the same child > (he noticed its dark hair) running up the stairs im- ci mediately before him, until it reached his room and Si entered it. When he got into the room it was gone.>; “ Thus the apparition has been seen three times by <| the family, and once by me. I am the only one, how- V ever, that has seen its face. It has also never been (j seen twice in the same room by any one else.”>| H. 0. 0*

* T h e sp irit w as ev iden tly in trou b lo an d w an ted he lp o f som o k ind . A Spiritualist w o u ld have adopted m eans to get a m es­sage from her, and to g iv e her the desired a id .—Editor of Spiritualist.

March 26, 1880. THE S P I E I T U A L I S T . 155

DE. SLADE IN THE EOOKY MOUNTAINS.A c o m m u n i c a t i o n r e c e i v e d b y t h e l a s t m a i l

f r o m M r . J . S i m m o n s , avIio l i a s a t l a s t r e j o i n e d D r . S l a d e , i n f o r m s n s t h a t t h a t c e l e b r a t e d m e d i u m i s n o w g i v i n g séances i n t h e C o l o r a d o d i s t r i c t , a n d a c o p y o f t h e R ock y Mountain Rew s, o f M a r c h 4 t h , p u b l i s h e d a t D e n v e r , g i v e s a n i n ­t e r e s t i n g a c c o u n t o f a seance w i t h D r . S l a d e , a t w h i c h o n e o f t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h a t j o u r n a l w a s p r e s e n t . A m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s t h e r e p o r t e r s a y s : —

T w o s l a t e s — o r d i n a r y s c h o o l s l a t e s t o a l l i n ­t e n t s a n d p u r p o s e s — w e r e t a k e n f r o m t h e t a b l e a n d g i v e n t h e r e p o r t e r f o r e x a m i n a t i o n . T h e y w e r e a s c l e a n o n b o t h s i d e s a s s p o n g e a n d w a t e r c o u l d m a k e t h e m . T h e m e d i u m , t h e n t a k i n g u p f r o m t h e t a b l e s o m e s m a l l b i t s o f s l a t e p e n ­c i l , n o l a r g e r t h a n r i c e g r a i n s a n d p r o b a b l y t w i c e a s l o n g , l a i d t h e m u p o n o n e o f t h e s l a t e s a n d t u r n e d t h e o t h e r o v e r i t . H e t h e n p l a c e d t h e t w o s l a t e s u p o n t h e r e p o r t e r ’ s s h o u l d e r , m e r e l y k e e p i n g a g r a s p u p o n t h e m b e t w e e n h i s t h u m b a n d f o r e f i n g e r . T h i s w a s n o s o o n e r d o n e t h a n t h e b i t s o f p e n c i l b e g a n t o s c r a t c h , m a k i n g t h e s o u n d s o f w r i t i n g a s c l e a r l y a s a n y b o d y w o u l d w i s h f o r . T h e s o u n d s o f d o t t i n g t h e i ’ s a n d c r o s s i n g t h e ¿ ’ s c o u l d b e h e a r d d i s - t i n c t t y . I n e i g h t o r t e n m i n u t e s a p e n c i l , w h i c h n o w s e e m e d t o b e a l o n e i n i t s m o v e m e n t s , g a v e t w o “ t i c k s ” u p o n t h e s l a t e a n d a l l w a s s i l e n t . T h e s l a t e s w e r e t a k e n d o w n a n d a p a r t . T h e r e p o r t e r w a s a s t o u n d e d . T h e b o t t o m s l a t e o f t h e t w o w a s f o u n d f i l l e d w i t h w r i t i n g

— c l e a r , l e g i b l e w r i t i n g — b u t e v i d e n t l y b y d i f f e r e n t b a u d s . T h e s l a t e w a s c o v e r e d f r o m t o p t o b o t t o m , a n d t h e l a s t w o r d w a s o b s e r v e d t o b e i n t h e v e r y c o r n e r o f t h e b o t t o m . T h e

b i t s o f p e n c i l w e r e a l s o e x a m i n e d . A t t h e e n d o f e a c h o f t h e p a r a g r a p h s w a s f o u n d t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e b i t o f s l a t e p e n c i l d r o p p e d

j u s t w h e r e t h e w o r d w a s e n d e d . A u e x a m i n a ­t i o n o f t h i s w r i t i n g s h o w e d i t t o c o n t a i u s i x d i f f e r e n t p a r a g r a p h s , a n d f i v e o f t h e s e i n d i f f e r e n t l a n g u a g e s , a n d i n . d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s o f h a n d - w r i t i n g .

1. Meino Liebe seimit euch Allen in Christo Jesu.2. Quis ogo sum, Domine Dons quia adduxisti mo.3. E men gar Ekklesia, kai per knth’ oies tes oikou-

menes cos peraton tes tes diespasmene.4. Kegula est autem fidei, ut jam hinc quid audamus

profitiamur ilia seilicit qua auditur.5. Le bonheur s’achète par lo sacrifice—Dieu no

donne rien pour rien.G. Perils and misfortune, and want and pain and

inj ury, are more or less the lot of all men that come into the world.

A s s o o n a s t h e r e p o r t e r c o u l d c o l l e c t h i s s c a t t e r e d s e n s e s c o n s e q u e n t u p o n t h i s a m a z i n g r e v e l a t i o n , h e s o u g h t a n e x p l a n a t i o n f o r i t , b u t

a l l i n v a i n . T h e m e d i u m c a l l e d i t S p i r i t u a l i s m a n d c o n f e s s e d t h a t h e k n e w n o t h i n g o f t h e c a u s e s l e a d i n g t o t h e p h e n o m e n a .

T h e r e p o r t e r d o e s n o t p r e t e n d t o k n o w w h a t c a u s e d t h e s e s i n g u l a r d e m o n s t r a t i o n s . T h e t r a n s c r i p t i o n g i v e n a b o v e i s n e a r l y c o r r e c t , t h o u g h i n o n e o r t w o i n s t a n c e s t h e w o r d s c o u l d n o t b e m a d e o u t w i t h a b s o l u t e a c c u r a c y .

LOVE'S FOUR SEASONS.Spring ; ah ! yes, sweet gentle season,

Fresh with greenness, like the heart, Filled with love’s first silent throbbings

For a voice which makes thee start. Trembling without rhyme or reason,

When those eyes upon you dart Lightning glances— whose fond meanings

Something more than words impart.

Summer next, with radiant glory, Reigns; sweet flowers scent the air,

Roses, red and white, fair lilies,Bloom in beauty everywhere.

Ah ! who then would not be happy ?Heart at rest, blue sky above,

Told again the old, old story Of an everlasting love.

Autumn, rich in golden splendour,Then at e'en ’tis sweet to roam

’Jkfid the brightly tinted cornfields Gathering poppies to take home.

Later still brown leaves are falling, Flowers fade, birds disappear ;

So my love has changed towards me, Filled my heart with deep despair.

W inter! cold, bleak, dreary winter,Can it be that once so bright

A ll the earth has seemed around me,Now as desolate as night?

Like the Soul, with silent sorrow,Frozen, empty, filled with care,

That never more will know the summer Be it e’er so bright or fair.

Leo

G. A. F., Colombo : Posted to you last week.

S unday Services .— Last Sunday evening at a Spiri ualistic meeting at the Goswell Hall, Mr. Duguid addressed the meeting. Among tho speakers who followed him were Mr. Enmore Jones, Mr. Towns, and Mr. A. T. T. Peterson, who oeeupied the chair. Mr. Enmore Jones expressed tho opinion that Spiritualists should agree to keep the one fact before the public that proof abounds in our midst of the reality of a spirit world, and that means exist for establishing communi­cation with that world. On minor points they might, in a friendly way, differ in opinion in private ; for instance, he (Mr. Jones) might work in his little Church of England corner, another Spiritualist might work in a Boman Catholic groove, whilst a third might perhaps advance tho tenets of Buddhism, but let none introduce irrelevant disputes aside from the main issue, to the public. Mr. Peterson said that on some points he and Mr. Enmore Jones were as opposite to each other as the poles, in opinion, but he agreed in the remarks which had just been inado; Spiritualists should not fritter away their strength in small divisions. Mr. Towns recommended the listeners to attend the Sunday conference meetings at Goswell Hall in the morning, at eleven o’clock, as well as the meetings in the evening.

156 T H E S P I R I T U A L I S T . M ak ch 2G, 1880.

INFORM ATION FOR NON -SPIRITU ALISTS.MESMERISM AND ITS PHENOMENA,OB

A N I M A L M A G N E T I S M .

By the late Wm.'G regory, M.D., F.R.S.E. ¡Professor q f Chemistry at Edinburgh University.

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CHAPTER I F i r s t Effects Produced by Mesmerism—Sensations—Process ; for causing Mesmeric Sleep—The Sleep or Mesmeric State—It Occurs Spon- j taneously in Sleep-Walkers—Phenomena of the Sleep—Divided Consciousness i —Senses affected—Insensibility to Pain. j

CHAPTER I I :—Control Exercised by the Operator over the Subject in > Various Ways—Striking Expression of Peelings in the Look and Gesture— : Effect of Music—Truthfulness of the Sleeper—Various Degrees of Suscepti- \ bility—Sleep caused by Silent W ill ; and at a Distance—Attraction towards ; the Operator—Effect in the Waking State of Commands Given in the Sleep. I

CHAPTER III s—Sympathy—Community of Sensations, of Emotions— Danger of Rash Experiments—Public Exhibitions of Doubtful Advantage— Sympathy with the Bystanders—Thought Reading—Sources of Error—Medical Intuition— Sympathetic Warnings—Sympathies and Antipathies—Existence of a Peculiar Force or Influence.

CHAPTER IV «—Direct Clairvoyance or Lucid Vision, without the Eyes — Vision of Near Object r through Opaque Bodies: at a distance—Sympathy and Clairvoyance in Regard to Absent Persons—Retrovision—Introvision.

CHAPTER V :—Lucid Prevision—Duration of Sleep, &c., Predicted—Pre­diction of Changes in the Health or State of the Seer—Prediction of Accidents ; and of Events Affecting others—Spontaneous Clairvoyance—Striking Case of It—Spontaneous Retrovision and Prevision—Peculiarities of Speech and of Consciousness in Mesmerised Persons—Transference of Senses and of Pain.

CHAPTER V I :—Mesmerism, Electro-Biology, Electro-Psychology and Hypnotism, essentially the same—Phenomena of Suggestions in the Conscious or Waking State—Dr. Darling’s Method and its Effects—Mr. Lewis’s Method and its Results—The Impressible State—Control Exercised by the Operator— 1Gazing—Mr. Braid’ s Hypnotism—The Author’ s Experience—Importance of ' Perseverance—The Subject must be Studied. i

CHAPTER V II 'Trance, Natural and Accidental; Mesmeric—Trance Pro- :duoed at Will by the Subjects—Col. Townsend—Fakeer—Extasis—Extaties not all Imposters—Luminous Emanations—Extasis often Predicted—M. Chagnet's 1Extatics—Visions of the Spiritual W or Id. 1

CHAPTER V III :—Phreno-Mesmerism—Progress of Phrenology—Effects of ,Touching the Head in the Sleep—Variety in the Phenomena—Suggestions— ,Sympathy—There are Cases in which these Act, and others in which they do j not Act—Phenomena Described—'The Lower Animals Susceptible of Mesmerism_Fascination Among Animals—Instinct—Sympathy of Animals—Snail Tele- 1graph Founded on It. 1

CHAPTER I X :—Action of Magnets, Crystals, &c., on the Human Frame— < Researches of Reichenbach—His Odyle is Identical with the Mesmeric Fluid of < Mesmer, or with the Influence which Causes the Mesmeric Phenomena—Odylic ,or Mesmeric Tight—Aurora Borealis Artificially Produced—Mesmerised Water ( —Useful Applications of Mesmerism—Physiological, Therapeutical, &e.— Treatment of Insanity, Magic Divination, Witchcraft, &c., explained by Mes­merism and Traced to Natural Causes—Apparitions—Second Sight is Waking < Clairvoyance—Predictions of Various Kinds. <

‘ CHAPTER X :—An Explanation of the Phenomena Attempted or Suggested < —A Force (Odyle) Universally Diffused, Certainly Exists, and is Probably the , Medium of Sympathy and Lucid Vision—Its Characters—Difficulties ot the Subject—Effects of Odyle—Somnambulism—Suggestion—Sympathy—Thought- 1Reading—Lucid Vision—Odylic Emanations—Odylic Traces followed up by 1 Lucid Subjeets—Magic and Witchcraft^-The Magic Crystal, and Mirror, &e., 'Induce Walking Clairvoyance—Universal Sympathy—Lucid Perception of the . Future. i

CHAPTER X I :—Interest felt in Mesmerism by Men of Science—Due Limits (of Scientific Caution—Practical Hints—Conditions of Success in Experiments— ' Cause of Failure—Mesmerism a Serious Thing—Cautions to the Student— 1 Opposition to be Expected. (

CHAPTER X II «—Phenomena Observed in the Conscious or Waking State— < Effects of Suggestion'on Persons in an Impressible State—Mr. Lewis’ s Experi- < ments With and Without Suggestion—Cases—Dr, Darling's Experiments— < Cases—Conscious or Waking Clairvoyance, Produced by Passes, or by Concen- j . tration—Major Buckley’s Method—Cases—The Marie Crystal Induces Waking Lucidity, when Gazed at—Cases—Magic Mirror—Mesmerised Water—Egyptian 1 Magic. ' (

CHAPTER X III «—Production of the Mesmeric Sleep—Cases—Eight out of < Nine Persons Recently Tried by the Author Thrown into Mesmeric Sleep— /Sleep Produced without the knowledge of the Subject—Suggestion in the Sleep . —Phreno-Mesmerism in the Sleep—Sympathetic Clairvoyance in the Sleep— J Oaseg—perception of Time—Cases : Sir J. Franklin, Major Buckley’ s Case of ' Retrovision. . (

CHAPTER X IV «—Direct Clairvoyance—Cases—Travelling Clairvoyanoe— )Cases—Singular Vision of Mr. D.—Letters of Two Clergymen, with Oases— ) Clairvoyance of Alexis—Other Oases. )

CHAPTER X V «—Trance—Extasis—Cases—Spontaneous Mesmeric Phe- S noinena—Apparitions—Predictions. j \

CHAPTER X V I s—Curative Agenoy of Mesmerism—Concluding Remarks it and Summary. \ l

Spwtiwdist Newspaper Branch Offioe, 83> Museum-stmt» London*

I n thirty years Spiritualism has spread through all the most civilised countries on the globe, until it now has tens of thou­sands of adherents, and about thirty periodicals. It has also out­lived tho same popular abuse which at the outset opposed rail­ways, gas, and Galileo’ s discovery of the rotation of the earth.

The Dialectical Society, under the presidency of Sir John 1/ubbock, appointed a large committee, which for two years investigated the phenomena occurring in tho presence of non­professional mediums, and finally reported that the facts were true, that the raps and other noises governed by intclligonco were real, and that solid objects sometimes moved in the presence of mediums without being touched.

Mr. William Crookes, E.R. S., editor of the Quarterly Journal of Science, devisor of the radiometer, and discoverer of the new motal thallium, investigated the phenomena of Spiritualism in his own house, and reported them to be true. Mr. A. It. Wallace, Mr. Cromwell Varley, Prof. Zollner, and a great number of intelligent professional men have done the same.

H O W TO FORM SPIRIT CIRCLES AT HOME.Inquirers into tho phenomena of Spiritualism should begin by

forming circles in their own homes, with no Spiritualist or stranger to the family present.

The assertions of a few newspapers, conjurors, and men of science that the alleged phenomena are jugglery are proved to be untrue by the fact that manifestations are readily obtained by private families, with no stranger present, and without deception by any member of the family. At the present tiino thero are only about half a dozen professional mediums for tho physical phenomena in all Great Britain, consequently, if these were all tricksters (which they arc not), they aro so few in number as to be unable to bear out the imposture theory as the foundation of the great movement of modern Spiritualism. Readers should protect themselves against any impostors who may tell them that the phenomena arc not real, by trying simple home experiments which cost nothing, thus showing how egrcgiously those are duped who trust in ■worthless authorities.

One or more persons possessing medial powers without know­ing it arc to be found in nearly every household, and about one new circle in three, formed according to the following instruc­tions, obtains the phenomena :—

1. Let arrangements be made that there shall be no interrup­tion for one hour during the sitting of the circle.

2. Let the circle consist of four, five, or six individuals, about the same number of each sex. Sit in subdued light, but sufficient to allow everything to be seen clearly, round an uncovered wooden table, with all the palms of the hands in contact with its top surface. Whether the hands touch each other or not is of little importance. Any table will do.

3. Belief or unbelief has no influence on the manifestations, but an acrid feeling against them is weakening.

4. Before the manifestations begin, it is ■well to engage in general conversation or in siugiug, and it is best that neither should be of a frivolous nature.

5. The first symptom of the invisible power at work is often a feeling like a cool wind sweeping over the hands. The first indications will probably be table-tilting Or raps.

6. When motions of the tablo or sounds aro produced froely, to avoid confusion let one person only speak; ho should talk to the table as to an intelligent being. Let him tell the table that three tilts or raps mean ‘* Yes,” one means “ No,” and two mean “ Doubtful,” and ask whether the arrangement is understood. I f three raps be given in answer, then say, (i If I ;speak the letters of the alphabet slowly, will you signal every time I come to the letter you want, and 9pell us out a message ? ” Should three signals be given, set to work on tho plan proposed, and from this time an intelligent system of communication is established.

7. Possibly symptoms of other forms of mediumship, such as trance or clairvoyance, may develop ; tho better class of messages, as judged by their religious and philosophical merits usually accompany such manifestations rather than tho more objective phenomena. After the manifestations aro obtained, the observers should not go to tho other extreme and givo way to an excess of credulity, but should believe no moro about them or tho contents of the messages than they arc forced to do by undeniable proof.

8. Should no results be obtained at the first two seances because no medium chances to be present, try again with other sitters. A medium is usually an impulsivo individual, very sensitive to mesmeric influences.

Mediumship may either ho used or abused. Mediums should not lower their strength by sitting moro than about twico a week; angular, excitablo people, had better avoid tho nervous stimulus of mediumship altogether.

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A Revival of Mesmerism........................................... 145A Voice fromLoadicea............................................... 145Correspondence:—Eternal Punishment................. 149

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