Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-08-20

ripple ahwart the wave. slight tremor shook him
and the next moment Wind.Foot was dead.
Clairvoyance.
The Star correspondent" of the N. Y. Tribune
who attends to the critical department, is fel
low of most "infni,e merriment. The quiet hu
NOR Of his satire is perfectly rresisabe, Particlar
ly when dealing with that.numerous, brood of ep'
hemera,th production of the disciples of the vari
us "isms" 'iles&c. Of the present enlightened age
Hi manner is, to announce whatever work he
means to dissect, in due form then with The gra.
We st possible air, review its pretensions " facts
and theories, until he finds first rate chance to
effect his object VIII ich is to show the incohe-
rencyof these with each oher,by extracts from the
book, and the folly of any faith in either, by his
own well feigned implicit reliance on all OF them
This enoument is ever so ANONYMOUSLY brought
out as to give the reader the most exquisite feel.
ing of pleasantly imaginable. The only fault of
the writer, If fault he has, is, that his perfortnan-
ces are too perfect, amounting to complete lllu'
sion; and we doubt not that at this very instant,
vast majority of his readers have not discover.
ed his peculiar humor, but ever have and do still,
think him perfectly sincere in his assumed belief
We preface, with these remarks, an extract
from this writer's review of the SEEREss OF PRE-
WORST, work of German ingenuity in proof of
Animal Magnetism of which another reviewer
roughly says: lit bears the appearances of being
intended for what it really is, Hoax. Hear how
much more pleasantly and efficiently the Review
er above mentioned does il over.
First: for the preiensions,-The writer quot es
from the translator's Preface: -'
81 apprehend that many of the extraordinary
phenomena recorded by Kerner will not find We.
~ general credence with English readers but to
the believers in clarvoyHnce, the book vii! have
deep interes.-whilsf, 10 The larger class,
who are not yet prepared TO yield faith to its won
ders, should imagine that the facts would still be
considered well worthy of attention both in phys
iologcal and psychological point of view isay
fact because cannot conceive the possibility OF
any candid mind doubling the greatest number Of
them. after reading the book or of such an one
entertaining suspicion of imposture, on the part
either Of physician or patient. Indeed, Kerner's
well known character ought TO exempt him from
such an impu'ailon from any quarter and, for
my own part, reject with horror the idea, that in
suffering creature, who lived ever on the verge
of the grave so much apparent innocence and pie.
ty should have been but the cloak TO so useless
and cruel deception" ,l .--.-,.5 So t.o.A
Secondly for the g facts y IN bsstoGa 90 @fs .
20 "Ofihe Seeress Kerner mentions one fact Of
the same character with that now exhibited by
the Extatica & Dominica of the Catholic church.
p When she was placed in a bath in this state.
extraordinary phenomena were exhibited, name
w, that her limbs, breast, and the lower part of
her person, possessed BY a strange elasticity. an
emerged from the water. Her atten.
dants used every effort to submerge the body, but
she could not be kept down; ard had she at these
have sunk than a cork. H1sh s.i.Aa $50 aae 5aH
This circumstance reminds US of the test appli-
ed to witches, who were often, doubtless, persons
under magnetic conditions and thus contrary to
the ordinary law, foa;sd on water. Andrew
Molten mentions woman who lived in 1920, who
being ia magnetic state, rose suddeny into the air
ia the presence of many persons, and lowered sew
eral yards above it, ii she would have flown out
of the window. The assistants called upon God
and forced ner down again, 80 Aal.y*z oae*iaf
According to the testimony of ST. Theresa, Pc.
Ter Of AlcantaTa, for Ia years alIo wed himself but
half an hours Sleep and that he took sitting with
his head leaning on post he lived on bread and
water, which he took at intervals Of three and
of eight days, till, by the modification
Of bis body.'it became transparent, and he saw !
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