The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-04-10

state. when all the senses are locked as II
were. in the embrace of death, and we
have no consciousness that we exist, ever
did, or shall ever again be sensible OF lie
and activi,y,--a state which we do not
wonder and marvel at. only because it is
so common, and in which persons often
talk, laugh, sing, walk, perform various
feals and tasks, and indeed manifest most
or all the passions aud feelings oil the hu-
man soul, withou. having the least re-
membrance of i, in their waking state
All this is done in the common or na'"r'
al sleep Every person has seen more
or less Of it. Who is there, that cannot
tell Of some friend, relation, or hcqualhl'
ance, who at some period in his or her
life has been known TO rise from his or
her couch, while darkness hung her sable
mantle 'lwixt earth and heaven dress
themselves, go forth into the mldnIgm
air, walk about with the same precision
as though they had the clear sunlight OF
heaven to guide their footsteps, and al last
return to their place Of rest; and when the
morning dawned upon them, not be con-
cious Of having done aught 10 break the
stiffness of the night2 Few there are, IT
any, that cannot testify to some such fact
And, even natural somnambulists have
been known &c be 'clarvoyaut to such Il
degree, as 10 be able 20 see IN midnight
Darkness as though i. was The brightness
of noon -day--have executed the finest
Of needle work-comple,ed paintings and
drawings which had been commenced,
mixing paints and using the pencil and
brush, with the incest neutrality-suspicious.
ed instrumental music from books with
the utmost precson-wrltten essays-ar'
ranged and cast up accounts, and done
various other things that are recorded in
The books, tina. all have .ead or may read.
In view of these facts, who shall say that
this same state of clear,sig htedness, indie
pendent Of the natural eye, cannot be Undue
ed, BY human agency? Deny it ye who
Wilt is nevertheless true. Man has pow.
er of vision which thick darkness does
no, obstruct. Which sees not with the
natural eye, but by means Of that imma-
terial principle called mind. The method
of inducing a state in the human consIi-
tuition, favorable 10 the manifestation Of
this power, is known. 1t has become a
science. And as man has been pro-
nounced the noblest work ofihe Lord AL
mighty, and mind being the nobler part
of man, that which stamps the image or
type OF the Al-wise upon him; this Is the
nobIest of all sciences; it being the science
of the human mind and lis powers.-
Whoever opposes il, opposes truth. How
ever strong their armor and weapons oil
defense, they must G i've way TO lis mighty
power. The words 'humbug' and 'c0I-
lusiom', hoax fraud, deception cannot
longer stay the onward march OF its tri>
umphal car. The works of those who
oppose this science, will soon stand. as
does the work of the celebrated GOETHE,
against the Newtonian doctrine of light
and colors; monuments Of perverted gen.
ius.' lis progress has been somewhat re.
tarded by its opposars, as has been that OF
the other sciences in their infancy
Henceforh its progress is to be accellera-
ted. Ridicule, bigotry, superstition, will
flee before it. Goodness will welcome
it. Happiness will be increased by it,
Gray-bearded errors 1emoved-knowi-
edge extended--lhe world made wiser
and better. F.J.F.
Brandon, March, Goth lS45.