New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-03
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Duyis.s Revelations.

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Th;s oo'.u,, v,loue does not appear unannounced
..,....oc,.d Notices OF its preparation have
=, -. c,-,b from time 10 time within the last
-, ,,ootbs 10 excite curious interest or
-, ,-.;sdice according 70 the tendencies OF in
,.-,Ir.i mind, Indeed, 10 American book has
-, ,.,ili.bed within our knowledge which has
received 40 much preliminary attention as this
certainly none which presents itself with such SIN
golar claims. or which could well be the occasion
ofsuch extreme differences Of opinion to its char
se,er and value. We shall accordingly devote
some space 10 an impartial account Of is contents
without taking either side in regard 70 them cav
ns our readers to Judge wholly for themselves from
the facts Of the book
TIE work is introduced by an account Of the
Calrvoysnt, and Of the manner in which it has been
composed from The pen OF Mr. w II. Fishbough, the
amonuensis Of Mr.. Dayiss lectures In this we are
Informed that the Clairyoyant is person OF nearly
twenty one years Of age that his education is lin
tied t. an imperfect knowledge Of the simplest
branches taught ia common schools that up 70 the
Autumn OF g. when ne was first nagnetzed, he
had worked as a shoemaker, and had read none but
the simplest juvenile books, none from which he
could in the least have become acquainted with the
nature o. history II the religious scientific or phi
losophcal theories which have been current and au
thortatlve among men, though indeed one Of the wit
nesses sddu cd seems somewhat 70 contradict this
statement. Rev. n r.. Bartlett Of Chicago former
y a settled minister at Poughkeepsie, where Davis
resided says that "he possessed nquiring mind.
III. Of raif
works which he always preferred, whenever he
could borrow them and obtain leisure for their pc
russl Hence he was indebted TO his individual ex
ertons for some creditabe advances which he made
10 kno~ledge. He became good thinker" &C.
THIS Mir. Davis explains, as we learn, by saying
that at the time Of the MHlerte excitement there
was good deal Of talk on that subject IN the shop
where he worked and that he borrowed one or two
books Of Mr. Bartlett for another man, but did not
read them himself To the veracty, honesty and
general good character Of the Clairvoy ant all par
ties abundanty testify. The Introduction goes on
% say that when first magnetizcd he evlnced re
markabe powers Of cairvoyancc be soon refused
20 be put into the mesmerIc state for the gratifca
ton Of mere curiosity. and informed his mesmerlzer
that the proper use OF his carvoyant faculties was
the relief of disease To this they were subse-
q1ently devoted
In the Spring OF s4+ Davis fell into strange
abnormal state without the assistance of any ma
nipulator which lasted some two days He was
insensible to things without, but possessed an IN
creased command of his bodily energies 50 as to
ira el q long distance without apparent fatigue
During these two days he received interior Intima
tons of a general character, to his future mis-
sion in the world. For the present, however he
continued to devote himself TO aiding the dis
eased employ ing in lbs prescriptions medical ana
tomical aud physiological terms, OF which, IN his
normal state, be was wholly ignorant. In the
winter Of 1915 he net DR.. s 5. Lyon, at Bridge
port CT and soon after being in mesmeric trance,
spontaneously selected him as his magnetzer in
the delivery of this book which he had been in
wardly nioined to prepare for The two removed
to New York in August ls45, to obtain beforehand
such medical practice as should secure support
during it's composition In November of that year
Mr. Fishbough the writer was summoned by
letter from Dr. l.. in obedience to the directions OF
the Clairvoyant to write down and prepare for the
press the lectures which were about to commence.
Mr. Davis also chose three witnesses to be present
as far as possible at ms discusses that they might
testify to the world as TO the manner in which they
were given. Many other witnesses have also been
present at different times during their delivery and
we believe that, with one or two exceptions all
agree that the speaker was uniformly IN high
state of magnetic exaltation. While IN this state
iii affirmed that he received the various doctrines,
ideas and Illustrations from some source to which
IN his ordinary condition, he could not have had &C
cess and all persons who can show that he owes
the scientific and other peculiar knowledge, or the
remarkable views that are set forth in these pages
10 anv other than such source, are challenged to
do so by facts which shall be good evidence and
not by the putting forth preudices and notions Of
their own. The process by which the lectures have
been produced is thus described in the Introduction
Ia the fret place the msgne,lzer and magneuzce are
ssatad in easy positions facing other The ordinary
then performed from three to hve min
ut-s being required for the completion OF the process
sudden CONFUSION of the muscles such rs Is produced
by an electric shock indicates that the subject IS duly
msenetizrd imme dssely after which his eyes are ban
dased 10 protect them from the light. lie then remains
speeehless Cor four or hye minutes and motion
less with the exception of occasional sudden cOnVu
son of this muscles One OF these convulsions at eneh
brings him to state of external consciousness and gives
him perfect command over the muscles OF the System
and the ORGANS of speech lie mex assumes position
inclined either TO the right OF to the ie snd becomes
cold rigd motionless, aud insensible to all externs
thnge The pulsNtlons Otcomo lccOiof tuo ViS"u"t
apparently almost suspended. and all The senses are
closed entirely to the external world. This condition
according 20 his explanation corresponds almost
precisely to physical deah. The faint vital forces sui
remaining In his system. only sustained sympsthet
cy by presence OF the msgnetzcr whose stem
by an ethereal medium blended and united with bis own
II while he 10 In this condition the magnetzer should by
any means lose conncxion with him the vital move
OF the body would cease, and the spirit would oe
Incapable of retnterng IT, as he himself mas informed
In this respect be is different from any person we
have ever seen while under the magnetic influence -
His mind l. entirely freed from the sphere OF tue
body and const quen,y, from all preconeeivcd ideas
from all theological isms aud from al Influences OF ecu
aud local circumstances and all his impressions
received from the inferior spiritual world HIS
perceptions, conceptions aud reasoning powers, are
nov immessursbly expanded Ills spiritual sight, freed
from its material ObstructOus extends 10 worlds
and systems innumerabe and he feels he has al.
most ceased To DO n member Of tho human family on
earth, and Is member only OF that great Family OF
tehgept beings which inhsoit universal spsce
he associates snary with the inhabitants of the sir
itworlo and the diversified knowledge cultivated BY
them Is rendered accessible TO his mind. Thus
exalted he gives forth bis impressions OF truth as II &C
tually sppeSrs him with0utrei 10 any of the
beliefs PHILOSOPHERS theories or seosrisn Preiaoiees
that exist ia the world
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