Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-01-07
WHOLE No. 228.
A Talk with n Deceased Friend.
THROUGH A cLAIRvoYANr.

The following minutes OF conversation
held with the spirit OF a departed friend, VIII,
left this mortal state ia June. ls49 is no
published as any evidence Of the truth OF Ii'
remarkable phenomena OF aleg I'd intercours,
with disembodied spirits. known ia our days
as Claryoyance. Mysterious K ,pplngs, &c.
The young man who was the medium %
communication in this Case, has been c0n
sciously cldirvoyant bat few weeks, and tht
'RappIngs, SO called, are also heard in his
presence, though he is 40 connection OF the
! Fox family. and has but the slightest ac-
quaintance with any of them. We think
none who know him would consider haud
on his part possible. though what delusipn,
halIucinauon, OF disbolIc influence he may
be subjected to, this Opponent saith not.
We happen To know of still another (am
lily 10 this city, having no connection with
the Foxes. in which the Mysterious Rap
pings are now heard, aud 40 Que can say
how many more there may b.. as 10 every in
stance the piofoundest secrecy is euJoined
and observed
The object of publishing the following
is simply to reiule the comnoo. assump,ion
that nothing is eUer communicated from The
spirit byhhese neic agencies that is ofMe
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said, are uniformly frivolous, useless aud un-
interesting. We should say thar so far as
we have observed, they are about as worthy
of regard as the questions TO which they are
replies will permit them To be. However.
here is specimen, copied verbatim from
notes hastily taken down as the words were
uttered by the alleged ciairvoyant The de-
ceased Mr.. c., who purports TO be the COM
nnipatnK fkrn.,.rh "A,
Of decided intelligence, energy, aud philan
thropy, and these responses are very like
his manner ofspeaking while on earth. Bur
10 the questions and answers:
Questionable. c., had The 1uman Race
a conscious existence before We came on
this earth!
Answer-Soul matter had an existence,
but not conscious existence.
Q.-Are there any spirits which exert an
evil or malignant influence on human actions
and conditions!
A.--Yes-but not because they desire to
do so but because Of their Inferior or gross
organization.
Q.--Are there any human spirits
which have passed from earth which are
not in a state Of progress or improvement!
A.-No: but same progress slowly, having
a very gross Organization to begIu with.
Q.-Do you know Edgar A. Poe, the Poet!
A.-Ges.
Gin what sphere is hel
Al have a different classification liom
others.
Question pressed,
Ale is IN what consider the thid |
society, second sphere.
NOTE.-ln responses made through Rap |
pings which purported to be from Zoe him
self, he is said TO be but ia the strth sphere. |
Q-Are there any spirits IN STATE OF
misery or pain, so as 10 feel their existence
d burdenl
A.-There are some who have mental suf- |
fering, because they did not improve or
misused their advantages while on earth.
Q.-Are there any so separated from then
friends as to cause them unhappIness-not
being allowed the sociery oil those they love
best!
All they might nowl have been asso-
cisted wlth those friends by improving their
advantages when on earth, then they are
unhappy.
Q.-Are there any who despair OF ever at
talning The cOIdiiIon of the blestl
A.-They may at times. buI not lastingly.
Q.-Does the state IN which Mr.. G. now
is seem more Immediately, paIpably under
he Divine Government than our condition?
Ats inhabitants see more clearly, as
hey have progressed further.
Q.-Are there any in that stale who disbe-
Ieve the existence Oi the DeItyt
A,-They do not bisbeIieve il, but some
10 not comprehend it.
Q-Then the Dety is not visible from
hat sphere!
Ale Is nowhere visible. We receive
Irom hIm, but do not see hun.
Q.--AIe the Apostles and founders of
Christianity visible To Mr.. c.!
A.-No: None who are IN a higher sphere
ne visible TO those in a lOwerr
Q.-Can those in lower
A-Yes.
Q.-Whe ClairyOyants suppose they see
Apostles &c. are they deceived OF 10 they
eally see as they suppose!
Albany OF them think they sec the
apostle Paul. or whoever else they wish To
with, when they really do not
q When a mother, who dearly loves her
oOd child, but who has lived UnwOrthIly,
oes to the spilit world, is she, or Is she not I
ernitted TO see her child before she has at
aimed his spherel
A She does not see him, bat receives
IMPRESSIONS rom nun.
Q.--Does he ee her?
.A.-Yes; he communicates TO her, and .
'atches over her.
Q.-Have former generations passed away, {
. mat they cannot be seen iIOm Mr.. C's I
resent sphere!
A.--Some have, anG some have not &
Q.-Could Mr.. T.. see Adam aud the an ,
lent Palrisrchsl
A.-No. I
@ lis this new ability on our part to COM \
luuIcale with the Spirit World a couse- a
uence OF any change or improvement IN
he Human Fsmilyl
A.-Yes: the Human Race have become i
lore refined aud susceptible TO impressions
-om the Spirit World than formerly.
Ii was here casually stated by some ole I
resent that Mr.. e. had stated. on former \
ccssion, that Idiots have no immortal exis- 4
snce. The present ouerist denuued to s
me and ask ed1 d,