New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY JANUARY g. 1853

fset ho~ trey Be accounted Tor exeet upon the
Spiritual hypothesi Before considering this question,
Tie lecturer noticed ansla ous events previous TO
these manifestations lie n l,r an inccr, Of the opera
nens Of seipeDtchsTner in the East Indies. who sp-
prosened pie OF rubbish, IN which sreVenonoas ser
p,nt irrtttng The serpen, hiss and with nervous work
ings CT the ieatures and limb which become excited and
vtfepf Until serpent after serpent forth from the
hep moved toward the chsrrner aud he piScei them
in his basket he could rrncer them as rii as stick
or ca Pillar. as cord. Females succeed in relieving
certain bodily diseases and have discovered stolen
property and detected the thieves by throwing taen
selycs INTO 1crrczs An instance of this near
perares, England, rels:ei wOadnous power
over the nervous influence Of others AMI over material
objects in the Tndisn devotees, who raise
or piece Of money from the ground without touch.
ing II. The object lying between them they ap-
pTosch each other fingipg enchsnted circles, and
reciiing msntrss when both By an lnvnciole and ire
sis,ste force are repeled Ih; Is repsafed The swes,
pouring from them and the blood gushing from their
months until OF them gets pos OF the article
Sometimes one Of TIE cOmbe'snts Is thrown violently
upon TIE ground BY the nervous power OF INC oae ana
taken up srea:hless. He hes tor days, a. weakened
by siokress Bramin in order TO discover which of
number Of servants hsd stolen pair OF spectacies,
placed the servants IN on one side OF me roou
and stationed himself in tic center of the roo facing
them with brazen vessel the floor in front OF him.
over which he mu,tered To the establishment OF all
who witnessed r. the vessel moved witnoas Vtiole
agent and wen, Song the door TO one OF tie servants
That confessed the CRIME anu ptvtuccu inc
srectHclss Cotton Msfbers memorable Providences,
relating 20 wi:chcraf in 1885 that rappings were
thep heard also, audible scraichngs on oedsteads,
drumming on boards; and voice was heard, saying,
we knock no ulore-we knock no more" frying
PAL rang so loud that people heard the sound hundred
yards Distant elaitering of chairs snd stools was
heard in the al Joining The afflicted persons
(mediuns) said that they speetres when tier eyes
were shut well as when they were open Stones were
feen, and ielt TO strike persons, when no stone was
found and no mark OF the blow was left Objects moved
violently il impeed by invisible power, were wit
messed.
Pn,srch saws Sod uses the prophetic maiden the
sun does the moon-,o reflect from her his though
The enthusiasm called the divine instinct, in her, &c
from two sources-trom bodily affection aud nom The
minds nature. ApioR declared that he himself had
called up depravsd spirits 10 order inquire Of Homer
of what ancestors and OF what country nc was born
while nevertheless be did not dare 10 pabhsh what he
had rppei From the comparison OF these, and thou
sand other similar fscts, with the "rappinss aud
spiritual manifestations, may ably ner that
tiey are from the same analogous sources. In Som
nsmbulsm and In the mesmerie state II IL beyond All
contradiction that come person can "see 80 70 ex
press with the eyes closely bantagel-oven seeing
all that oocurs in other roousthe solid walls oeng no
hindrsnce 70 their vision la this excited, unnatural
state the mind seems often TO get glimpse OF the u
tlrc IL il the same sometimes In dreams. The speak
er referred 20 Abercrombes work on the Intellectual
Powers to show Of the ioreteng OF events IN
dresms III insanity, persons are ohen very eloquent
Everything appeared easy me, said one thus AZ
liCed Instances OF spectral Illusions OF prophctlc
character spoken OF In one instance In Scotland
the congregation had assembled in the church, when
man In the audience started up uttered scream and
locking at the pupith- oountenance indicative Of ter
ror-said 'Do YOU not see the minister In the pulpit
dressed in shroudi' few moments aieerward the
clergyman aud conducted the services IN his usual
health apparently. Before the next Saooai however,
he IN his grave.
There Is nothing new under the sun" From that
repiC Of human manure which lies beyond the vision OF
the eve tst region which seems To border upon me
op1i IN he
that region which lies between mind aud bJdy-or
rather that in which both seem to hnd ind Latte oou'
daries-that region IN which the forces OF NE ana da
enter in 10 close conict-come many phenDn ma wacn
cur philosophy cannot account lor even u dreams
The, but confirm the conviction which every thinker
comes 70 after being few years IN this strange ana
vondrous uEyec-thst all real forces are invisible aud
impalpable The force that controls muscles s lnvl
be the force that shvers the oak into fragments Is un
seen All real power Is unseen There u something
divine in Nature" That Il strange power by winch
the deadly serpent IL made forth from ts hiding
plsce ana yield its head to be bruised by the charmer
that an unaccountab- power which enables tho en-
rHuced 10 ioresee events IN the future. VINO VIII not
wonder why the insane read without eyes, and see
through solid walls without hindrance, Who viii noe
query with Csto why it is that an Insane mon should
know more Of futuIity than sane onef that the
crazy girl Cas- sandra should. be inspired whom the
venerable and wise King Pnam YVES not Who
win nos equally wonder that the age In which we
10 hold converse with the spirits OF our departed
friends and with angels In which the former are 10 De-
the paths OF success OF holiness and happiness'-
about TO be ushered In by sickly girls and halt wed
men--as meet OF the mediums sre lt Is unieniablo
that almost every medium Is either IN Ill health or OF
mind below medlocriy. There are but few exceptions
Plusrch said about similar phenomena In his tunes
thoy are to be accounted for from bodily Affection and
the mind nature spirtualst writing another per
son concerning his mediums said, The medium Julia
fully recovered her health spparenty, 0ut never ac-
CURED the susceptibility she had lost Sto became again
oceasionally a medium; bur no dependence could 90
h. h.tr a,,anW Va. ROM
what he had said at the commencement. of his lecture
that the points Of the cycie the revolutions OF
humanity the phenomena appear. 10 Il gratifying
10 tInce connection with the esaions oil thcse
phenomena the evidences that he world does move,
and for the better These phenohenn IN former
timer attributed 10 dealing with the devil, or TO
wtohcraft-or which crime In l5o, i've hundred per-
burned and otherwise executed M GeneVa
One thou and persons put 20 death In ths diocese
of Como in one year. Not less than l0OOOO victims
have perished ia few years. Tor this sJcaili crime IN
Germany. Ia England, net less thsn JoOoO la 1917,
- peraons were executed in Salem, and vicinity No
wonder tis last puzzled the Indians and that
they thought ancestors either nferer In intellect or
superior CRIME 10 the French coonsts In the vicinity
aInong whom they observed the GIeat Spirt sent no
witches.
Spuituahsts and their revelations. tie also touches
upon the theory of the spheres IN aud around the
Earth which Is said TO pass his existence pre-
psrstoTy 90 entering into Heaven. The Earth u the
hrst from this passes by death 10 the second which
10 above the atmosphere, niSnl Oi sly niucr' n'
third still above occupies about forty miles IN hzht;
the fourth vet further Oh occupying space much
larger and in geomerical RATIO until you come To
the seyenth sphere whence are all eventually to pass
by Kind of sect nd death into Heaven In these differ
ent spheres dwell the prits Of the departed studying
the alphabet need tc learning arithmetic and 80 on,
up 10 fsxons they have not studied these On Earth.
They have their pet dogs aud birds with them They
are all clothed upon Earth neh according 70 taste
One sIperna theo.ogian tells that many OF the e-
males wear plain robe confined at the waist ~ grde
large portion OF them wear their hair IN flowing
~ glets Men drees their tate inclnes some IN
Oriental style SHh tgrbsn and Persian trowsers Others
in ,he able ATTIRE Of the day Most Of them wear
all OF the bsaIc They but wish for dress and hsye H.
They are taller shorter than wncn on Earth az they
may choose to be. They cannot well see through prague
bodier az wslr, beneath the Esrths surface nor
can they pas through soii substances, a small
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