New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
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hidden sciences willie in the latter superficial dognas
were meretriciously obtruded upon public attention
with parade Of affected obscurty and dHaseHess OF
elocution made necessary by inaDity OF idess.
II could not therf fore have been expected that this
valuable lecture could during the present generation
have been got hold of by the pdblc in the ordinary
course; the profound discussion lsteDed to by this
Society, are in fact as well guarded from vulgar ap
preparation If they had place in the Smittoa;an
if that term can be applied to books which
kave been printed and put the shelves of the smith
sonisn Institute not for the of the present genera
toD bet Of future aDtquarans, like the subterranean
relics recently brouekt to light which have revealed TO
Us the possession Of knowledge by the Ancient Romans
Of which have trace in the classical writings
handed down 10 US. The reader will be disappointed
therefore be should look for any thing n this discourse
Of the popular science Of the present day-by which
that sort OF knowledge which is to be obtained
fou iinerant lecturers debates Of scientific eonven-
tO s conversations of historical societies and tie Ike
Tie school to which lecturer belongs has no al
fnity With the solemn nOthingnrss Of En- or the
more stnsuous taste Of the Historical Society of this
City, who indulge in little learned discussion as
mere profbat,n to the substantial repast ef the
outer man. which is to follow. But will not further
anticipate the lecture except to explain briefly the
subject -.
(sleep) and 'snosis') (knowledge) in combination
formkhrpn pnosis which therefore expresses the science
of nervous sleep and the aim Of the discourse seems
to be an illustration of the nature and proper culture
OF the faculty developed in that coIdt,En
We seem to be gifted with vision OF spiritual things IN
proportion perception OF earthly things Is impaired
Pehaps there is bothug unreasonable in this, as the soul
may be supposed more easily TO higher regions oy
being relieved Of gravtation-by which mean me apwn
ward tendency by Of earthly attractions H. there
fore Il mans health be destroyed by VICIOUS indulgence
we should upon this principle, expect to see nm glied
with clear view Of the unseen world. do not insist 40
tlaa of vic
mptica perception yet think when health has been lost
in the ordinary by fair honest means there IS es
ac1 this world and there tore less perception oi
the invisible. Tbus declining under the n
firmly of years who still looks with compacency on the
scenes around him. pleased with the .mrth OF children
and is interested in the mundane pursuits OF those VINO
are in the midst OF the business OF life So too me IN
valid whose strength has premaurey wasted under tne
blight of hereditary disease may reel strongly me e ~ "
earthly affection and while daily drawing nearer 10 me
final partipg with earthly associations when shai De
within brief period still has sympathy with those VINO
e in the vigor of health and braced up for more per-
IN, nj coarse and he may still retain the common sense
VIII ch ia the staple of the healthy and active Even be
the sig impressions in ordinary life and are racked
by extraordinary incidents, still has kindly ympahy-
is IN fact earthly in her affections though her hear may
be purified by divine grace
by unlawful practces-et ntempeTance and sensualty
set their seal upon the delicate and sensitive corporeai
structure and there transformation Ike hat Idoied 10
have been wrought by CIRcEs CUP
Kindred and friends and country are forgotten al eest
banhed from the mind as OF no accOunta suien h1li-
frsnce-an undiscrminatng seshness takes possession
of the SOUL Bat in its dark solarness there phOs-
phorescence Illuminating the upper air Jacko lanterns
are everywhere to be seen through the misty and mas
matte MISUNDERSTANDING appartions are revealed Dya
light reflected from the souls dark illumination reddish
suphurous Internal Even familiar faces the images OF
those who have gone before 10 the spirit world however
mild may have been their characters On earth have
Tarterean aspect
If with such preparatory discipline there should now DC
superadded strong religious Impressions we may expect
deyelopmen whlCh in the dark ages would have made
high oroer of santshp Ii may be the seli-immoaon OF
Ienat,us Loyoo, sunder all humaDies as SINFUL and
bringing all natural emotions and desires INTO suoecnon 70
desposm of the will and that viii directed by fsbced
revelation Heaven, which, fact Is the reflection OF
the imagery created by his la.ess and dark imagna
top Or If the change early IN life perhaps there may
be ELECTED the sanctfed rgidiy of Augast'n-sernly or
thodox relentless to doctrna error ready to devote to
eternal condemnation the entire human race except cho
sen few.
These are some of the phases of spirtuaism in highly
gifted minds Upon lesser scale the same result is
sometimes in the fierce tumutuary preachers tha
deal largely in the tOrnents of hell.
But the distinctive sprituasm oil the present DAY Is
somew hat different from them.
Those who are endowed with spiritual vision seem to
be enlightened beyond their predecessors; so highly g
ed are they that they have need Of what has been here
ofore revealed. The Bible itself they think was only IN
tended help when the human mind was comparatively
rude but in the present state of knowledge aud
intellectual power is of further The teachings OF
Christ although great advance upon what had been be-
fore revealed deemed by them inadequate to the ex
The explan alton of this new development which pro-
pose to give WILL trust be ranked among those dlscoye
res in science which make epOchs in history Hereafter
the pursuit of spiritual illumination Will DC as pian anu
the copre of easy the elementary studies
of the common schools In the first place, to make the
demonstration more clear premise that the medium OF
communication is the organism, the nature and
true Office of which has not till recently been understood
The principle hined at considerable time since bya
disDgui he'd anaoms Of the physical system connected
with the mind. The principle, he says, (Which has
put upon visions Of things is OF corporea
nature The spinal marrow being nothing else but con-
tinustion of the brain, must create free communication
between the superior faculties and those below and thus
the thorn in the fesh for spur the spirit Moth
3" ing affects the head much tenginous himor re-
"peed and elated TO the upper regions which found
Frequently to Im into madness.
The nervous system has been late discovery of anat
omists The diseases Of that system which are now ad-
nted be the formidable that physicians have to
formerly regarded mere freaks OF fancy
old maidsh whims designated by the expressive term
"hypo." This term might mention in passing is deriv-
cd from hypochondra which expresses that part OF the
abdominal system lying under the short ribs having REFER
ence particularly to the spleen which having known OF.
fee and therefore being supposed to have nothing to do
naturally considered the seat Of vaporish fancy and
with this accods the general observation that ndolent
person is visionary, purposeless occupied with thoughts
that by their vagueness magned into seeming conse'
quonee but in reality signifyDg nothing On the other
hand the developments of the mind through peternatur
nervous action were by strange Inconsistency looked
upon traits of genius if religious element was in
teImnged there undoubted claim to divine uumi-
nation. But in the second place observe that this part
of the system was, until lie present time, comparatively
latent.
The muscular and robust bodies Of ancestors hard
eDed by exercise and exposure had but little OF the sem
sibiy which belongs to the refined bodily organic
of the present day. Nor the ncessant stir of the mind,
the habusl excitement in which live corresponding
with the railroad speed of travellers and the
know ledge by the telegraph have, Is il were brought
about exterior development of the nerves. higher
degree of sensblty is spread the whole superces
| of The BODY and susceptibility formerly unknown
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