New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-12
JUDGE EDMoNDs ON SPIRITUALISM..H
MEDIUMSHIP.

MEDIUMsHIP.
TO he EdstO, Of The N. Y Tyfssss
SIR: 1 shall devote this and TIE next paper TO
Mediumsbip and the Circles-the chief instrumental
ltss Of spiritual intercourse And remark
Frat , That the manifestation of the spirit power
seems to be generally connected With the living human
FORM say generally; because there to Do some
cases where the phenomena do not require or are not
connected solely with the person. Hsutted houses
are Of that kind So are Of insnimste objects
moving in the absence Of any person. And the brute
creation are sometimes affected. Tire devilA catering
the herd Of ssins, and Bsssms ass seeing the aoge
before his rider did, are instances Of this 50 an
Informed Of q Gaze, where fierce watchdog saw q
,pirit ct the same moment his master did, and fed
sffgbted And 10 the Seeress Of Prevorst" it il
laid: "a black terrier that was 10 the house
always aware of the pre,ence of the spirit and kept
howlDg 10 his master neither would be Lie alone at
night"
These however are exceptions TO the rule that the
living human form Is necessary to the Intercourse
Second; TIE existence Of the mediumistc power ia
the result Of physical rather than of mental moral
orRsnizstion.
What that peculiarly Of organism is, confess l do
not know. at one time thought the pc was con
have reen jet az srong in stupid stoid person.
IL Goes not depend upon age, nor upon SEX nor upon
color rot upon chm ate or locality nor upon conditions
for rich and poor, high and low educated and ignorant
mapied and single male and female, young and old,
VIII te and black, are alike developed as mediums.
And my marvel is that men of science, instead Of
acting like scared children, do not look into it like
men of serse and find out what it is that is thus
star gely affecting all classes. Sarely it may as well
he oicovered az many other things connected with
man. which were once as profound mysteries as this Is
Lee existence in our midst cannot be ignored any lon
ger nor will thinking PEG pie be much longer satisfied
sh general depuncisions Of its delusive or demoni-
acal nature Ard science ii TO mankind to meet
the question, not with seltcomplscent sneers-
The Atheist laugh . poor exchange
For society oGsndsd-
bot with careful jodicous investigation. In France,
meets with such sensible treatment. But among the
savans of America with the exception Of Prof. Hare
and Prof Mapes it is received the appearance Of
Genet was in the days Of my childhood among fright
eu,d boys, with anything but phiosopbc cauness.
7Rird: Mediumsbipis capable of being improved
by culture.
have known physical mediumship to begin with
faint and almost naudibe rsppngs, and end with loud,
clear ard distinct sounds 10 begin with sg at mo
ten Of table, and after while find itself AMID
riotous movement Of inanmste objects. have known
| the mental kind to begin with writcg mere "pot-
hooks and hangers" and unmesning characters, and
Ell long to write with and distinctnsss TO begin
With seirg a faint, shadowy form, and end with so
distinct vision Of the spirit a. to be able to identify
he person; TO begin WITH q confused perception of
.om.thipg TO be communicated and to the point
Of receiving thought clearly aud distinctly from THE
| unseen intelligence.
II seems to be like other of sttributss-lks our
| gower to read, write or CIPHER to paint or make
musc-belopgipg to us as part Of nature aud caps
| BILE of being made available by culture.
| found it 20 n my osn csse. The first signs Of me-
dumship in me came when was alone in my library,
| and in the form Of an impression on my mind. 1t
might be called imag naton, for it was very like the
process of building castles in the air. and yet it was
| different 1t was presenting to my consciousness an
actirg continuing scene, with lesson told by tbs to-
tally of the incidents The process, was novel to me-
and watched it with a good deal Of interest. DIS
covered that had nothing to do with it, but to be
passive recipient Of train of thought Impaired to me
from source outside of beyond myself that is the
theughts did not iginste in ny intelligence.
My next step wss to behold presented to my
vi.ion Ike moving panorama, and not merely msn
tai impression. seemed to see, though know did
not see with my usual orgsns of sight Aud it was
able that the inteh y,pce that dealing With
me- presented the picture more or less rapidly, as it
discovered had taken in its det Ais and after going
through with il thus deliberately presented it
TO me second time but more rapidly, evidently for
the purpose of so impressing it on my memory that
| could narIats it.
| Ny next step wss to individual spirit that Of
40 old friend who had been dead six or eight years.
was in my room at work not thinking of him, and sud-
denly saw hun sitting by my site, near enough for
me to touch him. / perceived that could exchange
thoughts with him. for, in answer to my question, he
told me why he had come.
Next / beheld spirit scenes, which was told were
the actual living realities Of the spin; world scsnes in
which individuals and numbers wero moving, setting,
thinking, IS we do in this life, and conveying to me
vivid idea Of life in the next stage of eIst'nce
During ell these steps Of progress, could converse
With the spirits whom saw as easily as could talk
with any living mortal and held discussions and AZ
| guDepts with them q have With mort,ls.
Ny daughter, who had long resisted the belief one
| day requested TO witness 9 manifestation, and
sought az interview with Der mother in order TO bring
ii about sdvantsgeousy The spirit came 10 me, aud
eonmuDed with Der for half an hour. We reasoned
together in life, discussed various Suggestions, and
concerted plan.
II will hardly do to say this Imagination in ms;
fer the plan thus concerted was saer lspss Of few