The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-15

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What b ClasRv0yaoee.
| LEAvExwoRTH, KS, Dec 8, 1870.
70 As Eslor Of As Les~~rsvfA naes:
Judging from your notice Of the article in
the December number Of Hupr. "whal
Miss Darlington Saw, that you are disposed
to look upon the subject in liberal light, il
has occurred to me that, perhaps, you will
publish few thoughts that may throw some
light on the matter to those Of your readers
who do not believe il po&ible that Mis- Oar
rington could have seen her lover after the
change called death, but are willing to weigh
any evidence Of such = possibility, when it
Is presented.
! lpsopose simply u condense . elear and
logical statement Of . paper by Mr.. X, II.
Brown, published in London magazine, on
the relations OF Clairvoyznce to the Facts of
| Spiritualism. ''What l. Clairvoyancey' Its
phenomena may be briefly described. Per-
sons thrown into the somnambulic trance by
animal magnetism, through the agency Of an
operator, or falling into the same state vol
UNFAIRLY, have been known to see without the
aid Of the physical or external organs Of
vision, and without the assistance OF light.
Books are read as we'll in darkness ~ in
the full glare Of MONDAY. Many objects and
scenes, at great distances, far beyond the
reach of the external organs Of vision, are
seen and described. The clear sight of
/ the Clairvoyant mind not only pene-
1 thro,ruh tn, ..,J
dense substances but al.o secs
the thoughts that bud and blossom in the
inmost reCss~es Of the soul
This is Clairvoyance. Now let me ask
what il Is that sees withou, the physical eyes,
and without the assistance Of light,
II Is evident that neither the optic nerves
nor the crystalline lens are employed by
tho~e who read book in total darkness.
Herein lies the golden key which will unlock
many mysteries. What is il that secs when
the natural or external eye together with the
light, are the mediums Of pcrCepsi"n? II is
evident that the mere fluid called light cannot
SEE, neither can the lens or humors oi the
eye, nor the optic nerve, nor u combination
OF these, for light and visual organs are only
the media by which perception Is conveyed
10 the mysterious something which lies hid
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three things are employe,l-the object, the
eye, and the light, which serves NJ the con-
Meeting link or medium of contact hetwecn
the eve and another object
Ii is the immortal -oul which stands be-
hind the curtain. and gazes on the shifting
panorama.
Let thesoul be ai-ent and sight CEASES,
though the organ be perfect. II becomes but
a common camera ob-cura-the mere ar
rangement of facts for the production OF a
picture. The picture is perfect, but there is
no spectator. When person falls into a
state Of profound abstraction, the eyes,
though open, often cease TO convey the idea
Of sight TO the soul.
This Is because the attention of the specta-
tor behind the curtain il turned in another
direction, he does not regard the panorama
which moves along the darkene,l curtain OF
the eye.
The moment that sight il proved To exist
without the rise Of either light, sensation or
any Of the physical and material organs OF
vision, the most satisfactory proof of the
existence Of the soul, separate from the body,
residing within 1t, generally employing its
organs for the reception Of ideas, but at
times acting independently Of them, and oh
tanning information without their aid, is
shown.
The second proposition, which lies AT the
basis Of the new philosophy, il the existence
Of spiritual b.ly, Interesting and Permea-
ting the physical, material, or natural body.
The naturalist Is enabled from a fragment Of
the skeleton Of an extinct antediluvial ami
NAL a. reconstruct the whole and draw the
portrait of creature which existed before
the food. Let Us apply this method to the
subject under consideration: The clairvoy-
ant mind sees without the aid Of the light or
the physical eve. The soul does not leave
the body to place itself in direct contact with
the object seen. Therefore the mind must
have some medium of sight The medium
Of perception is neither light nor the optic
nerve. What then Is it, II is not the ode
force simply; for their must be some means
whereby the character OF the impression
conveyed by the odic force u determined
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. agency whereby
the impression Of sight is made distinguish
able from that of hearing, or the impression
made by an abstract idea. II is the peculiar
function of an organ to individualize and
characterize the nature Of an impression re-
ceived.
As prism separates and individnalizes
u
sunlight, 50 the serves separate and individ-
ualize the combined impressions which an
object makes upon the physical organism,
and present them in an orderly and defined
spectrum to the mind. II the mind sees
without the aid Of light, or the assistance Of
| the optic nerve, il must have some other
medium by which the impression Of sight
can he individualized and presented -e,a-
rate and distinct from all other impressions !;
or in other words, there must be a
spiritual organ Of sight, distinct and separate
from the physical organ Of sight. II there is
a spiritual organ Of sight, there must also
he spiritual organ for the NATURALIZATION
If all the other impressions. In nature each
part is adapted To all the other parts, anil The
existence Of one part Pre'nPpo-es the exist
ence Of all the other parts.
II there is spiritual organ 1T sight,
| there must also bes complete spiritual or
ganization or body, interf,lse,i with and
Peernca,ing the physical b,dy, nj
ture, Four wise and powerful mother,
forc-adaPts everything for the conditions
| amid which she intends it shall live.
How shall We escape the conclusion, that
by adapting the soul To another state Of
being and endowing il for that purpose with
the power Ia exist, act, think, see and hear,
without the aid Of the body, andseparaiei from
it, nature has given her solemn and sacred
g,iaraiee that We shall live hereafter? To
arrive ut any other conclusion, is to charge
nature with the Weakness Of creating that
which il useless, and God with the folly Of
adapting man Ia sphere OF existence which
he does intend him to enjoy. All the argu-
ments which have ever been made against
th,. imrnorfalitv at the snul ar., b,au,l n,,n