Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-14
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portions as strike us as likely to be interest ing to those of our readers who know lit tie of the peculiar views of the Spiritual ists.
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 27th, 1873.
 EDITOR ENQu1RER:-Havlngp plenty O leisure, will add another line to my note of the 18th ult.
 ''There is always greater safety on tht side of conservatism than radicalism, and see by your views, beautiful Old Litch field is still on the safe side.
 "You nave essayed some queries which have repeatedly made myself, and assuming you will at least be entertained by them, I will give you the benefit of the answers received Of these returning spirits, claiming to be, not dead, but more alive than ever, and still in oul midst, have asked questions like the fol lowing
 We omit the questions, since they can be readily inferred from the answers, some of which we give below:
 ANSWERS.
 "We are occupied in efforts to benefit and improve our own condition. and in work for the good of mortals. Mortals little realize how much they are indebted to the influence of their invisible friends for many of the thoughts and inventions they attribute to themselves. More ad- vanced spirits again are assisting those below them, and thus the chain from mor- tals continues indefinitely. Their desire is to bring better and happier growth to the world. Pastimes and enjoyments that grati6ed the physical, do not very largely belong to the spiritual. Music and vari- ous intellectual pleasures are more keenly relished than ever. They are mirthful, in more serious, solid way as they pro- gress.
 "We have not seen God, only as you see Him. * The idea that God is love we realize and appreciate more and more fully.
 ''We associate together in groups, but not so much so, near the earth plane, as after having become more advanced. Every mortal is attended by spirits, of their own kind, on the principle of like attracting like. There is no marrying here, acording to your laws, but the natural attraction between the sexes con- tinues, producing increased happiness, with special favorites, which may or may not be eternal. We cannot know that, any more than mortals can know the future.
 "We have neither days nor nights, time nor space,-unless it might be said to be always day. The light we have, it is per haps impossible to make you understand the nature of We can see your sun and moon and stars. yet they are not our light; possibly there is a spiritual sun corresponding to your sun, though we do not know, as there are so many things we have not learned the reasons for. We are told there is such sun, and when We become sufficiently etherealized we shall be able to discern it, for, you must under stand, the best of us are gross spirits com- pared with such as have progressed be- yond the earth spheres. As we grow more ethereal we produce more and more light of our own while on the lowest ma terial planes there are spirits dark enough to satisfy the sternest Catholic or Calvin ist. Fortunately, however, there is re- demption for these when they go to work in the right way for it, which settles the question of endless punishment. We are not conscious of taking any time to pass from one place to another, and seem to go one thousand miles as quickly as one mile. Our locomotion, for any thing we know to the contrary, seems to be accom- plished entirely by the agency of the will.
 "We do not by anymeans come into pos session of all knowledge at once. We have to dig for it the same as in earth life. If we wish special information, we have to go to special sources for it, as we formerly did; though we can become more and more inspirational, and learn and receive more and more easily. There probably are those interested in, and who could probably tell you about, the Hall Arctic expedition and why they do not we do not know. Possibly the class of spirits that accompanied the Expedition do not belong to the Reporters corps. Of our selves we know nothing about it. There are spirits that can go to other planets and make various and singular explora- tions, but they are the Livingstones. and Fremonts, and not the masses. As rule the leading tastes that were exhibited naturally on earth are not greatly changed. The natural inventor will be attracted to the inventor and that will be his heaven, and so on with all the endless variety of talent.
 'fWe can read your thoghts, but not at all times. When you are in the most pas sive condition, we can come nearest to you."
 In response to our query whether spir- it's can give information of which neither medium, questioner, or any one present with them,is cognizant, Mir Baldwin gives two cases One is where the spirit of a deceased wife of person not present gave names of people she had known at her former place of residence, who were not known to Mir. B., nor, he feels confident, to the medium, or anyone else in Milwau- kie. Our objection is, that MT. B. cannot know that the medium had not ascertain ed those names beforehand. He says further, however, that the husband of the deceased went afterwards to the medium, received further communications. and be came spiritualist. - -
 The second case was that of g com munication purporting to come from the