The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-31
SPIRITUALISM.
THE EXPERIENCE OF A MEDIUM
-lNTElLlGENT SPIRITS
DECLARE KATIE KING
AN IMPOSTOR.
THEY DENY THE IMP0sSIBILITY
OF "MATEKIALIZATl

4 correspondent uf The New York
Times o. Philadelphia sends to that paper
the following account OF q recent seance
The principal parties presen: were
German scientist. once rank believer In
natefialism, but now an enthusiastic fol.
lower OF hattie King, aud the medium
| a gentleman who q name. were / permit
ted TO give II, would DO recognized py
hundreds Of persons in Philadelphia beet
| society. can only say that he Ia gem
Ileman OF literary pursuit, q member of
one oi the leading professions, wealthy
enough 10 have no pecuniary interest In
| Spirituzlism. aud, above all, q thorough
| going scept'c 10 regard 10 the whole mall
Ter. "a less hopeful subject tor deiusion
would be hard TO fad, yet it seems that
he spirit of lady, cultured, refined,
| aud estimablc lady wbom he knew IN
early life, but who died years ago. has
elected him Ms the medium of her commu-
| oicstions with mortals, and uses him as
| such whenever she lists His arm, in
fluenced by anolhrr power than his will no
ue declares, ia made TO seize n pen, din II
ia INK, and wrIts-he being unaware
Of what is whiten until he sees
It on the paper lie IS very ordl-
dary player ON me piano, but this spirlI
can aud does use MS his fingers to perform
ga n way winch thoss VINO have heard It
pronounce perfeolly wunderful--eyvn I'M
rrovising the music. There are many
uther singular things which he 10 caused
% do, ana yet he does not believe that the
influence Is that of q disemb bodied spirit,
preIer.lng 10 think that II lie due 10 un.
conscious action OF his own brain. lie
tonverses with the Influence, using his
natural voice, and receives Intelligent an-
swers, always in writing Tho other day
Le proposed a crucial test. said he
Nv men you can cause my hand TO write a
language which do not understand, but
which some other person can translate
into Ineligible Engnsn. then l will be-
iieve that you are what you profess to be
Il disembodied intelligence" The reply
was, Wait ] canno. do SO now. but
will by-Gnd-by."
The gathering alluded TO was at
the house Of the German scientist,
and was held in the full glare of The
gas light. the spirit, pooh.poohing dark
nes., Joined hsnds, circles, and all other
mystic business. On the part OF the
earthly members the conversation WA in
spoken Englishi on the part Of the spirit
in writing ne below. i omit most OF the
sp'ken. parts of the colloquy, as / have
no perfect record Of is, and AS the written
diclum explains Itself. / have made no
change in 1t. Whatever, except to omit
names even the underscoring 10 jast "a i.
stands IN tho original.
My hrst ship contains the spirits an
swer 10 lady who on former occasion
was perplexed by number OF contracic-
tory messages coming through her own
hand and M In no g l..
versstiOn this evening asked: How
shall | distinguish between the truo and
the false - Tho spirit answered: "Ba
able 70 know the difference between what
comes into your mind through the nstur.
al process OF association anc what 10 aug.
g3stcd by outside influences. If YOU
merely remain passive, you will be per-
potually deceived in the messages you re.
ceiye, and your Investigations will end In
mere disbelief. The way ia which mes.
ssges are communicated Is simply this
We suggest into your mind that which
We desire you O. write but tho nervous |
influence which occasions muscular action |
comes from you alone. You resign par!l. !
ally your control Of the nerves, but do so |
only partially and you will before long be |
conscious that everything you write Is in
your mlnd before it ia written. This, as
have often had occasion 10 remark. Is |
prerequisite 10 Ineligible writing"
But, said the other. how do you know
what was In my mind at that timeY
'Becsuse ] am aware of your mental /
condition now, and know how little you
are able as yet 10 Distinguish between the
thought proper to yourself and that sug-
gested. The spirit said further We (the
spirits have an influence, but IL would
not suffice OF itself TO direct tho complex
action OF the muscles necessary TO write.
We ara abe, under certain conditions, 10
control and direct Physical forces, so AZ TO
produce manifestations physically; but We
chiefly affect spirits.' OF fac-sImies of
handwriting e' given by some me iiums,
sne said In tue great number OF GASES
you VIII Ind the statements in regard TO
iao'similes writing TO ba exaggerated and
untrue but there may be instances where
IN ihe spirits may OBTAIN such thorough
ana complete control Of the organism Of
mo medium, that they become for tho
time oe'pg the soul of that body. Such
writing is doue usually, If not always, IN
tne trance state IL can only DO accom-.
Phshed when tho mind Of the medium is
greatly weakened. and 1t must always
spirit
Then tho scientist turned the conyeria.