Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-01-24

Htt1Ns uhluff1g NuN llfAAAifNAH' W i''A'+"A
either self luminous or visible b. ordinary
light. Of these phenomena he gives
uu.nerOus instances. Ia one case,
small hand rose up from an opening 10
the di Ing table, and gave him a 4 ,wcr
It appeared and then disappeared three
times, at intervals, ailordlng Nr. crookcs
ample opportunity Of fnli-iving himself
Of It's reality, as it occurred in the ut,
in his oan room, wi lie he was holding
The medium hands and feet. The hard
and nugrrs do not always appear solid
aud lifi like, sometimes indeed seeming
liks "A nehu,Ops cloud, partly cou ieuscl
in the form Of hand. lie has more
thsn once seen HAT an object move, then
luminous cloud appear 10 form a'"ui
It, and, lastly, the cloud ccndcnse Into
shape and hrco'ne perfectly furntd
hand. At this itaye il was visible e. all
present. Something's il was li.' Ike an
graceful, and nugeis moving, and the
1esh apparently q, human as that of avs
person in the room. Az The arm or wrist
II hrcame haZy, sud pas ed oil into %
luminous c'oud. To the touch tine hand
appearel sometimes icy cold and dead. gt
other warm, graspug his own with The
firm pressure of au old friend lu one
instance lac retained one of these hands
iu his own, firmly resolved not 10 iri Il
escape. There was 10 struggle, no riili
10 wrt loose. but II gr1auilly seemed 20
resolve itself into Vlfor, aud faded 100
tlat manner from his gnsp.
The next or tenth class of phguunen'
.onpisrd those Of direct writing, rNAih-
i.rd sometimes ia dirkutsa, sOmciints iu
lirht, sometimes without any apparent
agency, at others through the medium Of
hand. The eleventh class embraces
the rarcst Phenomena, namely, those Of
phantom forms aud faces, which he wit
nessd iu very few instances only. The
twelfth class covers phenomena that
seem to point to the agency Of an exterior
I intelligence, other than that of the me.
dium or some person In tue room. Al
/ though She hypothesis has been suggested
/ that the me iium is the source Ui thi-
/ Intelligence, by those who think they sec
/ in this an explanation of many Of the
/ flcta, vet MIR. Crookes has reason 10 bee
4 lieve that in certain Instances, at lensl,
they result from the agency Of am outside
Intelligence, not hrlUnging 10 any human
being present. Under the thirteenth
head, Mr.. Crookes includes variety Of
miscellaneous occurrences of complex
character, not easily grouped under any
of the preceding divisions. TO which
however, he refers only briefly, rcseivi0g
the details for the volume which he Il
now preparing. lis then proceeds 3,
indicate the theories that have beet
brought forward to account for the pae
uoneDa observed.
The first theory, that the phcnomeu'
are all the results Of tricks, clever me
chanical arrangements, or iogerleuaiu
the mediums lmp0sicis, aud the rs. @
the company fOels--he considers iusdc
> quate to explain more than very smal
proportion Of the facts. He has throus h
, out given n truthful account of what "a
, himself observed, and has taken OccAsiui
: to prevent any cOlusiOu or trickuiy. II
furthermore states that although pa
fessioual exhibitors frequently stimulat
} many of tue phenomena referred To,
} usually requires sn apartmrut special
! prepared, the lights properly arranged
p and placed Ia q particular direction, Wit
g a variety OF machinery aud confederate
D In the most striking of thc cases o.
. toned hy him. hr experiments took llug
Z in his own house, ANA under cuCuu
j etauces precldding the possibility {
"A trickeiy.
e \ second theory Is that the persons ,
S a scdaies are the victims Of sort
c mania or delusion, ard imagine phenon
+ ena to occur which have no real OAJct
l. tive existence a thitd, that the who
Is the resuit OF conscious or uEcuus. .'pl
a cerebral action. These two theories VI
II CruuAcs considers incapable of emhm
IS ing more than a few Of the phenoneu
y aud dismisses them.
l. The spiritual theories are next pr
II scented that the phcnomerr are q
a rcsult of The action ui the s9'rt ,t 81
y mcuium, pcrllaIs IN association With q
-s spirits Of some or all OF the rcop
Ir present that they are the aCtious oil cy
le spirits or devils pers0niiyng whom
= what they please in order to uni.rmi
"a ChiisliaLily and ruin mems sOulsi
'- that they are the actions Of 'rpaG
l. order OF beings, living on the earth, az
is invisible, but occasionally able to mni
t. feet their presence. Another OF u
spiitua tlruIirs is that they ale II
rs aclion of departed human beings. TIL
is the spiritual theory per- tc1l'thi
rs Finally, Mr. Crookes clines 40 D
N "psNchic Force theoIy, which l.
Is necessary adjunct at The others rath
T. than theory of itself. Ac orliug
Is this, the medium Cor the circle Of poet
4e associated together as Il whole is su
i posed To possess a iorcc, power, iulluen'
Id virtue, or gilt. by means Of which int
e' ligent hcings are enabled to Produce 1
Of phenomena observed
he The view held by Mr.. Croolcs hims
is in regard to this sui ct be- proposes
We present in the volume 10 which rciercu
or has already been made. which will piul
OF hly make iis appcaraL &C. at AN early ti
oil and which will undoubtedly bee the 81
d. 90.