Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-11-26

IN SO 0Soe OF November 9th, lbo Nt
ligio Philosophical Journal, spirituslisli
organ published IN Chicago. prints por
trait of the above lady, together with q
|s' tlcle giving in some detail . recital o.
her reported powers - . spiritual ans
psychological medium. Mrs. Mounts Is
resident Of Boxeman. where she has hvei
for . number of years. and where hel
manifestation" have created NO littl,
sensation on more occasions than one.-
The Journal says:
"One of the latest manifestations BY OF
through Mrs. Mounts was the reproduc
tton Of herself to the clairvoyant view OF
Mrs. Weeks, Of this city. This was done
IL the fulflluent of promise made to a
friend, and to confirm psyt biological view
Of her own, which was controvertesl by
the Friend IN question. She insisted tha,
the embodied spirit, under favorable con-
d'tions, could present q perfectly clear and
accurate representation of its material
body to the spiritual sight of another At
any distance. When you 60 East she
said, Il will demonstrate to your satisfac-
tion that this is among the psychological
possibilities The Investigator soon after
wards was In this city, and had sitting
with Mrs Weeks Mrs. Mounts was then
over thousand miles away, lin Bozcman,
Montana Territory. } and Mrs. Weeks had
never seen her or heard of her personal
appearance; and Mrs. Mounts then did,
assisted by her control, present so perfect
= psychological impression of herself to
Mrs Weeks. that Mrs. W. gave . minute
and exactly correct description of her per.
sonal app, arance to the investigator, con
Guiding her description by saying, 1t is
the spirit Of an acquaintance of yours still
in Garth life. and she says she reproduces
herself here Us special tst for you.'
THE value of this manifestation 70 the
philosophic inquirer 10 not trifling de
monstrsting, as it does, that spiritual
power may. and do.s, triumph over many
ssble barriers. It sls8 wisely considered,
teaches the investigator the important
impressed by the invis,bles-
that no message purportIng to come from
the spirit spheres should be rec. ivcd IS
genuing unless it receive the Enforcement
Of has own imprcesions-unless the voice
Df endorsement reaches him from his own
indwelling spirit. If embodied spirits
have the power to manifest 90 wonderful.
y, may they not, in their present elemeu.
fary or unprogressed condition, shrong to
and clog the mediumistic channels against
higher intelligences, whom they deceiv.
I"gly personate! May not = considerable
per centage of our spirit messages come
from embodied spirits, not considering the
still greater percentage which undoubted-
y come from sources equally earthly, or
from disembodieJ intelligences which have
not yet risen above the earth planet II is
unpleasant, at first thought, to contem.
plate these innumerable possibilities Of
but we become reflection. for
hey are altogether consistent with the
general spiritralis1ic theory. Do they rot
confirm the law Of gradual development,
Of eternal progression! Could we reason-
sbly believe in the sufllciency of the
spiritual faculties for the ex,gencies Of i'm
mortal life, if We belieYed that they were
entirely dormant while imprisoned In the
mortal bodyi 10 not the conclusion inev-
liable, that If intelligence Is individuslized
and prepared In earth life for immortality.
It must be able to manifest, to greater or
less degree, its spiritual powers while still
by material limitationsl
''This Is not the only well sttested In
stance of Mrs. Mounts's extraordinary
power In throwing the Psychological In
fluence - On indefinite distance, From
her home, away up In Montana, she gave
= test to . doubling skep;ic in Western
Illinois, which resulted in his conversion
from orthodox error to sublime spiritual
truth. While he was trayeling she visited
him in spirit and inspected his valiss, re-
porting TO him In detail every article Il
contained, even repeating the words on Z
small bottle of medicinel
.'She has convinced others. hundreds Of
miles distant, by curing them of stubborn