, 1877-03-14
"WHAT IS MIND 2n
10 ma Editor ar TAs TrfbuNs.

Accepting this, that II fmindl is coexhten,
With, or has lts seat IN, some element or cIcmea
u unfycrsal distribution, through! which, as
through tug avenues OF tile h,lmnn body, It. can
VIC may casIly explain many Of Tho grflilno p!c-
1.ornc.ia OF spfrtua1ism, hlos1nersshi, Clafrvoy-
anGe, and all tho other occult scicnccs."
The above Is from a communication from !" L.
a. 81 I'll last Saturday TRIBUNE. tnkn issue,
L. a: t." presutnes to explain, HI short, stls-
itunl pllenolnena upon d law applicable Only to
material phenomena, and announces IFS ttccIston
In tho negative: that tho spiritual fact does nut
Would 1t not he moro reasonable to accept tho
fhcts sqltaroly, and hclIavo our cars and our
eyes, aud the communications Of 8ptrituaism,-.
for, In te ease Of tie celebrated Fox girls, In
proelaitnoi TINT they were spirits, and That ono
OF said spirits had boen murdered, and his body
would bc found under tic house, buried very,
deep under tho ground; which proved to DO tho
case upon digging down, tho required dalautoa
in the plaee Indicated.
4 theory tnust have sonie facts 10 rcst upon,
and only the blgot refuses to accept any faEt
that co1ncs In contact with his precoi,ccIvcd antlI
upon tho facta revealed to him bY elalryoy-(
unre and make bold to soy that he in no pas-
ttcular contradtcts history Or seientIho fuct, to
eataolish It. For, itatcad Of gaoblfng nbout
n-arn! With that greatest Ut tho aactcnf
Apostles, Paul. who asserts that there IA q
spiritual body, and Il terrestrial body, aud TINT
tlIc glnFy. IT tho for,ncr exceeds tho glory Of
The Christian should aklp tho fifteenth chapter
Of l. Corinthians wlIGtl they mnku up Their
chnrgea against the spiritual theory as being tn
contradiction 10 tlu Bible. But III. A. s." OK.
cussfosl, and 30 need pursue tlits plan Of ar-
h?is The s!ass @ of thinkers, however, to which
" ~. 4; s." po.sjbly belongs, Or would belonr L
tic theory tln.t ths Manifestations nc produced
by an dtaFa projected from tho brain Of tho
nlel!1in'. And, in remarkable cascs of medium.
tho resu!t Of uplepRy or aatalepsy, simply from
the fnct TINT soaae al.cl persons hnse, In tew
instances, becn afflicted in that way. The noted
Fox girls and Eddy brothers are living reiuta-
thtiofs ct this absurd charge. .
1t Is usuless to make favts 1T theory and
there IA where ths real difficulty commences III
any Investigation. A true srtentst or truth
seeker. when he proposts to investigate a SUBJ
per 81, and then frum tile dcdutcd iaets forlns .
theory.
Finally, Jay that spIrituallsm il either true
Or ta'ss II true Ict scientista arcept the facts,
then We must accspt Afatetialism ~ the othcr
extreme, ~ the Dibto is not accepted now as any
an,thoFlty for ANY facts to base natural pliIloso
=" " tttU 9AWn w tAd AMIQQs lAs As g. HaA
atatctl sone Of tho principles laid down by Tho
Metaplysrtans. I hayu nothing to In With
milking any physical laws. and tun have ITO con-
trovcrsy with my opponent about them. But
no must look to where this spirit coma from,
and whence It goes, to asSerta!n something ot
what mind Is. After rumnnagEng oycr several
unted authors OH this subject, found ut la*t
that Dr. BIittaiu, In his work, t'stan and Ills
lselationa," struck dcrpcst nut bo1tlcst Into tits
interesting problem Of what tam and mind orc.
II It WIS necessary to acrcpt my 0uo'a faith OF
say-so OIL tllc subject Of Ills after death, wi,u-
ever, under such circumstances, could cxprofa
Ills upintnns rlearer aud with n,oru effect than
S0cratcs tu llls last hour Ut lifpi Tho tsu,,s-
lators hayo It that hc ia,tgbing1y addressed his
ficnds who had assembled to bo With him In bis
last moments. They suggested :hc nianncr u
6uryiDg him when dead. "Juat o. you pluasc,"
sad bocratcs, "if you cns but catch
me, and l don't Gludc your rnEsut,H
nfter which he assures his friends that liz stIl
bu with them alter ills body IL in the GROUND;
that hla soul would rise to realms OF blIas.
The body Is The outward expression Ut tho
mind within; wu may nlvert to thu physical md
spiritual body ~ an expression Ut Ah Idea, which
llas travelled away from tbs tnighty past, d II
Lot us accept any fact that will assist us Ia
of Nature, anu Of hao as the crorntng triumph
Of Natures Ged. Z. I. u,