The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29
THE CLAIRTorANr PoWER.
Some or the Conditions Of Its ENercise-Dr.
uammond's 81 900 Check.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-SW read
with interest the communication from the pen
81 Fpes Sargent IN THE SvN Of last Monday
Mr.. sargent Is certainly right. rs 10 seems 60
me- in assuming that men who have carefully
observed the iaeia and pheromeaa relating o.
the alleged clairvoyant powers II tho human
mind. aro more likely ~ know something 10 roe
gard to that matter than those who g., a-ide 40
testimony on the ground that tho conclusions to
which ii would lead arr inconsistent with s9ale
theory they have already accepted as true.
My purpo-c Just now Is siinrlf osuaL 'st tiat
willingness Ia give NJ one thoughts Others
is au essential and indispensable condition o.
mind rending. II u man il in danger of losing
q large sum al money, or id"Ilh- lumus. lu
SONG other way hy Jung nn',arr person -n"W
his thoughts. he viii l' lIh'Iy Co. r'n- iIr wine
doY- of h~ soul. II he can. ana r' rn draw do#u
That certain persons q, o,rteicrallr or n g'il
40 scribe what is pn-siug IN ntnnrUiud~ IA splIr
other way IMAM through lus mrdiuW u. th.
scuecs IS commonly used. is now 500 genera Is
believed that IL - scarcely lulr 60 a-h Us 90
throw aAidc all testimony bearing 40 tN4t uir..-
ilpu ana 80 over the whole ground urai- 20
desire 90 take MS still further back. and Ierhur~
n the end we would not ho allowed to stop short
Of abs"ut" monndism. whatever that may lo.
termlne as far a. we can tho limit of thi- miui-
reading mower. and tho conditions undcr WIN.
lis exercise II possible. with this ,i'W. HiI
yrnturiug a. suggest that those conc. fial.- i,.-
lai" 10 The mental attitude or state o. hlil ol
whom the powers Of III" rlHiNnyunf utr .r,.l.
quito rs much as TO the state u tgl elUin0ylut
himself.
II rinirvoyance could 90 into and through the
mind 81 any one, how Yer unwilling 20" might
hc to submit 10 such an interview, "a lr', good
miud-rruders would greatly facilitate llo hu-i-
ur-aO Cd. the criminal courts ana thcy mi +lt r.Ne
al-n q different. aud sometime a very ru-Htl~
factory, turn 10 many thlnga in domestic and
social life.
1nr spiritual or mental house IN wi.i q
man dWells. no less than his maternal house. To-
his castle. from which bee has q right q rcpoi
iutruders IN MI lawful Wfy~; and 10 Will
mink, bee lpuud that Willingness or th' iuri Of
I Jet the rlalrvoyuut come ln Hnh s'r Whnt ho Oh
lnl and carry AWAY, ; on" OF mo initial lre-
requisite condl tons u mind reading.
When DR.. Hammond really desires tu have
/ his thousand dollar check correctly DESCRIBED
| some ono viii probably be found vino viii r,4ul
/ II for him without breaking the seal have
| Witnessed performances showing that such
! things can be done, and So, ! suppose. hay, q
| great many more persons than ever saw IN.
Hammond or Or Beard.
.krptirHi world hnS consented 10 believe ia
/ the existence OF those gentlemen, ON tho t",i'-
Wuny ~ the comparatively few vino have soon
Them. and perhaps they may rOneuir suUlo ol
/ these DAYS. that il would BE- lair for them tn j.
nit in return that the positive testimony Of
! some hundreds Of thousands OF persons IN re-
! gard 10 the clairYOyant powers Of tho human
! mind should not b. sci aside A. of no value
! whatever. SABIN HOUGu.