, 1879-06-29

| EI OIL g hover. IN thfS fat oh3 \
lcctive becomes confonnded. thsr', - ;,.aa9 aa9
no true objective life: fh.. hroin ansn1'tei
creating objects parsons oyoor;an.,1. ~ ~, =,
tila:iug or transtormin1 All ,mnrnss;ons naI' 81,
upon 1t, according to whot is raneotad ~ VA Az
sired, OF apnrehended N.ha - era iaa,l .,,t ~ ~
looks for, the rar hearing whs. - s,;shas 1 - =
fearg. f ""@S ~ "4e4e' "
OF all the ma1oa,ea +h,+ a,e+,oes ,,on,,,n;
none are so sneed,iv or 1,o1rorisi;,. o,utnnian.
as trance: IN an ina;o,t ~ ~ =, eosastou: s. ~.
to be measurei IT. nav anr,a5 tita a,u,ss 1o IN ,
dry forest. trom nne ~ s,n,har -nr,arh .i,t
assenblare. nnt,1 at, ebaII emr,4auaS,,e; e"a
and hear. and feel. and rrnerionr. .1;.s: tn,,.
yidualjtv ia sxuoi,rwod ~. H., ~ .,o."ss
| thonsdnd hreine ~ ts,s - +te',s.".s5 e5
become Al e,no1a ''Ie hratn y, Anousa'as o.,s :,
| none ia the ao,lapae =, ena' oaaa. a y, "
any worth, Tho inrn;nn,ors ufs ,ah,o' ;ri,,ao ~.
ali thnse nhenomann ~ ..ta o "h1sn % ne1uus ~
reciprocal rra.ions t,,n, ara inoananaan, - oon
sciousness. or ~ viii ~ ho,h ~ ,,;o', ~ eear
in its ovtrarnist da.;o, J.; az ~ tIi - a.sA
Ia an,nna ~ setop.eas "a sns .ul! transe'
nletaly. 10 IN trnth ,aost rtsd". nus 1uso ~ ~,
minor and ccasa,sss1v ancra+;n~ Thesas ~ ~ hs Is
cal.neet heslftisSt opstas'nE unases' ~ as
OF rerr actinne. what ;e nnna h tha 20 ,,i' r1,s
] nosiyely yountarlr he;ne frac,,an ,on ,s,nar
fnr measnrement ~ s uhoa ots11;t wv - su,a. ,h
braIn thourns cf,na nd n ~ ,,,.r III, u,are ns
| than Ours: fla min, is rsver - whoi1v idIa MD
| never fuliv nnder controi. IN resoonsn ~ NV nv
terual or internal s,,@rcs1in ra ar1. a11ysvs c.r
[ hratjno. and ..orresnor3;,,r ~ ,,rr thnngt, ~.
mnsnlar nontracIa~s n ~ uuf are
think. VIC move. We are MT alwavs or ns,,aliv
| consc,ops of mr. +hongh,s ~ ~ tSs hn5;i,.
moycmrnts correlated ~ ,hn,n. ond rffortin,.:e
onlF hv trnsrt Inres,oatinn oam nv ~. 1o,tnr s
| detecfed re i,div;dnn7 h;mseIf ha;n1 ~ oti
persons fhe Ieast ANA to analVze the artivitv ri
| his own functions :.
Our present knowledge Of TRANCE md Of tie
,nvhlnnfarv ltfa nnincEs ne1f ~ ia ean-sta ~
the worlds ielnsons. ~ snir,t;sn ;ta ra,aIi,na
are numerous and for snan;a1;ats n th;s hrnnnh
OF cerenro-nhysiolorv nd nafnoiner ~ whn ara
also nrnrticn1tv srjlls1 ~ one ~ tha nonet dnf
| cr1f n the orrs avner1manf;u, WITH 1,v"r ~
man beinssNctea11v demnna,rahja H.r";n
nhys}o)opv fnds in laroe nur, the.ecient;ic hoais
IF thosa cnr,lt and
ronpna thot hafore aa weti os s;ncs tha hirth ~
modern snfr;tism. hnvr bean ~ once the wnrder
tLe terror' and the ioy Of manEiod. II ia this
which eat1ses the tah,e IN mnvs heneath tl,e
handa ~ tha a~,artonr ednoiae ,a~snrwo IN
writing and vor,ed emnt;os ~ n1anherta a-d 1n
makes tha hi eusnandoi f-on TIA han5 stri.a
the numbers Of any known. age or he hour of
the dav orainst the stde If tie ior hv which II
in environei: II Il this that tnrns the niv;nint,
rof h. - witch noqa1 ~ onv nav;,,1s
thino whatanever md ~ deindea }he nnoras
Tor Into the conviciion that he has fonnd a vein
.hia that noIe. ~ u tho1ghts ~ htsroanr noeshitr
fhe onerator 20 detert;nv tie nnconscnna hnd;}r
+one;nn anG ro1a1a1;on e w. snh;act onaro,ai
m as to trace the direction thr ,un, ione tnd in
tricate courses where hia thouohts nr~ concen-
trated. aud to tind. with precision, minute OBJ
iccts und limited localities, thus reading the
mind through the body, -mind-readlng really be-
tng misnomer for muscle-rcading; 1t is this
that>unfolds tie marVels and all the genuine de-
velopments OF trance-orators and preachers,
bringing their unwonted eloauence, their va
carries. and their capriccs under the dominion Of
natural law; it IS this. finally, that makes it
easy, If not inevitable, that suraotured and en-
tranced inquiries after tldings from departed
loved ones should see their faces and hear thei-
voices, In dreams, In the darkness Of night Or In
the dim light OF organized sennces.
The remaining support Of splritism, human
testimony, like trance aud tue involuntary lite,
has hitherto been mass OF emplrlcsEn,-a
chaos, dark, forrnless, houndess, Inaccessible to
science, the hiding-place OF all the follies Of
mankind; to organize and reduce It to science
is the mission Of neurology Of the present and
future.
OF the various causes that have combined to-
overthrow spirit!sm, tile exhaustive explanation
OF its phenomena through modern neurology is,
Without denial, the least important. No delu-
sion Of history, not even astrology, has been
more completely elucidated by science than has
spiritism: OF no one Of Its fucs or phenomena
can it now be admitted that it is even mysteri-
ous; but: for those condemned to the belief
science comes too late to bring redemption, but
is rather like the rcprieVe that reaches the inno
cent man Just after bis execuhon,-science ap-