Telegram-herald., 1889-09-16
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forsy -4as ys4Fs age. i . rare thzt any
docerizs "a pA1lssophy has gained 80
z1zny saa 81 devoted a6hersaEs IA -
short a ane. SplFifaAissza h-s made
converts n al conditions u soclety
AID Ia every part q lie weird BuE,
ssrsctiy spe-kinZ, ths philosophy i.
a. IL sdscc&ses claim, very Old,
older thza history. Whzs - recent
snost Is . ths splris rspplnx pbs-
nomsna. which begAn "a 1915 Ia the fam
Iy q Joha .. Fox, az ths htt,s village
of Hydssvtils. Wayns county. y. Y.
Fox And as wife snd thair daughters
Kate and Margaret. , aud IL years Of
age. were started By strange raFpiags
IA ti1srsnt paris os their house, p4rtic-
ul4rlY a. night In short tins these
rappings. though stin unaccounr4b,e,
were mads iatelligi0ls. They assumed
% cous from spirits; they told the age
ot the FOK children; they answered
questions negatively BY one zap, esirm1.-
Evsly Dy Two. They disclosed, i. u said,
that ths remains OF murdered man
were buried Ia ths cellar OF the Fox res
itencs, and. search being made, sksl-
eton Was found Ia tbs Identical spot
indicated The name OF tho victim was
rapped cut, aud inquiry revealed that,
five years before, such = person had vis-
tied the house, and never been seen or
heard OF afterward.
The Fox family went 20 Rochester.
where the raps occurred az the command
Of Kate and Margaret only, and clair
voyance, the moving Of chairs, tables
and other heavy pieces OF furniture, with
other phenomena. were manifested with
cu. visible agency. These drew atten-
ton. and forty years ago ia the autumn
OF 1910 ths Fox sisters appeared in pub
lie hzll. the phenomena were submitted
20 many tests, but could be traced 20 no
human source. Public curiosity and in
terest we're gradually aroused. and when
the girls gave an exhibition Of their
peculiar powers the year following, in
New York, the newspapers discussed the
sublect, and it soon became Of nation
al significance. Endless controversies
were started; mediums. through whom
the phenomena were presented. sprang
up all over the land, and Spiritualism
grew 10 be the burning question OF the
hour. Since then the new philosophy has
been debated by the a5lcst minds in every
quarter Of civilization. and il has un-
settled 30 an extraordinary degree the old
beliefs. rationalistic as well rs orthodox.
Of the whole world.
Even before tho spirit rappings IN the
Fox family the societies OF Shakers at
New Lebanon, Watervlist, y. Y, and
elsewhere had at the same time startling
psychical experiences, wherein certain
msmbers OF tho fraternity would lose
their proper consciousness, and the de-
parted spirits, as was maintained, of per-
sons Of various nationalities would occu-
py their bodies and speak through them.
Almost simultaneously Andrew Jackson
Davis, saoemaker's apprentice at
Poughkeepsie. developed through mes
merisrn wonderful clairvoyant abilities.
Albeit uneduczted, he was qualified, by
report, TO speak freely and eloquently
on medical, spiritual and scientific top
les
While Ia the mesmeric state he de-
clared he had Intercourse with invisible
beings, and was instructed as TO his
place and duties IS a teacher OF the new
tsnets. He likewise dictated, under the
same conditions, hundreds and hundreds
Of pages on diversity of supramundane
Themes, an odd compound OF eloquence,
fnstian and sbsurdity. These were af-
tsrwards published with the title. The
Principles OF Nature; Her Divine Reve-
latiorIs and Voice TO Mankind" The
work had an immense sale and met with
the most contradictory criticisn. Davis
thereafter wrote, in his normal mind.
many volumes OF similar character
they all denied the supernatural author
ity os the Scriptures). tho Great Har-
monia" and his autobiography attracting
the most notice.
OF the innumerable mediums that have
appeared here and abroad within the last
forty years. none has won such a repu-
tatiOn As Home Daniel Douglas, 4 ma
tive Of Scotland, who came to America
when only with an adopted aunt. Spir-
its are reputed to have haunted him from
his earliest consciousness. and he remem-
bered seeing az ~ a companion OF his
boyhood some years dead. At Il hs be-
came = regular medium, and continued
70 % such until hls death, which oc-
CURED recently. DO lived in New York
state and ii New England up TO Sos
he was then s0-doing. beside the things
that general mediums do, many novel
ties.
During the last thirty years Of his life
hs made Europe his home. In Paris.
Rone. Berlin. Vienna and St. Peters
burg he created a great stir. lie was
presented % the sTHperoV OF the French,
the car aud the pope. and received
many superb gifts from crowned heads
and the nobility. Having joined the
Roman Catholic church. be was after
rard expelled from Rome when it was
IA City Of tAs soul. under the papsl
d1uu.oa. for prscticiag sprituslism.
Ls vas big hon ia London. where he
wassecre ary OF tie Spiritual A snRum.
an association formed FOR the prouazs-
-ion q Spirituahsn. There he figured
ls defendant in a noted law suit. n 7vo-
msn - wealth having given aim q iarEe
amount - property and then so1-1t 70
recover it. which size finally did Two
Russisa women - rank were successlveiv
- wives. one = them. WHO died IL
southern France, leaving him a son. now