Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
SECRETS OF SP00KS.
Material Phases Of the Eighteen
Heavens Of Spiritualists.
WOMEN NEED NOT COOK ANY.
The Servant Question Solved BY Unique
System Of Promotion.
COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS OF GHOSTS
WRITTEN FOR THE p1srArcH,1

'Futurity Is the great concern Of man.
kind" says Burke. Men are born-they
| live and die. What then? The new reve-
lation Of the esprit world" gives full an
swer to this problem of the age, and those
whose powers Of credulity will allow them
| to accept the information with faith in its
truth will have their future spread before
them without any further need of fortune
| telling seers, materializing mediums or
slate-writing experts. If these things, as
related by the Indian spirits, and backed
up by Robert Dale Owen ana others, be ac-
cepted as true, then there is . triumph for
| what Emerson calls the "deliration of rap
pings" 'the rat and mouse revelation, !"
sthe thumps in table drawers" and the
| "black art"
One Of the most surprising things per-
haps in the book for an outsider is that the
heavens to which all creatures here below
are fastening are arranged according to
nationality. There is, as alleged, an Ameri-
can heaven, an English heaven, an Irish
paradise, and everlasting state of bliss for
the French, an eternal ''rest for the weary
set specially apart for the Dutch, "sweet
by and by" for the Indians and the negroes,
and so on through the list of races.
The Spirits Have Their Choice.
! If . foreigne. dies in America, and his
attachment for his mother country has been
| greater than his love for the land of his
adoption, he goes to the Irish, English or
italian heaven as the case may be. Ameri-
| cans or foreigners who have intermarried go
| either to the American or foreign heavens
| as they prefer, but they are at liberty to
| visit friends and enjoy their society in
| other heavens as often as they desire.
1t is somewhat saddening to learn that
the second sphere of the American heavens
is known among the more elevated and
refined spirits as 'the wicked heaven" As
described in the Revelations, this is a place
of 'gIoom and desolation." The "attmos-
phere is depressing" The houses, built in
solid blocks, are dingy and forlorn and
unclean. These resemble the tenement
houses on earth, and they swarm with
miserable, ignorant and degraded multitude
of spirits. These Settles are set in the
midst of dreary, barren plains relieved
only by patches of stunted vegetation" In
short, to get an idea OF this heavenly sphere
one need only visit "the slums" of darkest
England or the deepest depths of degrada-
tion in the cities Of this country. No
misery. The food in this sphere is confined
to the most inferior qualities of fruit, with
not enough Of either that or of cold water to
satisfy their desires. But these cities, like
those of earth, usually have an East Eud''
or "West End" or choice locality with
better houses and streets, where there are
few flowers here and there and the people
are little better clothed and more moral
and intelligent than those of "the sluma"
The Excursions Arc Free.
These are they who have taken the first
step in progression and propose to ego up
higher" Still the Inhabitants can make
excursions outside and return to earth, if
they feel like it. They do this by walled
in avenue through the Indian heaven, which
is nearer to this world. In th;I low-down
American heaven, there are six divisions
as detailed by the spirits of Owen and
others. Among these sections there is one
set apart for ignorant and degraded Amer
lean negroes" another for ''bigoted Roman
Catholics" and still another for ''bigoted
and intolerant Protestants." There are
still other divisions, it is stated. These,
however, have not yet been explored by
Mr.. Owen, but they are supposed to be 'the
hells of Swedenborg."
Our of accordance with the general belief
here below is the statement that sectarian-
ism prevails above the stars as far as the
seventh heaven, but not the sectarian spirit.
1t is comfort to know that the Methodists
up there will be able to hold on to free
grace without falling foul Of the Calvinists
on the subject of "the elect" and that the
"'Piscopals' can stick to their forms with
out being held up to scorn by those who
stand up for extemporaneous prayers and
unwritten sermons. In these American
heavens are to be found-according to the
spiritual reporters-the churches of all the
principal sects, excepting the Roman
Catholic. These find no room above the
third heaven. However, this discrimina-
Italy, Austria, Mexico and other Catholic
countries. In these are located churches in
full order as high up as the eighth heaven.
There Are Good Indians There.
'eNo white man robs the red brother in
the warriors and sguaws and papooses live !
in their wigwanls amid the wild and grand |
and beautiful IN nature. The chiefs spend |
their time as they do here, but they hunt |
there for fun and not from necessity. In |
heaven they are noble, dignifed and truth |
full. According to Brother Owen there is |
no "wicked heaven for the Indians, and |
they do not progress successfully from one
heaven to another, as do the white men, but
bounce up two heavens at time until they
reach the thirteenth, when they 90 up reg
ularly. With every degree Of progression
they become paler, and finally blend with
the whites. Mr.. Owen interviewed Red
Jacket, the chief of the Senecas, who died
in 1880, on these points, so this account is
the parlance of the street
"straight."
In the third American heayen things arc
"real nice" The cities are kept clean,
trees, flowers and shrubbery abound, the
air is clear and exhilarating, farms are
we'll cultivated and the roads are good. In
this heaven the spirits are in the main on
terms with each other, and taken
altogether they have a 'pretty middling
good time" Still they have hankerings
after something better. They do not have
they want. They have aspira-
tions for something finer and richer in the
fourth heaven. The dwellings in this
heaven are all situated in the midst of
spacious plots of ground-how many dollars
o foot front not stated. They are built of
wood, no stone being used save for the
public buildings, and vary in style and
The Finishings and Furnishings.
These mansions in the sky. it is said, are
built by spirit artisans. Their interiors are
"done up in carved walnut, rosewood, ma
hogany and quartered oak, with surprising
skill. The ceilings and walls are decorated
by gifted artists. The furniture is made of
the richest woods and upholstered with the
finest fabrics. In each succeeding heaven
the furniture is richer, the carpets more soft
and velvety, and the lace curtains more
beautiful The gardens are full of shrub
berry and vines and flowers that never wither
or die