The herald., 1893-09-17
The Sacred Books Inspired by
the Direction of Angels.
These Angels are the Spirits of Just
Men Made Perfect.
The Evidence of the Bible that Disem.
bodied Minds Do Mesmerize EN-
bodied Minds-Saul Persuaded
OF samuel's Immortality.
FOURTH PAPER. ].

1t was suggested that, if there are
disembodied minde, the same laws
apply to them as to embodied minds,
and that mesmerism would, probably,
lift the veil and give the direct evidence
OF the immortality of the soul.
1t was iurther shown that the sacred
books OF all nations bear witness to the
fact that the art of mesmerism was not
unknown to their writer's. In fact, it is
clear, from an investigation of their
pages, that this was the way, in many
Instances, that these books came to be
written:>
Especially was this shown to be true
in regard to the Bible. Excepting,
probably, the historical parts, in nearly
every instance the prophets or apostles
declare they were in frances. When in
such mesmeric condition they saw and
heard the things of which they wrote.
Many times they explicitly declare euch
to be the case.
1t ie interesting to note that the writ
ers OF the sacred books affirm that, while
in those frances, they were subject to
the control of disembodied minds or
spirits.
The Apostle John, while entranced,
was overcome by the wondroue beauty
of the things he saw, and fell down to
worship before the feet OF the angel who
had showed him these things. The angel
rebuked him by saying: "See thou do it
not, for am thy fellow-servant and of
thy brethren the prophets, and OF them
which keep the sayings of this book.
Worship God"
Here, then, is the whole thing in a
nutshell. An angel, one of the old
prophets, who had long since passed be-
hind the veil. had returned to John,
and, throwing over him a mesmeric
spell, had caused John to see and hear
Whatever things he wished.
John was the subject. The angel was
the operator. This was all in strict &C.
cordance with the laws of mesmerism as
now understood. In this way not only
the book of Revelation, but also all the
other books of the Bible, were written.
Nearly ell the prophets and apostles
plainly describe these mesmeric frances
to which they were subject.
1t was an angel who caused Moses to
see, ,clarivoyantly, the wonder OF Durn-
ing bush which was not consumed.
The prophets received the law by the
disposition, or injunction command,
order or direction) of angels. See Acts,
1852 SO.
The Prophet zechariah declares he
was shown his visions by an angel. The
Prophets Obadiah and Nahum had Wis
ions.
Daniel, in vision, saw the ''man Ga-
briel," who, by other writer's, is said TO
be an angel.
Ezekiel had visions In which, like
Daniel, John and others, he saw and
conyersed with angels. And so the list
might be greatly extended. The facts.
then, are established, that according to
these sacred books, their writer's were
subject to mesmeric spella, thrown over
them by diaemhodied spirits. 1t was
in this manner that the Bible was in
epired.
That the angels mentioned in the BIZ
BILE are of this order of intelligence, that
is, the spirits OF the departed, is plain
from many passages.
The angel who appeared to John was
one of the old prophets. The angel
Gabriel had been a man. Paul said
that his disciples had come unto an
company OF angels, to the
general assembly and church of the first
born, which are written in heaven, end
to God the Judge of all and to the epirits
of just men made perfect"
There ie no mistaking his meaning,
that the angels OF whom Paul
spoke as being in the "church of the
first born," are the spirits of just men
made perfect. Among these angels was
Moses, who appeared to Christ and his
disciples on the mount of transfigura-
tion, although he had passed out of the
body many hundreds of years before.
The word angel literally means mes-
senger. Paul explains how this term
came to be applied to dissm bodied spirits
when he declares that they are minis-
ters to the heirs OF salvation.
That they are the spirits of the de-
parted Is plainly taught all through the
Bible. Whenever they appeared to the
patriarchs or prophets of old, they al
ways took on the form of men. So three
of them appeared to Abraham and 9TH
ers to Lot. All are agreed that these
we're good angels and impossible to be
deceitful. When they reappeared on
earth, they did not pretend to be other
wise than what they had been-men.
just what their nature is, the Bible
does not pretend to say. Paul says
their natures differ from that of men,
that they are clothed with a body of
superior nature when the earthly house
1f this tabernacle is dissolved.
We only know from these sacred
writings that mans nature is two fold.
The mind or spirit survives the dissolu-
lion OF the body and possesses new body |
n organization of much finer and
more ETHEREAL quality than ours. These |
spirits OF just men made perfect pos
'essing much more power than.they had |
while on our plane of life. They are
able, through the art of mesmerism. TO
lot only cause mortals to zee and hear
.hings they wish but appear bodily, and
,huB give them the direct evidence of
he Immortality of the soul.
II these things were 80 in Bible times.
nay they not be true now? No one can
dispute the fact that mesmerism ia a
science. II any have not ir-
ormed themselves upon this all inn
'ortsnt subject, let them apply to the
ocal officers of the American Psychical
ociety, and all doubts as to the truth
u mesmeric phenomena will be re.
moved. 1t lie possible for every one TO
,now for himself.
Again, let the question be asked, if
ne embodied mind can be mesmerized
" another embodied mind. why NAV il
ot be mesmerized by disembodied
nind, if there be such thing? As to
be existence Of the mind after the
cath OF the body, there is as much pre-
umption naturally for es against.
The evidence given by the sacred