The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-21

OF the stttsrs lie which he had forRotten unui
reminded Of them. II not OF all strange or un-
accountable when we remember that the
memory OF the subjective mind Is perfect
Neither is there any evidential value in the
fact that the sitter cannot remember an incl
dent rotated by the medium. for we must Keep
In view that objective memory retains Few.
comparatively. OF the Incidents OF lie. whiie
the subjective mind retains all.
II.
Now let US sec how the author applies his
hypothesis to other psychic phenomena vi
these. clairvoyance. telepathy. and hypnotism
have generally ceased to be regarded as pro-
ceeding from supernatural agencies. They
arc now recognized rs powers inherent IN
mankind. and are largely employed to explain
other phenomena. or clairvoyance in %particu-
lar. little is said by Mr.. Hudson. for the reason
that 1t is still IN open question whether such
n thing rs independent clairvoyance exists.
The great majority OF the phenomena popu-
larry regarded as evincing clairvoyant ca
pacity must now he referred to telepathy. IL
is true that some manifestations cannot at
present he accounted for on any other n.y.
pothesis than that OF Independent clairvoy-
ance. but 1t Is not impossible that. when the
laws Of telepsthy are better understood. all So
called clairvoyant phenomena may be re-
ferred to that agency.
We are told that q very simple experiment.
will enable almost any one to demonstrate
telepathic power. Let q person be securely
blindfolded by taking a pair OF kid gloves.
folding them into pads. placing them over MS
eyes. and binding them on by means OF q
handkerchief. Then let a circle be formed By
n few persons. with their hands Joined. the
percipient forming ono Of the circle. Let q
card be selected ut random from the pack. tax
ing care that no one sees any other card. even
for an instant. until the experiment is over.
Then place the card in plain sigh OF all but
the percipient. and let them fix their minds
and gaze upon the card. and In silence await
the result. In the mean time the percirient
should be and remain In q perfectly passive
and tranquil frame OF mind. and simply watch
for visions. He will soon begin to see indls-
tinct objects floating in tho darkness These
objects will presently begin to form them
selves into shapes moro distinct. TheT may
be evanescept and disappear at intervals: but
they will soon return in still more definite
form. and will eventually assume some
shape that will suggest the card Sc
lected. 1t may be that q vision OF
the whole card will be presented exactly as 1t
Is. or it may be that there will be o sort OF ALE
Rorical representation OF It For instance. In
an experiment tried in the presence OF the au-
thor. the ten Of diamonds had been selected.
Instead Of the percirient's seeing o vision OF
the card. there was an appearance OF ten real
diamonds arranged In rows corresponding to
the rows OF spots on the card. each ono send
ing forth rays OF light and scintillations OF
color. AS it was the first experiment the per-
cipient had ever tried. he was at a loss to know
tho meaning OF the vision. II 1t had any: but.
rs it persisted in coming. he finally ventursd
to remark. hesitatingly. that he had an I'M
preston OF the ten OF diamonds. When the
next card was selected. the percipient saw the
vision OF = single heart spot floating In the
darkness unattached to anything like q card:
whereupon he ventured to name tho ace OF
hearts, which was correct. In all, five cards
were selected at this sitting. and each one
was named correctly with the exception OF
tho last. It was the five Of spades.
The five OF clubs was named. but the
percipient explained his mistake By say
ing that one-half OF each spot was con-
ccaled from his view. namely. the points OF the
spade spots. which appeared to be thrust into
the darkness. SO to speak. leaving only the
handle end Of the spades exposed to Wow. As
that half OF the spade spot corresponds ex-
actly to the corresponding half OF a club spot.
the mistake was natural and was really OF as
great. II not greater evidential value than II
the card had been correctly named. Others OF
the company tried tho SAM experiment. gen.
orally without physical contact with any one
else. aad each one was able to name some OF
the cards correctly. But no one was able to
name correctly a card which was not scen BY
some one else. which showed clearly that the
powerto see the card resulted from telepathy.
and not from independent clairvoyance.
Another incident which has been considered a
proof OF Independent clairvoyance is carefully
analysed and attributed to tslepathy. The In
= l. A- Goa
OF tho imperial French navy stationed
in tho Chinese Sea. the whole crew
from the sailors up to the staff
Major. were occupied in making tables talk.
They hit upon the idea OF invoking the spirit
of n Lieutenant OF this vessel some two years
dead. He came. and after various
cations. which astonished every one. he said.
by rapping. what follows: L pray you in
stantly to pay the Captain the sum Of The men
toned the sum-. which l owe him. and which
l regret not having been able to repay before
my DEATH No one knew the fact: the Captain
himself had forgotten tho debt. Il very small
one. but. on looking over his accounts. he
found 1t entered and the sum correspondent to
that indicated by the tables. We ask. OF whose
thought could this be the reflection Our
author submits that. in view OF what is
now known OF the laws OF tolepathy. this
case. supposed to be conclusive. does in
fact prove nothing. Telepathy. it may
be repeated. Is tho communion OF two or
more subjective minds. 1t is not al
ways or generally that OF which We are
consciously thinking that the subjective
mind Of the medium perceives. Doubt
less the Captain had forgotten effectively
all about the loan. it was q very
small amount and the Lieutenant had
been dead two years. But tho subjective
mind Of the Captain. which remembers all
things. great and small. could not forget 1t.
and telepathed 1t to the subjective mind Oft the
medium. There was another potent agency at
work to bring this loan into prominence. Else
where In this book the author has undertaken
TO demonstrate that tho normal function OF
tho subjective mind is to watch over and pro-
tect the life OF the individual. Self-pres-
~ervation is the strongest instinct OF all
animate nature. The protection OF the
material interests OF tine individual Is us
much a part OF the function OF the sub
jective mind as the protection OF his lie.