New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-02
mAUTOMATIC WRITING"
MR. STEAD TELLS ABOUT HIS SPlMio'"
MENTOR JULIA
DEPARTED

MYSTERIOUS MESSAGES FhOM DA@A
SPIRITS
The new journal "Borderland," edited by MI,
W. T. Stead, has made its first appearah.e' 80
will command the deep interest OF those WIN 49,
10 speculate upon psychical phenomena OF upo
apparently supernatural physical phenomena -.
tomato writing auto-telepathic writing the pm
nomena of spiritualism, thought heaiihg'
celestial science and palmistry are HI ue"'. ST..
Mr. Stead himself contributes an article "" ,..,,a
experiences with departed lady hameo 49,
The following is his explanation OF no" TIC
to write automatically: :. a
In nublisbinp the following record of how II was
I began to write automatically, with lustraiuttU nn
u ID not vent,re 70 dogmatize as to the cause Oh
this strange phenomenon me reauer .", 1vara nro-
duced He may decide that they were the pro snre
of my subconscious self He VIII ho,, " When
accuse me of writing them consciously With
state. do. that all these con nrdiparv way by
written by my pen ned r IN luscious rme direction BY
my mind or without any knowledge on my p par,
the nature of the message wh ,ren,eS by the in
tegence of deceased or BY t cdnfrdl it,
rested the point Of the pen on the paper and the
mysterious force did all the rest. -. al tir,es
and nIaces but their arrival depends almost al
together upon my own votion. lhac n,,pd na a.
gR Ye and taxa Wst for the message receive
any communication any more than , s,1 70 the
telephone The analogy between the me 'n h ~
communication and the telephone Is 'e,S 10 aIyvavs
with this difference-in this system u ~ trans
the recipient who rings up 80 10 speah' ' possihv
oh reTs may ma have different experience But am
never ruIlg up by the lnvlsbles. They do not seem
When am alone unless l first place my hand at
their disposal They often eU rIta Tor some time
that | have never given them an opportunity Vi
The m9dus operand is Of the simplest. As a
rule I write best automatically when l am alone
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when 1t is disconnected 50 to SPEAK, rom ~
conscious brain not that !, will ara awa comm wrlle
cate few words with an intlmation that no NOR
writing will come just then ,S On W ons end my
hand refused to write anything the nrst Two ~,
temPtS and wh eny w yre an" TT time that this
seance should cease" the alleged reason gwen 10y
fuence Of another Invisible controlling an auto
matte writer who was present. 49,. han tho
hold my pen in the ordinary way; but when the IN,
writing is beginning do not rest my wrist or arm
upon the paper as to avoid the friction. anu 10
pete control OF the pen At first the pen is apt TO
wander into scrawlIng but after a time IL
who write a. well blindfoded as when they read
what they write as they are writing II, can never
write well when see the words as they
After describing his first communication with
Julia, the nature of the communications ana
the various tests made to verify the statements
made by the departed spirit, Mr.. Stead details a
her her state. She says that after quitting her
earthly body she came into great expanse OF
landscape and heard voice call her.. She ASKED
who is 1t that speaks?"
Then the fame-bright said to me- Julia be-
hold your Saviour" and when | looked saw HIN.
He was sitting a seat close to me, and he SAID,
Beloved. in my Fathers House are many man mar,
sons here am 1 whom you have loved SO long
hss %g PaSe fGr smiled and in
brightness OF that smile l saw the whole land
scape change as the Alps change IN the sunst.
hotel at I.ucerne Then I saw that l was not
alon but all around and above were fair and loving
Of whom | had heard. while some were strange.
But all friends. and the air was full OF love;
And in the midst Of all was He. my LORD and
Saviour. He was as a Man among men, He was
full of the wonderful sweet mildness which you
are acquainted with in some OF the pictures that
He had an admirable look OF warm affection.
which was as the very breath Of life to my SOUL SOUL
Him. You cannot understand how the conscious,
OF His presence makes the ATMOSPHERE OF
are many things / wish | could write to you. but
cannot. nor could you understand them can only
ined He is the Source and Giver of all good gifts.
An that we know Of what is good. and sweet, and
tons OF the iInmensity of the glory that Is HIS.
And He loves us with such tender love Oh, E.,
E. you and | used TO love each other with
"A love. but that at its very best was but the pale
reflection Of the love with which He loves us.
which Is marvellously and wonderfully great be-
yond all power of mind TO describe. His name Is
Love: it is what He is-Love. Love. Love!
| cannot tell you everything; YOU could not I'M
derstand it, at | am In a state of bliss such as
We never ima.lned when on earth. l am with my
friends who went before
Julia advises that Mr. Stead should establish a
bureau Of communication between this world and
the spirit world, but the feasibility of this no
opinion is given