The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-04
TELEPATHY TALES.
DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY ON MIND
ACTING UPON MIND.


A writer llko David Christie MUIR
ray. who has taken all i 10 for the Held
of his art as novelist and draws upon
the whole planet for his illustrations,
must havo had rich experiences In the
domain which the Psyohical Investiga-
tion society has chosen for its own. But
he does not overload his books with ma
tcrial Of this kind, nor is his converse
ton much weighted with the burden OF
things between heaven and earth that
we do not usually dream Of. And yet
when prompted TO do so he can speak
on these subjects not only with knowl-
edge, but also with eloquence. He IL TT
ted 20 do this, first by his fine mental
organization, for no has been psychical-
ly sensitive since boyhood, and next by
tho maily psychical experiences which
have fallen TO his lot during a long,
active and adventurous life, lived among
many people and many parts OF the
world. Ho does not. of course, believe
in tho alterations of "occultism, but
: no is convinced that beneath the ordina-
ry experiences of life, perceptible to the
senses, there exist spiritual phenomena
which will repay investigation and
which science is only now beginning to
learn.
Ono day recently Mr.. Murray talked
to Boston Herald man on the special
subject Of telcpathy, and after showing
from his own personal experiences how
mind may art upon mind at distance
independently of the ordinary means or
intercommunication, he went ON to say:
"Hcre is case in point. My eldest
brother, who died in 1865, was at sea
as midshipman on board a merchant
vessel. He sailed under drunken cap
tain, who behaved to him with horrible
cruelty. Ho got the seeds OF consump-
ton on that voyage. While he was at
sea nv mother was nursing her uncle,
James Withcrs Marsh, and in tho very
hour of his death the old man, who had
been tenderly attached to my brother,
sat ND and said aloud: Let the lad
alone. Have you no bowels?' My mother
asked him what he was thinking of, and
he cried, That captain is Ill treating
poor Jack horribly
''The first officer, Mr.. Mundy, took
command OF the ship when Captain
Gregory died in delirium tremens and
was buried at the Azores. Mundy
brought my brother home. and he was
told the story Of the ofd mans dying
words. He produced his own notebook
and showed that ON the day of the old
mans death he had made an entry, be-
cause he intended to indict the captain
for his cruelty on their return to Brit
ish port. What is most singular Is that
when he camo to work out tho differ
ence of latitude he found the entry in
his private log and the time Of tho old
| mars words conceded TO moment.
| There ere thousands of such instances
reported, and it seems to me quite idlo
! to dismiss them as mere condolences.
Coincidence has very long arm indeed,
especially in drama and fiction. But /
think it hardly reaches go far as that.
"Not very long ago." Mr. Murray
resumed, 81 had very curious personal
experience. Two people had been dining
with me--one very dear and intimate
personal friend. the other a comparative
stranger. When they had left me. dis.
tinctly heard personal conversation
within my own mind. do not pretend
that the words would have been audible
to anybody else. That would DO non-
sense. But heard it within my mind
and recognized the voices of the two
mon. They discussed my own CHARACTER
and tho action had taken about oer-
tain matter at that time. The compare.
tive stranger was critical and unfriend'
ly, and my Old friend fought my cause
with great warmth. / questioned him
aftcrward, and he assured me that such
a conversation had taken place as he
and his convive had driven in the car
riage To the club from my house.
The novelist was hero asked whether
no had mot with any cases of the action
of a dead ON living mind. he replied.
speaking in an impressive and reverent
tone of voice: II am profoundly convinc-
ed, though do not want to DO regarded
as madman. that after his death my
father assisted mc in my literary work.
For year on two Twas profoundly con-
scious of il, end wrote as ii was NIB
solutely under his eye and with an as
surance of his sympathy and aid that,
however conveyed, was absolute.
II had an allusion TO this kind OF in
fluence," Mr.. Murray continued, lin
my book, Rainbow Gold. There is n
dialogue there with great strong mar
who has committed some dreadful crime
and is ropenting of it, and tho question
between the takers ia az To whether
there ia any knowledge Of US en- The
part OF tho dead. Aud old Armstrong, n
practical minded Scotch;nan, remarks
that no canno; conceive of the souls OF
Burns and shakespeare as spending their
time in knocking devil knocks ut tho ta-
bles Of noodles like pair of dcmented
postmon. Bat, says he. you can fan
cy tho spirit uf mother saying tq the
master scrsph, Il have been behaving
pretty well of late, and i would like to
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