Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11
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Die Persons in Different Places.
We have heard comparatively httl'
lately from the various societies ioi
psychicaI research, and there seems t'
be a temporary lull in the activity o.
the hypnotists; but the theosophsVs
who are far superior in knowledge o.
the unknown" to these people, whose
mahatmas know all that is in creation
all that has been and pretty muen
( all that will be, have had some interest
/ ing proceedings, and the year 1896 has,
thus far, had its full complement OF
ghost stories. The unseen but NOISY
spooks in Silverton abbey have received
many columns of careful attention IN
the English newspapers, and are stun
urlaid. In SeabrooGe, n. H., the face
of the first wife of recently-deceased
farmer appeared suddenly upon the
tombstone erected To his memory,
much to the annoyance of his second
wife, who was doubtless looking for
ward to a peaceful widowhood. In one
of the many italian settlements in the
heart of New York city the face Of the
Virgin Mary. crowned with halo. ap-
pears at an upper window of a partly
deserted house. and the omen thrills
even the policemen on the beat.
These visions and visitations are all
authenticated by responsible per
sons" rs ghost stories always are
But they are still less worthy of
credence than the long and informing
letter dictated to a medium by the
spirit of physician who was killed in
street accident. His widow firmly
believes in the authenticity of this
and she ought to know. !
The letter is as verbose and platitudin- |
Gus as such communications generally |
are. but it is important because of its |
direct contradiction of the most cher
ished belief of the theosophists and
their mahatmas. They cling to the
Brahma-Buddhist doctrine of reincar-
nation. The souls of men are used
over and over again in the processes
Of creation, and are housed according
to their value. When two members
Of the society were recently married
by yelled mahatma. it was expressly
stated that they had known and loved
zach other 5000 years before; and
itrle girl who delivered an address to
he embassy starting upon an around
-he-world mission of enlightenment,
emarked that while her body was
'oung, her soul was very old, indeed
Now this physicians soul, the mo-
neat it realized that it had been sepa-
ated from the body. found itself in
ompany with the souls of the ply
ician's deceased children, his parents.
is wife's parents. their grandparents
No ancestors for many generations
Lere were these spirits. evidently with
c work on hand. unattached. loiter-
ig about on earth for no other pur-
ose, as we can see, except to disprove
le doctrine of reincarnation.
The most curious fact about the real 7
host stories-those. we mean, in
hieh certain number of sentient hui
IAN beings are known to believes !
at they are invariably much less
lrilling and interesting than the pure
imaginary tales of writer's Of fiction.
st as the doings of the trance me
uns and the occasional perform
ices of the mahatmas are not nearly
clever and mystifying as the neat |
icks of the professional 'magicians"
the stage, who bewilder YOU for
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