Evening star., 1896-12-23
SEEING WITH THE SOULS EYE
Psychologists Listen to RemarkabI,
Statements md Believe Strange
Things.

iSycnOlOR1HtS L1Stcn TO Remarkable
Statements md Believe Strange
Things.
From the Buffalo Courier.
The Buffalo Psychical Research Society
met yesterday afternoon at DR.. Sarah
Morris home. on Franklin street, to listen
to Senor Julian de OWES on THE X Rays
of Psychology Known Quantity
Senor de OWES spoke for over an hour on
the fundamental principles of psychology.
pointing out the mistake participated in
quite generally even by savants that psy-
chology the science of the mind as it
affected the properties of the five senses
and their functions are known and OBJ
served. 1t is not in this way that the lee
turer treated his subject. He went further
than this
With the physical eye man can see OBJ
Jects His range of vision pierce linn
tied distance in space. All this his mental
eye can do and much more. The mental
eye is restricted by no distance limitations
Senor de OWES taught that yhe blind man
whose sightless orbs stare into vacancy in a
physical sense, can yet see by means of his
mental eye He dispelled the terrors of
blindness. Not by word of mouth did he
prove his assertion, but he essayed to give
practical demonstration of its truth The
audience, which filled all the available space
In the parlors, listened with rapt attention
to the truly wonderful doctrines voiced by
the lecturer, and when it came to demon
strating his beliefs, and eXpositions of the
powers of the mental eye were given, the
audience was spellbound. 1t is hard 20 be-
lieve that blind man can read a book
Yet he did it. He gave answers blindfold
to written questions which he had never
seen. He distinguished colors by the sense
Of feeling alone. More than this, he dis
tinguished colorS without so much as
touching them.
But before making these demonstrations
ne explained the reasons why they We're
made possible He said that he was not
possessed of any occult gifts peculiar to
himself. Any person excepting a fool or an
fmbecile had within him this minds eve
which could be brought under control IL a
proper knowledge of the workings and pos
sfbilities were understood. The student in
pyschical research educates the god within
fim, while the physical man only educates
the animal within him. The X ray can only
please that sense called sight while the
ray of the soul is that which sees because
1t feels. When We see objects with our
souls eye We need no sense of touch; we
need no physical eyes TO see, nor ears to
hear.
He cited the case of the famous Miss
kellar, who Is blind, deaf and dumb, yet
reads and writes on subjects which a per-
son with physical sight would think it were
absolutely imperative to see in order to de-
scribe. She is enabled to do this by the X
ray OF the soul which every man and wo-
man possesses.
Jesus Christ never came on earth to
mystify us, said Senor de Ovies THE de-
velopment of psychical power belongs to
every one of us, and can Oe assisted by
proper d1et, proper mode of living, charity
love to all, and other aids to more ra Did
development. The soul is the real U.S. the
ego. When we speak of the mind of man
in the generally accepted sense we make
mistake. 1t has nothing to do with the
soul whatsoever. There Is an enveloping
something which surrounds and is attached
to the body of every being by cord. This
is called the ora. This ora may go far from
the body, may cross lands and seas, but it
Is still connected with the body by the in
separable cord which acts as Ar agent of
communication between the two.
"A gland Is situated at the base and back
part of the brain, which is known as the
pineal eye" said the speaker. Il defy any
anatomist to explain any physical function
FOR this gland. 1t is the seat of the SOUL"
Senior de OWES then exhibited several
pieces of different colored cloths, and said
he would show that person carefully
blindfoided can tell the different coIors by
sense of touch. Three subjects in the au-
dience volunteered their services. One was
blindfolded so as to preclude any possi-
biiity OF seeing. A disinterested person
then gave the subject one of the pieces of
cloth to touch with the fingers Promptly
the subject would tell the color. This dem
onstratton was several times repeated. Last
of all the lecturer himself showed the re-
markable capabilities of the mental eve,
First his eyes were closed and sealed with
adhesive plasters. Two napkins were fold
ed over his eyes. and bound on with black
uduuhcECHicI All assistant volunteered to
wave the cloths before his face and he told
each separate color. Members of the au-
dtence passed handkerchlefs and different
colored articles to test the lecturer. This
exhibition was explained as the results of
ether waves acting on the souls eye
But most surprising was the concluding
exhibition. Several notes Vere written on
paper and passed to Senior de OWES, blind
folded as before. By touching the writing
his souls eye" read the contents, and he
readily wrote correct answers 70 the notes.