The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20
SEEING WITH THE SOULS EYE.
Statements and Believe Strange
Things.

Statements and 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 Senior Julian de OWES on 1.-THE X Rays
of Psychology a Known Quantity"
Senior de OWES spoke for over an hour
on the fundamental principles Of psycholo-
gy, pointing out the mistake participated
in quite generally even by savants. that
psychology was the science OF the mind
as 1t affected the properties of the five
senses, and as their functions are known
and observed. Ii is not in this way that
the lecturer treated his subject He went
further than this.
With the physical eye man can see OBJ
jects. His range of vision can pierce a
limited distance In space. All this his
mental eye can do, and much more The
mental eye Is restricted by no distance
limitations. Senior de OWES taught that
the blind man whose sightless orbs stare
into vacancy in a physical sense, can yet
see by means of his mental eye. He dis
PEELED the terrors of blindness. Not by
word of mouth did he prove his assertion.
but he essayed to give practical demon
stratlon of Its truth. The audience, which
filed all the available space in the parlors.
listened with rapt attention to the truly
wonderful doctrines voiced by the lecturer
and when II came to demonstrating HIS
beliefs, and expositions of the powers OF
the mental eye we're given, the audience
was spellbound. II is hard to believe that
a blind man can read a book Yet he did
1t. He gave answers blindfod to written
questions which he had never seen. He
distinguished colors by the sense of feel
Ing alone. More than this, he distinguish
ed colors without so much as touching
them.
But before making these demonstra-
tons he explained the reasons why they
were made possible. lie said that he was
not possessed of any occult gifts pecu-
liar to himself. Amy person excepting a
fool or an imbecile had within him this
minds eye, which could be brought UNI
der control IL proper knowledge of the
workings and possibilities were under
stood. The student In psychical research
educates the god within him, while the
physical man only educates the animal
within him. The X ray can only please
that sense called sight, while the X raw
of the soul is that which sees because K
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.
lie cited the case OF the famous Miss
kellar. who is blind, deaf and dumb, yet
reads. and writes on subjects which a
person with physical sight would think IL
were absolutely imperative to see in or
der to describe. She is enabled to do this
by the y ray of the soul which every man
and woman possesses.
Jesus Christ never came on earth 10
mystify us" said Senior de Owes The
development Of psychical power belongs
NJ
py proper diet, proper mode of living
charity love to all and other aids 10
more rapid development. The soul is the
real us, the ego. When we speak of tha
mind or man in the generally accepted
sense. we make a mistake 1t has nothing
TO DO with the soul whatsoever. There h
an enveloping something which ,,,,ds
and Is attached to the body OF every ha,,,a,
by a cord. This is call the ora. This ora
may go far from the body, may cross
lands and seas, but IL Is still conoeoted
with the body by this inseparable cora
wnich acts as an agent Of communication
between the two.
gland Is situated at the base ana
PACK part or the brain which Is known ~
the pineai eye" said the speaker. ~ daey
any anatomist to explain any phvsicaI
the sou' 7S@s VI
Senior de OWES then exhibited several
pieces or different colored cloths. and said
ne would show that a person carefully
blindfolded can tell the different colors Nv
sense of touch. Three subjects In the aud
fence volunteered their services. One was
blindfolded so as to preclude any possible
ity OF seeing. A dlsinterested person then
gave the subject one of the pieces of cloth
to touch with the fingers. Promptly the
subject would tell the color This demon
straion 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
folded over his eyes. and bound on with a
black handkerchief. An assistant volun-
teered to wave the cloths before his face
and he told each separate color. Mem
bers OF the audience passed handkerchiefs
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 were written on
paper and passed to Senior de OWES, blind
folded as before. BY touching the writ
ing his souls eye" read the contents, and
he readily wrote correct answers to the
notes. Books we're given him. He would
place his hand over the printing and tell
the title OF the book.