The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-16


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son why spirits should be expected &C
possess equal talents as communications
Evidently among DR.. Hodgson's future
researches VIII be the effort 70 discover
why departed spirits can communicate
only through a human instrument in alb
normal condition.
Anothr curious point worth rela,6ne 4.
this: For a philosophic talk with betweeu
/ DR.. H. and G. P. the name OF the late
/ w. Stanton Moses was brought into ques-
ton. This also brought the spirit OF
/ Stanton Moses and some of his friends
! to the fore. These by virtue of longer re-
! search and sojourn in the other Ike
/ claimed much more knowledge than c. p.
was yet master OF. Among other matter
proclaimed by Stanton Moses & Co. was
that the machine CMrs. Piper was in dan
ger of being rendered valueless through
incompetent handling and confusing sit
tiers and they begged that other spirits
give way for a time and they be permit
ted to take it in charge.
SPIRITS GOOD ADVICE.
To this DR.. Hodgson agreed. and he
tells with refreshing frankness that a
vast improvement was the result. Not
only was the result better 20 the siters.
bu all spasms and starts fell away at
once from Mrs. Piper's entrance into or
leaving the trance condition, and only
ease and pleasure remained
Mr.. Hodgson has now been several
months in England placing his work be-
fore the society and preparing IL for pub
LEGATION. His Investigations and conclu-
sions have doubtless brought the s p r.
to a critical pass. Hitherto the rank and
file Of professed spirituaIists have op-
posed the scientists and scorned their
methods Of research Whether all that
will now be changed remains TO be seen.
If the intuitionists should fall iutoiine
with the scientists in trying TO solve the
greatest problem that has ever doomed be-
fore the mind Of man. We may reason
ably look for interesting disclosures.
Should the scientists themselves largely
support d. Hodgson's conclusions. one
result doubtless would be to bring 20 the
front a large number Of people who are
now practically splrituausts. though not
processing il.
forthcoming paper by President william
James. which shows the yet tentative
condition Of the problem:
FRAUD NOT THOUGHT OF.
THE conversion Of DR.. Hodgson 70
spiritualism marks a critical passage IA
the history OF the Society for Psychfcal
Research az well as in Dr. Hodgson's own
was such a conjunction OF a good medium
with q thoroug investigator. ard in tbs
result the report marks an epoch in our
knowledge of trance states.
DIR. HodEson considers that the hypo-
thesis Of fraud cannot be seriously enter
tanned. agree with him absolutely.
The medium has ben under observation
as 20 most OF the conditions OF her life
by persons eager, many OF them. 20
pounce upon any suspicious circumstances
for fifteen years. During that time not
only has there nsos been one suspicious
Circumstance remarked, bun not one spg-
gestlon has ever been made from any
quarter which might positively explain
how the medium living the apparent lie
she leads could possibly collect informa-
ton about 90 many srtsrs 81 natural
means.
The scientist Who IS confident % fraud
here must remember that IN science IS
well as IN common Hfe a hypothesis must
receive some positive specification and de-
termination before 4 can be probably
discussed. and fraud which Is 10 assign
Cd kind OF fraud. but SIMPLY fraud az
large can hardy be regarded a. an 80
pecaIly scientl8c explanation q sDeci9c {
concrete facts
no. Mrs.. p. peTs frances are phsno- .
mena sui gsaerts. Mr.. H0sgsou. admit /
ting he element q sup@rnornzl knoz- /
ledge "a them a. a 1act. weighs against /
each other as two theories q IS or.zsa +
ts] epsthy from the gs'ter and spsrl- con- .
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