The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03


ht ssruDeed In the occult saSs af lsfs
At bad mos 20 discuss and compare
M fhirgA n seW were confessed be-
~ ~ aevers IN splr1t intercourse. some
we're only curious ins1.zizers. wHAis
othes9 had aad experience which coeAa no.
b explained 20 their satisfaction.
TIL tel you wa&t tires ne N he whole
popular way Of looksax a< tnsS matter.
said one Of the last Nearly svsryooSy
who sets out To invcsslzAse e0nzneo stns-
self to tho so-caIisd profenu1snnk S<fe of x.
while ~ wno have knowiedoe of to thing
as nrs hand know that 2nytaing % real
value somss either TO onsnRif directly OF
through some one who does not make =
= business Nobody can tnvestSnxs psychic
phenomsnA without comiaa On one rznxl-
Die fact As Ieast. and that 10 -hA< there -
no clue or rule wntch fully ~mp1nsuD Why
communicationa. wnsxnsr sarouah msdi-
umA dreanA or Impressions viii come
sometimes and not az other times way
they osneTaIy cone when ws lsast expect
them. or why often when 90 sees them
moes ardsatly they will not come A. all
Now . professional 10 expected 70 sappsy
ouDothin0 always. and since Ne c4a1ot
command occult conditions ~ rusor-8 %
the fake busineBs IN order % keep 40 his
reputation Hence. all tas exposures Of
this kind neither prove nor ttsprove any
thing. 7 would give more for the opinion
matter enough 10 give 10 some serious
study. than for ths snveStiS zt.ons of ATTY
skeptics who attend platform Rancss sor
the purpose Of oreaxing them up.
Il don't suppose there 10 another man
In America to-day who has had mAzy
strange mental stories related 20 him -
has Prof. william Jau,es. Of Harvard
His 9reat reputation as q psycnoio9fs<
and his ceaseless Investigation into men,
tai states have made him the recipient &C
thousands Of mental experiences from
people Who make no professional study %
spirttuaiism. put question TO him not
long ago. and in answer he replied. fn
substance. that 30 tar an absolute krowI-
edge goes psychic phenomena. ara not
controlled by any known law. They seem
to b entirely sporadic Sometimes they
come to people with apparently tangibis
cause. and ax other times without any
cause that can be traced r. all the lesser
men Of science would only b honestly
ousspoken in this matter a. are most sf
the great men. notably such men A. Wal
lace, Crookes. Hodxsou. Myers and 9TH
ers OF the Society for PSycnieal Research.
the public would obtain mueh more isn't
on the subject than IL gets now could
name . good many medical men. for in
stance. right here In New York.. too who
are just now WORKING most zealotssiy 70
guard the public against fake doctors. In
T.
Scientists. and Who are more than haIf
believers IN the things they openly con-
DENIM I was talking the other night with
n physician. keen. alert. up-te-iafs m
tie man. who told me some very strange
things IN his own experience.
I've been . believer in the supernatural
al my ufe.- he confessed 'fs - not .
matter Of seeking. 7 can't help IL How
am most aRecteds you ask Well IN two
ways: By overpoweriux IMPRESSION ansf Nv
dreams which cannot BE gnored- 7 sra
fairly impefEed Co do cersain thinxss eSper-
imensing with my Impressions 1as saux1f
me to respect them. Where 7 have not
done 30 have come 20 <rfef Do Z act
upon my dresms7 Well 7 would De
chump II I I'D not 7 have known some
dreams which were almost i3terei Sor@run-
nsrs Of the event which followed For ex-
ample. . friend Of mine dreamed that Re
had read n the newspaper Of the failure
Of concern in which he mad some nonev.
The dream was 40 vivid that he went nc
once and drew his money out. He had some
trouble In doing 70. and made erernies y
the concern But thar would have Rap
pered anyhow. for In two w~eksf -srne tf1-
whole thing burse up and there was erraity
ar around. Bur the man who acted en- a
dream had his money intact
Ny dreams are seldom literal. they are
rather symbolic: hut have learned "a t.
agnose them a. would TIRE case oe . pa
tent. Let me ilIustrass q c~~sc Fer years
past messenger has come 20 me IN freans
whenever any important event was In shs
air. or had any business project IN rusnd
about which hestfzted ~ act. THIS rr@s-
senger - q qaaifs-.ookinx little woman.
plain and past middle Are. have never
known such a person IN this Isfe. she soes
Tor come constantly. her VISITS are az n
tervsIs more Or less arart Sorne three
weeks ago she visited ne BY dr~srs ara n
dressed In the same lark old rsshsareef
garb. with q eios~ little bonner abosat nar
face. This time she looked srusisnx .~a
siated. cerse close no 20 me. AMI. touching
my cheek With her hand ssBf. ~Don's h~s-
tate any longer, 60 right on and 10 what
yOs have n mind. You'll surf~~8 Dusz'e
fear" went next day and e0rnpistesf a
money transaction sbeus whirn there vas
soms venture. snd whicA hs.s 80 sang
are The result - hat am about SO. -
more In peekes today
4 laughed aloud" contfnusf rh~ na-r,-
tor. when tho mar bad rntsn~d Ana
yoa.' said. believing ali rhss. ana nav
ing reason 70 believe L.. are one q "a
most active among the men wne arr.
working 20 get up an scfive Iaw against
al soothsayers. nesisc.n~D~n. aesf sssth-
eursss generally AREN'T you sshsm-f
OF your ineonststeney~
ed color. not ~ all. everything s>~as n
D. IN the har1s 81 edDcst.d n~n'
Another docror. new q nisidI~-a<~I
mar related 90 me not org ago ease~r
case % his being trpr~ssssn-Issf - Bas
IN the early lays 90 MS practice ~ .
country town. where calz@ we're rot A.
tive AMI patients Hveg Far sparr. g.~
morning y. vas sb~at - rss1~ 70 ans< fss
miles sway His suxxy s~o~~s r-sassw 20
ire door. II contained ass $3.50 - naaslf-
zines. and sssryzHlnx ready Or a ssart
AS ne rsached th@ 8ser ~ s~~un@1 -
hear a snte@-not xeeaf xed. aaf a.
were. ringing fnrDuzn rs nna&n. sri
1ood1ng consciousness e sail ~rss.
your ca~ % Instruments yoa nes3
them
10 sf-umg was thks ltnpr~~zaan4 n ssr1-
safsoz. fhax BE p&a@s-s. ssssxasox 80 TO
doorstep. TsEn enr<sfe~fas that - azsf
E3ttf@ ar nothing = - wffH <zrEe~r srssf
sn~s NJ 8ae W n~~sf - an sf.1t4Eaffsn
Of cold xtees. Ne tnr@~ 20 re amDrw~w6cn
Mc@af1 sfepp~s4 into b buxzr snd