The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-19
SALTWATER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY JANUARY 49, 1sea
seemed to suffer from cold, while felt
neither heat nor cold.

seemed to suffer from cold, while l felt
neither heat nor cold.
AS my mind turned from the earth I
began to behold strange and wonder
full sights. Everybody was moving
from place to place at Will. You had
but to think of place to be there,
without other effort. 1t took no longer
time to travel a million miles than one.
1t has always been my custom to read
the rules-when arriving at a new
prison. Il am one of those men used
to faSten crime on when no one else
is convenient, being an ex-convict, you
know, no other proofs are necessary
In prison you must read the rules, as
no talking is allowed, which prevents
you from asking questions But here
everyone talked, or else they heard each,
others think. decided to ask few
questions to see whether my tongue
would work. The first question l asked
was why we felt no heat or cold as on
earth.
The answer was that material was
susceptible to beat and cold, which are
merely deceptive terms. Cold being
merely the absence of the vibrations
which carry the life-inspiring impulse
to matter. An excess or want of these
vibrations makes it necessary for ma
terial beings to shelter themselves by
clothing or other covering.
"Are there other worlds besides the
one came from? ="
Eyes"
"And do beings come here from the
other worlds ?" s...A-.... -.-.....-.-.,
"Oh, yes; from all of them?"
This was new to me. l had never
heard of it before. We looked at
number of other worlds by thinking of
them. Some of them were vastly more
beautiful than the earth. | asked my
guide:
"What world are you from?"
He showed me very large warm
orb, so placed that four suns of differ
ent colors shone upon its four quarters,
blending their light, and making a per-
petual day. L thought if the earth
were as beautiful as that people would
be sorry to leave it. (Some are sorry
anyway Still its inhabitants die
there, and pass on looking for some
thing better, just as we do.
then asked my guide how long he
had been here.
He said 81 was here before there
was life on earth. You would call it
millions of years."
swell, you are an ancient shade.' l
thought, but he heard me, and smiled.
[ asked my guide if there were any
worlds that had only one language
because here it seemed everybody un.
derstood each other.
He said all worlds had but one Ian
guage to begin with, but time and cir
cumstances made them drift apart and
split up into different ones. Language
was unnecessary in the land of spirits.
because every thought conveyed its
own meaning unspoken. It is a faint
trace of this power which is called hyp-
notism and mesmerism on earth. If
those who practice it ad the full DOW
er language and animal magnetism
would be unnecessary.
We mingled with the crowd, and I
saw many strange faces. But all were
smiling and pleasant All were giving
each other impressions of beautiful
thoughts and sights. asked questions,
and everybody seemed anxious to en-
Tighten me. My guide said:
'The reason they are so anxious for
you to know is, that the knowledge of
the individual is the strength and pow.
er of the community. It is so on earth
also.'
1 now began to recognize people had
known on earth, most of them being
what we call "good" people. I talked
to them, and while doing so recog-
nized one who was considered a very
bad man at the time of his death. 1
was wondering how he came to be
there. So asked my guide where the
bad people go after death.
He answered: "There is nobody bad;