The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-22
THE MYSTERIOUS MESsAuT.
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NN.1ao-ea ,,axvs should come OF the
safety of the United States legation
Pekin and the telepathic message VIZ.
came TO Nine. Payen. the mother OF Hl.ie-
Cecile Paven. who is there with Mln ls,,S.-
Conger'S family, should prov 20 ~, a.
true, there would be more cohs ssl;oy, Tban
TO this phenomenal mentaI cOn ua-.S.< of
would ever be secured DS any
AS Nine. Payen and her daughter haDle-
ualiy converse in the French idLls . 80
their native tongue-the conSolnS w 49, -,
eli is an right mamma, L am IN no o St
ger" were probably conveyed II ,tI5-.
language and translated Tor Tie Lei1,s5
The fact OF such an, imp '.ss Taffher a
authenticated by one VINO was re - -
student of the occult science nOI q -
lever in it makes il OF greater l. 49,, IA
establishing the fact thaJ thOus I,'-S mt
projected 10 hnltiess tS,,t NiTnoressiou
into words TO make a clstlncl mp NM the
on the senses. Those who know lie ne
young French woman know 49, - win
close and sympathetic assoseiSa ,e.,-ast liv-
her mother, her nearest ana eeaL ,.ar
ing relative A brief extract from - ~
sonal letter of Nile Payen may ,l -
interest here as showing now ieetoo+sl
ably she looked forward 10 thaS
Between Christmas and New . 60 sy,5
she writes II had the most tempting 81, 80
unexpected invitation 10 accoI lLpsIs.ors tn
Edwin H Conger ana her dduSheSS4S -
China l took three weeks 10 nldAS ~ ~
nv mind. as L had all my plans mace
10 go east, but have many u ltSf,iT and
go TO China VIII nave d . OTo time in
Interesting trip, stopping some 'llne ~
japan
All England was stirred thirty years
ago when that daring rear Oh SsbeIs
was described in Jane Eyre, WheIe,
walking in the fields at night thS hsI Olt &c
hears the beloved voice OF hoSnesle+ -
agonized tones, Jane Jane. MheFs 81
| you?" and her instant reply, AT IoL
me- am coming" This latest message %
/ telepathy, and that almost the Irst o.
the new cult, have a StrlklnS -
/ but the first originated IN the Mt IShi
/ the authors mind to test the poSsl6lhues
| of the waves of vibration, and the last Is
| the exceeding agony of love ana ionglhe
/ overcoming the distractions OF distance
and connecting two minds py an aOnO4-
nal system OF wireless telegraphy.
| Some years ago a young woman, tnen
| living in Chicago, published remarkable
/ book called the "Automaton Ear II was
| a weird story about man VINO lnFenlSu
| q mechanical ear which was TO gather all
! the words and sounds floating IN the UNI
verse since the time when the morning
! stars sang together Tor Joy Inc du-
! tomaton ear was successful in its pur-
] pose, and the sounds were gathered, DAT
/ the inventor had forgotten that all the
sounds were not those OF joy, but that
/ with those came the groans OF anguish,
the cries of suffering, and they predornl-
mated SO that he could not listen. puI
went mad from disappointment. So far
| telepathy has been used IN warning
service, and in impressions of a elairvoy-
ant or clairaudient nature
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If the fact of the telepathic messages
from China should be verified-as is de
voutly wished and hoped-by the safety OF
| the legations being assured, the question
| will naturally be asked Why could not
all who have friends in that jeopardizec
Why should one alone Of the number be
able TO project her thoughts through
space. not once but thrice, for the first
message received by Nine. Payen in Mil
waukee on June II was followed by an
other which said in clear, distinct tones
those Of her daughter-"Do not worry
mamma; We are all well.
! The first two messages might be con
StrUed to mean consolation from another
world-where. indeed, the sender would
be in no danger" But the third IS essen.
TALLY mortal in its meaning. Il came or
Friday, June y, while the mother was
visiting at the house Of a friend. LET
alone for moment, she distinctly heard
CecileS voice saying, "A Chinese Officia
is comforting with Minister COnger. We
are safe. We are protected
The suggestion is made that these tw,
| people are psychologically fitted for send
ing or receiving telepathic meSSages-tha
the 1ne chords Of their mental vibration
permit the phenomena: which they CLAIM
is not supernatural. between finely at
tuned natures keyed up to a high pitcl
} of exalted perception.
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So far telepathy has not proved of valu
in discovery or in the interests of science
| 1t has an air of misfortune and bring
! more often the premonihons of death o
: disaster, and occasionally is the pFesag
! of a dream. Should the fatal surmise
of death and disaster at the Chinese cap
: ital be confirmed there will remain tn
| cOnSOlatOry thought-Or belief-Of super
] human intervention brought about by I'm
known forces in the supreme moment o
! peril or release, aided by intense psychi
endeavOr, a telepathy of love
. Who called thee strong as death, oh love
l Stronger thou vast and art.
r NJ l. RAYNE-