The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14
copyright, 1900, by w. T. Steady

drcted a series of experiments of auto
matte writing with friends in various parts
Of the world, and nave arrived, after much
.xpcrience. at certain conclusions, about
which l feel tolerably certain. Auto
maize handwriting" is a terp used to de-
scribe writing which is obtained when the
recirient, holding pen or pencil, places
his hand lightly upon a sheet of paper,
and allows the mind of the communicating
persons to use that hand as their own.
To many it may seem incredible that if
Won disconnect as it were, your hand
from your mind, and place it al the dis
posal of a third party that your hand
should write anything Ineligible l do
not say all persons have that faculty. I
was extremely surprised when 1 was first
told that such a thing was possible. But
after a very little practice l found no
difficulty, and to this day l have only 10
make my mind passive, place my hand
with pen upon sheet of paper to ring
up as you may, on the telepathic ex-
change. any friend of the certain of nose
who can write with my hand, and my
hand then and there writes a letter ad-
dressed to me, which differs only from
the letters which the person would write
himself in that it is in a different hand
writing from his own or from my own,
and is usually much more frank and out
spoken than If it had been written by his
hand instead of by mine. The conclu-
sions at which l have arrived as the re-
suit of experiments carried on for the
last six or seven years are:
Conclusions as to Automatic Writing
First That no one can say beforehand
whether any particular person can or can
not use my hand for the purpose of tele-
rathy or automatic handwriting. Some
friends, who are very near and dear TO
me utterly fail. Others with whom | am
not on particularly near terms, write with
considerable accuracy.
Sec ally, it is not in the least necessary
for the person who writes with your hand
to be conscious that you are receiving
such a communication from him, that Is
10 say, you ring up your friend, ana ask
him to communicate by the aid of my au-
tomato hand. That message does not as
rule produce the least impression upon
his physical consciousness. The friend will
use my hand to tell me a whole series OF
Incidents which he did not intend toeom-
municate to me.
Thirdly 1t makes no difference for the
receipt of the telepathic communications
whether the person from whom you re-
ceiyo them is asleep or awake or is en-
gagged in any kind of mental or physical
exercise. The sub-conscious mind which
along is exercised in all such telepathlc
transmission, takes no account of these
external circumstances, is always ready
TO be rung up, and never resents any
questions.
6o Aat oOmmuOi-
cations are always those relating to sub
Jects upon which the person from whom
the communication is received feels deep
ly, An intense feeling, either of JOY or
sorrow. is transmitted not merely with
accuracy, but with a certain mtenslhca-
ton of emotion, whereas the inquiries as
10 prOsaic details such as what they may
have had for dinner or by what train they
came up to town, are apt to be answered
quite wrongly.
Fifthy The value OF these auto-tele-
pathic communica tons is materially I'M
paired by the fact that the TRANSMITTING
sub-conscious mind or whatever 1t may pc
is apt to confound thought with things
and to describe a fierce determination 20
do harm as If the harm were absolutely
accomplished. In the same way, a great
dread lest an accident should occur, VIII
oiten he rendered as an absolute state
ment as a fact that the accident has oc-
cured
SNthly. Another element which deprives
the communications of the value which at
one time ! thought they might possess IS
ina, the communicating medium, what
ever it may be. is sublmely obivious 10
considerations of time, that is to say, my
h'h1 has often written accurate descr'p-
uous OF the mental state Of person from
WAom the message came, which were per
4l'liN accurate some years, months, weeks
OF even hours before but which were not
correct at the moment at which the mes
sage was written. This, however. is
imperative bagatelle. compared with
cement of marvel that is introduced BIZ
.Ne Tact that the automatic hand will
frequently describe events as having al
I''Iy happened which have not happened
' t-, but which subsequently happened
Na " AS described I have had so macy
FENCES Of this sort that if any one
my friends were to write with my hand
INFORM me that any accident or piece
-ooI fortune had befallen him. if the
Ase We're given with any particularly
t.uL | should feel tolerably certain
II had not happened at the time
'dng, It would certainly happen be-
.ohg. | always make rule of sub
ing an the writing which l believe
~ Ivy friends from which it purports 10
communication. and their annota-
are extremely interesting.
Two Men in One.
ny experiments shed a curious light
ihe problem of the different per-
''lies which are in each of us. The
81 my friends that writes with my
Hi' whether We call It a subconscous
"' or whatever il may be. has an exist
e quite independent of the physical
'ousness Of which alone my friends
NV anyi hing. The difference between
tWo IS very marked, although il varies
A'ltldDly. according a thp individual.
as rule. the sub-consciousness Of my
's mat writes with my hand is recog-
49, ny my friends themselves as better
man they are themselves; that Is
t aE' When my hand begins to write in
name OF, we will say, William Smith,
v,i, quite possible that my hand VIII
', Shilh's body at that moment Is very
,be or IN very disconnected state, and
~. -l-ng that MriLas ,,-lLh my hand hns