The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-25
FULFlLLMENT OF DREAMS
The Suggestion of an Existence Prior
to the Present Lite.
EVIDENCE Or TeLEPAIHiC MESSAGES
All Of These Stories Are Vouched For as 10
Their Truth by the kArrators, Who Are
Well Known to Nearly All
Residents of CITY.

heStceH'S OF lily.
f., NAV not be going too far to say that
... majority OF people nave had in their
l..-s experiences that seem To take them
.a.o auotncr world, as it we're. or what
,aIed for want OF q better term, the
r,tIH OF the Supernatural These ex-
-. ll~nces may be communications with
.aa- Who have gone over TO the majority;
.aey may be dreams tQlhllei: they may
.a teIopathic messages received FROM
friends Al Il great distance; warnings;
.res"ntiyhents; whatever they may be
.Aost people have had them. Some are
unwilling to credit them TO any but most
commonplace condolences. explaining
their occurrence by q confederation OF
circumstances that would be stranger
lhan the supernatural. it would seem.
others unhesitatingly accept these facts
as Indicating that there is a world, or
may be another sense simply, to which
-oul" OF us are sometimes granted access.
or with which We are at times gifted.
/ have talked over this very absorbing
Topic Of late with quite a number Of Raj
Ugh people, With the result to be expect
,t. that ! have heard many experiences.
d few OF which are printed below.
Dr.. \. /. MARSHALL'S STORY.
Oae OF the first persons / called on was
Or. \ \. Marshall, pastor OF the First
Baptist Church.
Have | ever had any strange expert
enees or dreams bordering on the occult
OF snpeInatural? said DR.. Marshall, re-
i@atlng Inc question / had put to him.
Well, yes. III a small way as most men
have had. But if you are after the SUI
ItrnatuTal and the occult, let me
suggest That you read the arti-
e!ea that appeared in the Arena some
ya2ra ago from the pen Of Dr.. Hensolft
On the subject. Among the Adopts at
S@finasne, IN which is given an account
&. thc "ieFd and strange things tran
@P!Eiilg among the Esoteric initiates hid
way an the valleys OF The Himalaya
fountains. In these articles YOU will
l-1d an account of such wonderful things,
md the Arena says they are true, thu
VIII even pat 10 shame the claims of the
ItosIcgucians OF the seventeenth century.
hut you say II is my story you are after
loW? Wen. You shah have it. But let
IL" say that the story is not so much in
l-SeIf as in the suggestions that grew
cut OF it.
Some years ago date IS OF no import
aAce. while travelling in Europe, my
IIend and | reached the town Of Pisa
IL Italy. on = belated train Just about
t:eah OF day. 1t was past the season for
touring Italy, SO that my friend and I
We're the unly passengers getting OF at
me station. The train being late and
arriving at that hour when the great
CITES are most Sounily wrapped in SUM
'tf' not 2 cabman or guide was to be
seen. RAISING from the exit OF the sta
ION thefe was a strange and unnatural
tamllarity about everything III sight. l
I'It as though | was entirely familiar
Win the city. and said 10 my friend, II
goa Will follow me | can carry you d.
!tctly 10 the Leaning Tower and other
points or interest l felt as though | was
L"Slli|ely certain both as TO the direction
~"d probable distance OF that group OF
buildings unsurpassed ia the world
"hich We had stopped TO see. Starting
III the directioa in which ] felt sure these
buildings lay l went directly to them. /
'W sure not going a single step out OF
Hy most direct course. On reaching the
|4iidlAgs, the Campanile, the Baptistery,
NE campo Santo and the Cathedral, their
'ViatlTe position and general aspect were
-~'d Is | had expected them TO be. One
'''AS was manifest, the utter absence OF
lac ieeIlng OF surprise, that SO often
IaFacterlses cur first beholding an OBJ
-''t' even though we may have read of
H often.
some months after returning home I
''0 the incident TO q group Of friends.
s ol The company at once suggested
N"at IN the incident was the suggestion
an existence prior to the present life
ana mat my seeming familiarity with
-.@a might be the retention Of expert
't'ts OF a pre-existent life.
le" days after | saw an ADVERTISE
"1t III Il Chicago paper asking that
's"Ae having or seeming TO have any
'eS9ioh or recollection OF a previous
'-1sHce' write to d certain: party giving
9el and number in Chicago. I briefly
"''7 The incident without even the sug-
7"oii OF an explanation and received
als"er a formal invitation to ioip q
.FIE lor the propagation OF the doc
''"s q! the TRANSPORTATION OF souls and
7AItng NE that my contribution would
i.3Fe valuable help in maintaining tho
me Of a life previous to this life.
@'s possible retention of experiences
maj FORMER life. / did not so think
Set II has seemed strange that Pisa
nave seemed that early morning
.'i14laT, and that l should have had
ID accurate notion both as to distance
H'fection. l 90 rot recall ever hay
1@1 ! similar feeling in visiting any
city Tor the first time. One or two
-''e explanations occur to my own
ana YET not Ole OF them perfectly
satisfactory"
MRS HARRY LOEB.
" marry Loeb nj 019 w Nvaryt,