The Washington times., 1902-01-27
A REWARD OFFERED
FOR GENUINE GHOST
Camille Flammaron, the Astronomer, Makes
Proposition in the Interest
of Science

claring the soul to be merely function
of the brain. and that psychologists labor
under a serious delusion in so believing.
The world which we see is not the true
world. but a partial and false impress
sion OF cur imperfect and limited senses.
The survival of the soul seems to me Ger
tain. although scientific proof is difficult
to obtain.
"of forty reports / am now examining
of apparitons of dead persons, with de-
tails signed and countersigned and certi-
fed, almost all are explained by halluci-
nations and those in which halluCination
has played no part are not striking. NJ
Deutsch founded prize of 100, 900 francs
to encourage the perfection of dirigiblc
balloons. | neither have fortune. nor
do | wish for one. But l offer check
for 10000 francs to anyone who viii pre-
sent to me a real ghost. This ghost would
have more technical value than my wise
and energetic friend Santos Dumont.
Preof Of the Immortality of the soul is
mere important than the advancement OF
aerial navigation. We may not be SO far
from this goal. The psychic scientists
are advancing with rapid strides Pos
terity will remember those who, like
Crookes and Mye"s, called scientific at
tention to problems too long considered
insolube and vain.
Believes in SpirituaIism.
81 have always been. and | remain, a
believer in spiritualism. But l am no
longer n medium. Formerly | worked
with Allan -Kardoo, the high priest of
that school. / was even the secretary of
several seances held by him. A portion
of his book Genesis is written in my
hand. Il was unconscious, automatic
writing. Whereas Victorien Sardou,
under medu nistic influences, sketched
habitations on the planet Jupiter, which
re attributed to the inspiration of Ber-
nard Palissy | signed the name of Cali
leo TO my astronomical revelations. But
later / was compelled to acknowledge
that | had been the victim of my own
ina ginatiCn. Since the publication of
Allan -Kardoo's book. We have learned
more On the subject OF Jupiter. And I
perceived that the alleged Calico who
guided my hand committed many blum
ders. In a word, he possessed only our
own imperfect knowledge of that period,
which would not have been the case if
we had had to do with Galileo's own
soul. raised and delivered from bondage.
Il was merely unconscious cerebration
which caused my hand to write, and not
a spirit
Il have not in mediums the same faith
that have in telepathy. Recently / had
in my apartment a medium named AIDA
Roth, who. in full light caused flowers to
materialize. But this feat is common TO
all prestidigitators. If | remember right
ly, this AIDA Roth was afterward caught
buying from a florist the bouquets which
were to be transmitted direct from the
unknown world simple experiment
proved the de option of this woman. She
was weighed before and after a seance.
The difference in weight was found to cor
respond precisely with the weight OF the
towers. Prestidigitators can initiate per
fectly all the highest spiritual phenome-
ma. That master of sleight- of hand Ca
zenouye came to me once, saying, i do
lot wish Camille Flammarion to be taken
in by tricksters. And in my presence he
berformed all the prodigies accomplished
by mediums.
Blind Faith Included.
81 do not go so far as to say that medl-
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