The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-10
Mn. BEEoHER,s sPIafr.
Of spiritualism b. mil
ssopber OF Experience IN East India.

osOpoor o. Expenenco ID EAN Auss'
To rax Error or TIE sux-5it: have
made spirituslism a study for the last thirty
years: nrst In India. thcn In Egypt. then
in London and for the last fifteen years In
America. and sympathze very greatly win
DR.. Funk In his energetic effortsto Investigate
the finding Of the lost coin. lam BY no means
an anti-spiritualist. In fact. ! am inciined
70 believe that with the ttory Of Christianity
before us there must be some means OF COM
munication with the spirit world. But am
Obliged to confess that have never found
any tangible evidence Of ~
My experience began with tho late Madame
Blavatsky at Simla. Strange to say. she
discovered a lost ring" which had been
stolen by a native In eimla and was found
In shop In Bombay. She also discovered
lost tea cup. ] think We succeeded In ex-
posing the fraud Of the tea cup, but the lost
ring remained a mystery.
Madame Blavatsky had two devoted dis
ciples In Mr.. Sinnett, the author Of "Esoteric
Buddhism" and the india Secretary OF the
Home Department at Simla. She Informed
them that Mohammedan moulvie at Seeta-
pore was the incarnation OF n great Buddha.
These two English disciples visited the Moslem
priest at Seetapore, but. so far from discover
ing that he was an incarnation Of great
Buddha the reverend gentleman politely in
vited the Enrlshmen to leave his mosque.
and then remarked to his pupils that IL was
very dreadful to find English Gentlemen'in
state Of intoxicat ion 80 early In the morninRl
think II is pretty generally admitted that
Madame Blavatsky was an imppstor.
My next experience was with the great
Akho0nd of Swat on the Afghan frontier
He was credited with working many miracles.
but ! never discovered one nor did any OF my
intimate paiiye friends In lordon con-
lyn, who maintained that he could produce
any Of the spiritualistic manifestations. and
Hs Mhs seT Do ON the
platform and came through the air and seized
me by the hand These and many other
proofs were given me to show that spirituaiism
Ny next experience was with the New
Lebanon shakers. about iifteen years age
hundreds Of ma,sriaii.eS spirits from al 81
ny ss ~G and he replied nh ne
fact known to every shaker. ! then went to
the senior minister This ministry j. always
! consulted the senior minister i told him
what Elder Evans had said He replied
Elder Evans Is an excellent man. but he lives
then asked the AGED minister. Have You
witnessed any Of these spiritualistic mani,
before me: had not the least doubt that she
wa wa. h yO1InS Moman In rs issn 90, PEG ~
light appeared behind me and IN the excite
ment OF the moment / loosed the woman's
hand and shs msds and
found nothins whatever to prove the exist
seance on" Of Which The Medium dHH vas Young
lady. the daughter Of a General. who had
conyinoed many Of her friends that she was e
with rapping But ] discovered that the
d was pp sS The tf6s xth her
search Of ? lost friend; toa pin ! had
sS him S''Ps paid sn'f . MT
paper DURING this ,hs left the room He
ss1 iG as!H?as1 . sHS i0l Ssa M
ertissd the structure Of ny cdsr'sn0ssa ~, he
insl - fee. i understand that this feat is
done through a mirror which reflects the
writing pad on which the sentences are being
| Now. with respect to DR. Funk. incident,
i is not strange that the spirit Of Henry wsrd
ssog Jude aE ss u.s. @
Of the body OF Moses, and i is not impro6,,
In the spirit world REGARDING the removal
hut why should he trouble himself about
nTe.ne sss mater a. f' s SUD
whole attention 10 the history OF this coin.
| affecting the disposal OF that coin This has
| been my experience in a number Of cases.
! At one time found a number OF people
| who had seen ghosts under very peculiar
circumstances. but in course OF time ] dis
covered in the case Of each Individual that
| there were hereditary tendencies to illusions
| which bordered on insanity,
| tven Prof Hyslop Is Obliged to admit that
the communications which he received from,
| and almost absurd This would seem to
indicate that there IL a possible solution to
be found in the science OF thought or mind
| reading.
| / should add that my Investigations with
regard 10 spiritualism have been conducted
| with an honest conviction that should hnd
! something which would enable me TO believe
| in H. 1t is with this view that have con-
| versed with Hindoo YoRis. Persian mystics
| been no result
| 1HE AUTHOR OF THE DICTIONARY OF ISLAM.
| NEW YORK, April 8,