Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

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"The girls tone irritated me, already
annoyed as l was because l had no ex-
olanatlOn of what l had seen ready to
offer. So l said testify:
"1 certainly would like to see the
apparition again when had eaten less,
although, Of course, Margaret, l added,
turning to my hostess, the dinner was
beyond all doubt the best have ever
nten. But too full a stomach makes
The mind slow
"'Then you doubt the genuineness Of
,he manifestation my friend asked.
81 certainly do not doubt you, my
friend | hastily replied, but Il cannot
under the circumstances % quickly
give up my own views. In spite of the
warning that she was to come, the lit
tie lady rather took me by surprise,
and / was hardly in the condition to
consider what l saw from a scientific
standpoint
"'Ah! But science said Stephanie,
can but support the theory of spirit
ualsm. There are three great entities
in the universe, each imperishable in
itself-matter, force and spirit. Sci
ence must recognize this trinity and
that all forms are but the union OF the
three in varying proportions. The
highest form-man-is the highest sim
ply because of the preponderance Of
the spirit which is in the combination.
This preponderance is so great that
whereas the destruction of any other
form, such as mineral, resolves the
components into separate particles,
which. by attraction, rush back Into
the parent source and are lost. in man
the spiritual portion is great enough TO
resist this attraction after death and
to continue as n separate entity. BY
appropriatlng to itself a portion Of the
superintendent matter and force which
is everywhere in ether 1t is possible
for this spirit to appear to mortals as
a re-embodied being
"This glib Vassar college girls ex-
PLANTATION of spiritualism made me lose
my temper and | replied, with little
courtesy:
"'And when these spirits re-embody
| suppose il is quite natural that they
should find clothes and dress them
selves before appearing to us poor
mortals. The little girl last night had
on party dress, with ribbon bows on
IT, Why did she bother about all that?
Why do not spirits come without cloth
lngT
~ do not know replied Stephanie,
without losing her self control for a
moment. I do not pretend to know ev-
erythlng. The spirits think it well to
conform to earthly customs, suppose,
or, perhaps, 1t is merely the result Of
past habits while I'm the flesh.
"My friend saw that was in an III
humor and hastened to smooth the
troubled atmosphere.
doctor said he, you said just now
that you were not in a condition last
night TO investigate the manifestation
In scientific manner Nothing would
please us all better than to have you
test this matter scientifically II you
can
Like an inspiration an idea crossed
my mind, and without hesitation | an
swered:
81 will agree to try a scientific ex-
pertinent tonight If you will permit It
without interference
"T would not like to make so rash a
promise without knowing what You
purpose
"'Let me explain. then. have been
MS much interested in hypnotlsm as you
have been in spintualism. You know
enough of that to recognize the fact
that hypnotism is an influence over the
mind rather than over the body. Any
effects upon the body are operations
through the mind. To make my mean
Ing palmer. you would consider II folly
were / TO undertake TO hypnotic a
dead bodyY
"T should think you insane
"'And rightly. But ! hesitated to |
make my proposition, thinking that II |
would be unwelcome. But would II be |
insanity TO endeavor 10 hypnotic a
iisembodied spiritY The result was |
quite astonishing to me.
~ see what you mean TO do" cried |
enthusiastically. 1t is a
grand experiment. You will try to |
hypnotlze the spirit which appears |
here. Agree to the Doctors proposal. |
father. II viii be a great scientific |
achievement
"Why, certainly, l agree said my |
friend, with equal enthusiasm. Il can
imagine great results. II the dlsem-
bodied spirit could be hypnotized, II
might be compelled TO reveal what up |
% now all materialized spirits have de-
lined to tell'
That day was long one for us all,
'or every one impatlently awaited the
lour for the experiment. and | may at
'nce come TO that This time l was
lot taken by surprise. but saw the APP
partition when she first came into the
'O0m. | was not so much astonlshed /
IS on the night before, yet l must con
'ess that for a moment / was tempted
o abandon my experiment For one in
Itant | felt that II would be sacrl-
egious TO interfere with what. after
H. might be supernatural What II II
we're a spirit? | could not positively
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