The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-05
EXPECT TO HEAR
OF SPIRIT WORLD
Psychical Research Society Await.
Message from DR.. Hodgson,
Late Its Secretary.

tality from DR., Richard Hodgson of
Boston. DR.. Hodgson is dead. He died
about three weeks ago, but during his
life he was the best-known, most pa
tient and skillful investigator Of so
called psychical phenomena in Amer
ica
1t was under his direction that some
of the most astonishing experiments
were performed thru Mrs. Piper, the
celebrated Boston medium. DR.. Hodg-
son. was preparing a book on these ex-
periments.
It. was expected that in the event Of
his own death DIR. Hodgson would have
been found to have made some careful
provision for an experiment to show
his own continued existence in another
world If such thing were possible.
DR.. Hodgson' g death, however, was
very sudden and unexpected. 1t is the
belief of many prominent members 1t
the society that he had made no such
prearranged plan. That if possible he
will communicate thru Mrs. Piper or
doubt but that he had provided for it
beforehand. There is no evidence.
One of the most prominent members
of the society in this city, long a stu
dent of and writer, on these topics,
discussed the death of DR.. Hodgson
with an Evening Mail reporter today.
g.. His Place Hard to Fill.
"Dr. Hodgson' 8 death was great
shock to the members of the soci-
ety. said he. cit came as a blow
His place will be hard to fill. The
doctor died while in the middle of
many interesting Investigations, the
result of which was eagerly awaited
by all Of US. ,H..-..,... -.
"He was man in the prime of life.
n
would have lived twenty years more,
but his fondness for athletics proved
fatal. He overexerted himself in 9
game and an artery burst. His end
was very sudden. @...r
awe who are concerned in the study
! dents: We are endeavoring to arrive
at the truth. There are many things
that are true in the natural world that
cannot be explained; 80, also, are
there many things of which we have
positive knowledge that cannot be ex-
planned or reasoned out from a purely
mathematical basis. ~-. 80 f. :,
tEAmong the things which we hold to
be true is that the soul Of man, after
| having departed to another estate, is
not able, instantly, to enter into COM
munication with living beings. It re-
quires time to find ITSELF The time
required may be day, a week, a month,
maybe. year or more. We know OF
instances where messages have come
hours after death. Others have com
municated within q week, and still 9th
ers have not been heard from fol
months, and in some cases years have
gone by. We have absolutely no man.
ner Of knowing the conditions or the
circumstances that , surround the de.
parted souls. b.. ~ 49,. .-.'-..'
Expect to Hear from DR.. Hodgson.
This much is positive, however, that
communicate with some medium Pie
| nomena of this nature was his study
while alive. Would he not, therefore
endeavor to aid us who were his fellow.
| students and associates to the extent OF
his power after he: had passed to an
other state of being. -->,. 49,.
~.'The report that he had arranged to
communicate thru Mrs. Piper, or zthr,
any other specified person, is all non
sense. While Mrs. Piper possesses ex
traordinarY powers, yet that would no
mean, necessarily, that she would prove
an acceptable medium for communica
other particular person who had passed
to another state Of being. We believe
that departed soul, after it has &C
CURED sufficient strength and has mas
tered, to the proper degree, its environ
ment, will use the medium that is bes
adapted to it. And that medium ma,
be any person whose spirit is attune
and in accord with that Of the departed
and. further, that is receptive at tn
time the effort is made to communicate
The entire matter is one that is b.
yond the explanation of mortals. Stu
dents of the phenomena have been con
WINGED Of the truth of certain funda
mentals: That there is communication
with departed souls, and that this com
munication comes in such manner tina
it's authenticity is beyond doubt. Thos
of us who are members of this society
and I dare say many others who al
not formally allied with it, are study
ing it just as the scientist would stud
his phenomena, or as the astronome
would study the heavens. ....&- =
HOf one thing, however, you may b
positive-that no arrangement what's
ever was made between DR.. Hodgso
land Mrs. Piper for soul communication
I received letter from her the 9th,
day, and 1t made no mention whatevt
of any such pact, and had it been
existence, Mrs; Piper surely would ha,
| told me Of it. -
| It is believed that Professor jam
1 H. Hyslop Of Columbia university wi
/ succeed DR.. Hodgson as secretary