Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-24

by the mind there will be no evidence of
its existence.
"In sleep consciousness is suspended,
and death may be its permanent suspen-
sion. But If 1t should actually survive as
fact the disappearance of the body
would effectually prevent its expression
in the manner characteristic of Its nor
NAL physical life, and we should have no
evidence that 1t persisted after its sep
aration from 1t, and the absence of evil
dence would leave us where the ma
terialist would have the right, SO far as
evidence Is concerned, to the skeptical
position.
Where Materiallsm Trlumphs
He might not be able to deny its sur
yiyal. but he could maintain that we
could not believe 1t until we produced the
evidence for it.
But IL telepathy between the living be
fact, and most people accepted 1t, 1t
would only be a question Of the kind OF
facts obtained to suggest the instances
of telepathic communication with the
dead.
''That is to say, IL the dead actually
exist and cannot produce physical effects
like those of their earthly life to prove
their existence they might be able to
GEOGRAPHICALLY impress the living with
such memories as would prove their per-
sonal identity, and it would only be a
question as to the kind and number OF
such facts to prove that the source OF
the information was surviving human
consciousness.
"Again. ignoring the possibility OF
| te1enathic connection with the dead, we
have only to ascertain whether certain
phenomena obtained through what is
known as mediumship do not require
their explanation by the hypothesis OF
communication with the dead.
Is Mediumship a Fact?
"If mediumship is fact it means that
| only certain kinds OF phenomena appear
as efforts to produce through q living hu-
man organism the same facts and state
mants which would prove the existence
| of our personal consciousness through
our open previous bodies.
| "If we find memories OF deceased per-
| sons coming through mediums ana AGE.
| orately protected by scientific metnoo
| against fraud and other explanations, we
will have to choose between supposlne
| survival after death and some explana
ton by intercommunication between nv
ing minds of fiendish type STIMULATING
the existence of spirits. ;
1.-THE scientific problem, therefore, is to
see II individual consciousness can p'
isolated in a manner to prove that IL !:
not a function of the organism, ana i
seems that telepathy points In that dlrec
ton which mediumship communication:
represent a still stronger evidence OF tnls
independence, though there may be d1t
ferences of opinion in regard to the pres
ent status of the evidence.
Theory Of Survival
eff what are called clairvoyance ant
premonition can be accepted as proved
facts, and If they involve any connectloi
r,,th other types of psychic phenomena
we shall have to see an explanation o.
them consistent with that which explains
telepathy and mediumship.
''They are themselves mere names To-
classification and not for explanation
They are also not to be explained by ina
which explains telepathy. Hence, if the!
involve the hypothesis of independence
of mind they will require a theory o
survival as condition of explainin'
them so that science in all fields of tn
supernormal points individually to sur
vival after DEATH