Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

tinctly to the existence OF spirits than to
any other explanation. You would he sur
prised IL 1 told you the names of some of
the scientific men who have been completely
converted to the 'spiritistic' theory, but
who will not publicly admit It for fear of
their regulations
What would be the effect upon public
morals Of a. complete scientific proof OF i'm
mortality"
Greater Strengthening of the Importance
and value of the individual in social and
political life. 1t was out of the belief in
the Immortality of the soul that modern
democracy originated and gave the world
the belief that the state Is subservient to
the interests of the individual. Once tho in
dvidual Is assured of survival after death,
sufferings and pains will become much
mere endurable. Personality will then np-
pear as permanent in nature as matter or
energy. From my point OF view this is al
ready evidentially demonstrated quite as
effectively as is the theory of evolution and
will increase in strength with the multiple
cation of evidence"
Are a separate heaven and hell indi-
Gated by the spirit messages which you ac-.
cept as genuine? ~''
They quite uniformly indicate that
, heaven and hell are simply states of mind"
What are the other characteristics OF So
called spirits, as indicated by your accepted
data?"
Human frailties appear to be as rife in
that life as in this. There is the same
sort of confusion and defects OF memory.
! Spirits appear to have to get into an, alb
normal state before they can communicate
with us at all. TO-
That a child develops to maturity In the
spirit life Is the general claim of the spir-
its who have appeared to really COM
municate with man. OF course, there are
cases where one who died as a child is
still spoken of child, but this may be
| due to the thoughts being transformed into
a phantasm. The spiritual life is a thought
| life. taking the form of a reality, just as
| in an hallucination. The earthly body ap-
pears to be really a spiritual body that
| has arranged material particles about itself
spirit life there appears to be no decline as
| In this life. All of this is simply what the
burden Of our evidence indicates to date
and Is not my individual belief.
Spirit Clothes Puzzle. ,..4-s.
"Phantasms may be these aetherial fac
| Smiles OF human forms perceived by what
10 termed our 'subconscious mind But
| this Ii not yet proved The fact that
phantasms appear in familiar clothes offer.
| great puzzle and can only be expla med
| to date. by the hallueination hypothesis
| which supposes them to be telepathc ef-
fects of the thoughts Of the deceased"
III communication between the dead and
| the living became general. would mans
| whole past and future be unfolded to him %
II doubt 1t. When deceased persons do
apparently ,ni communicate they forget so
we can ever definitely construct even the
past In one communication to me my
father said that they observed the Sabbath
| day in that life and In moment, discover
| Ing his error added: Obi When can i get
away from my memories
IF communication between the dead and
the living ever became general, would our
world probably be dominated or governed
from the so-called spirit world?'
mo. Man will always be left to work
out his own salvation by his own individual
judgment and effort"
| JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.