The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-03

imaginary dead person % readily .
from one who actually lived providing,
OF course, that the medium % not
aware .of the facts. bellows. @ ]
shall hereinafter <endeavort to prove,
that the powor. - not from an ex-
tr41eous source. but IL inherent. "
+. Science, T. Z. knowledge Of facts
anu forcos. A scientific investigation
reveals the fact that man possesses In.
herently the power to produce or re.
produce every phenomenon Of spirit
ism; therefore 1t 10 unnecessary and
unscientific to seek elsewhere for the
source Of power. l.
3. Back Of the manifestation there
ts, Internationally, an intelligence
presumably that Of the medium. This
statement should DO accepted uatil the
contrary can be proved dofnot mean
the objective intelligence of the me-
uium. but that knowledge which has
passed, GEOGRAPHICALLY. or otherwise,
Into the subjective mind. ' "'
4. Communications, all communica-
lions given by mediums are purported
to be from the spirits Of the dead.
Proof, however. is wanting. No me-
dunn can communicate matter which
Is At once capable of veridcation If
that matter is unknown to any living
mind. Therefore, as telepathy cannot
be eliminated, and as it is the factor
In every so-called message, it ID not
necessary to ascribe to spirits of the
dead (disembodied) the knowledge
which Is in the subjective mind Of the
iving.-the embodied spirit.
s. While many spirit mediums are
honest It must be admitted that, AZ a
class, they are not noted for their bril-.
liant, intellectual attainments; there
fore, the easier self-decsived. Now
and then an educated man or woman
accepts spiritism, in toto-the more's
the pity, but few of them ever become
mediums.
The majority of mediums are not
only ignorant but neurotic; and the
more so, the better condition for me-
dtumship.-the more abnormal. To be.
come professional medium it Is
necessary to become effectively pas
sive at command; In other words, to
let go" Of the objective mind. This il
not dimcult thing for mediums to do
Is the average medium has so little to
let 60" of.
Verbal Messages.
When you 60 to a medium and you
are told why you came, you may think
it strange, especially If it is your first
experience. :,
II you have written some questions
and they are answered correctly with.
out having been seen by the medium
or having been written on q padded
block, you may think 1t still more
strange unless. perhaps, you are wis
enough to attribute it to thought
transference.
But when the medium tells you Al
something which you have never told
living SOUL" then you are astonished.
But when she Il say "she," because
"she" is in the majority tells you
something you were not thinking of at
the time or something you had forgot
ten. you are amazed at her wonderful
power.
But when she tells you of something
you never knew (the facts of which
you afterward prove true) you are
then dumfounded" and quite ready td
espouse the cause of spiritism.
But wait. Has she told you of that
which you never knew? Impossible.
You may have no conscious recollec-
ton of it, but rest assured that no me-
dunn (the most expert in the world)
can give you any information that is
not already in your subjective mind.
Many things find their way into tho
subjective mind without objective con-
seriousness. Add to this the fact that
the subjective mind is the storehouse
Of memory and that its memory is alb.
solutely perfect; that everything you
have ever heard or read or seen o.
thought or said is registered therein:
that the medium is in telepathic touch
with your subjective mind and can
delve into that storehouse and bring
forth those long-buried thoughts; that
she gets them directly from your own
embodied spirit and not from the dis.
embodied spirit of one who previously
lived.
Copyright, 1907, by Joseph b. Bowles.)