The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-04-23
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CIalrvoyance and Cialraudlence.

There is quite a question among In
vestigators of psychic phenomena
| as to the existence of what is known
as independent clairvoyance." Dr.
Hudson was loath to believe in 1t. He
frankly stated that he did not be-
lleve in the genuineness OF the power;
that he had never been able to To-
cate the boundary line between telep-
athy and clairvoyance; that they are
divided only by their names; that
he had looked in vain for indubitable
evidence of the reality of the power
of independent clairvoyance. This
was his conclusion at the close of his
| Investigations as recorded in his
Law of Psychic Phenomena" 1S93),
but in talking the matter over with
him in 1889 he modified his statement
by saying that lin almost every case
that had come to his notice he found
that telepathy offered satisfactory
explanation.
We fully agreed on this point, but
1t is that almost" that causes us to
seek elsewhere for an explanation
1t is readily accepted that telepathy
Is the means of communication be-
tween subjective minds. but we should
not lose sight of the fact that telepa-
thy deals and can deal only with
past and present occurrences, while
"clairvoyance" is the clear seeing
of that which has not yet occurred;
therefore cannot be telepathically re-
ceived by anyones else mind.
am slow, however, to believe that
"clairvoyance" is the proper word to
use 1t has long been a question In
my mind If anything Is ever actually
seen subjectively. The subjective
mind perceves, but perception is not
seeing. Some persons see things
and are ever ready to say: 81 see,
see' but they do not always perceive
This distinction Is well made by
Locke, as follows: IT'LL we ourselves
see 1t with our own eyes, and per
ceive 1t by our own understandings
we are still in the dark"
The subjective mind perceives intu
itiveiy. Our knowledge Collectively
of what is perceived comes to us il
one of three ways, viz: % by i'm
|
pressionists); CD by dreams (t'
, those who are not susceptible to i'm
pressions); go by psychics Ito thos'
who receive neither by impressions
nor dreams, but depend upon Others
for their admonition)
The psychic may think 1t comes
from the spirit, but that does no
make 1t so. The message is subjec
lively received from your subjective
mind which, of itself, failed to reacl
your objective consciousness. TIL
phychic, in that case, merely give
back to you that which you yourself
do know, subjectively
DIR. Hudson acknowledges that, Il
cases of premonition, the subjectiv
mind possesses the power to see tina
which is not within the range o
. the objective vision.
d Search the wide world over, 20
0 would fail to find a better definition
of that faculty clairyoyance.
would, however, suggest the substitr
ton of the word perceive" for tina
of "see" as used by DR.. Hudson.
o CIairaudience.
The word "clairaudience" signifie
"clear-hearng" These sounds o
words are not supposed to be audibl
Y to the ear in the natural, waking cor
dition: at least the sounds, so-callet
1 do not cause atmospheric vibration!
! They are never heard by anyone bu
the psychic or the one for whom the
are intended The Bible record
many instances of most importan
messages being conveyed in this mar
ner, There are also many person
living to-day that claim, like Socrf
ties, TO be clairaudiently warned fror
impending danger.
Thus clairvoyance and clairaud
: ence are of the most practical benefit
in fact, among the most useful in a
, the range of spirit phenomena" Thi
9 shall endeavor to prove from m
own experience when treating Of tn
: subject of "premonition."
= Examples of Clairvoyance.
: The illustrations given herewith ar
!! first experiences of the use of thi
. wonderful faculty; experiences {
my own pupils who never dreamed c
l the latent power possessed by then
While all clairvoyance is preceded b
hypnotism (either self.induced or ii
duced by another), all hypnotism doe
; not produce clairvoyance. Thes
two cases are more interesting b,
cause nonprofessional.
"a In one of my classes in Texa
: lady was very DESTROYS of being hyl
n Noticed for the purpose of ascertain
/. ing If she possessed clairvoyant pow
= er She importuned so PERSISTENT
that complied with her request /
order to give practical demonstri
ton to the class.
The fact of her persistency led m
TO believe that she was impelled |
the. matter, and subsequent develop
ments proved the correctness of m