Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-27
SPIRITISM.

spirit of one who has passed over?
Why should a dead mans spirit in alb
normal union with living mans body
possess more knowledge than living
mans spirit in normal union with his
own body? Why should we expect
that spirit to possess any more knowl-
edge than our own spirit possesses?
We should not, for it does not and
cannot. / used to believe such was
the case and was ever ready with the
argument that the disemboded spirit
is no longer subject to natural law.
That was merely an assertion without
a single prop to sustain it. Every
thing and everybody is subject to nat
ural law. There is no other; there is
nothing supernatural, except in the
sense of law in realms beyond our
knowledge.
The Origin of the Messages.
Supposing medium gives informa-
| tion concerning some transaction dur
ing the earthly career of one now
dead; and said transaction not OBJ
jectively known by the one consulting
the medium. What does it argue?
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departed spirit? An honest medium
will say so, and an honest medium
will think so in consequence of the
auto-suggestions that all information
is from the departed. But what are
the facts? 1t does not now come from
the dead but it came from the dead
when the one now dead was living. All
this is explainable by telepathy.
Inasmuch as telepathy is faculty
belonging exclusively to the subjective
mind, this information, previously to
the death of the departed, was uncon-
sciously communicated to the subject
i've mind of the sitter (the one consult
ing the medium but was never ele-
waited above the threshold of his nor
NAL consciousness and in all prob
ability would never have become
known to the sitter had he not come in
touch with a psychic (medium).
How did the psychic get it? Tele-
pathically from the sitter; not from
the dead but from the living.
In the same way the sitter is told OF
the death of a friend, possibly tragic
death, of which he had no objective
knowledge. The psychic reveals to
him the minutest detail, claiming, OF
course, that the messages are from his
dead friend when, in reality, he (the
psychic) is merely receiving, telepath
ically, the information lying latent in
the subjective mind of the sitter.
How did the sitter get it? Telepath
ically from his dying friend-at the
! ~f Il,
OF the $50 cases cited in "Phantasms
of the Living" a large proportion oi
the cases were of such nature as tt
furnish unmistakable evidence tha
dying persons make an effort to in
form their relatives and friends o
their condition, especially if there ii
any object to be gained by so doing
These messages lie latent in the sub
) jective consciousness of the sitter un
) til they are revealed by a psychic.
This is what is known as "telepath.
: by three" 1t has been ably handles
by DR.. Hudson in his thorough treatise
"The Evolution of the Soul" Th
question hinges on this: Can informa
ton telepathically received be tele
pathically transmitted to a third pei
son?
IF it can," says DR.. Hudson, spirit
ism, as a scientific proposition, has no
leg to stand upon; for not case ha
yet been recorded that cannot be tele
parhically explained If that simpl
proposition is true. If 1t is not true
thefe must be a valid answer to tn
proposition; but that answer has neve
been attempted otherwise than by tn
bare assertion, without argument, tha
it is carrying telepathy too far o
the other hand, If the proposition
true, apiritism, considered as sciel
tific proposition, is disposed Of
Mediums, or Psychics.
What constitutes a psychic? On
who can reach the content of the SUI
jective mind of another
4 Is 1t gift? Yes, and is susceptible
a of great cultivation.
! Is it a desirable gift to cultivate
% Not unless one wishes to make it
o profession.
= Is 1t a desirable profession? Nc
because the power is purchased at
very great cost-the weakening of IL
objective faculties. This, however.
n not so much the case where IL
d. psychic realizes that the informatic
n is received, telepathically, and HI
e. nothing whatever TO do with departt
W spirits.
N While perfectly healthful person
30 may pass into the psychic conditio
se the fact remains that the habitual
n diligence will invariably result in son
1t form of nervous arrangement and d
Mt ease.
IS mo one" says DR.. Hudson, "can
n come good psychic until a nervo
r. arrangement has been inducedl IT
at best psychics are those whose nervo
m. | nurtnr,s arn cnmnletalv shattnrad. 81