Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-11

result of that reasoning. If the premise
is wrong the conclusion will be wrong
You can repeat an untruth so often
that eventually you, yourself, will be
lieve it is true.
If you want proof as to the amena-
bflity of the subjective mind of the
medium to suggestion from the sit
ter, and further proof of the power of
misconceptions of the medium on her
own subjective mind, you have but to
ask for a communication from one
who has never existed; suggesting,
thereby, that such a person (say, a
brother) has passed into spirit life.
1t is an indisputable fact that you
can obtain a communication from an
imaginary dead person as readily as
from one who actually lived providing,
of course, that the medium is not
aware of the facts. I believe, as /
shall hereinafter endeavor to prove,
that the power IS not from an ex-
traneous source, but is inherent.
2 Science is a knowledge of facts
and forces. A scientific investigation
reveals the fact that man possesses in
herently the power to produce or re-
produce every phenomenon of spirit
ism; therefore it is unnecessary and
unscientific to seek elsewhere for the
source of power.
3. Back of the manifestation there
is, unquestionably, an intelligence
presumably that of the medium. This
statement should be accepted until the
contrary can be proved. l do not mean
the objective intelligence of the me-
dunn, but that knowledge which has
passed, telepathically or otherwise,
into the subjective mind.
A. 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 verifica ton if
that matter is unknown to any living
mind. Therefore, as telepathy cannot
be eliminated, and it is the factor
in every so-called message, it is not
necessary to ascribe to spirits of the
dead (disembodied) the knowledge
which is in the subjective mind of the
living,-the embodied spirit.
s. While many spirit mediums are
honest it must be admitted that, as a
class, they are not noted for their bril-
liant, intellectual attachments; there
fore, the easier self-deceived. 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-
diumship,-the more abnormal. To be-
come professional medium it is
necessary to become effectively pas
sive at command; in other words, to
Lot eSo-' of he obi &c
not difficult thing for mediums to do
as the average medium has so little to
let go" of.
Verbal Messages.
When you go to a medium and you
are told why you came, you may think
it strange, especially if it is your first
experience.
If you have written some questions
and they are answered correctly with
out having been seen by the medium
or having been written on a padded
block, you may think it still moro
strange unless, perhaps, you are wis
enough to attribute it to thought
transference.
But when the medium tells you Of
something which you have never told
a living soul,'' then you are astonished.
But when she q say tshe,' 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 to
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 the
subjective mind without objective con-
sciousness. Add to this the fact that
the subjective mind is the storehouse
solutely perfect; that everything you
have ever heard or read or seen or
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.)
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