The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-16
SPIRITISM.
Clalrvoyance.

In one OF l0e lcduluS SiliSS VI OAAO'
q very prominent man, a man OF IN
luence and of unlimited credit at
the banks, suddenly disappeared, and,
with him, about $4,000.
Being in the city at the time,
persuaded a young lady to allow me
to hypnotic her in order that she
might become clairvoyant, and. there
by, find the Whereabouts of the man
he being known to both of us.
She consented, but informed me
+. that she did not believe in either hyp-
notism or clairvoyance, and that no
body could hypnotic her, as many at
ter.pts had been made and all had
failed. at
l encouraged her to express her
self freely; In fact, helping her 10
unload her objections. When this
was done she became passive IA nee
essary condition) and in less than
two minutes (no longer time is ever
required with good subjecD she was
so thoroughly hypnotized that she
passed readily into clairvoyant con-
dition.
She went (clairvoyaEtly) to bis
home. She saw him quietly leave his
home in the night. q say saw" him,
as that is clairvoyant expression).
She saw him board train, saw him
leave the train at Detroit. Mich.
At this point interrupted her. l
said: Il think he has crossed the riv-
err into Canada" She informed me
to the contrary. mention this for
the purpose Of impressing upon you
the fact previously expressed, VIZ, a
kclairvoyant is not Influenced by sug-
gestion as is one who is merely ayp-
Noticed and does not pass beyond that
stage. sea8f
To resume. She said: Il see him
60 up jefferson avenue (she had
never been there). / see him turn
down Woodward avenue. then out
Griswold street, then to the left on
Clinton street, and he is now in a
story-and-a-half house (giving the
namber.
Again interrupted her by asking
her how she knew it was Detroit and
how she knew the names of the
streets. To this she replied (marh
her words): Il move among the
throng, but they know it not can
mot talk with them, but l can see.
saw the name of the station and, or
the lamp posts, read the names o
the streets; in fact, just the same al
If were there in body. But / have
not told you all. Listen! He ha
shaved off his whiskers and has as
sumed another name"
! asked for the assumed name ant
she gave it without hesitancy. Tn
next day called on the wife. gave he
a diagram of her husbands move
ments, the number of the house an
his assumed name. She sent frien
to communicate with him. He foun
him without difficulty. He inquire
for him first by his right name, bu
was informed that no such perso
was there; then by his assumed name
He was ushered into his presence. H
was. as described, whiskerless.
Truly this was remarkable, and tn
more SO as first experience. Was
telepathy or clairvoyance? In TIL
case, as In the previous one, al
frank to admit that all the knowlede
obtained may have been telepathicall
received; but was it?
Premonitions and Impressions.
All premonitions are impression
but all impressions are not premor
tons. An impression may be the for
casting of a pleasurable event; a pr
monition is the foreshadowing of a
preaching danger or evil. 1t does n
follow. however, that the event for
Swallowed is inevitable. The shade
is merely to warn you Of immine
peril which, II you are wise, you W
divert by needing the warning.
Do not mistake imagination for pl
monitiorf All premonitions are init
tive, and all intuitions are corre'
Whenever you are in doubt, 1t is n
intuition; intuition never doub
When anyone asks you, What max
you think so?" and you can answ
with positive assurance, Il do n
think it, / know it," that is a true i
preston on which you may rely.
Is it possible to foretell the futur
Only in limited degree. l think tn
God, in His all-wise providence, h
dropped the curtain between us a
the future in the general, everyd
affairs of life; but upon certain occ;
ions, as in approaching danger,
kindly lifts the curtain to give
fair warning that we may avert tn
which would otherwise prove dis,
trous.
How does He acquaint US with Il
fact? By a special dispensation
providence? think not. God is :
restecter of persons. That which
cali soul" is but spark of the
Soul II nossesses all the potent;