The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-17

sPIRlTlsM.
:ciairvoyance and clairaudienee.
There is quite 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-
lieve 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 a satisfactory
explanation.
We fully agreed on this point, but
it 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 GEOGRAPHICALLY re-
ceived by anyone's 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 perceives, but perception is not
seeing. Some persons see things
and are ever ready to say: Il see,
see," but they do not always perceive.
This distinction is we'll made by
Locke, as follows: IT'LL we ourselves
see it with our own eyes, and per-
ceive it by our own understandings,
we are still in the dark
The subjective mind perceives intu-
itively. Our knowledge Collectively
of what is perceived comes to us in
one of three ways, viz: (D by i'm
preston Ito those of us who are i'm
pressionists); (2) by dreams Ito
those who are not susceptible to i'm
pressions); 60 by psychics Ito those
who receive neither by impressions
nor dreams, but depend upon others
for their admonition),
The psychic may think it comes
from the spirit, but that does not
make it so. The message is subjec-
lively received from your subjective
mind, which, of itself, failed to reach
your objective consciousness. The
phychic, in that case, merely gives
back to you that which you yourself
do know, subjectively.
DR.. Hudson acknowledges that, in
cases of premonition, the subjective
mind possesses the power to see that
which is not within the range of
the objective vision.
Search the wide world over, YOU
would fail to find a better definition
of that faculty - clairvoyance. !
would, however, suggest the substitu.
ton of the word perceive" for that
of ''see' as used by Dr. Hudson.
Clairaudience.
, The, word "clairaudience" signifies
"clear-hearing." These sounds or
words are not supposed to be audible
to the ear in the natural, waking con-
dition; at least the sounds, so-called,
do not cause atmospheric vibrations.
They are never heard by anyone but
the psychic or the one for whom they
are intended. The Bible records
many instances of most important
messages being conveyed in this man.
ner. There are also many persons
living to-day that claim, like Socra-
ties, to be clairaudiently warned from
impending danger.
Thus clairvoyance and clairaudi.
ence are of the most practical benefit:
in fact, among the most useful in all
the range of spirit phenomena." This
I shall endeavor to prove from my
own experience when treating of the
subject of 'premonition."
Examples Of cIairvoyance.
The illustrations given herewith are
first experiences of the use of this
wonderful faculty; experiences of
my own pupils who never dreamed of
the latent power possessed by them.
While all clairvoyance is preceded BY
hypnotism (either self-induced or in.
duced by another), all hypnotism does
not produce clairvoyance. These
two cases are more interesting be.
cause nonprofessional.
~ In one Of my classes in Texas
q lady was very DESTROYS of being hyp-
NOTICED for the purpose of ascertain.
ing If she possessed clairvoyant DOW.
er. She importuned so persistently
that l complied with her request in
order to give practical demonstra-
ton to the class.
The fact Of her persistency led me
to believe that she was impelled in
the matter, and subsequent develop
ments proved the correctness Of nv
impression.
She passed quite readily into the
hypnotic condition-the highest state
of suggestibility. informed her.