The Detroit times., 1909-02-03
ENGLAND TURNS TO
BORDERLAND Of
UNKNOWN
No.
w. T. STEAD GIVES NEW IMPETUS
TO STUDY OF PSYCHIC AND &C.
cuLT-PHYsicIANs sELlEvE IN
MAGIC.
MAGIC.

LONDON. Feb. 3.--Owing TO W. 7.
Steals recent article on spirualis,te
phe nomena. which was printed IN a
New York newspaper. there is wide
spread revival OF interest In every
thing occult and psychic.
All England is discussing the occult
nowadays. and many eminent physi'
clans this week testified their belief
In occult phenomena. DR.. A. T Soho
field. discussing Science and the Tn
sech World. said:
Whatever is meant by miracles.
scien, SITS are clear that they do Occur
every day. The power we cali vital
suspenos, alters and modiIies the well
known laws OF nature. The constant
movement Is always from the occult
and the unknown 10 the scientific and
the Known, and innumerable phenome-
IA once regarded as the direct work
Of good and evil spirits are now proved
10 be scientific facts-leaving, OF
course, behind them another dim series
in their turn al present quite unac-
countaole. /, for one, however, feel
that In view OF the wonderful forces
that are brought TO light and put 10
such remarkable use, many more or
these mysteries OF the unseen world
will be cleared up and the boundary
between science and revelation made
more apparent.
DR.. Stenson Hooker said he could
not come To aay other conclusion from
his investigation than that there did
emsnate from the body a certain ner-
vous force or Invisible radiation,
hich had been named from all time
the Aura. colored according TO the
disposition OF the individual"
DR.. A. D. Deane told the Psyche
Therapeutic Society of the difficulties
Of the physician who believed In treat.
ment, by means OF human magnetism
hypnotism and suggestion. Because
his experience had led him 10 follow
I'D the power OF thought and the finer
or less evident forces of mind and
body. some had called him a half
quack. Nevertheless he felt that the
principles OF psycho-therapy were
sound.
One night into his consulting rooms.
he said, there rushed a woman anxious,
breathless.
Doctor" she cried. look at baby"
In her arms lay child. pale, mo-
tionless, puiselcss. He said. Il am
afraid she has gone, but wait
He leaned over the child, passed his
hands along 1t, took hold OF It's wrists
for how long he did not remember
but it gave gasp, soon II breathed
and shortly II recovered. The mother
had brought IL half mile in an APP
parently lifeless condition.
Doctors. he said, were only just be-
ing allowed to recognize thought as q
force. Dut OF the forces emanating
from them, In connection with them
and around them they were still in
the dark
w T Stead presided this week at a
seance attended b. the duchess OF Rut-
land. Sir Albert Taylor. Lady Wa
beck anc other nota5les. The medium
was Mrs. Clarence Thompson, an
American Despite scientific precau-
tions 10 avoid fraud a spirit draped
in white appeared seven times.
A tragic side of dabbling in the oc-
cult has Deen disclosed in a Manches-
ter court. John Houghton. school
teacher committed suicide, leaving
this letter.
Il have been urged into this for the
past year BY the Unseen World which
| wish | had never found out II would
never have happened If had not both
cred With spiritualism.
Another phase of psychicfSm was
disclosed this week. Every noted sur
geon and Psychologist In England re-
ceived an anonymous letter containing
an extraordinary threat against WV
sectionists. The letter stated that an
anti-yivisectionist was In the habit or
praying for the death OF all doctors
pra ctising viyisection, and Invariably
the prayer had resulted In the death
Of the physician.
The anonymous letter warns vivisec'
tionists TO beware. or prayer VIII De
levelled against each In turn.