Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-02
PROF. HYSLOP ON HIS SCIENCE
Survival After Death is Conclusion Of
Studying Psychical Phenomena.
REVIVE CHURCH AND BEST ETHICS
student Of GhostIy Science Will
Give Two Lectures Under the
Auspices of the Omaha
woman's Club.

"In a broad sense, the conclusion reached
from study OF psychical phenomena amounts
to this: Survival after death, with all
the ethical and religious consequences OF
such a belief, including regeneration OF the
Influence of the church and its best ethical
ideals"
Such was the summing up of ghostly
phenomena, so-called, by Prof, James h
Hyslop. in an interview at the home OF
David P. Abbott in Omaha, where he is
a guest while here to deliver lectures on
psychic subjects. before the Women's club,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Prof
Hyslop is on his way west, but not at
liberty, he said. to mention his intended
destination at present. Investigation is his
mission, as well as lecturing.
collective Authorizations is the term
used by Prof. Hyslop to account for GER
tain manifestation that have been heralded
as something wonderful.
Asked about young flanagan OF st.
Louis, Prof. Hyslop said the lads psychic
power was discovered quite accidentally.
HE was invited to join a table-tipping
seanc and when the table showed a prefer
ence for coming his way he became fright
ened and sought to leave. He was pre-
vailed to stay and gave demonstrations of
automatic writing and similar things.
Hannegan is a brother Of the chief of
detectives in st. Louis. of Irish parentage
and was employed by j. s.. Lambert, a
chemist, in his laboratory. He is now in
the Lambert home as a tutor for a son
OF the family.
BorderIand Phenomena.
Hannegan's feats, written up extensively
as Of remarkable character, are included
in what is known as borderland phenomena
this is, lying between things that astound
the public and other things quite simply
explained. There are many such cases,
where individuals are psychic without
knowing II.
mo, it is not a question of the quality oil
intellect, but simply the relation of soul tc
body. Some people possess the power tc
separate the soul from the body to a degree
impossible to others. The thing is abso.
lutely natural, but not physical, as we
understand it. 1t is not a capricious de.
v%elopment, but as natural as storms are
Prof. Hyslop asserts there is as yet nc
adequate theory of apparitions.
w only know" he said, that they
occur frequently enough to be not due to
chance. There are on record many evil
NCiNiol 10Y VIC IaCNS nave
been put on record before the parties could
possibly have known of the facts later, es.
tablished by definite information. Such
was an experience of Lord ~Brougham, the
great English statesman. While taking a
bath in a Scandinavian town he saw a
former college friend OF Edinburgh sitting
in the chair where he had laid his cloth
ing. He made a note OF the circumstance
and the time and sly p,opthG Isfar a fte,
the incident had almost faded from his
mind, he received word which proved that
his friend had died in India at the exact
time he had seen the apparition. Such
cases are common"
Ectenie Force.
The professor discpursed freely of the
cases of Mrs. Piper in this country, Pal.
ladino abroad, and many others.
"Ectenic force If the term they have
coined to cover the facts in the Palladinc
and similar cases, but it is simply a term
and nothing more. The force or nantes.
tation emanates from her own organism
IF these things that are so widely ex.
plotted are beneficial, they are so simply
through faith. They are supernorma
phenomena. Scientific investigators do no
take anything on faith. They must have
proof. We know or believe certain things
but We are not propagandists. We are
simply students of psychic phenomena whC
formulate all possible facts that can BIZ
obtained, and let the public judge for them
selves"
Prof. Hyslop is president Of the Amerl
can Society for Psychical Research; yet h
hesitates not to say that for practical re
suits personal Investigators are the onl,
ones whose work is of any value.
1.-The societies In this country are simpl!
concerned with the financial features o
the movement. In Europe they are fit,
years ahead of us in this line of investiga
ton, despite our boosted progressiveness.