The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
JUDGE LIGHT DISCUSSES
 B0RDERLAND EXPERIENCES IN
 MYSTIC PSYCHIC TERRITORY
His Address Includes Allu- sions to Certain Experi- ences of His Own, and is Heard by Interested
 Audiences.

The address on Psychic Experi- ences," which was given by Judge John H. Light, of South Norwalk, for merly judge of the court of Common Pleas. was we'll attended by an audi ence that visibly came from a sincere interest in a subject which is the con- cern of so many research bodies, and of which so much is just now being written. Judge Light included some experiences of his own, in a general discussion of the subject.
 Among other, things he said that the Psyche or soul and the Subjective Mind are really one and the same, and he insisted that the soul Is the source of all psychic experiences or phenomena, and that religious emotions and the longing for immortality are psychic ex- periences. Observable psych c pheno- mena furnish the facts from which we deduce all legitimate conclusions relat- ing to the soul. As pr. Hudson shows 1t is only by appealing to these facts that we can scientifically demonstrate that man has soul. and the exist ence of a diety. Physical science has utterly failed to do one or, the other It hardly throws glimmer of light on the pathway to the soul and to God. Therefore it necessarily follows that the science of the soul is the science of religion. and you cannot divorce one
 In the history of the world it clear ly appears that whenever psychic ex- periences have been misinterpreted the cause of religion has fallen into dis repute. These soaul phenomena are as old as the life of man in the world. The aspirations for another life as a proper sequel to this where every man may expect "a square deaI' is found everywhere. Among the people of ev- cry nation sufficiently civilized to make history we find many interesting ac- counts of phychic experiences. In the classic writing of Greece and Rome and in the sacred books of the East and our own Bible may be found many examples. In Shakespeare's time such experiences were common place and he made frequent use of them in his great dramas: and here in Puritan New England our fathers were much dis turbed by witchcroft. which was noth- ing more or less than psychic phsno- mena in one of it's phases If our fathers had only known as much about psychology as we do. that dark chap ter in our history would never have been written.
 Judge Light gave interesting experi- ences of himself and others under the
 Telepathy. clairvoyance. clairaudi- ence. 1evitation. automatic writing and naturalization.
 He spoke Of the careful scientific in- vestigatfons being made. and said that they tended to prove the individual entity of the soul. and that man sur- wives the destruction of his corporeal organization.
 He said that both credulity and in. credulity were blocks in the way of serious investigation and study. and that the average person was. poorly qualified to study profitably phychic phenomena
 The sceience of psychology has made such advance during the past twenty five years that nearly all phychic phenomena are now fairly understood Thomas Jay Hudson in writing upon the phenomena of epiritism. so called says: 'I will not waste time. however by attempting to prove by experiments of my own, or Of others. that such phenomena do occur. 1t is too late for that. The facts are too well known to the civilized world to require proofs at this time. The man who denies the phenomena Of spiritism to-day is not entitled to be called a sceptic. he is simply ignorant: and it would be a hopeless task to attempt to enlighten him."
 And in speaking of the importance of the subject. Judge Light quoted the late William E. Gladstone as saying: s.It is the most important work which is being done in the world-by far the
 most fmpOrtant."