Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-25
SAYS JAMES, NOW
N SPIRIT LAND,
SENDS MESSAGES
Pastor Says He Fell Into Trance
In Pulpit and Talked With
Noted Psychologist.

sageS from Professor James asserted
10 nave been sent through mediums to
Professor James II. HNsiop of the So
clety OF PsNchfcal Research. Frederick
a. WlSgln. pastor OF the fashionable
United church of Brookline. announced
today that he. too. has been i'm oc-
casionai communication With the spirit
OF he psychologist ever since October.
1910. about Il month after by. James
died.
Mr.. Wiggin is "a prominent medium.
tte was for Il time Il literary assistant
or Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. He has be
fore announced spirit communications
from John Mccullough. the tragedian,
and DR.. Richard Hodgson. former sec
rotary of the Society OF Psychical Re
search. and Professor James. When
ne hrst said he had heard from the
latter many other mediums were maxi
ing similar claims. Professor Hyslop
then criticised these messages. Saying
he did not believ them genuine. but
thought a form Of hysteria had pro-
duced them in the brains OF the me-
counts OF seances i'm which he believes
the spirit of Professor James made
trustworthy manifestations.
Tells What Happened.
Mr.. Wiggin says the has hesita ted y
make public his communications thus
laf with the spirit of Professor James
because OF their Incompetence. but he
now gives out the first instalnent of "a
thesis dictated by the spirit. hoping
that the interest aroused ma slim
ulate the professor to complete the
work.
II know no more about what hap
pened during the periods I'm which the
spirit of the famous philosopher has
made use OF my physical body AS II
means OF transcription of his thesis
han YOU do" said Mr.. Wiggin yester-
day. II will try to describe to You the
circumstances OF the reception or the
messages.
The first two instalments OF what
Will be a complete spirit work / re-
ceived at Unity church. Professor
james died in August. 1910. On the eve
ming OF the first Sunday in the follow
ing October l was conducting the usual
service at my church when. without
the slightest warming. ] felt myself
entering the trance state. AT first I
grew meditative. then semi-conscious.
finally losing all knowledge of things
about me. l remained in this condition
for possibly 10 minutes. IN the first
instance ! gave verbal ntterance to
the thought Of the controlling spirit.
All OF the other communications which
came later were written by the spirit
OF William James. using my hand to
convey the thought as yours would be
employed to direct your own pen.
Ihese messages are not In my hand
writing, bnt that OF William James"
Message Of James.
The first message from Professor
James. received oa October ,. 1910. is
quoted as follows:
All good seed contains Z. gcrlninat-
in" principle universally e%nanating
from the Deitic certer. There is a GER
m1nating of creative principle in all
matter, which the mere fact of creation
proves. Matter does not and cannot
create matter. An impulse is absolute
ly necessary. That impulse we declare
is spirit. Whether spirit is the orig
inal impulse or not we will vet make
clear.
There is an aspect of matter which
clearly implies a designer, since Ger
tain forms and attributes give positive
quality of design. Heat. the universal
ether. life. etc. attributes of the cyea-
tive principles of nature. especially what
we Will designate as magnetic forces.
science will o o more fully familia,izc
itself.
Certain powers of nature are BRO
mulgated as Well as expressed in ex-
preston. not in the form OF matter
through which it may De observed. but
bN spiritual power which is prior and
superior to matter.
W. nave in their order. life con-
seriousness mind. Man is expressed in
the elimination OF matter In design.
Min in man is the assertion of his s,-
premacy over all natter and, from the
first revolutions of time. life has been
he conquernr of DEATH