Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
WHY "SPOOKS" ARE NOT "SPOOKS'
An Explanation of Apparently Supernatural Phenomena
by Famous English Novelist

later mended The mendins was Just where haA
someone IN the position OF the youth OF my vision
drawn the instrument over his heart descending
dagger would have entered"
Mrs. Barclay marked the exact spot on her cello
true enough the mending beneath coatlnEs NJ va
nish. was clearly visible
Nov believe this" continued the author 81 he
feve that the cello belonged TO some longdead mn
scian that. while playing IT, opposite mirror thu
player had seen woman come behind him ana Al.
tempt to Kill him. believe that he seized with
uncontrollabe amusement fear and terror. and that
he drew the instrument up HIS heart and tainted
believe clear impression OF an actual happening
came to me.
But how did It conner l believe that. In the sw,,,
moment when he was carried away by emotions OF
fear amaEement and terror. just before he tainted
In that thousandh part OF second the intense vivid
mental picture OF the musicians mind photogranhed
itself upon the cello. believe that the vibrations Of
his BRAIN carrying that picture impressed themselves
upon the wood OF the physical instrumentiust as the
vibrations or the voice impress themselves upon thu
disc OF the photograph just vibrations OF Iieht
focused by the lens OF q camera, Impress upon sen
sitized plate the features Of human being as
photograph
Undoubtedly, the physical world about us ia at
fected by our thoughts Photography is by no means
limited to the camera. Thought lie rea-ts rays are
as potent as rays or light, rays OF sound And our
thoubats are constantly recording themselves upon
the material world. believe That in moments OF IN
tense emotion. OF violent pain, OF mighty passion We
actually record the very pictures see In minds
upon the walls OF rooms upon chairs upon all sorts
OF objects about US.
These ndentations. made by mind rays. remain
they remain after we have long passed Then
comes along who is mentally attuned to our
own heing, to that particular mental state were
in when we photographed our thoughts actions
and this person sees vision or imagines he sees
ghost or witnesses some peculiar nocturnal happen
Ing
1T NAV merely to this person q fugitive
mind plcture-in most cases he may pay attention
TO the impression which floats on the surface of his
consciousness Now. believe that his mind receives
the reflected vibrations-just as the eye receives
reflection from mrror-of what had been impressed
on some physical object about him.
believe cam
from the 'cello--that upon this wooden instrument
had been photographed happening Of over a hundred
years ago
These photographs of brain impressions on our ma,
eral world account for haunted houses apparations
ghosts. People simply get the mental pictures of
others who are dead. OF occurrences In which dead
people participated and not understanding the science
OF the thing imagine they have actually the de.
parted"
Then you do not believe that the dead actually
reurn?" Mrs. Barclay asked. "You explain appa.
raons by simple reflections OF vibrations made upon
physical objects"
y do not believe that human beings are allowed 70
hold intercourse with spirits" Mrs. Barclay replied