Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-20
WHY S'SPOOKS'' ARE NOT |SPOOKS"
An Explanation Of Apparently Supernatural Phenomena
by Famous English Novelist
by a Famous English Novelist.

later mended. The mendins Just where h,1
someone In the position Of the youth OF nv vision
drawn the instrument over his heart desco nil
dagger would have entered" ne
Mrs BARCLAY marked the exact spot on her cello
nsh. was clearly visible. var
Now believe this" continued the author e.,
eve ina. the cello belonged to some long ead mn
s!caht that while playing it, opposite mirror H.
player had seen woman behind him and -,
tempt 10 XII him believe that he was seized with
uhcohtronhoie anazement. fear and terror and thai
he drew the instrument up his heart and fan,a
believe clear impression OF actual haopen,nv
came to pp'hihs
But how did It come? I believe that. in tho s,,,,,
moment when he was carried away by emotions y,
fear. Amusement and terror Just before he aus, OF
in that thousandh part a second the ntnnsa 80,
mental picture Of the musicians mind photopranhou
itself upon the cello | believe that the yibros iea
his brain carrying that picture impressed themsn
upon the wood Of the physical nstrumen,-irst "a tho
vibrations OF the voice impress themselves upon ths
disc OF the phonoSraph just vibrations NJ J,sbt
focused by the lens OF camera impress upon scn
sitizcd plate the features OF a human being Az
photograph. "
Undoubtedly. the physical world about us is al,
fected by our thoughts. Photography Is by no mean
limed TO the camera Thought is rcal--its rays ara
as potent al rays or light rays OF sound Ana On,
ihous"iS are constantly recording themselves unon
the material world believe t,at, in moments OF in
tense emotion OF violent pain OF mighty passion We
actually record the very pictures see in our minds
upon the walls OF rooms. chairs. upon all sort,
or objects about
These indentat ions, made by mind RAYS remain
they remain after we have long passed on Then
someone comes along who is mentally attuned 70 o,r
III "hch we photographed our thoughts or actions
ana this person vision imasnes he sees
ghoSt or Witnesses peculiar nocturnal haDnen.
ing r'N
~ ma" merely come to this person as a fugitive
NINA pcturt>-n most cases he may pay no attention
to the impression which floats the surface OF his
consciousness. Now. believe that his mind receives
lhs rehected viorations-just as the eye receives q
reflection from mirror-of what had been impressed
on some physical object about him.
i believe that my vision OF the yoloncelist came
from the celo--that upon this wooden instrument
Ehd been photographed happening OF hundred
ago.
These photographs of brain i'm pressions on our ma
'rria world account for haunted houses apparations
ghosts People simply get the mental pictures of
others VINO arc dead or OF occurrences in which dead
people participated and not understanding science
OF the thing. imagine the! have actually the de-
parted"
Then you do believe that the dead actually
raturn?" Mrs. Barclay asked. "You explain appa
rations by simple reflections OF vibrations upon
physical objects"
40 not believe that human beings allowed 10
ho" intercourse with spirits" Mrs. Barclay replied