The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-09
These Say They Have
Talked With the Dead

was In. She also told me IN v
things about the spirit world and
that ! should not mourn for her, MS
she was 80 happy and that sho was
with me all the time,
The next morning told my hus.
hand and wrote my sister. addrcssln.
the letter hs instructed by my
mother.
Within the month I received q re.
ply from sister telling the sad news
Everything she told me about my
mothers death was Just as mother
had tols me in my sleep,
That even did not change my mind
much. but after years Of my mother s
presence with mo and our many con
saticns about the spiri, world. and
my mothers assurance that she
would be with me. IL seemed almos,
natural 10 feel mothers presence,
Finally one evening heard her voice
--she called me her shining star.
I have also received a ma,erisiixcd
rose IAf from the spirit world AZ
home. In my own room ana yet do
not think am a spirituAiist
Yours sincerely.
MRS r. r. II.
One who has had such an ex.
perienoe naturally believes that the
dead do live.
but such an experience. strangely
enough. convinces no one else.
A mstcriaiist would attribute the
message from the dying mother "a
teie pathy--thouxht transferencc from
ono human mind 10 another. And
the after-death messages would be
termed auto suggestions. arising
from subconscious mefssal strata.
arising within the subject herself.
tho very rcni 20 her. Just ~ the
shsdowy piayfeliows OF children,
those Invisible hosts many children
call by name. are not spirits. bu,
merely the imagery OF the childish
make-bclieve
80 would the scientist explain away
the experiences. but his explanation
would never satisfy a. does tho life.
after death and spirit message belief
Editor The Star: There are many
theories as TO life after death. Sc
many theories because so many are
unable 10 zee spiritually the soul II
real. IL eternal. incapable OF discord
or decay. The flesh Is the clothing
OF tho astral body. Whatever your
IDEAL In In this world determines your
state In the next plane.
We In the flesh live In the talk
world. hut those who have gone
before live In the thought world
Any skeptic. II he will earnestly
seek and win concentrate his mind
on his search for truth. will be con.
WINGED that there Is spiritual power
A man and his thoughts are ore,
IL you think Of New York. you are
there. n you concentrate. you can
place the astral body wherever you
wish. and can be assraiiy In Europe
while physically in Washington.
told one man that II he would look
at his watch. and think what time n
was when he thought oe me. could
tell him. 20 a fraction Of q minute
what time II was when he looked a,
hts watch. A week after I met the
man. ana told him that a. 1.so he
looked at his watch. and hs said Il
was true. 7 was milking thr-c-Quar-
tors Of . mils away ~ the time. but
! aaw him look ~ his watch. and II
was 1880. He n no LONGER . sieptic.
! myself am Q theosophist- G. IL 9.
OF course. the same material en-
PLANTATION would apply 10 tho above
as to the former lefser--ssiepathy: a
thought as by wireless. travelling
az from ono mind 20 another. which
OF course. proves nothing AZ 10 wha,
may trsnspire after death.
Unless you deduce from this trans
ference that thoughts are q force. live
forever. and that the soul after oath
transmits thought thru space A. the
mind does on earth
which. again. n guessing. accord.
ing 10 tho scientist.
Interesting. however. whether con.
elusive or not.
One moro letter. and that's all fol
this time.
Editor The a,ar. I am oonvlneed