The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-27
By SIR WILLIAM FLETCHER
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 If spirits can communicate with us end with each other, would 1t not be possible for human beings on the earth to hold intercourse with each other in the same kinC of way?
 It seems very probable, as Swcd an borg long ago asserted that spiIf1s communicate with each other with out audible speech but through the same process of thought-transferenc or, as we now call it, telepathy.
 Language is an imperfect and clumsy instrument for transferring our ideas and telepathy would be far preferable But we do not know at present all the conditions upon which 1clepathy depends and therefore we cannot use it at pleasure. It is pos Sible future investigation of this sub ject may enable us to use telepathy. Doubtless, telepathy between minds here or beyond the veil is the true explanation of inspiration and the communion of saints in which all Christians believe.
 But is not all spiritualistic inquiry unlawful and condemned by both the Jewish and Christian Churches in all ages?
 Every intelligent person, Christian or Jew, will agree with Lord Kelvin, who said, "Science Is bound to face fcarlessly every problem that can be fairly presented to it."
 Yes. science, but what about the ron in the street?
 You will find in my writings re- iterated statements as to the folly and mischief of indiscriminate inves- tigations in ths obscure and difficult region. Unbalanced minds ard un- trained inquirers arc pretty sure to come to grief But all phenomena are Legitimate subjects for scientific in- vestlgation-
 Then you regnrd tho matter a branch of psychological science and not as a religion?
 Quite so: psychical research may eventually be recognized in universi- ties as a department of psychology. It may be, and in my opinion is, an aid to religion, proving as many of us believe the existence of an i'm material soul in man which survives. the death of the body.
 The Spiritual World.
 Is there any similarity or other wise between the conditions of this world and the invisible world beyond?
 The great body of spiritua1ists in alli, countries believe that the un- seen world is about like the present world. only brighter and better.
 SwedenborI. who was true and gifted seer, tells us that the spiritual world appears so like the present world that at first those who have passed over believe they are still on earth.
 How far from our own world Is the unseen spiritual world situated? !?
 The spiritual world may interpene- trate the present material world and therefore be all around us though i'm percepttble; just as the other inter r,enetrates all matter and all space and get ifs imperceptible to us.
 Can you give me any recent first hand evidence of survival that you have investigated without any paid professional medium?
 Yes: I haye within the past few weeks investigated such a case, which turns out to be one of the most remarkable evidential cases have met with
 I received the following letter from a personal friend. d lady living at Eastbourne:-
 Since the death of my son Robin. who was an officer. and was torpe- doed and drowned on his way to South Africa, last October. I have had & rennarkab1e experience. which seems to me Lo afford exceptionally good evidence of survival
 About three weeks after receiving the news of my boys tragic end I went to my brothers house in Lon- don for a week end. His cook house keeper there asked me. to my great surprise. if was interested in spirf- tualisn. l asked her why. and she replied that her lister Mary. who had previously lived with my brother as parlor- maid. had received a message from my boy. whom she knew as a youu gstsr.
 This message was 10 the effect that my boy wished me to know he lad not suffered at all. but had died frCIn shock almost immediately.
 A MOrs Convincing Message.
 Az had never seen or even thought of this girl since she mar ried two and q half years before. was naturally much astonished; l; tho2Eh the messa ge, of course, was in 10 sense evidsntial, for she may have, and probably had, heard of the death of my son through her sister, who. as I said was my brother S houseksepsr. So if I requested that if my boy apI-sarsd again to her. he would send me something that really would prove his identity,
 A week or ten days later I wen, again to my brothers house and hap pensd to find this sister Mary there, She told me that shs had again seen my son, and he had gwen hsF sn- otheF message, which she could make nothing of, but hoped it might con vsy something 10 mo. He said. '"Teli mother l hope Stella (his sister) has been able to get the grey sueds shoes fhs was 50 anxious Lo have" and he added, "Rnd tell mother that I hope she Wiii keep ths pen in a sheath always by her"
 Tine interesting and remarkable fea- ture of this message is that the day before my soa left for his fatal yoy- age (last OctobeFl his sister was haRkana EoRAA khe 4tfeeFeHs shops