The Washington times., 1920-06-23
SAYS He TALKED
TO HYSLOP SPIRIT
Toronto Psyohist Asserts He
Received Astral Message
From Noted Scientist.


NEW YORK, June 23.-Dr. James
H. Hyslop. who died at Upper Mont
clair, N. j.. last Thursday, has per
turbed the Society OF Psychical Re
search, of which he was secretary.
That a psychic monkey wrench had
been hurled. into the astral works
was evidenced yesterday when Miss
Tubby. In charge OF the office' of the
society's headquarters. would not ad-
NIT that communications from DR..
Hyslop had ben reported to the So
oiety.
She was seen a few minutes after
DR.. Albert Durrant Watson. a promi-
nent Canadian Psychic investigator,
gave out the text of what was de-
clared to be a message through his
medium from DR.. Hyslop Sunday
night. II IL is true that American
mediums have not heard from DR..
Hyslop and IL DR., Watson's enthusi-
asm has not led him into a msrtai
error Canada has scored a psychic
scoop"
TELLS OF TWO SCENES.
DR.. Watson and Mr.. Benjamin, at
the Hotel Vanderbilt Just before
going to call at the American So
ciety's Office, said they had come here
with their banker, companion at the
invitation of q prominent New York
composer. who had witnessed a seance
of theirs in Toronto. They arrived
here Saturday morning. and held
seances, they said, that night and
also Sunday night On both OF these
occasions, they asserted. about twen,
ty of the most prominent New York
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men and women, ana others--were
present. Benjamin's demonstration
convinced nine-tenths of the party
that those in the other world could
talk to persons on earth, the anony-
nous broker stated. J..
After BENJAMIN closed his eyes and
took a few deep breaths, Samuel Tay-
lor Coleridge. famous English poet,
was introduced. and in turn intro
duced Prof. William James. Abraham
Lincoln .and Plato. Then Coleridge
was quoted by Benjamin. whose eyes
still were closed. as declaring
There Is a prominent man among
us who has arrived only a few days
ago. He is DR.. James Hervey Hy-
slop, and desires to give a message
to his friends. He requests that his
friends on earth publish 1t for him.
HYsLoP. PER BENJAMIN.
DR.. Watson, who was standing near
Mr.. Benjamin. promised to let the
world know how DR.. Hyslop was en-
joying himself. and anything else that
he might desire to divulge to the
mortals. Taking his pencil and paper
Or. Watson wrote the following, al
dictated by Mr.. Benjamin:
"I, James Hervey Hyslop, am send
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the new world, where find myself
an individual. one who has retained
sufficient physical replica character
istics to be assured that survival Is q
fact. and that the continuity Of indi
vidual existence is as true as the fact
that he once lived in a physical world
and was known as James Hervey
Hyslop.
TT is my desire that all unfinished
manuscripts be taken care OF as out
lined in my will, by the executors
ad that, when inform them who
are to record the work. they will be
finished by me through the recording
OF another. and then published.
"I did not lose a certain form 81
consciousness during the death ex
perience, and. with the exception OF
momentary lapses, was conscious ol
all that ensued. To the dear ones
around my bedside-delicacy prohibits
the mention Of their names-I give
tom of suffering in the process OF
physical death.
Myers. Hodgson, and others-real
people-were here to welcome me in q
real world. or course I was dazed
The experience was extremely pecu
liar. Death is an emancipation. 1t is
YOUR higher self stepping from a crude
environment into larger world.
"As ! promised to many on earth.
will prepare myself at once, assisted
by philosophers and scientists. to
transmit, through the most competent
earth plane mediums evidence OF an
ultra-scientific nature that survival is
a fact. Ny first scientific communi-
cation respective OF this fact will he
transmitted through an involved. ccV
plex, intricate cross-correspondenL
which certain psychical Investigators
on the earth-plane will receive and
publish. Truly. one can ask with a
smile: Why fear death?'
~ am aware that an organization of
scientists, psychologists, philosophers
and teachers on this side Of life, know
ing that contact with other worlds has
been established and is now as actual
as wireless telegraphy and telephony
have decided almost at once to bridge
the gulf and give scientific evidence
of the authenticity Of spirit commu-
nication.
81 have learned since coming here
that Sir william Crookes has sue
ceeded in an astral laboratory in
working out the precise principles OF
a mechanical invention. and will send
details to them to an inventor in the
physical world. so that through a me
chanical instrument, thought waves
from disembodied souls--in a physical
sense-will reach you for the solace
OF humanity
Yours in the faith Of the contin
uity OF life. JAMES II. HYSLOP."
None OF the Canadians had ever
seen DR.. Hyslop, they said, and the
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