Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-16
SIR OLIVER LODGE SA YSSURVIVAL
AFTER DEATH CAN BE PROVED
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u have learned. the life over there is
one of progress.
'It is a great error to end ones
life owe" here. We should not be in
hurry Every man should end his
Job here and not hurl himself into the
other world till his work on this side
is competed.
81 have explained went on Sir Oil
yer. ''the mechanism of the survival Of
personality in the persistence of the
ethereal part of man. As to communi-
cation from the other side it must come
through human agency here. Those who
do not understand or do not want to
understand say that we call up spirits.
We do nothing of the kind. Those
on the other side are eager to get in
communication with their friends. We
could not call them up even if we
desired. Particularly since the world
war the young. strong. virile men who
have been so suddenly hurled into thu
other world are eager to get the word
over here that they still live.
Sir Oliver then took up the question
as to the character of communications.
! asked him as to its mechanism. the
bow of getting messages across.
Medium Is Necessary
There are three necessary condi
tions to communication. First. the
medium on this side 4 medium i an
individual who possesses psychic
power. 1t doesn't mean a weak mind
ed person. either. Not every Que has
psychic power. I haven't a bit, but
several of nv daughters have. Sec
ond. control. This, l gather, is some
one on the other side similar to the
medium here, and third, the communi
caJcr. That is the spirit or intelligence
thai sends TIE message. The control
over there. the individuality that con
trolls the medium, can be likcned to 4
telegraph operator who transmits the
message intrusted to him. said Sir
Oliver.
"Whece there are many spirits strIv-
ing to communicate, they apparently
confuse the control, and then when,
In addition tn, subnninal mind of the
medium here gets active, meaningless,
confused and foolish messages come
through.
"Skeptics. or rather unbelievers,
complain the-e is so much of this. |
say myself there is no end of rubbish
communicated 1t requires patient
sitting of all Of the evidence to get
at the truth
!. Then Sir Oliver took up the matter
of his own conversion to Il belief in the
survival of personality beyond the
grave. Here it is
Converted Fifteen Years Ago
1T was quite fifteen years or more
before | became fully convinced of tn"
truth of survival In 1889 | had my
first experience and it was both evil
dental and convincing, but | did not
believe it 1t was message trans
mittcd through Mrs. Piper.
''.Irs. Piper was the medium pri-
vately employed for years by the
American Society for Psychical Re
search.
1T came from deceased relative
who had been very Kind to me when !
was Young man. | Kept on. however.
with my investigations until about 1906
when the accumulated mass of evidence
became so great that | finally decided
to come right out in the open and de-
clare my position.
"My view is that no one should jump
at conclusions The evidence should be
cumuiativ" before any one accepts the
belief. The evidence builds itself up,
often only through Il long period of
investigation. Before everything there
must be the machinery, the instrument
of transmission, just as Il musician
uses fiddle or cello \ medium
is. a psvrlI" VINO is willing To permit
another intelligence to uSr her brain
sud mugclpS. and who will vaCatc them
for the purpose Of the time being.
"Of course all this presents an on
portunlty for quuckery and imposture.
The cranks flock around at every op-