The Washington times., 1920-01-31
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THE MESSAGE OF ANNE SIMON Boz
tons Richard q. Badger.

ton; Richard q. Badger.
When Anne simon died at Colo
rado Springs In August. 1915. the
literary and artistic circles of this
city felt the loss OF a rare and
beautiful influence. Mrs. Simon
she was the wife OF Otto Torney
Simon, musical director OF the Motst
Choral Society-hAd for many years
been prominently identinsd with
Washington musical activities.
Her unusual musical talent and
equipment gave Mrs. Simon an i'm
portant place In the lives of many
people. but her friends say that her
personality was the most impoT-
tant thing about her She had the
ability TO arouse others to action.
and drew many people to her studio
because there they found direct and
undeniable Inspiration.
While Mrs. simon's interest in
literature was widely known,
through her translations from some
of the most interesting modern
Italian poets, IL was not generally
known at the time OF her death
that she was more than a critic 1t
now becomes apparent, through the
messages given to the public by her
husband, that she was q creative
literary artist.
The Message OF Anne Simon"
consists Of q revelation TO her hus-
band. written by him under inspira-
tional influences. through the me-
dium Of automatic writing. It's con-
tents are of spiritual significance.
logical In sequence. and expressed
In language OF literary beauty and
fineness. The keynote can be ex-
pressed In four words, There is no
DEATH" the creed OF a new faith.
which contains a message OF hope
and comfort for many people.
II Is most inspiring picture
which the message conveys OF tho
"land beyond" There is verdure
here, and nower-life, and hills and
mountains and valleys. There 10 no
darkness here. No SHOWS and
ties fall away-when the old pass
over they shall see youth again
Anticipating questions mortals are
sure to ask tho message says:
There Is identity here. You will
know me. The mother will always
know the child-and the child will
seek the mother"
That the Beyond provides an ideal
existence for those who on the earth
were denied the opportunity for
complete expression may be gath
cred from this revelation: I'VE fol-
low our beloved arts here-the one
or the different ones we treasured
on the earth. Nothing is
lost which we had on the earth
plane except the body and what
pertains to it,
At times the message faments the
necessity of limiting communica-
ton to earth forms" Of speech.
"' the earth language has
become like some clumay vehicle,
inadequate to express all that I ex-
perience. We do not communicate
through language, but by magnetic
emanation which has only its weak
earth counterpart in electrical vi
bration. Through this finer express
sion we communicate, not by
phrases or sentences, but by an en-
tire soul wish Whatever
Is communicated leaves us in the
Larger Life in it's entire Significance
and Is Immediately understood"
There is beautiful comfort in
this paragraph for those whose chill
dren departed life at tender age:
They are treasures here. They
have passed over before touched
by earth's contamination or tempta-
tions. Certain embryo qualities and
heredities go with them; but the
little spots of imperfections are
more easily eradicated than IL they
had lived out the span of mortal
life"
There is subject for discussion in
the following: There will come
the regeneration of the world
through the arts. I hear the bells
ringing. They are clearer than the
church bells. Sometimes hear the
latter. The tones are dull. Let
the churches help more. Drop the
little fences around them. Tell the
clergy to come out in the open. An.
empty church is often a shrine, a
crowded church h dissertation. Pray
for the church. Pray twice for the
clergy. Tell them not to play with
| the Holy 0host-thc people will
risel There are holy men of God in
the Church"
Message No. Xxx is Above wave
OF tenderness to mothers and
wives whose men have fallen in
battle. "Do not grieve. They have
died gloriously! They live! They
live and are in happiness. They
were in peace when mortal eye saw
| carnage and destruction. Tenderly
| each was taken to his own home"
There are planes of varying
ranks for the accommodation of
| spirits of different degrees Of de-
i, velopment. Spirits of mortals of
other worlds and systems are with
us on our plane, but there arc
other planes still higher on which
dwells the life of mortals moro
exalted and more developed.
But some of the lesser developed
ones on these higher planes may
come to the mansions even of our
lower planes (ours is not the low
est of planes), and these we have
with us, besides our rth-spirits.
Inferior spirits of a high
er plane will affiliate in the Be-
yond with the higher spirits of the
lower plane, each one to his own
Mansion as he is prepared. SO tell
the mortals of earth to have a
wider vision and to grasp through
what ] have told you the stupend-
Gus principles of spirit life, de-
velopment and revelation. Impress
on the earth mortal the will to do
and COu0uer. to liyA the earfh