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HAS RECIPE FOR
HOME SEANCES
MINUS MEDIUM
Boston Business Man Tells
Amateurs How to Converse
With SpiritS-SayS Every
Person Has Psychic Power.

BOSTON. Jan. q by Intcrnationa
News. Service For the correct an
ranEemCut OF home sittiUEs without 6
medium Mark O'NeA Boston business
man ami investigator OF spritualism
gives instructions
In the first place. SAYS Mr. - Neil
certain men and women have psychic
power These are technically JaiIeJ
mediumistiC people This means tina
they are particularly adapted tor trans
mission Of messages from The zplrN
world, This may be iu the more de
veloped stages, by trauce-lpss drNei-
oped, by table rappings.
Gather ma your house a group OF
people who wish to investigate sptr-
itualism. When sitting without me
dunn five are a good number. they
need not he believers but they must
be scoffers The average person with
an open mind rs perhaps the best seal
yourself about a table, preferably d
table of substantial weight and size
The ordinary dining room table, stripped
~ its cover, will do admirably Let
someone take charge Of the meeting ami
act as spokesman between the slttrrs
and the spirit world
The matter Of lights Is entirely OPP
tional. II has generally been the Gus
tom for professional mediums 10 insist
upon complete darkness,
hy lowering or putting out the lights
IS the increased ease Of concentration
Of mind upon the part OF the Suffers
and the absence Of dlstraCting thoughts
and mental processes which are IN
duced by full light Total darkness
lends itself TO deception, intentional or
otherwise, aud has no effect whatever
upon the results. For general pur-
poses half-light such as would be
obtained by lighting an adjoining room
viii be found best,
''t.et each OF the sittcrs then place
his hands upon the table with the nm
gers outstretched, and the top Of each
finger resting lightly upon the table
no not assume an uncomfortable on
strained position, but sit naturally and
AZ ease. and under no circumstances
SIT after any member Of the circle ieels
tired or ncrVously exhausted.
There S no harm In matntNulhE
a conversation, and singing is often IN
dulged in BY those who feel so m
olined II is probable, however that
The best results will be obtained in
silence, each member OF the circle try
ing to keep his mind In cheertul' re-
ceptive state. ,.-. 1870.
IN there is among the Sitters any
one who Is possessed OF psychic power
manifestations may take place In any
where from 10 to 90 minutes. They VIII
ordinarily take the FORM OF fapS, NhlCll
will be audible from the table Itself
and sometimes from different parts or
the room This may be followed by
tipping Of the table and in some cases
deviation,
f'The code or alphabet ordinarily used
Is one rap or tilt for no, three Tor
yes. and two to indicate doubt or
uncertainty. Questions may then be
asked and answers received by means
OF these signals Longer messages are
spelled out by repeating the letters OF
the alphabet until stopped by rap or
tilt at a certain letter and then going
back to IA and continuing until the
complete message Is received. THESE
questions and messages should he made
and answered through whoever has been
deputized to take charge of the circle,
unless some other member Is Indicated
by the raps or Tits.
.sThese arc the general methods 10
be followed In home or experimental
circle, In some cases the response ~
almost Immediate. In others weeks and
even months may be spent without re
suit. Two or three nights week
should be devoted to the sitting, and
they should always begin at the same
clock hour and be held on the same
days OF each week.
III this procedure is carried on for
a considerable length of time with re-
suit Il is well to change the personnel
of the circle or abandon the situngs'