New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

MANS SURVIVAL AFTER pEATH. BY
Charlss L Tweedale n p. Duston d
WORLD. By the Rev; 9. Henslow.
DOES TDLEPATHy EXPLAIN SPIRIT
UALISM? BY Francis K Baxter. Elem-
ins H. Revell Company. New York.
GAN THE DEAD COMMUNICATE WITH
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~ PIRITUALIsM has unquestion-
~ ably gained a strong hold upon
4 our Imagination. To many
minds it offers @ welcome
avenue of escape from the austere
negations Of scientific material
ism. To sSme extent psychical phe-
nomena have displaced the intense
emotional experiences which have gem
orally been associated with the origin of
religious sects. OF course the war,
with its millions Of victims, has in
spired a powerful desire on the part
of many bereaved individuals to find
some means Of communicating with
their departed relatives and friends.
Moreover, the war psychosis, with its
emphasis upon the emotional side of
human nature, has certainly contributed
to the breaking down Of the barriers
Of skeptical reserve which ordinarily
bar the way to g ready acceptance of
spirtualist claims.
Naturally the relation between the
new psychic sciences and the various
forms of established religion has ex-
cited widespread interest and many dif-
ferences Of opinion. Spiritualism Is
variously interpreted as a divine reve-
lation and as temptation of the devil
as the ultimate development Of perfect
Christian faith and as q decadent su-
perstition.
The thesis that religious revelation
Is enriched and clarified bv the dis
eoveries of psychical research is vigor-
ously upheld by Mr.. Tweedale, an Eng
lish clergyman. His work is verita-
bic encyclopedia Of supernatural ex-
periences, ancient and modern. He
quotes freely from the Bible to prove
that communion with the spirits is q
divine gift. Many of his arguments in
behalf Of spiritualism are based upon
the evidence Of the scriptural miracles.
Mr.. Tweedale feels that the Church is
making serious mistake in assuming
9 hostile or Indifferent attitude toward
spirituaism. In this connection he
says:
Church Should Yndorse Spirituallsm
at is idle to cry, as some do, that
revelation is closed, and that the ex-
tsrnal witness, having been given nine
teen hundred years ago, is no longer
needed; as idle IS 1t would be for the
scientist to say that succeeding genera
tons need no verifcation, or demonstra-
ton, of previously ascertained scientific
truths. 1t is idle to cry that the mod
ern external evidences of the reality of
the spirit world are mere hallucinations
Of the senses, and that modern investi-
gators are hallucinated. If these things
are Authorizations to-day, what proof
have the churches that the apostles, the
prophets and all the holy men of old
we're not halucinated? They have not
scrap. It is a humiliating spectacle
to see, both in church and press, pro-
fessed Christians, in their anxiety to
diseredit modern psychic phenomena,
eagerly quoting against them the opin-
ions Of notorious materialists, agnostics
and modern Sadducees. What an un-
holy alliance! They do not appear to
perceive that II the statements Of these
modern infidels, and the various anti
spiritual theories, could be maintained,
they would sweep away the foundations
Of Christianity and Of revealed religion" ."
Characterizing the Resurrection as
"the keystone Of the Gospel arch," Mr..
Tweedale interprets this miracle as a
naturalization Of Christ's spiritual
body. This spiritual body, in the au-
thor's opinion, Is possessed by every
human being. He gives the following
analysis Of its qualities:
"The spiritual body is a replica Of
the mortal or physical body, and dwells
within it during the existence Of that
body in the earth life. 1t is the ego, the
personality, the living soul, the real