Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-28
LODGE WARNS ALL
AGAINST FAKERS
Scientist Urges Audience to Be
Sincere and Not Become
Dupes of Cranks
SKEPTICISM is ALL RIGHT

"Be as skeptical as you please. for
you can be made the dupe or charla-
tans and cranks. But if you are con-
ducting experiments in the field of
psychic research, do so with grave pur-
pose"
This was 9 advice of Sir Oliver
Lodge, noted British scientist, to hun
dreds who heard his exposition of the
theory of spiritual life after death at
the Academy of Music last night.
That the spirit goes OH after the
earthly carcass has shaken off its mortal
coil that death is a psychic phenom-
cnon that merely marks the time of
transition of life to higher plane
which has eternal being and that it is
possible for those of the spirit world
to communicate with mortals, are some
of the views of life and death set forth
by the great scholar.
Calls 1t Evidence for Survival
Sir Oliver styled his lecture "Evi-
dence for Survival"
Death is like sloughing off an old
garment and taking on a new-just a
turning point in life" he said
Death is an adventure like birth
or marriage-it is the entering Of new
state of existence. Do not be afraid
of the term death. Some of us speak
Of death as passing over, crossing
over going west and so forth. But
if we wish a good Anglo Saxon word
with the full meaning we wish to ex-
press, there is none like death.
of religion and establishing it on a
firm basis. That is the business of
science. Science seeks truth. Religion
is ba ed on truth.
II have no quarrel to pick with
those. however. who prefer TO take their
religion on faith alone. Perhaps they
are on higher plane than those who
seek the truth before believing.
THE existence of the spirit world can
be established by science. We establish
the evidence of persons on the other side
of the veil by communications.
Messages Not From Mars
At this point Sir Oliver broke off to
say that he did not think that the mys .
terious incohercnt messages that are
being received on wireless machines on
both sides of the Atlantic were any mes
sages from the inhabitants of Mars. The
scientist was skeptical as to the Mar
tians' knowledge of the telegraph code.
He said that the cause probably was
electrical disturbance in the sun or some
Of the other planets.
But" continued Sir Oliver, "if we
received communications from Mars we
could tell whether it was inhabited
The communications would show that
there are human beings there. SO it l.
with the spirit world. We have received
the communications and we know that
they are Just beyond the veil
Sir Oliver then discussed different
means of communication, declaring that
writing, telegraphy and speech are arti
fetal and complicated.
1T would be much simpler" he con
tinued. "if we had direct communica- =
ton from mind to mind. And that can
be done. We have good evidence OF
telepathy, which is the direct action OF
mind on mind without the medium OF
matter
Religion Accepted as Inspiration
Sir Oliver said that religion has
always accepted inspiration, (which is
higher being" and has taught that
messages can be sent through the vel
namely, prayers, which do not even
have to be spoken.
Phantasms or apparitions, Sir Oliver
said. are due to telepathy. The in
fiuence of one mind on another stimu
lates the brain and brings up an image
through reaction which the brain takes
from the mind, as it would from the
eye.
After VIC leave the body" Sir
Oliver continued, "wc can communicate
telepathically. But to speak to ouI
loved ones we must lind some one whose
receptive faculties are fully developed
"If a boy wishes to communicate with
his mother, who has not the receptive
faculty, he can communicate through
some one who has that faculty well de
veloped and who is willing to lend hi,
bodily mechanism TO the spirit of thu
boy.
1--WE have no power TO call the spir
it's back. We can only give them the
means to get their messages through
Many of the boys killed in the war
cut off in their youth, are anxious tC
come back to comfort their bereaYeC
ones
Enter Study SOlemnIy
Sir Oliver cautioned that one mus
enter upon lut bLuu4 pl LHc spirit WOrlC
with Solemn, grave and religious at.
tention," lie said it must not be en-
tered upon with frivolous thoughts OF
too credulously.
Ouija boards and table fitting are le
gitimato means of communicating witt
spirits, said Sir Oliver, and are sub
stitutcs for verbal communications
just as wigwagging and telegraphy ar,
used between persons still In the body
Sir Oliver gave several illustrations
of messages from the spirit world. On,
of the most interesting was that related
TO him recently by his wife.
Lady Lodge said the scientist
was talking with Raymond, our son
not through professional medium
but through woman with the Feceptiy
faculty whom she was visiting,
suddenly the air was filled wit
distress. There came the passion Of en
treaty from a young army .oinsfr WI
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