The Washington times., 1922-05-14

A. A. Doyle. Of Brisbane, tells about his
son. who died at the front At that mo-
ment" he writes. his father awoke to
find the young soldier STOPPING over him.
his face quite close. He at once woke his
wife and told her that their son. he feared,
was dead. But here comes fine point.
He said to the wife, Eric has had re-
turn Of the acne OF the face, for which |
treated him years ago ! saw the spots
The next mail brought a letter, written
before Eric's death, asking that some
special ointment be sent as his acne had
returned. This is a very instructive case.
as showing that even an abnormal thing
is reproduced at first upon the etheric
body"
Mr. Rim states in regard to this:
"Pimples on the face of the spirit is
new thing. II is a physical defect, not
psychic. so how can Mr. Doyle accept such
theory? Ii shows the simplicity with
which he accepts every statement told TO
him, no matter how absurd 1t may be.
The evidence we have in the Psychic Re-
search Society, which has been investigst-
ing all similar statements, shows that they
amount to hut very little when investi
gated. y II is generally found that the phs
nomena simply never happened.
after my lecture in Paris" writes Sir
Arthur, I'VE were favored by an extraor-
binary exhibition from a medium named
Aubert. This gentleman had no musical
education whatsoever, but he sits down in
a state of trance and handles the piano as
for one have never heard it handled be-
fore He sits with his eyes closed while
someone calls the alphabet, striking one
rote when the right letter sounds. In this
way he spells out the name of the parttcu-
lar composer whom he will represent. He
then dashes off upon piece which Is not
a known composition Of that author. but
has an improvisation OF his manner.
Needles can he driven through him while
he plays. and sums can be set before him,
which he can work out without ceasing
the wonderful music which seems to flow
from him. but independently Of his own
powers or voition. He would certainly
cause a sensation in London"
Mr.. Rim comments: "The simplicity
of Sir Arthur in the analysis OF case
like this is apparent. How does he know
that Aubprt never had learned to play the
piano? He seems to imagine that this
gentleman produces his results by spirit
guidance. But in this country we have
vaudeville performer who can do six dif-
ferent things at one time. and who has
caused no sensation here. This gentleman
will write on two different subjects and
write them backwards, all at one time.
And he does other things.
"Hindoo fakirs walk on glass, live Goals,
etc. We have any number of people in
this country who have no sensation OF pain
or, If so, can control it-when needles
are pushed into their flesh, and who do not
claim to be mediums. So II can be readily
seen that spirits have nothing to do In
cases Of this character.
"Mr. Doyle writes: AT the house of Mr..
~f Al,A
most powerful clairvoyants and trance
mediums whom have tested Her name Is
Mrs. Roberts When in touch with
my conditions she at once gave the names
of several relatives and friends who have
passed over, without any slurrng or mis-.
takes.
>"'She then cried, 81 see an elderly lady
here-she is a beautifully high spirit-her
name is Selma" This rather unusual
name belonged to my wife's mother, who
died nearly two years ago
"'Then, suddenly, becoming slightly con
vulsed, as a medium does when her mech.
anism is controlled by another, she cried,
with an indescribably intensity Of feeling,
Thank God, Thank God to get In touch
again Jean, Jean! Give my love to Jean"
Both names, therefore, had been got
correctly. that of the mother and daugh-
ter Is il not an affront to reason to ex-
plain away such results by wild theories
Of telepa by, or by anything save the per-
fectly plain and obvious fact that spirit
communion is indeed true and that was
really in touch with that dead lady who
was, even upon earth, beautifully high
and unselfsh spirit
"Mr. Rims comment: 1t is pathetic 10
see how simple Sir Arthur is. Any medium
in the world. knowing his belief In spirit
ualism, would have been posted upon his
relatives-especially on a woman dead
only two years-and could have given this
particular seance dramatically, so that his
comments seem also childish. He is sim.
ply In a state where he is willing to be-
lieve in anything. He never thinks of