The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14
NY EDWARD II. PAYNE.

ny EDWARD u. PAYNE.
Written for the International Eews Service
copyright lb22, by International News
Seryloo).
BERKELEY. Cal--The "commu-
nlcations" given forth are selected
from many. most OF them OF a pri-
vate nnture. purporting TO come
from Jack London, In new lifo
into which he was surprised to find
himself emerging after his death In
1915, There are certain attendant
circumstances which might well be
borne In mind In forming n judg-
ment on these messages as a posi-
bly, genuine Jack London product.
In the first place, the psychic
through whom the alleged commu-
nications reached us is not n public
or commercial medium. She makes
her living in "A professional vocation
and until recent years was herseli
decided materiaust. with no lean
ings whatever toward spiritualism
She had met Mr.. London n few
times, but had little knowledge OF
him beyond that gathered I'm q
casual acquaintance. She IN an edu-
Gated and cultured woman. In my
own home We are not spiritualists,
although we hold the immortal hope
for ourselves and our kind. While
We do not rank ourselves az spirit
ualists we are inclined to Believe
that the avenues are not wholly
closed between this sphere OF life
and other realms Of conscious be-
ing. And both my wife and myself,
who loved Mr.. London much ana
cherish the memory OF his love
for us, find many things In thesc
communications which impress us
with their possible genuineness.
London n MnicrinIIst,
Mr.. I,ondon's declared position.
philosophlcally, was thnt OF the out
and out uncompromising material
list. Everywhere and always he was
ready 10 affirm, and TO renffirm
with utmost emphasis. that the evo-
luton Of all things must be referred
back to matter alone. with its
primal energies and potencics. This
was his conclusion while he had NOT
yet attained his majority; and this
was hls unrcviscd and outspoken
opinion throughout his lie. In n
book published In the last summer
Just preceding his death he again
elabOrateB this creed, And In the
mid years of his mature life h"
wrote In n letter;
II am hopeless materiallst. |
see a soul as nothing else than tho
sum OF the activities of the organ
ism, plus personal habits, memories
experiences Of the organism. | be-
| lieve that when I nm dead am
dead | believe that with my death
! am Just as much obliteratcd az the
last mosquito you or / smashed"
But now ! come 10 affirm, az n
| counter fact, ana fact OF tre-
| mondous import FOR him, that Jack
/ London, whatever may have been
| his intellectual conclusions, what
| ever his philosophical or scientific
creed, was yet BY nature, by en-
| d0wment. by his very birth and b.
! instructive tendency an ideallst.
Ideals In Conflict.
In the conscious llfo Of Nr. Lon
| don there was consequently d clash
an irrcconcilnblc conflict between
| his matcrlallstic theory ana his nh'
/ two ldealism. This latter the ideal
| istic clement in his nature, was new
or eradlcatod. though he tried Il
| discipline IT, 30 numb II. 20 drown u
even, II that were possible" 20 XIII II
out. Il lived on within him de
spite his philosophy and u made .
denl OF trouble FOR him. lie foun,
that the world the universe, NJ h'
! conceived them 10 be, were no.
fitted 10 satisfy his nature, or thn'
he himself was unable TO happily
adjust his iumost SELF 10 such
world and cosmos. This is wha
brought on the "long sickness oI
which he gives n ramalc accoun
| I'm "JOhn RArlcycorn," The "long
sickness vas simply the doathly
melancholy Of his soul under th'
stress and strain Of that unqualifle'
matcrialism 20 which an irresistible
logic. no thought, had put his intel
lect under bonds.
Now, ~ we are 10 give credence u
the professed communications iron
the other world, Mr. London did no
escape at ONCE, with his passing on
all the inward wrestlings whicI
marked his experience here. tn
confuslons into which he wa
plunged by the discovery that hi
thinking had been all in error. an
the necessity Of readiusting HI
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