The New York herald., 1922-04-10

a delicately developed materialism that
those living in the other sphere may
utilize for expression. l know better
how We fare after death than ! would
know of how the people of Asia or
Africa fare If should be carried away
and dropped among them"
Sir Arthur asserted that none OF the
intellectuals converted to spiritualism
had ever recanted. Most of them had
been originally skeptics Like all others
OF the organized spiritualists. he said he
regretted that fakirs had been found in
the spiritual:stic ranks, but there had
been only two fraudulent mediums ex
posed in England in Ave years. and that
the spiritualistic bodies were as anxious
as any other part Of the public to elim-
nate the frauds. 1t was one of the aims
of the spiritualists to list all mediums
as physicians are listed, and this would
be one of the great steps forward in the
immediate future in England and Amer
ica. He called the takers human hy-
enas." and advocated the broadest pub
liclty in their exposure and punishment
"Points" of SIR Arthur's Case.
The typewriter points" of sir Al
thurs argument follow:
Il. That making every allowance
for fraud (Which has been greatly ex-
aggerated) and for self-deception (Which
is far more common), there remains a
great residuum Of proved fact. which
makes this psychic movement the most
serious attempt ever made to place re-
ligion upon basis of definite proof
which is what all earnest minds must
desire.
"2. 1t is the one great nnal antidote
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most Of our recent world troubles.
"3. If we can make this good--and
the case has only to be clearly stated
to be proved-then surely America has
good cause to be proud that this great
restatemcnt Of the fundaments Of re-
ligion should have come upon her soil
1t has been degraded by some who be-
lieved in it, and derided by all who
did not, but the time has come to recog-
nize the vital good that is In it, and
to free 1t from sordid influences.
-. High spirits did not redescend
upon earth in order to tell fortunes OF
uses being a curse with them. The
true aim Of all communication with
spirits is consolation. knowledges oi
spiritual matters (including the condi-
tions of life after death) and self.
Improvement
"5. Phenomena are elementary things
useful as signals which call our atten
tion to the unseen but tending too OTTER
to distract attention from the rea
spiritual knowledge to which they
should be an Introduction.
"6. Sir Arthur, though deeply i'm
pressed by the experiences and convic
tions of Professors Hare, Crookes, Lom
broso. Richct, Lodge and others. is made
more certain in his position by his owr
actual personal experiences which he !!
prepared to make public.
~. Far from being antagonistic tt
religion, this psychic movement is des.
tined to vivify religion. which has -lons
been decaying and becoming a mere
formality. This new knowledge make.
it real and sure and enables one fol
the first time to understand the actions
and views of the early Christians ant
of their great Founder. Without thi.
psychic knowledge much of the New
Testament is incomprehensible. With Il
one has renewed assurance OF its essen.
tial truth.
"8. It unites real science and rea
religion. each supporting the other"