Evening star., 1923-10-28
~ MEREwAnD CAnRINoToN, PA.D.

" HE more deeply we penetrate
into the dim and mystic realms
Of the psychic world, the more
= we sndsaver to lift the veil
Of the future, tho more certain does
It become that progress can only be
made, In certain directions. by the aid
Of suitable laboratory pparatus-that
Is to say. by means OF scientific in
atruments OF precision. especially
adapted for this purpose. Our senses
are too coarse 70 register many Of
the delicate physical energies which
surround u, and Il Ia probably true
that they will also fall to register
many Of the subtle psychic forces
which exist all about US
When we consider that instruments
have been devised which can register
the heat Of . candle many miles dis
tant. or discover the chemical COM
position and temperature Of stars
millions Of miles from US in space. It
becomes apparent that such delicate
Instruments are 30 much finer than
our ordinary senses that they should
be the means employed to detect and
record these subtle energies.
Special instruments have been de-
vised for this purpose. and other
pieces Of apparatus have been adapt
ed for use while investigating
psychic phenomena A laboratory Of
this sort exists In France, under the
direction Of DR.. Gustave 0eley. and
one in Berlin, under DR.. Frits 0rusn-
wald. In this country. the present
writer has inaugurated . lahatory OF
this character.
Instruments have been utilised to
test the physiological reactions Of
the medium during = seAnce. Rsspira-
tion, pulss-rats ana various reactions
Of this kind are recorded on suitable
instramentA which AfterwArd show.
by graphic traoings. just what has
been happening within the mediums
body. Sounds. rappings and other
noises have been amplided and re-
corded on Photographs. Radiations
from the human body have been seen
by the aid Of specially prepared glass
slides or screens, containing various
chemical substances. which render the
eye sensitive to light vibrations not
ordinarily perceived. Experiments
have also been undertaken 20 ascer-
tain the precise chemical constituents
Of these lights, BY means OF spec
trum analysis.
Specially constructed electric coils
have been utilised, In order to test the
possible dynamic or vibratory power
- Ns,<
vibrations in the ether, these should
be capable OF being registered by
means Of suitable apparatus) Other
electrical colts will show the presence.
in their immediate vicinity. OF any
body or energy which will effect the
current fleWing around the coll. and
cause audible sounds to be heard In
the telephone receivers. These can.
of course; be magnifed by means OF
loud speakers, etc.
DR.. Paul Joire of France has de.
vis<d an instrument known As the
"sthenometer," which is capable OF
showing the so-called "vitai rs6ia-
eions' issuing from the inser-tips.
It consists, essentially, OF . straw
balanced on = needle.point. over Q
eraAuated scale, and protected BY .
glass bell Jar. Experiments under
taken In London, by DR.. Schonsld.
seem to show that hysterical ana
neuras thsnic subjects emit . consid-
erabls amount Of energy from their
fingers, which can be registered ac-
curately. Indeed, It has been found
possible 10 discharge an electroscope
without contact. merely by holding
the fingers some little distance above
the knob.
These experiments caused Prof.
lmoda OF Turin. Italy, to conclude
that "ths radiAtions Of radiun. the
cathodic radiations Of the Crookes
tube ana mediumistio radiations are
Fundamentally the same" This, II
true. ID important.
DR.. Baraduc Of Paris conducted a
number OF experiments in photo
graphing the body Of dying sub.
feet. He took photographs every fif-
teen minutes for three hours. at the
moment Of death and after It. He
obtained upon his plates q series Of
remarkable cpud-like markings