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BY V. FRANK M'CLURE.
THE largest side wheel pasenfcfr
steamer in the world, also different
In many Important features of con
struction from any other ship afloat, was
recently launched on the Great Lakes.
Amomj other thrngs H Is claimed that she
possesses the only bow-rudder operated
by steam eear In the world and within
her pilothouse, shown In one of the ac
companying photographs. Is the Innova
tion of thre wheels. Her engines have
joo horse-power and she attains the un
usual speed of 25 miles an hour. She
has been given the name t'lty of Cleve
land and was built at a cost of Jl.2i0.OX).
Think of a smokestack on a lake
steamer 75 feet hish and 8' feet in diam
eter. " Through a section of this stack
lying on its side, a team of horses and
wagon ran pass with ease. A man can
stand upright inside and reaching up fail
to touch the other side. The new ship
has' two such smokestacks and a large
touring car. carrying four men, was
PSYCHICAL RESEARCH: IS
Read and consider carefully the follow
ing: The heavens declare the glory of God.-and
the Armament (the earth) ihowelh hia
handinork. Day unto day uttereth apeech
and niffht unto night showeth knowledge.
Thara la no apeerh nor language, without
th their vot. in heard. Their line (di
rection) la gone out through all tha earth,
and their aorda to the end of tha world
(rable and wlreleaa telegraphy of today).
In them hath he aet a tabernacle for tha
aun there 1 ntithtng hid from the- heat
(rivii thereof, i p xix:l-fl.
Thla i mv (Incarnate man'a Infirmity,
but I will remember that the right shand of
the Moat High doth change 1 will make
mention of the deeda of the Lord I m-lll
mrtft te alao on all thy work and talk of
thy doinga. (Pa. lxxvii:10-!2).
Doth not wisdom (science) cry? and un
derstanding (outcome of acfentine re
eearchee put forth her voice? L'nto you. O
men. I (wisdom, aclcnce) call, and my voire
Is to the Bona of man. T (wisdom, acience)
have made prudence (aubtllity knowledge
of wise inventions) my dwelling, and find
out effectual working and discretion, (fr..
vlll:1-4-l2).
THESE splendid Intellectual writings
of the ancient Hebrew mind are the
most beautiful and Inspiring that
ever emanated from the brain and hand
of man. They form the noblest founda
tion and encouragement .for scientific re
search In the yet unknown Interior world
of ether, which Is the mother-medium of
earth, air. water, electricity and mag
netism in which we live, move and have
our being in earth-life. In these glow
ing psychical writings we may spell out
our present words telepathy, telegraphy,
teleology and telephony.
- Assuming that the human brain is
merely an organic instrument, having In
Itself and by itself neither -oIltlon nor
action, but capable of being played upon
and utilized In a multiplicity of ways by
psychical mind, will and force and reflex
action through the medium of ether. Just
as. through the medium and flow of air.
the aeolian harp, inert In itself. is
caused to emit musical sound, we may
perchance open a pathway that may lead
us to some door in the unknown world of
psychology and Immaterialism.
Science In physiological researches has
revealed to us some wonderful and most
beautiful and useful facts regarding the
elements of earth, air and water and
solar rays through which we terrestrial
beings iive. move and have our temporal
being on earth. We are not content
with these purely physical enlighten
ments, but are ever yearning, as man
has been doing throughout all ages of
human-lfy..- for -equally clear and reliable
f acts about all that pertains to the meta
physical and spiritual worlds of eternal
mind-, life - and light. Those psychical
terms that .we employ Inspiration, revelation;.-prayer,
communion (of saints or
spirits), sympathy, harmonic articulation
of nature, telepathy, mesmerism, hypno
tismare all of them expressive of this
yearning ard never dying instinct In the
human mind alone of all the animal king
dom on earth.
As science has achieved such vast suc
cess In the removal of foregone blind
Ignorance In- regard to the iaws and op.
erations of physical nature, let us hope
and pray" that It. will' be equally blessed
In its pre,s?nt psychical researches.
Human rnjsicai senses.
Our normal range of enlightenment
through the sense of sight and hearing
Is so restricted by the limited normal
sensitiveness of . the optic and auditory
nerves that without the aid of such ar
tificial Instruments as the telescope, mi
croscope, spectrum, microphone and ther
mopile, we should be today almost as
devoid of our knowledge of physical na
ture as the ape.
With the invention and use of the
solar spectrum we have learned the prin
ciples and scales of color and heat which
axe the outcome of the varying rapidity ,
actually driven through a portion of one
of them while at the shipyards.
The steamer itself is 444 feet long and
96 feet wide. 'Wliila not as long as the
largest of iron ore carrying ships of
which we hear so much nowadays.
It Is much wider. There are seven decks
and an elevator operated by electricity
conununicates with all of them. There
are 500 staterooms each equipped with
running water, automatic fire alarms and
telephone connections. When the steamer
is lying- at the dock ten city telephone
lines can be Used. When out in the lake
It Is connected with land by wireless tele
graph. The most notable Innovation of the new
ship from a mechanical standpoint is the
bow rudder heretofore mentioned. This
device enables her to be handled as easily
as a yacht. It enables her to be turned
In a little more than her own length and
she csn back as. rapidly and accurately as
she can go ahead. In a crowded or nar
row channel It Is of great value. The
of pulsations or vibrations per second of
the' sun's ray. The number of these
pulsations per second of time for each
kind of color and fkegree of heat is so
prodigious that ordinary minds, which
are only accustomed to fathom figures
In the millionth, can with difficulty com
prehend them. The color spectrum dis
closes a scale of numeration of these
pulsations per second from tha lowest. In
the red color, 477 trillions to the max
imum. In the violet color. 699 trillions.
Between these two extremes of the
spectrum come In consecutive order from
red to violet (H orange. 606 trillions; C2)
yellow, 635 trillions; (3) green, 677 tril
lions; (4) hlue. 6J2 trillions: (3) Indigo,
65S trillions. These seven colors of the
spectrum show a maximum difference In
number of pulsations per second of 222
trillions. These are the only primary
colors that the optic nerve of the human
eye Is sensitive enough to receive. Owing
to defective sensitiveness of their eyes,
many persons throughout every human
race on earth are more or less color
blind. Science has shown that outside
or beyond the red color (the lowest num
ber of pulsations In the spectrum) there
are other still lower pulsations: also,
beyond or outside of the violet color still
more rapid pulsations. Think .how great
ly these scientific facts enlarge the hoil
son of our normal view of this portion
of physical nature.
In the same form of numeration and
estimation only reversed the heat rays
Increase In degree from the violet to the
red.
Sound.
From the same view of pulsation or
vibration and undulatory motion we ob
tain our comprehension of sound.- These
striking the tympanum (auditory nerve) of
the ear have a scale or range from the
deep base to the piercing treble. Fifty to
60 pulsations or beats on the tympanum
produce the former and 30,000 to 30,000
beats the second. As In eye-sight, so In
ear-sound, all humanity are not alike In
the sensitiveness of these nerves: what la
sound to one Is silence to another. Where
we think there Is perfect silence "the
stilly night" physical nature Is echoing
harmonic articulation of every kind. If
our auditory nerve were but more highly
sensitive we could hear the ripple of
the nourishing tide of sap as It flows from
the roots throughout the branches of the
growing tree, bush and plant: we should
hear the tramp of the housefly as it were
that of an elephant and such as that
wonderful Instrument, the microphone, re
veals. Sound Sympathy.
Herein Is revealed to us a marvelous
feature of attraction and harmouious com
munion as well as of Individualism In phy
sical nature, and which by analogy is al
most as Incomprehensible as many psychi
cal phenomena.
It us reflect on the following features
and facts In physical nature with which
we are all more or less familiar and which
are the outcome of the pulsating or vibra
tory and undulatory laws of nature oper
ating, not In a vacuum, but through the
mediumship of the air and all-pervading
ether. In the world of sound we see a
law of sympathetic communication and
communion by and through which mate
rial objects may and do act In harmony.
Thus a tuning-fork will create a response
In the number of musical vibrations from
an adjacent silent one. Two pendulum
clocks hung on the same wall and two
watches lying on the same table will get
Into the same rate of movement. A pen-
dulam-clock hung on a partition "wall be
tween two rooms will start action In an
other pendulum-clock hung on the same
wall In the other room. In regard to the
difference In outcome from varying rapid
ity of beats or pulsations we observe that
if our clock or watch In their mechanism
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POI5TLAXD, AUGUST 23, 1908
bow rudder not only Is a time-saving de
vice, but is a safeguard In case of emer
gency. Another Interesting feature of construc
tion 1 the ship's hold and double bottom.
The hull Is of mild steel up to the main
rail and Including the main deck, which is
sheathed in wood to deaden the sound.
The hold Is divided into ten compart
ments and these compartments are fitted
with water-tight steel doors which can he
opened or closed by means of a hydraulic
gear operated in the .englneroom. In
case of emergency any of these compart
ments can be shut off from the rest of
the ship at) though hermetically sealed. In
made a hundred beats or ticks per sec
ond the sound would blend Into a musical
note or octave, and so be useless as a
record of time. The humming-bird and
the mosquito beat the air so rapidly with
their wings that they create the whizzing
and buzzing sound in our ears.
Occult Law in Nature.
The foregoing facts and incidents In the
universe of Nature, as revealed to us in
objects and substances of earthly matter,
inert in and by themselves, seem to me to
form, through the reasoning of analogy, a
pathway to the common belief in the ex
istence of a law In psychical nature by
and through which intellectual and sym
pathetic communications and communion
can be made possible between human
souls Incarnate and dlscarnate. Though,
as yet, we may not know and compre
hend the why or the whence of the many
occult activities In nature surrounding us,
such, for Instance, as those which are
outside of the solar spectrum scale, we
have learned enough to realize the fact
that the Creator of the universe has not
created these without a controlling law to
them and without some Intentional use
and need for them on earth.
Ether.
This all-pervading elementary substance
forms a wonderful mediumlstic womb for
the flow and outcome of all visible and
Invisible objects and forces In the uni
verse of nature. Let us bear in mind
that wise old dictum '"Nature abhors a
vacuum." There must necessarily be some
medium forever existing throughout the
range of our earthly atmosphere; for
without such there could be no pulsation
or wave of light or heat from the solar
rays nor light and attraction from star
or planet, nor physical exhibition of
electricity In lightning, nor magnetic In
fluences, Recognizing the universality of
this mother-medium we use such ad
jectives In connection with it as ethereal
space, ethereal regions, ethereal fires and
ethereal objects and bslngs. The uni
versal law of undulation, vibration and
diffusion as applied to heat and light is
equally applicable to the flow and diffu
sion of mind with Its Individualized will
and action, throughout the animate and
Inanimate kingdoms of nature.' Without
this ethereal element we could not witness
the attractive and repulsive stresses of
electricity and magnetic phenomen
Science recognizes ether as the conveyor
of motory (kinetic) and potential energy
In nature, and, hence, perceives that it
must possess rigidity, density and elas
ticity and be capable of displacement and
of tension. Thus we can conceive the
idea of ether in the form and substance
of an Invisible, Impalpable and all-pervading
medium like Jelly, and possibly
capable of condensation and of concen
tration into Invisibly refined forms.
Hence, the possible conception of it as
forming he outward casing or body of.
what appear to our finite comprehension,
psychical objects and entitles, such as
human souls discarnated, and so analo
gous to our souls incased In flesh during
earth-life.
From this broader view of all-pervading
ether as being the sole medium of solar
light and heat diffusion as well as of
electricity and magnetism on earth we
can realize more clearly that the mecha
nism and Instruments of our physical
body-brain, nerves and muscles are per
meated with this invisible and Impalpable
Jelly-like substance.
Through more advanced sclentlflo
researches In this element It may be pos
sible to diagnose more profitably the
phenomena of telepathy, mesmerism,
hypnotism and psychology In general, and
achieve more reliable enlightenment. ,
As we derive the form, framework and
sustenance of our physical body from
the elements of air. earth and water, may
we not, by analogy, rationally assume
addition to this there Is virtually a double
Inner bottom. To change the trim of the
ship or the draft. water ballast Is car
ried. Great tanks holding 25 tons are lo
cated on the guards or amidships.
There Is an 'electric-light plant of
2000 lanps and an fcOOO-candle power
search-light. The engines driving- the
feathering paddle wheels are the three
cylinder compound. The boilers are, of
the cylindrical return-tube type. There
are eigrht of these and they are ar
ranged in two batteries, each in sep
arate 'water-tigrht compartments.
The "Architecture of the new ship Is
IT WORTH
that the metaphysical and psychical at
tributes of the human mind and soul are
also within the mediumship of ether, and.
therefore, .can be in touch and in har
monious action upon the brain and
nervous system of the physical body?
This conception would form a corollary
to the Hindu-gooroo belief in the human
dual or astral body. It furnishes also a
clearer perception of the meaning and
force of inspiration, revelation, bewitch
ery, instinct, destiny and supernormal
phenomena of every sort. This ether
medium common to the physical and
psychical individualism and manifesta
tion of being and 'having a scientifically
determined existence seems to afford the
sanest and safest pathway for salentlflc
research into the most Interesting and the
most important world of soul-life. The
sign-posts, landmarks, trails and traces
of psychology being mainly metaphysical,
the ethereal element appears to me to
form the borderland between the physi
cal and the psychical phenomena of every
sort, form andi degree in nature and to
Include both within its realm. As we
cannot make "a silk purse out of a
sow's ear," neither can we solve ques
tions of soul-life. Incarnate or dlscar
nate, solely through materialistic ground
work and appliances, nor through the
limited normal range of human sight,
sound and touch. Without the artificial
aid of the microscope, microphone, spec
trum, and other delicate instruments and
appliances in scientific researches present
conditions, conveniences and comforts -in
every highly civilized home, social, in
dustrial and business life could not have
been achieved.
Are we going to stop on the present
round of the ladder of knowledge to
which we have reached, content with
mere material surroundings and conveni
ences, utterly useless without the exist
ence of the physical body, in ..living and
moving? No. indeed, when the mind of
our egoism is yearning to know more of
life and of the surrounding wona oi
objects, forms and beings which are in
visible and inaudible owing to their scale
of vibrations being beyond the range of
our physical senses. Fortunately for
civilized man science has entered at last
the road of psychology and will not re
trace its steps, though it be found diffi
cult and puzzling to follow and the ad
vance be- slow. Very able and skillful
scientists in England, France, (Germany,
Italy and America are already on that
road, pursuing their researches with sane,
cautious and deliberate steps forward;
their efforts will surely be rewarded.
Did not the Master of Christianity say.
"seek ye the kingdom of Spirit?" Did
he not give this promise: "seek and ye
shall find?" What Is prayer but the echo
ing cry of the human soul Incased In
flesh; the 'outward and the Inward ex
pression of its innate conscious instinct
and belief in the existence of a psychical
world and of its creator the father of
all human souls.
Mind and Will.
-What is mind but the Inward ego the
soul which thinks, feels, wills and op
erates its being, and so manifests Itself
in physical form on earth? Do we not
see this individualized mind manifested
in every earthly form and object, and so
marvelously and unmistakably through
Its Individualism?
Every bush and tufted tree
Warbles sweet philosophy.
Look carefully at your garden bed of
flowers, in which violet, primrose, car
nation, eglantine and clematis are grow
ing side by side; each derivlng.7its own
individualized form, color, perliime and
sustenance from the same Identical soil,
air and moisture, and existing under the
same climatic conditions. Look at. that
tall Douglas- pine tree, towering 150 feet
over its root-base. See how it spreads
out Its lateral holding roots In propor- j
rich In many ways. The most nota
ble perhaps Is the grand stairway
which leads from the lobby to the main
salon. It is of wrought brass and
veri. The balasters are carved. It
resembles the stairway of some old
world palace. In the grand salon, the
panels are of Mexican mahogany and
the decorations are of Louis XVI and
culminate in exquisitely carved cor
nices. In the grand salon also is a
fireplace which is connected with one
of the smokestacks and which is also
among the Innovations. Its facings
and hearth are of marble and it is
framed in mirrors and old gold panels.
WHILE?
tlon to Its height In order to sustain Its
stature and to resist the wind leverage.
Travel along the wind-swept sylvan sea
coast and observe how the trees and
brushwood have permanently Inclined
themselves from the action of the pre
vailing winds and have thrown out their
roots in exactly the right direction to
support this form of top growth. In
my orchard at Forest Grove a peach tree
was planted; a few years later a manure-pile
from the stables was made
near it, on one side of it. This tree died
from disease, and on grubbing up its
roots I found that they had turned
completely round from their former
course and had sought the soli under
the manure-pile. About seven years ago
I planted a small cork elm tree in my
garden. Nearby, on one side of it. Is a
well, sunk to receive the drainage from
the kitchen sink and rain water from the
roof of the house. A root from this
small tree found Its way to this moisture
and now all the main roots have estab
lished themselves in this same direction.
The tree has now attained a marvelous
ly rapid growth and has inclined itself
In a permanent and graceful form of a
bow towards this main source of its sus
tenance, as If it offered a grateful sign
of resoect.
Consider the remarkable Individualism
that pertains to the scent of the human
foot; no two persons out of the hundreds
of millions of humans on earth have ex
actly the same foot scent. This fact is
verified by the keen nose scent of the
owner's dog and by the use of the blood
hound In the pursuit of criminals. A
well-trained pointer or setter can be
taught to distinguish between the scent
of a lark and that of a snipe or grouse.
This unique physical feature of scent
In man, beast, bird, fish and Insect is
derived from their dally food laboratory
and clearly exhibits the work of the
chemical mind and will power of each in
the selection and absorption of the nec
essary ingredients from the food; so, 'also.
Is the same subtle mind and will at work
In the selection of color from the food.
Consider the evidence of a mind and
will in the Individualized crystal of a
snowflake, sarn quartz and of other
minerals. Each element displays Its own
mathematically true angles of molecular
attraction and symmetry of formation.
In all the foregoing Instances we per
ceive how distinct is the Invisible mind
and will power from the visible material
ized product. The former displays a liv
ing, willing and operating force and prin
ciple in construction; the latter only the
outcome of this mind and will power; the
object per se is inert and without will.
Antomatlc Writing.
Apropos of the foregoing Incidents and
remarks on psychological and physiologi
cal phenomena, and especially In rela
tion to the more Interesting considera
tion of the alleged communion and com
munication between Incarnate and dls
carnate human souls. Is the remarkable
and wonderful manifestation of indi
vidualized mind, will, feeling and touch
which is exhibited in what Is known as
automatic writing.
In Harper's August number Sir Oliver
Lodge, D. Sc.. F. R. S., principal of the
University of Birmingham. England,
writes in a scientific and luminous style
on this mysterious manifestation of psy
chical outcome. He says: "It Is useless
and merely ignorant to deny its occur
rence the simplest assumption, and one
that covers perhaps a majority of tho
facts, is that the writer's unconscious
Intelligence or subliminal self his dream
or genius substratum Is at work."
In regard to similar automatic writing,
Mr. Hamlin Garland, In the August
Everybody's Magazine, assumes the idea
that It proceeds solely from the personal
ity, will and vital substances of the me
On the celling of the grand salon are
great panels, bordered by richly
carved frames and enclosing mural
paintings. About these are ornament
al panels in relief. From the center
of the celling are huge electroliers in
keeping with the decorative scheme.
Twenty private parlors are finished in
Marie Antoinette and Colonial styles,
with the predominating scheme ivory
and gold. About the main salon run
double galleries which afford access to
the staterooms and exits to the derk.
Convention halls have ' been .provided
finished In figured Circassian walnut
designed in Elizabethan style. They
are floored with rubber tiling and en
closed with an almost continuous sur
face of plate-glass. A 'stairway de
signed In Louis XVI leads from the gal
lery deck to these rooms.
The main dining-room is in the hol
low of the ship, is 70 feet in length
and is decorated in . art nouveau styles.
Extending the entire length are side
boards with doors paneled in quar
tered oak and finished In richest forest
green. Above these are panels of
carved grills alternating with dainty
china closets. The floor is of squares
of green tile and the light comes from
electroliers of quaint old lantern de
sign. Then there are private dining-
May Not Means Be Discovered Whereby Com
munication With Dead Can Be Established? -
dium's physical and astral body. He
quotes a case as showing that the writing
material or substance as examined
through microscopic analysis was com
posed of globules of human blood, and the
assumption from this was that the medi
um had the innate power of Invisible pro
jection of the astral arm and of the use
of an invisible writing pen and of the
vital substance of the physical body to
produce this phenomenon. Apparently
this writing, as described by Sir Oliver
Lodge and Mr. Garland, was done on pa
per, unenclosed and lying open on a
table, out of the reacn of the medium.
The assumption of both these gentlemen
that the modus operandi emanated wholly
from the medium's personality, will and
force Is really more difficult for ordinary
minds to accept than that of spiritualism.
Slate Automatic Writing.
. Now, I have In my possession another
form of automatic writing which is quite
as marvelous and Inexplicable. This con
sists of eight ordinary school slates. These
I purchased myself from stores In Port
land and in San Francisco. The tests on
these for automatic writings were made in
1900 and 1903 at several private seances
through the mediumship of Edward Earle,
of Sa.n Francisco.
The slates were folded In pairs and se
cured face to face by outside rubber
bands; not a particle of pencil of any sort
was inclosed. The medium never handled
the slates during, before or after the
seance, and sat apart from my wife and
me at the other end of a large room. The
medium was not In a trance state, but
appeared to b9 fully awake and norma'
all through the seance. My wife placed
some of the slates on the floor under
her leet during the tests and I held the
others In my hand during each seance.
The room was in full daylight. Now all
these slates contain written communica
tions; some extending over tlue inside sur
face of both slates and written in the
same handwriting and signed by one writ
er; on other slates two and three commu
nications from as many correspondents,
in different styles of writing and differ
ent signatures to each. In one slate, on
the left hand side of the writing, a. flower
is neatly drawn In colors green, purple,
yellow and white as if done with chalk
pencils.
The names of all the writers are
given In full in the signatures; these
names are known to me land my wife
as belonging to dlscarnate persons,
who were relatives and friends. Some
of the writings mention names of In
dividuals, localities, buildings and
newspapers. Some of these localities
are in New York state, England, Scot
land and Mexico. These writings show
very clearly the individuality of the
writer; a complete knowledge and re
membrance of the past and present and
the relationship of the writers with
ourselves. One of the writers signs
himself John Brereton, which was the
name of my grandfather, a wheat mer
chant, who died in 1823, ten years
before I was born. He identifies him
self with Norfolk, England, which was
his home, and also - with Liverpool,
with which he conducted his wheat
business. The writings appear to have
been done with a slate pencil and are
are ad easily blurred and rubbed by
ordinary finger-touch. My wife and I
were entire strangers to the medium;
we did not give our names. I could
detect the sound of writing as If be
ing done with a slate pencil, when I
held , the slates to my ear during the
seance. The communications contain
matters' entirely different from any
which were or, could naturally have
been In our minds during the seances.
Naturally we look upon these communi
cations, containing so much that is
personal to the writers and to ourselves
as well as of ordinary and trivial mat
rooms flelshed In Flemish Kenalssanoa
with quaint cabinets sunk In the pan
eling. ' Five thousand five hundred yards of
carpet were required in carpeting this
giant steamer. It is also also equipped
with 3400 pieces of silver service, B500
pieces of crockery. 2000 pieces of glass
ware, and these ore but a few of the
Interesting figures which might be
quoted to Illustrate the great tslza of
the new ship.
When the new steamer left Detroit
on its initial trip it carried oOO mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce of
that city to Sault Ste. Marie. As she
left port there was a tremendous din
of whittles and saluting cannon. A
few days later when she came to Cleve
land, after returning with her party
to Detroit, she was greeted by great
crowds and by whistling of the steam
ers In port and Mayor Tom Johnson, on
behalf of the city, presented her with
a full new set of colors and made a
neat speech.
It Is said that another vessel to con
tain all the modern features of this
one. and all additional ideas that may
be gained in the next year or two. will
be built so as to go into commission
in 1910 and that she will be named
for the city of Detroit.
ters and such as form the common topics
of conversation and gossip in the every
day home life, much in the same way us
we do letters received from living rela
tives and friends. Hence, the evidence
afforded Is more impressive to the re-
cipient than it could bo to the general;
public and to the ordinary scientist. The;
assumption that this automatic writing
originates from the subconsciousness and
subliminal . substratum of the medium
seems to me altogether far-fetched and
irrational, applied as it is in such a gen-,
eral way. It really seems to give to the
medium's mind, conscious and subcon-,
scious, the gift of omniscience, which la
absurd; for such belongs to the Creator,
alone. Assume that the medium has the:
mind-reading gift and so is able to know;
the thoughts and questions in the mindj
of the sitter at the seance; what does It,
avail if such are. not in the mind of the;
sitter to correspond with the automatioj
writings received? The medium must he
otherwise able to read the mind of the '
invisible correspondent. In spiritualism
the organic Instruments brain, nerve.,
muscles and hand of the sensitive me
dium are believed, to be under the con
trol and use of the diseamate man. In1
this way the instruments are used us
your personal property piano, desk, pen,'
writing material, gun, article or aress i
is oftentimes ued by friends, relatives;
and outsiders. Thus we understand the:
full meaning, of inspiration, telepathy,
mesmerism, animal magnetism and hyp-1
notlsm. If the human brain was not such '
a sensitive instrument and responsive to;
outside personal influence, all these psy-i
chical phenomena could not be in eyl-;
dence; neither could the term medium-,
ship have its meaning and use. The real
fact is we (mankind) are all of a medium-'
istic nature physically and psychically.;
and such conditions form the soil and
substratum for the tillage of up-to-date,
scientists. Jeaus. the great Master nf
psychology, said: "Seek ye the kingdom
of spirit seek and ye shall find."
In these automatic slate writings I see
the visible outcome of individualized mind
and will force in mechanical work
achieved upon the slate, in Its closed,
condition and without a visible pencil. I
hear the sound of the writing In progress;
but my mind knows nothing of it at the
time. These sight and hearing form the
only two physical witnesses that I can
rely on from the physical standpoint of
observation. Now, Is there not soma
analogy perceivable between this auto
matic slate writing and that of psychical
automatic inspiration of the human mind
and its reflex action on the brain-instrument?
If the Christian's belief- in his
Master having possessed the will and
power to materialize and demateriallze
himself within a closed room be worthy
of credence: If the Brahmin's faith In
the astral body has any psjschlcal foun
dation, then there must be some natural
laws existing, though yet unknown to sci
ence, by and through which alone this au
tomatic writing can be achieved." We
know that Nature never deals in the
miraculous. She is no magician; she
ever works In every way, shape and de
gree through wise; consistent and harmo
nious laws in connection with ether, air.
earth and water elements. The three lat
ter have been well explored and revealed
by science. Has the first been as well
Investigated In connection with psyschlcai
researches? Is the question of todav.
R. M. BRERETON. M. Inst. C. E.
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Theater Manager (to booking clerk)
How many rows have you sold to
day? Clerk Six. sir.
Theater Manager All right; take)
the others away, so you can put "Full
House" In the papers tomorrow. Meg-'
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