Glimpses Of The Next State.Pdf - Spiritualists' National Union

135All the party got something. To me came Cleopatra, a seaman called “Carey,” andAdmiral T. I did not see any of the faces clearly except that of Ada Newton.Grayfeather, talking through the lips of Jonson, was very indignant that his picture was notin the seance-room; it is in the drawing-room downstairs; “I want my shadow here.” Then followeda description of what he would have done to his squaw if she had not obeyed him. Dr. Sharpappeared —much the same as before, very unsubstantial; but he was able to talk a little in whispersabout a matter we had been discussing in Detroit.On both this and the last occasion Mrs. Wriedt gave much assistance, not only by bringingextra power, but in sensing names and telling us who was present and who was coming out of thecabinet. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Jonson were very well ; taking it all round, the light was much lessthan usual.Saturday, February 4,1911. Alone with the Jonsons. 2 to 3.15 p.m. Both Mr. and Mrs.Jonson unwell, and Jonson did not go into trance. Finding we could get nothing outside the cabinet,we then sat inside. The only phenomenon we got was a whisper through the trumpet, “Iola.”Tuesday, February 7, 1911. Alone with Mrs. Jonson in the cabinet. First appeared awretched etherealisation of Iola, not the least like her. Then the voice of Viola through the trumpet;then Catherine and Alldin. They none of them had much to say except promises of help in theexpected Jonson experiments.Iola then came in for a long talk, lasting nearly, if not quite, half-an-hour. Most of it was of aprivate character. The voice came from above my head.Q.: “Where did I spend yesterday afternoon?”A.: “With Mr. and Mrs. Z. You had a very pleasant afternoon with the family.” (Correct.)Q.: “What did we talk about ?”A.: “I could not hear properly everything.”Oviola spoke for a minute or two, and called herself Mr. Z .’s papoose.Finally, Hypatia, who said she would always come at my call, and would help in theprojected experiments.Wednesday, February 8, 1911. Alone with the Jonsons, 5.45 to 6.25 p.m. Jonson ill, withwhat he thought was lumbago, but what turned out to be kidney disease. He determined to sit.The only phenomenon that took place was the materialisation of my guide. She made four or fivegood attempts to come well outside the cabinet into the light. I saw her plainly; her eyes wereluminous, and the face bore that unearthly reddish, dimpled appearance which is so common withmaterialised forms. She spoke a sentence that quite settled her identity, as it referred to occurrencesin another city; but, though it was a beautiful face, it was not a good simulacrum of Iola. The buildand height, however, were correct. On one occasion I looked inside the cabinet and found nothingwhatever, though her white form had only the instant before passed the curtains. Jonson,controlled by Grayfeather, helped her with his power on one side, and Mrs. Jonson on the other,each time she reappeared from the cabinet. The second or third time she came I took hold of herright hand, which she gave me, but, to my surprise, it was rather roughly torn from mine. At asubsequent seance at Detroit I asked Sharp to tell me how a form, apparently so feeble, acquiredthe strength for this. He said my hand imparted the strength to hers; but Grayfeather said heassisted her to disengage herself, and he added: “I draw from you to keep spirit [form] on her feet.”Friday, February 10, 1911. Visited the Jonsons at 2 p.m. Found Jonson very bad, quiteunfit to sit. The public seance of the night before had been fairly successful. I booked the whole ofthe next week for seances; but he never sat again for me, as his malady increased. On Saturday,February 11, Grayfeather came to me at Detroit, fifty miles off, and told me his medium was veryill and could do no more for me. This incident is related in the next chapter.So ended my experiences with these excellent mediums. I thank them for their confidence inme, and their readiness to meet my wishes in every particular. I should like to have continued myexperiments by studying the dematerialisation of spirit forms while holding them by the hand; butit does not much matter. I proved, conclusively, that what I have conjectured for two years is