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

160squaws inside. I see room down low, with big fireplace. Three pictures of Iola there. I goupstairs round and round and round, and find your sleep room; big bed with knockers on it; woodbed.”Q.: “No, Grayfeather, not wood; the knobs look like gold.”A.: “That no gold, chief—that lacquer.”Q.: “Did you see Hypatia and Cleopatra ?” (meaning the pictures).A.: “No! What I care for those squaws?”(I have three precipitated pictures of my guide in my library in the basement, and one copy;the “round and round and round ‘‘ is rather expressive, as there are five flights of stairs from thisroom to my bedroom; the wood bed I do not understand.)Thursday, February 16, 1911. With Mrs. Wriedt for about half-an-hour. My guide came,and talked exclusively of family matters.Friday, February 17, 1911. With Mrs. Wriedt alone, 11 to 12.Conversations with Iola and her father about family matters. I left for Rochester in the afternoon.(112) It so happened that Mrs. Wriedt came to New York on a visit to friends on February23. The lady of the house most kindly accorded me permission to have a sitting with the psychic inprivate on February 24. It took place in the morning, between 10.5 and 11.15. Atmosphericconditions perfect.My guide had, by this time, become very proficient in using the direct voice, with andwithout the assistance of the trumpet; but I hardly expected her to show the amount of power thatwas exhibited on this occasion. After a short interval—say five minutes—she made herself knownthrough the trumpet, and spoke for fifty minutes on certain important private matters. I askedher what I had been doing the previous evening, and she gave me an exact description of how mytime had been employed, beginning in this way: “At 8.20 we called at a house in “; then followed alittle story showing a fair general acquaintance with the inmates of the house, and evincing anaccurate knowledge of their aims in life. It left me in no doubt as to her presence with me on thatvisit. Dr. Sharp then came for five minutes, and gave me a hearty send-off, in his usual genialmanner. I sailed the next morning for England.In closing my experiences with Mrs. Wriedt in America, I must add a few comments. I amwithout any receptive mediumistic gifts, and claim no more natural powers of hearing and seeingthan the average man of my age. I am conscious that, during the sittings I had with this giftedpsychic, I may have missed much which younger men, or those even slightly endowed withclairaudient and clairvoyant powers, would have heard and seen. Often it happened that othersheard messages which I did not, and saw full forms and faces that I was unable to distinguish. Itmust not be supposed, therefore, that I have been able to give a wholly fair estimate of what usuallytakes place in her presence.No psychic ever brought me so near to the spirit life. It is to Mrs. Wriedt that I owe theabsolute knowledge of the near proximity of my friends who have passed over, and I feel greatlyindebted to her for making it so easy for me to obtain that knowledge. It is a possession of pricelessvalue; it outwears all time, and places the fortunate man who has it in a position of certainty thatdeath has no sting and the grave no victory; that what is, is right; that all things work together forgood; and that our brief span on earth, acquiring our individuality, is but the introduction to ahigher life of greater possibilities of usefulness and expansion.Mrs. Wriedt believes there are no such entities as evil spirits. Not one has ever entered herroom. It took me some time to explain to her that their name is legion, and that it is owing to thevigilance of Dr. Sharp they are warned off her premises. The utterances of spirits in her presenceexhibit all the human emotions except anger. Moderation, tact, and loving-kindness are thewatchwords. She is indeed blessed in having been the passive instrument of consolation and rest tohundreds, and hope to thousands who have come within the influence of her psychic power. It is to