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

173my finger was placed upon the letter by Hough. (5) The same observations apply as to (3) and(4). If a medium, not in trance, can read the upper consciousness of a perfect stranger with perfectaccuracy—within the first few hours of their becoming acquainted with one another—there isnothing supernormal in these incidents. I am personally of opinion that such a feat is impossible.(7) Interview with Dr. S. and Maggie Gaul’s year. end party. What clue had MaggieGaul to assist her, supposing she required assistance? Nothing but my assertion that I knew Dr.Hodgson and Dr. Savage. This is a very curious case when thoroughly examined, because I did notknow, in life, the spirit who accompanied me to the house; my mind could have had nothing to dowith the episode; it never once occurred to me that the deceased young man had any interest in me,nor I in him. He was merely the peg on which hung a very interesting psychic story, told throughhis father’s facile pen, and referred to in his father’s study. How could the psychic know, normally,that I had written to Dr. Hodgson? If the spirit of young Savage, no doubt ever watchful of hisfather, did see and hear me in the church study, and did accompany me to my hotel and throughoutthe afternoon and evening, all is explained. Remark the reading by the medium of the sealed letterof the young girl, and her swift intuition of the connection between the men sitting on either side ofme; her knowledge that I had brought photos for tests across the ocean; of the object of my visit tothe States. These items are inexplicable on any theory but that of the presence of invisible peoplearound us.(8) and (9) Here two psychics are involved, one private, one professional; both, for thetime, in the same house. Neither had ever seen me before that day. Every individual in the house ofJudge Dailey was a stranger to me, including my host himself.How are we to account for the dripping sailor seen by my kind hostess as she shook handsfor the first time ?—for the name “Leroy,” which, when inverted, is not unlike the real name “Carey” ?—for the clairvoyance of Mrs. Dailey during lunch, and the subsequent choice of photos inthe drawing-room? What normal explanation will stand against the prescience of May Pepperduring the meal, uttered with the confidence of one who knows, and which turned out to becorrect? That the psychic read the letter in my pocket (pure clairvoyance) must be true; but howdid that help her to pick out the three photos, faces downwards, an hour later? Without hesitation,I say the only explanation is the presence of spirits, interested in me, who impressed both ladies.(13) and (14) Note the mistake, soon rectified about the identity of the parents of the childR., and the information given by my aunt E., bewildering to the medium, who knew the repugnanceof the American people to marriages of first cousins.(34) The “typhoon” message. “How,” I ask any honest critic, “could this be attributed tothe action of any mortal mind?” Typhoons are rare in the China sea in May. Both I and my relative“A” had served on that station and knew this. Read the Russian books From Liban to Tsushirnaand Rasplata for corroboration of the facts.(35) The table-tilting with the Endicotts. Look at the number of correct replies; thedifficult name “Kilmarnock “; the knowledge of what was in my pocket; the correct name of myson-in-law; and, specially, my inability during subsequent sittings to obtain any similarly preciseinformation.(36) The reader should carefully scrutinise this photo test. Could this have beenaccomplished by any woman alive without extraneous help? Who helped her ? It was not my spirit,for I was entirely ignorant what cartes she was handling.(42) I draw attention here to the extraordinary behaviour of my relative A.; his correctimpressions under control by a discarnate intelligence, and the corroboration through Mrs. Arnoldsix weeks later.(45 and ante) The satisfactory identification of Thomson Jay Hudson, the particulars ofwhich were new to the psychic and myself; and the automatic mirror-writing in the dark. Observethat Mrs. Georgia had already given proofs of her power of writing with either hand.(48) Note the experiment wanted by Hudson; the inability of the psychic to find her plateholder;the hysterical seizure of Mrs. Georgia; our disinclination to try Hudson’s test; its ultimatefailure.