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CHAPTER VIII.
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SERIES OF SEANCES UPON THE OCEAN.
Among the beautiful thoughts of that celebrated German
philosopher, Kant, are these :
—
" The day will come when it will be proved that the human soul is
already, during its life on earth, in a close and indissoluble connection
with a world of spirits; that their world influences ours, and impresses it
profoundly; and that we often remain unconscious of it as long as
thing goes right with us."
Mediums, necessarily sensitive, are
every
as weU aware of this
connection referred to by Kant, as thinkers are conscious
that sound, healthy bodies, and clear, well-balanced minds,
are requisites for the reception of high spiritual inspirations.
Mediumship, a powerful mental stimulant, is largely fashioned
by the controlling spirit-inteUigences. Therefore,
studying a medium's tastes and tendencies, through a
term
of years, is comprehending the characteristics and purposes
of such spirits as influence and minister to the medium, or
psychological subject.
DELICACY OF CONDITIONS.
It is becoming definitely understood that Spiritualism in
its phenomenal aspects is a science controlled by laws as fixed
and absolute as those that govern the motions of physical
bodies. All of Nature's forces are exceedingly subtle.
Therefore, in every branch of research, compliance with
conditions is indispensable ; anc^ these conditions must be
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