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WE have seen that if the constituents of matter be atomic, the union of atoms in an organic structure must be

traceable to a power which is a unit, capable of producing the organism ; that in all organic bodies, there must be a germ eternal in existence and unchangeable in character. The question next presents itself,— If the soul, separated from an organism, is eternal and unchangeable, does it always animate the same kind of organism ; are souls all of one kind, or as varied as the forms of organic life ? Were no other form of life possible, than that produced by the union of the soul with what is called a physical body, the direct inference would be that mosquitos have been, and always will be, mosquitos, and men will always be men; and upon the dissolution of the body, the soul retires just as it was, knowing no more than it did, having neither more memories nor power; also the identity of the late organism is gone forever, and we all become as if we had never been.

1 prefer to believe that the physical organism is the matrix for the formation of a more refined organism, having a con­tinuous existence, a conservatory of the experience and progress of organic growth—Spirit. This physical and psy­chical organic growth running in parallel lines.

Physical organic progress obtains through the medium of hereditary transmission of qualities, memories and other peculiarities. A curious fact is involved in this principle i the microscopal paternal germ—perhaps the maternal also— contains the record of the ancestral pedigree for many gener­ations past, a better record than that of names ot “ armorial signs of race and birth ; for the very acts, habits and consti­tutional tendencies are written there to crop out in generations yet unborn. Spiritual organic progress makes evolution and development possible; for as the spiritual germ advances, a highe* form of organism is necessary for its habitation, which it forms or developes as the case demands ; thus the various stages from the shapeless protoplasm, to the highest organic structure, indicates the spiritual progress of the soul, up the

Jacob’s ladder ot life, through innumerable incarnations, till it again reaches perfect harmony with, and power over, the elements, through the Universal Principle of Unity.

From the Highest there goes forth the command “ Come up 1 higher,” which is re-echoed throughout the great and unbroken 1 chain of Nature, and every effort to advance is felt along the ; line, from the lowest to the highest, and meets with a sympa i thizingand sustaining assistance.

Agrippa thus describes Jhis chain :“ Divinity is annexed to the mind, the mind to the intellect,

the intellect to the intention, the intention to the imagination, the imagination to the senses, the senses at last to all things.

This chain is held together by an etherial medium, which interpenetrates and unites all material and spiritual existences, being the basis of spiritual formation and force. By it social fellowship is established ; by it love and hatred, repulsion

i and attraction exist in a man, or a molecule, in a grain of sand, or a system of worlds. Ultimate organic progress is when the soul, through the spirit, is perfectly en rapport with this element; when by it, it can claim the memory of the world as its own, and pos iess complete command over the interior elements by the force of its will.

What is memory ? Certain impressions made upon the brain, so arragnedthat they can be re-collected, when wanted, by the central Ego. Rut the brain is not the sole custodian of all our thoughts, impressions and ideas ; there is not a bone or muscle of our body, not a hair upon our head, but is

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Some possess this power in a remarkable degree; and j some possessing it, abuse it, though it may be unwitting!).

Thin power, with an admixture of assurance and self-decep­tion, is the sole stock in trade of hundreds of mediums of good repute, who might as welt read you last year’s almanac as spirit-communion, as to read to you the impressions which crowd upon them from without—shadows of the past and present, the phantasm of a phantom world.

But there is another phase of spiritual power, command over material objects. This is obtained through force o e

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III.f E have seen that if the constituents of matter be atomic,

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I prefer to believe that the physical organism is the matrix for the formation of a more refined organism, having a con­tinuous existence, a conservatory of the experience and progress of organic growth—Spirit. This physical and psy­chical organic growth running in parallel lines.

Physical organic progress obtains through the medium of hereditary transmission of qualities, memories and other peculiarities. A curious fact is involved in this principle i the microscopal paternal germ—perhaps the maternal also— contains the record of the ancestral pedigree for many gener­ations past, a better record than that of names ot “armorial j signs of race and birth ; for the very acts, habits and consti­tutional tendencies are written there to crop out in generations yet unborn. Spiritual organic progress makes evolution and development possible; for as the spiritual germ advances, a higher form of organism is necessary for its habitation, which it forms or developes as the case demands ; thus the various stages from the shapeless protoplasm, to the highest organic structure, indicates the spiritual progress of the soul, up the

Jacob's ladder of life, through innumerable incarnations, till it again reaches perfect harmony with, and power over, the elements, through the Universal Principle of Unity.

From the Highest there goes forth the command : “Come up higher,” which is re-echoed throughout the great and unbroken chain of Nature, and every effort to advance is felt along the line, from the lowest to the highest, and meets with a sympa thizingand sustaining assistance.

Agrippa thus describes Jhis chain :“ Divinity is annexed to the mind, the mind to the inteiicct.

the intellect to the intention, the intention to the imagination, the imagination to the senses, the senses at last to all things.

This chain is held together by an etherial medium, which interpenetrates and unites all material and spiritual existences, being the basis of spiritual formation and force. By it social fellowship is established ; by it love and hatred, repulsion and attraction exist in a man, or a molecule, in a grain of sand, or a system of worlds. Ultimate organic progress is when the soul, through the spirit, is perfectly en rapport with this element; when by it, it can claim the memory of the world as its own, and pos »ess complete command over the interior elements by the force of its will.

What is memory ? Certain impressions made upon the brain, so arragnedthat they can be re-collected, when wanted, by the central Ego. But the brain is not the sole custodian of all our thoughts, impressions and ideas ; there is not a bone or muscle of our body, not a hair upon our head, but is the custodian of untold secrets ; not only so, but the world itself is full of memories, with a history recorded on ever\ molecule ; every blade of grass has registered the story of its life ; the wild winds and the waves have left their record behind ; the humblest Ike and the highest has told its tale ami left it somewhere to be deciphered as the age grows wiser amt better: nothing is lost, our every thought, word and act. voluntary and involuntary, has been carefully noted down to be yet even more plainly revealed than the developments ot the famous hieroglyphics by the cunning researches of t Kgyptologist. The psychometric ability to read those record*, whether traced on our own brain, or that of our neighbor, on fossils, rocks, or relics ; or on the psychic elements around us marks the progress of one phase of spiritual organic power.

Some possess this power in a remarkable degree: and some possessing it, abuse it, though it may be unwitting!). Thin power, with an admixture of assurance and self-decep­tion, is the sole stock in trade of hundreds of mediums of good repute, who might as well read you last year’s almanac as spirit-communion, as to read to you the impressions which crowd upon them from without—shadows of the past and present, the phantasm of a phantom workl.

But there is another phase of spiritual power, command over material objects. This is obtained through force o e

110 SPIRITUAL SCIENTISTimagination or will. We arc often told that this or that is simply a freak of the imagination ; but as there cannot be a shadow without a substance, there cannot be an image with­out its counterpart, impressions upon the brain are from things real. If the mind can sufficiently materialize an idea so that it can be photographed upon the brain, it can go still further, and beyond itself it can so operate that its presence can be felt at a distance. The words of Paracelsus are here very appropriate:—

“ It is possible that my spirit, without the help of the body, and through a fiery will alone and without a sword, can stab and wound others. It is also possible that I can J>ring the spirit of mv adversary into an image, and then double him up and lame him according to pleasure. You are to know that the exertion of the will is a great point in the art of medicine. Man can hang disease on man and beast through curses ; but it does not take effect by means of strength of character, virgin-wax, or the like ; the im agination alone is the fu lfil- I ment o f the intention. Every imagination of man comes from the heart, for this is the sun of the microcosm; and out of the microcosm proceeds the imagination into the ‘ world. Thus the imagination of man is a seed which is | material. Determined imagination is a beginning of magical j operations. Fixed thought is also a means to an end. . . . , And when any one will lame or stab another, he must first in imagination thrust the weapon into himself; he must conceive the wound, and it will be given through the thought as if it I were done with the hands. . . . There requires no conjura- j tion and ceremon'es ; circle-making and incensing are mere ' humbug and juggling. The human spirit is so great a thing I that no man can express i t : as God himself is eternal and ! unchangable, so also is the mind of man.

If we rightly understood the mind of man, nothing wouldbe impossible to us on earth.....................Because mendo not perfectly imagine and believe, the result is that the arts are uncertain while they might be perfectly certain.”

It might be as well to add that the imagination is equally j powerful in blessing, as it is in curses and sorcery.

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Some time about the year i860, Mrs. Emma Hardinge received a number of most unaccountable epistles signed Joh n C7- — (the name being given in full), dated from Boston. The writer addressed Mrs. H. in the most inflated and enthu­siastic terms of admiration, and referred to numerous interviewjM jp\c\i he purported to have had with her, and to conversaffMTs which he assumed to have passed between them. So full of detail and matter of fact were these state­ments that Mrs. Hardinge at first believed some designing woman must have assumed her name, whilst the letters had by some contretemps, or mistake, been forwarded to her­self.

Allusion > to her lectures, dresses, and even scenes of private life known only to her immediate home circle, at length connected these mysterious documents exclusively with herself. Greatly perplexed, Mrs. H. began to scrutinize the information communicated more and more closely, and, to her amazement, found that they betrayed an intimate knowl­edge of her very thoughts, no less than incidents and words of the most private nature.

These letters not only followed her from place to place in her itinerant career, but seemed to emanate from one as well acquainted with her movements as herself. The darkest part of the mystery was that though the language of these# epistles was refined and occasionally eloquent, the constant* allusions to in/eri'iew s and conversations which were assumed to have transpired between the parties, by seeming to place them on terms of the most endearing intimacy, suggested the horrible suspicion that the whole was a plot concocted by unprincipled enemies to destroy the character of a young girl whose reputation and usefulness would alike have been blighted, were these infamous letters to fall into other hands than her own.

In the deepest distress of mind, occasioned by this inscru­table mystery, Mrs. H. consulted several of her friends, among them the late venerable and respected magistrate, Mr. Fletcher, of Delanco, New Jersey, wno, though unable to assist her in his judicial capacity, advised her to collect and keep the letters as she received them, promising her. when­ever an opportunity occurred, to render her all the legal

assistance in his power, to discover and punish her perse­cutor.

The same answer and advice was also tendered by Mr. Newell A. Foster, late Mayor of Portland, in whose house, as a guest, Mrs. Hardinge was residing when she received several of these offensive missives. Besides consulting with these and several other friends in this manner, Mrs. Hardinge pursued a course of observation on her own part, which led to very extraordinary conclusions. Habitually accustomed to see and converse with spirits, Mrs. H. did not regard their visitations with either surprise or fear. One exception to this complacent feeling, however, occurred in the approach of a dark, undefined shape, who began frequently to manifest his

f*resence of a night, and always inspired the most unmitigated eeling of loathing and terror. Neither the form nor features of this mysterious visitant could be distinctly observed; in

fact, the whole manifestation appealed rather to perception than sight, and was a presence rather than an apparition. Who or what it might be, was a profound mystery. Mrs. Hardinge earnestly questioned her spirit-friends and guides on the nature of this dreadful haunting, but could obtain from them no other explanation than that it was “an evil or undeveloped sj^jrit,”over whom they had no power.

At length the terrors accompanying this obsession became insupportable and injurious alike to health and mental balance. Their unfortunate subject could always recognize the ap­proach of the phantom, from her intense feeling of horror and the cold shiverings which pervaded her whole frame. Sometimes a sensation of faintness accompanied this pres­ence, which nothing but the insupportable dread of becoming unconscious could overcome.

At last another feature of this mystery loomed up amidst the darkness. The midnight visitations were the unmistaka­ble precursors of the not less abhorred letters above alluded to. They came so closely and invariably in succession, and the feelings experienced in the presence of the one and the receipt of jjjfcother were so exactly similar, that Mrs. H. began at fo stft realize that they were as intimately connected as the shadow and substance of one dire system of persecu­tion. Whether impelled by desperation or inspired by her watchful spirit guardians, ttye affrighted medium could not determine ; but this is the method which she took to solve at least one portion of the mystery, namely, the connection of the phantom and her hated correspondent.

One night after returning from a lecture, when Mrs. H. felt the near approach of the invisible tormentor, and notwith­standing the fact that her terror almost deprived her of the power of motion, she hastily snatched up the blue silk dress which she had just taken off, arranging the skirt around her head in the manner of a veil. Mrs. H. at that time was lec­turing in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Three days later she received one of the usual odious missives dated ftom Boston, containing these remarkable words :

“ H ow beautiful my angel looked arrayed in that blue v e il which she so kindly threw over her head last F riday night, as i f in token o f welcome when I entered her chamber.”

Still another experiment was attempted, urged by a new. horror at the shocking possibilities disclosed in this sentence.

Mrs. Hardinge was returning from a lecture at a distance from town, ana was traveling in a large covered carriage with three friends, late at night, when the party halted at a lonely inn by the wayside, to water and refresn the horses. Being exceedingly fatigued, Mrs. H. sat still in the carriage whilst the rest of the party alighted. Suddenly she became aware that a man was seated at her side, and actually in con­tact with her. She was on the back seat, and commanded a full view of all that was going on in front. She was confident that no one bad entered the carriage, nor would it have been possible for any one to have done so without observation. S'et in an instant she knew that some one was there, and the consciousness of this mysterious companion’s proximity was so startling and alarming, that Mrs. H. was on the point of shrieking aloud, when the deathly chillness which accompanied her phantom tormentor informed her of his presence.

Almost paraiyzed as she was, she remembered enough of her resolution to avail herself of another opportunity for experiment, and snatching the hood from her head, she tore a nower from the bouquet she held in her hand, and tossed it hastily into her hair. 1 he flower was a cape-jasmine, and was seized as the first that presented itself. Before she could recall her scattered senses the figure was gone, and her friends resumed their places in the vehicle.

So rapidly had the whole scene passed, that ere she arrived home, Mrs. H. had persuaded herself it must have been a dream, a mere fancy, a vision conjured up by ill-health and disordered imagination, etc., etc., etc.

On reaching her place of destination several letters were put into her hands, one of which instantly produced the sense of fear and loathing which announced her detested correspondent. On opening the letter a faded sprig of cape

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“ To satisfy me that my visits are appreciated\ I entreat you to place in your hair, at eleven o'clock on Monday night

, nexty a sprig o f cape jesm ine, or- any w hite Jtow er yon can procure.”

T h e le c t u r e r l o o k e d a t h e r w a t c h — it was tw enty minutes past ele~oen} Monday night. T h e c a r r i a g e m u s t h a v e s t o p p e d a t e le v e n p r e c i s e l y !

M r s . B r i t t e n c l o s e s t h e i n t e r e s t in g n a r r a t iv e b y a n a c c o u n t

o f h e r e n d e a v o r s t o i n s t i t u t e l e g a l p r o c e e d i n g s a g a i n s t th e

in d iv id u a l w h o t o r m e n t e d h e r ; s h e c o l l e c t e d t h e l e t t e r s a n d

a s s h e w a s a b o u t t o c a r r y th e m t o t h e c h i e f o f p o l ic e , h e r

g u i d e s w a r n e d h e r to d e s i s t f o r t h e p e r i o d o f a fo r t n ig h t . A t

t h e e n d o f t h is t im e M r s . B r i t t e n l e a r n e d t h a t th e u n fo r t u n a t e

m a n h a d b e c o m e p a r t i a l l y i n s a n e o v e r a b e l i e f i n s t 'l l e d in t o

h i s m in d , b y a n “ a f f in it y le c t u r e r ,* ’ t h a t s h e w a s h is “ s p i r i t

a f f in i t y .” A s to h o w h e e f f e c t e d t h is r e l e a s e f r o m t h e

b o d y , s h e g i v e s u s n o k n o w le d g e , n e i t h e r d o w e le a r n w h a t

s t e p s w e r e t a k e n t o r e s t r a in h im f r o m t h e e x e r c i s e o f t h is

p o w e r . In fo r m a t io n o n t h is s u b j e c t w o u ld h a v e b e e n w e l ­

c o m e . S h e c o n c lu d e s b y s a y i n g ,—

T h e c a s e f o r m s a n i n s t r u c t i v e e x a m p le o f th e abuse o f o c c u lt p o w e r s , a n d p r o v e s t h a t tlTe s a m e e le m e n t s t h a t c o u ld b e e x e r t e d f o r g o o d u s e a n d e n l ig h t e n m e n t , m a y , w h e n e x e r ­c i s e d in e x c e s s , o r e m p lo y e d f o r u n h o ly p u r p o s e s , b e p e r v e r t e d t o t h e d i s a d v a n t a g e o f o t h e r s a n d t h e in ju r y o f t h e ir p o s s e s s o r .

T h e s e c o n d f e a t u r e o f in t e r e s t to b e d e r i v e d f r o m t h is c a s e i s t h e a b i l i t y w h ic h it d i s p l a y s f o r a n i n d i v i d u a l i t y an <i. t of volition , t o c a u s e t h e m a n i f e s t a t io n o f t h e "D ouble” o r , in o t h e r w o r d s , s o t o p r o je c t t h e s p i r i t f r o m th e b o d v t h a t it in t r a v e l a t w i l l , a n d m a k e s e n s i b l e d e m o n s t r a t io n s o f it s p r e s e n c e in d i s t a n t p la c e s w it h o u t d a m a g i n g th e i n t e g r i t y o f i t s c o n n e c t io n w it h t h e b o d y . I n m o s t i n s t a n c e s t h e m a n i­f e s t a t i o n s o f t h e s o - c a l le d - D o u b l e ” a p p e a r t o b e in v o lu n t a r y , a n d d e r i v e d f r o m o c c u lt c a u s e s u n k n o w n e i t h e r t o t h e s e e r s o r t h e in d iv id u a ls s e e n . B u t in t h e c a s e o f M r . G . t h e p o w e r w a s e v o k e d a n d c o n t r o l le d b y w ill, p r o v i n g t h a t w h e r e t h e f o r c e e x i s t s in t h e o r g a n i s m , it c a n b e u s e d , u n d e r s u i t a b le c o n d i t io n s , a t t h e p le a s u r e o f t h e o p e r a t o r .

From the London Spiritualist.

T H E SE L E C T IO N OF M E D IU M S FOR T H E ST. P E T E R S B U R G IN V E ST IG A T IO N .

B Y T H E H O N. A L E X A N D R E A K S A K O F . R U S S IA N IM P E R IA L

C O U N C IL LO R .

f h e n I resolved to search after mediums t o v i s i t St, Petersburg, in order that their manifestations might be

observed by the scientific committee appointed by the Uni­versity for the purpose. I decided upon a line of action which I communicated to Col. Olcott, whom I deputed to select suitable mediums in America. I told him that I wanted our committee to have the means of proving'the abnormal movement of solid objects in the light without contact with any living person. U further wished Jo find mediums who could get the movement of solid objects in the dark behind curtains, while they were seated in front thereof in full view of the sitters, as it seemed to me that this class of phenomena would give plain, absolute evidence, and that the fact would be thereby tested in the easiest way, without the mediums being subjected either to suspicion 01 to painful treatment by tying or otherwise. As I learned from the newspapers tthat sittings of the latter class were held at Newcastle with the Pettys, I was curious to see whether the facts had been accurately recorded; so I went to Newcastle last week, and found there just the kind of phenomena I wanted to have.

At one of these seances at Newcastle, at which 1 was present, a comer of the room was screened off by two cur. tains suspended from an iron rod; the mediums Mrs. Petty, her daughter Sarah, aged nine, and her son Joseph, aged fourteen, were seated at a distance of three feet in front of the curtains, to which no one in the room was nearer. A banjo, handbells, pencil, paper, and other things had been placed inside the recess on the top of a small table. Under these conditions the musical instruments were played inside the recess in a good light; distinct knocking* inside the curuins were also heard. Some direct writing was done upon the paper on the other side of the curtains, the words written being, “ My dear friend, believe in us. God bless you.” Some other remarks were also written. Several forms

clothed in white presented themselves at the opening of th curtains. After the seance nothing was found in the simply constructed cabinet, but the table, the musical instruments, and other articles previously placed there.

I invited the mother and mediums to come to St. P e t e r s

burg, and was informed that the mother could not go b e c a u s e

of the state of her health. Then 1 resolved to try the powers of her two boys alone, without the presence of Mrs. Petty, so 1 had two sittings with them, during which objects were moved behind the curtain, while the boys were seated w it?

their backs to it, and all their four hands tied by myself. 1 also held them by means ot a piece of common tape tied to them, which 1 kept in my left hand, while 1 U*ok notes with my right. There was sufficient light to see the hands of the me diums. and that they did not move. Under these c o n d it io n *

the manifestations occurred. Nevertheless, as they to o k

place in a house which was permeated by the influence of the mother, I resolved to try a sitting with the two boys alont in another house. Under these conditions I likewise had the movement of objects behind the curtains.

One of the tests which 1 tried at a sitting with the boys was this. I took two bells to the house, one of them l a r g e r

than the other; one of them xas put by me upon the floor behind the curtains, with a piece of tape tied to its handle I then passed the taj>e over the curtain rod, and passed it down outside, where I fastened the end of it to another bell place* upon a table in our midst. The test 1 then required of th .

spirits was that the tape behind the curtain should be pulled, and made to move the bell upon the table, so that th e ev

dence of eyesight should be obtained in addition to th a t < : hearing. The tape outside was altogether beyond th e r e a c h |

j of the mediums, and was clearly visible : we could h a r e s e e n

i the act had it been touched. Under these conditions th e

tape was pulled inside, and the bell moved a foot along the , top of the table towards the curtain; 1 then pulled it back to

its former place, and it was drawn a second time along tin table, after which the bell behind the curtain was rung fre quently. This I considered a sufficient test.

At one of the sittings with the boys, whose names a r * William and Joseph, the mother was not in the room with u- although she was in the house : the sitters and mediums wer three feet from the curtains, and we had plenty of light rigure, clothed in white, appeared between the curtains and put | forth her hand which 1 was allowed to examine closely, ami to touch for about two minutes. It seemed to be a perfectly materialized female naked hand, visible to the elbow ; it wa* cold and moist. This occurred in the Betty's house The mother was asked afterwards if she felt anything during the seance, and answered that she felt a great deal of power had been taken from her. She was washing the other children at the time and was hardly able to finish the work.

1 had occasion to attend the meetings of the Newcastle Spiritualistic Society, and once, while Miss Wood was tied with strings to a chair in a very secure manner, a materialised figure, calling himself Benny, came out and remained in the circle for three-quarters of an hour. At another sitting thi> same figure came out with the medium. Miss Wood, and walked round the circle, which consisted of thirty-6ve or forty persons, with all ol whom it shook hands. The medium and the veiled tigure were both walking together, and were both unmistakably living.

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112 SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST.

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S IM IL IT U D E OE RA TIO S.B Y W IL L IA M H1T C H M A N , M. D .

O ciEN Tiric ideas may spring out of human experience—in s J the coi! of mortality, that extend far and away. from the present boundary of individual existence—whether the thinker belong to the school ot Modern Materialism, or embrace the

fa c ts of Modern Spiritualism. Indeed, in this very power of ideal extension, according to the most recent declaration of Professor Tyndall, “ consists the essential difference of opinion," between scientific men, themselves, in the year 1875. Not a shadow of doubt is there now, in the minds of British and foreign philosophers, of the highest name and fame, that continuity of life is really demonstrated.

Here, in England, Spiritualism is more or less endorsed, as containing a world of new truth—not alone bv Brougham, Wallace, Crookes, Varley, Sexton, and others, whose splendid testimony has received the highest encomiums from the most competent judges of the nature and value of evidence, but even Dr. W. B. Carpenter, of the University of London, (and a more bigoted opponent, hitherto, can scarcely be found) yes, even the late President of the British Association, for the ad­vancement of Science, has ventured to testify, as follows: “ I have satisfied myself by personal investigation, that there are certain phenomena, known as spiritualistic, which are quite genuine, and must be considered as fair subjects of scientific s t u d y S u r e l y , the Spiritual Scientist may well be satisfied of the progress of Spiritualism, in Europe, especially in Creat Britain and Russia, and scarcely less, in dear old Ireland, likewise, when such men as Professor Barrett, of the Dublin College of Science, and the learned editor of The Non-con­formist, have furnished the entire daily and weekly press of the United Kingdom, with the latest development of our knowledge of spiritual science, so far as an excellent epitome of recent phenomena is concerned, quoted from the Professor of Physics’ original article, in that journal of Sept. 1 ;th, last, , comprising eleven columns ! The whole edition was brought up, forthwith, and the essay has again appeared, as a “ Sup­plement of Spiritualism,” with the like significant result.

Moreover, scientific “papers” abound in the Academies of Natural Philosophy, at Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Florence, . Naples, Arezzo, St. Petersburg)], and elsewhere, "which tend to demonstrate continuity of life, on scientific grounds, alone, in form of the analogy of spirit to matter, natural agreement of things, in the philosophy of analytics, light heat, elec­tricity, magnetism, in short, celestial dynamics,—s i m i l i t u d e

o f r a t io s,* and the indestructibility of force.“ What’s in a name ?” Spiritualism is transcendental materi

alism. The mortal of science, or re-science, who cannot break the bounds of his limited personal experience, merely holds on to some exclusive region of external sensible facts, j within the compass, it may be, of his own chemical or physi­ological theatre, and he is, not impossibly, an excellent observer of some special class of natural phenomena; but assuredly such an ex parte scientist is not a spiritual philoso­pher, and will never reach those essential principles of universal knowledge, which belong to the laws of thought, substitution of similar, quaternious, calculus of chemical operations, logic of quality, apart from quantity in spiritual science, or other processes of mathematical analysis, the fact being that identity, contradiction, and “ excluded middle," as the phrase is, are incapable in Spiritualism and materialism, of being reduced to more elementary truths, however uncon­sciously partial observers may frame, for themselves, gratui tous rules of their own illogical interpretation. No other equation is fairly deducible, than that which symbolizes exact science, in the mind of the true investigator, spiritually or materially.

In short, s i m i l i t u d e o r r a tio s, in mathematics, like con­formity of words, (in Grammar], to the genius structure, or 1 general rules of language, Is now “ proving," according to oftcial reports, an agreement or likeness, between things spiritual and material, or celestial and terrestrizl, in some conditions, or suitable terms, which are otherwise entirely

•B y reyreH | W W. H.

! different, and this sim ilitu d e of r atio s is neither more nor j less that that analogy o f m atter to sp irit, wl^ch is now dem- i onstrating the truth of Spiritualism, whilst ignoring Spiritual- j ists themselves, in the transactions of scientists.

“ What’s in a name ?” 1 repeat, in the year 1875, 1 see \ clearly that Spiritualism is turning up in all directions, under j widely different hypotheses; but chiefly it is studied as

transcendental Materialism. In the majority of instances, it is our old friend—“ sim ilit u d e o f r a tio s,” that is the

j veritable conquerer. vIn the case of electricity and magnetism, for example, we

have analogous illustrations—there is the evident truth of operative polar forces—repulsion has been always found to

| accompany attraction, both in body and soul. Here, em­phatically, in the science of Magnetism, experience of its

j wonderful phenomena pushes the mind, as it were, quite | irresistibly beyoud the ordinary bounds of each experience,{ compelling the exclusive scientist (to conclude almost against j his will, sometimes) to acknowledge—as the result of occular

proof, amongst many other analogous phenomena—not merely | that the polarity of each magnet is resident in its molecules ;1 but that the very polarity of the human spirit is, also, resi- ! dent in those magnetic particles, which are given off at right | angles, from the organic electricity of nervous fibres, and are ■ potentially influenced by the thoughts and feeling of those

hearts and brains, from whence they emanate, respectively.Of course, affinity, spiritual or chemical, is exerted with

different decrees of force, between different bodies, that is to say, SO M E K IN D R E D S O U L S , L I K E K IN D R E D B O D IE S , H A V E

J E A R M O R E M U T U A L A T T R A C T IO N T H A N O T H E R S . More- I over, combination in the world of spirit takes place as in the | world of matter, (for aught we know to the contrary) between | the atoms of bodies only. And as light, heat, electricity,

galvanism and magnetism are certain forces depending on the disturbance of chemical attraction, in molecular machinery, and as they are all intimately related to the human organism, and as all worlds are dependent on the sp iritu a l working of one common cause, in God or Nature, why may not spiritual and material bodies, in etherial or molecular organization, combine m agnetically. Each member of a circle, for instance, loses some peculiar elementary properties, and a materialized spirit-form, may be the result and compound from the exer­cise of co-operative spirit-power, quite unlike any of their constituents.

When two bodies combine chemically, I know that not a trace of either of 'liem, separately, can be detected by sight, touch, smell, or taste. Heat and light are very common attendants on rapid chemical action accompanied with change of form, from the gaseous, or etherial, to liquid and solid, and the reverse, the most rem arkable test o f successful science being the production o f a new compound substance.

Now if synthesis and analysis hold the same felative position with spirits, as with mortals, in regard to the combin­ing, or uniting of spiritual and material atoms, and not less so in respect of their rapid decomposition or separation; then, I say, spirit-communion may be accomplished, either by prrcipt or example.

From the chrystaline to the vegetable ; from the inorganic to the organic ; from the animal up to man ; or from matter to spirit; one unbroken band connects all things, philosoph­ically, in that great s p ir it u a l id e a , which rules the constitu­tion of 'the whole universe.

In natural, as in spiritual growth, there is progressive development by the harmonic laws of “ s im il it u d e of r a t io ” —logically considered—since throughout celestial and terres trial dynamics, atoms and molecules of the body, spiritual or material, run into their own proper symmetric forms, as ordained of God or Nature, by imperceptible gradations of the requisite force in the sap of trees, the circulation of blood, the minutest fragment of steel, or the least element of a crystal, green foliage, ripe fruit, budding flowers, dead leaves, falling stars, buried mortals, or materialized spirit-forms.

T h e e y e o f t h e so u l , I say, is clearly visible, scientifi­cally, <1 bright and beautifu l oscillating molecule as certain as oqe beholds an oscillating pendulum with the eye of the body. There is the dash of ether waves upon the m ental retina, as truly as is seen the waves of the sea dashing upon a rock.

By “ s im il it u d e OF RATIO,” a spiritual molecule is not

S P I R I T U A L S C I E N T I S T . 113less surely speeding rectilineally through space, than is the material discharge of a cannon-ball upon the battle-field. The grandest problem of celestial dynamics in the science of Modern Spiritualism, is directly associated with terrestrial problems of atomic life ; the same laws of attractive and repellant influences result in the operation of true Polar Force, and the “ sim il it u d e op r a t io ” —the attraction of cohesion, contact of particles, definite proportions, the spirit­ual polarisation of human electrodes, and the establishment of the reverse magnetic current, together with will-ability, and sympathy of soul are adequate (when explained in minute detail) to the production of a mountain torrent, on the calm lake, into which it falls; a spiritual body, or a natural body, may be produced, in given conditions, just as surely as the electricity produced by the action of a few drops of water, on a few grains of zinc, may exceed in quantity the very electricity of those awful thunder-storms, which devastate whole cities, and bury their inhabitants.

I know, in fine, that if I disperse a solar beam, into its threefold qualities of Thermic, Luminous, Actinic, I see then a spectrum, beyond which, on either side, stretch far and away indefinitely, other spectra, which I can only recognize by the spetial means of S p ir it u a l .S c ie n c e , and the fact is irrefragable, that the tendency of recent Natural Philosophy is to render the physical sciences more and more spiritual in nature, or dynamic and transcendental in character, especially that brand of knowledge, which treats of the magnetic tionships of organic electricity—the peculiar attractive in my opinion, of angels and mortals.

Bveach magnetic beam that gently Manns The Universe, and to each inward part With gentle penetration, though unseen,Shoots invisible virtue even to the -*>i I-

Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 1875.

T E L E G R A M S FROM T H E ST A R S.

scientific brethren on asttonomical and other kindred subjects, the lecturer next alluded to the nebula- and the theories con­nected with them, showing the different conclusions at which the students of these wonderful phenomena had arrived, and elucidating his points by means of interesting diagrams on the walls.

Mr. Linton next alluded to the inter stellar spaces, showing that certain scientific men had announced that these spaces are fitted for spiritual existence. And such indeed are the teachings of our own beautiful spiritual philosophy ; for are we not constantly told, that the spirit-world is ever around us, and that its beloved and beautiful inhabitants are constant visitors at our hearths and homes ? I nquirf.v ix l

PO W ER OF T H E M IN D O V ER T H E BODY. ' T he following story, which has appeared in some of the 1 French papers, serves to illustrate, if true, the extraordi

nary influence- exercised by the mental powers over the physical organization:—“ Alexander Dumas was writing a serial novel for a Paris journal, and one day the Marquis de P-—r— galled on him. ‘ Dumas,’ said he, ‘have you compo<e«lthe end of the story now being published in th e--------V O fcourse.’ ‘ Does the heroine die at the end ?* O f course— dies of consumption.’ ‘You must nrake her live.’ *1 cannot ‘Yes, you must; for on your heroine’s life depends m\ daughter’s.’ ‘Your daughter’s ? ‘Yes, she has all the symp­toms of consumption which you have described, and watches mournfully for every number of your novel, reading her own fate in that of your heroine. Now, if you make your heroine live, my daughter will live too. Come !’ Dumas changed his last chapter; his heroine recovered. Five years afterwards Dumas met the Marquis at a party. ‘Ah, Dumas P he ex claimed ; ‘let me introduce you to my daughter. There she

1 is. She is married and has four children.’ ‘And my novel has just four editions,’ said Dumas, so we are quits.’

IF the occasional extracts from the lectures of R .J . Linton, Esq., London, Eng., can be taken as a standard wherewith to

form a judgment of the man, Mr. Linton, though rarely appearing in public as a Spiritualist, is nevertheless a most talented writer, and adduces many able arguments in support of the principles of Spiritualism. A correspondent of the London Medium and Daybreak, writes :—

D e a r M r . E d ito r , — Will you allow me, through the medium of your columns, to offer to Mr. Linton my best thanks for the extremely interesting and instructive lecture, to which I had the pleasure of listening last Wednesday even­ing, at Tarlington Hall, entitled, “ Telegrams from the Stars.” It displays an amount of Scientific learning and knowledge of late discovery, together w ith deep and earnest thought and freedom from prejudice, rarely met with amongst the lecturers of the day.

Mr. Linton commenced by enlarging, in eloquent language, on the beauties of the material universe, showing how impossible it was to separate the Creator from the creation, God from His works, and combatted in strong terms the idea of regarding the various Bibles and sacred writings of the world as the only revelations of God to man, while the whole volume of nature, from the loftiest snow-clad mountain, to the tiniest grain of sand, from the vastest ocean to the smallest drop of water, lay open before, and was as much the revelation ot the Deity as the most sacred of these sacred books.

Warming with his subject, the lecturer proceeded to give us some o f the theories current amongst scientific men, as to the nature of the constitution of the sun, which, though ninety-two millions of miles distant, is the nearest star to our earth, the other fixed star being no less than twenty billions of miles away ; and the lecturer endeavored to aid the mind in comprehending the vastness of this distance by illustra­ting the length of time a ray of light from one of these distant stars would take to reach our planet. The constitu­tion of the sun, its black spots, its atmosphere, &c., and the various theories existing upon these matters, were graphically and most lucidly placed before the minds of the audience who could not fail to be struck with the marvels thus revealed to them.

The analysis of light, as manifested bv the spectroscope, that wonderful instrument which has clone so much for scientific research, was next enlarged upon, and illustrated by the means of exceedingly interesting diagrams, the lecturer showing the modus operandi employed for the detection, by means of the spectroscope, of the different chemical sub­stances of which the various planets and stars are undoubted­ly composed.

After glancing at the various theories entertained by his

M E SM ER ISM A S A R E LIG IO U S AID .D e v . L. C. S t e v e n s , writing in the Christian Era, remark* 1 v that no fact is more obvious than that some of the strongest men, intellectually and spiritually considered. hav» had small success in winning souls to Christ; and vice versa He hence infers that a man of but little if .any religion. \et intellectually sound in the truth, assisted by the mesmeric power, may be the means of saving many people. Is it not at least possible that the power which Spurgeon holds over his vast auditory—the power which, added to all other power that God has given him, makes him an excep­tion to all other pastors in drawing men to Christ—is this very power? And who shall say that Moody and Sankey owe nothing to this wonderous element in their amaziug success as evangelists ? It does not follow, if such be the fact, that even they themselves are cognizant of i t ; for nothing is more common than that those most successful in saving souls are most surprised at their own success, anti most unable to account for it.

T H E ROMAN C A TH O LIC S A N D T H E PU B LIC SCHOOLS.

Th e g r a y nuns are a Romish sisterhood, a duly incor porated order in New York, and the legislature of that

state passed last year an act authorizing it to confer diplomas upon graduates of any of its academic institutions, and cm powering the superintendent of public instruction to issue to holders of such diplomas certificates of qualification for the position of teachers in the common schools. The object of this legislation, as the Christian Intelligencer points out, is to “ fill our public'schools with Roman Catholic teachers . and, having done this, to render the common school system odious to the public at Urge, so that citizens will readily (all into the scheme, everywhere persistently advocated by Roman Catho lie ecclesiastics, of a division of the school fund among all the various divisions and subdivisions, secular and sectarian, of the people.” “ An easy way,” adds the Presbyterian, “ is thus opened to secure what Cardinal Manning says must Ar. the education of youth.” The Observer, which was the first newspaper to give the aUrm, is especially stirred up by the fa< t The obnoxious law it pronounces “distinctly sectarian, conferring on the Roman Catholics exclusive and im­portant privelges. It should be repealed at once, or the people will know the reason why. . . . We need a new Protestant Reformation. '

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S P IR IT U A L IS M A N D S P IR IT IN F L U E N C E . We hear much about the glory of Spiritualism iin

leavening all creeds and preparing men for great social changes and reform, but we apprehend that the greater portion of the credit is due to the disembodied spirits or those unseen influences lhat fall upon the minister, editor, and teacher, as well as upon the Spiritualist, and produce results fully as important. Inspiration is not confined to the Spiritualist ranks. In these days men often speak wiser than they know. I f the life of Spiritualism depended upon the energy of Spiritualists it would need “ threatening appeals’’ and “ terrifying tricks” by the score to make itself manifest in this age.

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S C I ^ V T I S Y .

V ol. I I I . X O V E M B E R 1 1 . No. io.

T H E R U S S IA N E X P E R IM E N T .U p to the present writing, the prospects of sending

American mediums to the St. Petersburg scientists, seem slight. We learn from Col. Olcott and Mme. Rlavatsky, the official agents of Councillor Aksakof, that those whom they are willing to send do not care to leave home, even with the brilliant chances of fame and fortune that are held out to diem. '

Offers have been conditionally made to Mrs. Huntoon, Dr. Slade. Mary Andrews, Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Youngs, and perhaps one or two others ; but all have declined, for one reason or another. They have made a great mistake in our opinion, for mediums never had such an opportunity to help the cause by gaining world-wide celebrity for their wonderful powers ; and, so doing, at the same time help themselves. The Russian nobility and wealthy merchant class are proverbial for their lavish generosity in money matters. Prinue-donne while there are smothered by flowers and overwhelmed with civilities, and come away laden with costly presents. At the same time, the nobles are noted for their polished education and general intelligence, and by what might seem a curious freak of Nature, the temperament of the people evince more of the warmth that one might expect from a tropical nation than the coldness of their own cold climate.

Our mediums have .looked at the long journey and the moderate compensation offered for the time their services are required by the University, instead of at the lasting reputation and immediate advantage they would have reaped as the result of successfully passing

♦ th e scientific ordeal.The London Spiritualist suggested, some time ago,

that the behavior of men of science towards Spiritualism, io the past, was not a very good guaranty that our mediums would have fair play in this instance ; but we do not think the point well taken. The character of M. Aksakof is so high for honor, impartiality, and moral courage, that there is no room to doubt that he would have fully made good every obligation incurred in his behalf by his American representatives. He is not only a nobleman but a true gentlemen, in every sense of the w o rd ; and he would not have suffered the slightest wrong to be done to our mediums by scientists or any­body else.

In another place we copy from thfc London Spiritualist a report by M. Aksakof upon his own experience in England, which will be read with interest.

E X A M IN E W H A T I S S A ID , N O T H IM W HO S P E A K S .

R E IN C A R N A T IO N .The Spiritual Scientist, of Boston, is the ablest of all

the Spiritual papers. * It is quite a novelty in spiritual jour­nalism, getting little lavor from the other papers of that sect. It is earnestly discussing reincarnation, in which it believes, and in reviewing the teachings of the Cabalists and the Magicians. The old seems to be preferred to the new spirits, which it would have us believe taught some wonderful and most important secrets, yet again to be revealed to the world.

The above is from the Liberal Worker, of Sharon l W is .; and while appreciating a compliment from so able a judge, we would embrace the opportunity to say that the Scientist has not, a s yet, expressed any opinion upon the doettine of ■ Reincarnation. Our columns are open for its discussion, but we are inclined to think “ the evidence is not all in.”

Bound volumes of the Scientist containing Ihe firs 52 numbers of the paper. Price $3.50. Only a few copies on hand.

“ W E W A N T M O R E S U B S C R IB E R S .”W e w a n t m o r e s u b s c r i b e r s .—The work in which we are

engaged Is an onerous one at best, for many reasons, and therefore we should be fully sustained in a m aterial point of view especially, to enable us to become powerful in a sp iritu a l direction. \Ve say our labors are onerous, because the elimination of any new truth inevitably brings the teacher face to face with antagonistic elements. It has been so from time immemorial, and always will be, we suppose. We are perfectly willing <0 be hurt for truth’s sake: but it grieves us to know that Selfishness is the greatest obstable we have to contend with. Where ene cop\ of the Banner is circulated to-day, ten copies should be. \Ve can say the same with regard to otner papers devoted to Spiritualism.

Why this apathy aqjong Spiritualists ? Scarcely a single Spiritual paoer is taken in Baltimore, and yet two Spiritualist societies exist in that city. Such is the case in many other places. Why cannot exertions be made among the friends,

1 north and south, east and west, to extend the circulation of this paper, which is admitted on all hands to be a worthy exponent of the Spiritual Philosophy of the nineteenth cen­tury—a philosophy that is destined’ to permeate every nook and corner of the "civilized earth.—Banner o f Light.

Thank you, neighbor; it needs much of this kind of talk to infuse the proper spirit of liberality into our ranks. » We would not knowingly, and never have attempted to, win away from you one of your subscribers or readers. Many admire the Banner, and some dislike the Scientist. But there are very few spiritual journals in existence and these are not well-supported. There should be room for all and many more ; they seldom publish tbe same reading matter. “ Why this apathy ?

I say you. W ell, we are inclined to think that a selfish 1 influence— a tem ptation— seizes upon a Sp iritualist a s j sooij as he is re leased from the bonds of ih e church

whiti^ENroRCES lib eral donations by keep in g the devil a .id dam nation in convenient sight for those who are tem pted to com m ence econom y in this direction. T h ere is not a Sp iritualist but that can afford to donate,yearly ,tw ice

| as much to Sp iritualism as they gave to the support o f the , C hurch ; if they g ave a quarter o f this am ount there w ould

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be little cause for complaint in comparison with the present state of a ffa irs ; but, on the contrary, our spiritual lec­turers are not half-paid and the field is not inviting to those who possess ability.

Like M aterialists, who deny the fact of continued existence, Spiritualists, so-called, are prone to eat, drink, and make merry, saying, “fthe future will take care of itself.” In other words, they live for the present regard­less of the future. They must be awaked from these delusive dreams, which taunt them with “ visions of happiness as their inevitable destiny for the next life, and taught the wonderful significance of that compre­hensive truth advanced by Spiritualism ,— “ as you make yourself, so shall you be here and hereafter.”

E D IT O R IA L P A R A G R A P H S .“ T h e G o al o r E v o l u t io n ” is a very significant

article which we republish' from the Scientific Amer lean.

C ol. H . S. O l c o t t was in town last week to attend, as a guest, the annual dinner of the Boston Press Club, which occurred on Saturday.

I t is hinted that there is dom estic trouble at the Eddy hom estead, and, therefore, not sufficient harm ony for m aterialization purposes.

T h e r e are many who think they are representing Spiritualism, when in. reality they but represent them selver. Intense individuality is occasioning much j trouble in our midst.

D r . E. P. M i l l e r , of New Y ork , h as withdrawn his (5,000 challenge ; he thinks four weeks’ time is a suffi­ciently long period for anyone to have accepted it who doubted the genuineness of M rs. Huntoon.

M r . R o b e r t C oorE K lectured at I.urlinc H all, on Sunday, on “ Design Evidenced in Creation” and “ The Objective Proof of a Spirit-world.” The lectures were attentively listened to and appeared to give great satis­faction.

W e a d v i s e our readers to study “ Occult Philosophy," by Buddha, in connection with the “ Traveling in Spirit,” by Mrs. Emma Hardinge Britten. The article by Buddha, to a philosophical mind, will possess a wonder­ful attraction, and one who is in the least degree a mystic will see the possibilities therein suggested.

T h e C a t h o l ic W o r l d is the chief organ of Rome in the United States, and it speaks for the only American cardinal. In a recent article it says : “ It is our duty to oppose, to the pagan error that the state is master of education, the Christian truth that the church alone is endowed with the power to educate the young.”

M r s . M a r y A. D a v is , wife of Andrew- J . , defines Spiritualism thus : "F irst, that man has a sp irit ; 2nd, that this spirit lives after death ; 3rd, that it can hold intercourse with human beings on earth." This is the only point i-pon which all Spiritualists can be said to agree. Whatever else they may receive, here they are united. But the word in its general acceptation, we think, is made to embrace much more than this.

M r s . C o ra L . V . T a p p a n spoke in Rochester. N. Y ., Sunday, Nov. 7th ; in Chicago Nov. 14th ; she remains there until the last of the month ; from thence she will proceed to San Francisco, perhaps stopping briefly at St. Louis. Since she landed in America she has spoken three times in Brooklyn, twice in New York, twice in Philadelphia, once in Washington and twice in Boston, with the best results. We hope she may return

. to us in the Spring.

W h en once we become satisfied that there are condi- j tions in the next state of existence, that there is a high ; and there is a low, that there is a good and there is an j

evil, that there is a positive and a negative state, that our position there depends upon our works here, that good deeds elevate that evil ones depress— then we ask, what is the duty of those who assume to be spiritual teachers. Is it nof to continually disseminate these truths? Should we«r>t awaken the dormant ones to a knowledge of these facts ? We feel it so, and if our exhortations do not apply to our readers, we hope they will send a few copies of the Spiritual Scientist to their friends. ,

f r»»ni the Scientific American. tl'diu.rul.

T H E GOAL OF EVOLUTION.“ Her 'prentice han’ she tried on man,

And then she made the la w c v O '"

t h k gallant Burns sang of mother Nature, intending to O compliment the lassies. Had he lived till this more scientific age, he might have stayed his hand, or else have had the lassies fashioned first. The handiwork of Nature seems to have lost care or cunning toward the last.

In the details of the skeletons of the other animals, says Professor Cleland (in his address as Vice President of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology at the late meeting of the British Science Association>. one sees the greatest precision of form; but there are various exceptions to this neatness of finish in the skeleton of man. Witness the vari­ations of the breast bone, which, especially in its lower portion, is never shapely, as it is in the lower animals ; wit­ness the coccygeal vertebra, which are the most irregular strui tures imaginable; even in the sacrum and the rest of the vertebral column, the amount of variation finds no paralleljn other animals. In the skull, except in some of the lower forms of humanity, the dorsum sella is a ragged, warty, de­formed, and irregular structure, never exhibiting the elegance and finish seen in our poorer relations. The curvature of the skull and the shortening of its base, which have gradu­ally increased in the ascending series of forms, have reached a degreeWbich cannot be exceeded : and the nasal cavity “ is so elongated vertically that, in the higher races. Nature seems scarcely able to bridge the gap from the cribriform plate to the palate, and produces such a set of unsyir.metrical and rugged performances as is quite peculiar to man.” Other examples of similar conditions, he tells us, will occur to even student of human anatomy.

Thus it would appear that man. the highest product of evolution, is physically the least perfectly finished. His lx>nv framework is more open to variation than that of the lower types of the animal world. This fact would seem to indicate a certain newness of character, as though Nature had not yet had time to settle down to stereotyped forms of human detail. To some it might also hint of possibilities of further develop­ment, perhaps of the evolution of human.or superhuman, yet animal, types which may surpass the present human as that does the antecedent brute. I'rofcssor Cleland, on the con­trary, sees in them curious indications rather of the “ formative force nearing the end of its journey.” Animal life, he thinks, has reached its preordained climax in humanity, and that the future progress of evolution is to be traced from man, not to other animal forms yet to appear, but through his psychical nature into the land of the unseen.

The reasons for this sudden spring into ether do not clearly appear, the only hint of a physical basis for it lying in the observation that the variations of structure which have been noted are principally to be found in the head, the part of the body most closely connected with the development and ex­pression of the mental character.

Just here we may notea singular circumstance in connec­tion with the present stage of discussion in regard to the possibilities of human progress, individually and collectively considered. Last >ear, from the standpoint of matter, Pro­fessor Tyndall traced the fine of individual evolution into the infinite a/ure, whose personal identity is lost and half man­kind were st* «»y the ears in consequence. This year, before a section of the same society. Professor Cleland. frr-n the standpoint of the speculations of the authors of the “ l nseen Tniverse,” argues from physical data the continued evolution of humanity »n “ the land of the unseen.' wherein personal identity is said to be eternally preserved and not a word is said oi h:s transcending the strict domain of scientific infer­ence.

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Frora Human Xatur*.S P I R I T U A L I S M I N S T O C K H O L M I N 1 7 8 7 .

A so c ie t y , composed o f eminent a n d le a r n e d m e n a t

Stockholm, used t o have m e e t i n g s w ith t h e o b je c t of receiving communications f r o m t h e s p i r i t - w o r ld t h r o u g h

clairvoyants, in trance or m a g n e t i c s le e p . T h e f o l lo w in g is

an extract f r o m t h e jo u r n a l k e p t b y t h e m e m b e r s of t h is

society, signed b y one o f t h e m e m b e r s — J e a n G u s t a v e H a ll-

diun—and f o r w a r d e d t o t h e S o c i e t y o f M e s m e r i s t s a t S t r a s -

burg:—M a y 10, 1787.—H i s E x c e l l e n c y B a r o n Frederic d e Sparre,

senator; the B a r o n d e D o u d e , o f t h e h o u s e h o ld o f t h e P r i n c e Royal of Sweden ; a n d B a r o n d e S v i l t s e r h i e l m , c h a p la in o f the King, being p r e s e n t , t h e w i f e o f a g a r d e n e r n a m e d L in d - guist, aged 40 years, and who h a d s u f f e r e d f o r m a n y y e a r s From inflammation of the lu n g s , w a s p u t in to t h e m a g n e t i c s le e p and the following q u e s t i o n s w e r e a n s w e r e d :— A r e y o u in trance ?— Yes. YVho i s i t t h a t n o w s p e a k s ?— M y name is M ary. In what condition a r e y o u ? = - I a m in t h e s p i r i t - w o r ld , and happy. H o w lo n g h a v e y o u b e e n t h e f e ?— F o u r t e e n years; l died at t h e age of t h r e e y e a r s . W h o w a s y o u r lather?— He wa* a jo i n e r in t h i s t o w n . H i s n a m e ? — L in d - strom. Where d id h e r e s i d e ?— In t h e Quartier-de-Marats. Is he still living?— N o ; h e d i e d s e v e n y e a r s a g o . I s t h i s t h e first person t h r o u g h w h o m y o u h a v e c o m m u n i c a t e d s in c e y o u have been in t h e s p i r i t - w o r ld ?— N o , c e r t a i n l y n o t ; I h a v e visited some t w o h u n d r e d o t h e r p e r s o n s . T h e p h e n o m e n a known by t h e n a m e o f a n im a l o r h u m a n m a g n e t i s m — h a v e they always taken p la c e ?— N o , n o t a l w a y s . H a v e t h e y e v e r been so general a s a t t h e p r e s e n t t im e ?— Y e s , in t h e t im e o f the Old T e s t a m e n t . A r e t h e y a l w a y s s p i r i t s w h o s p e a k through s o m n a m b u l i s t s ? — Y e s . B u t c a n d t m o n s s p e a kthrough them ?— N o t e x a c t l y d e m o n s , f o r t h o s e w h o c o n t r o l are either good s p i r i t s , o r , a t l e a s t , s p i r i t s w h o a r e n o t q u i te evil, and who a r e o n t h e m id w a y r o a d . W h a t d o t h e y become later ?— S o m e , g e t t i n g p u r i f ie d , r i s e t o h i g h e r s p h e r e s ; and some, failing t o g e t p u r i f ie d , s i n k t o lo w e r s p h e r e s . A r e we right in in v o k i n g t h e b e n e d ic t io n o f G o d w h e n m e s m e r ­izing:—Y e s , c e r t a i n l y ; it is t h o r o u g h ly a duty. How c a n w e feel assured t h a t it i s a l lo w e d t o m e s m e r i s e , a n d to d o it in praying God t o g i v e h i s b e n e d ic t io n f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e patients ?— By w h a t is s a i d a b o u t it in t h e B i b l e .

We omit here a long passage a b o u t t h e la y in g - o n o f h a n d s

by Jesus, the meaning o f w h ic h is t h a t J e s u s m e r e ly u s e d th e

material form o f h is s a l i v a m ix e d w it h e a r t h a s a v i s i b l e

means of cure, t o p r o d u c e m o r e e f f e c t o n t h e s k e p t i c a l m in d s

of the people.Is it beneficial t o m e n t o c o m m u n i c a t e w ith s p i r i t s b y

clairvoyants ?—Yes, i f t h e y w il l 1 e l i e v e t h e t r u th a n d a c c e p t it. But everybody i s not a b l e to d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n th e false and the t r u e r—E v e r y b o d y can l e a r n t o d o s o , b y a s k i n g God to guide them. But i f by chance we w e r e t o a c c e p t th e false ?—The consequence during e a r t h - l i f e i s v e r y s m a l l in comparison to that in the next world, where horrible s u f f e r ­ings accompanies the purification, by which a r e worked o f f the errors to which we have become attached.

The following day, May 1 1 , the somnambulist, having been put in the trance in the presence of Mdme. Ferner, wife o f Mr. Ferner, conseiller de la Lhancellerie, and Baron de Svilt­serhielm, the following questions were answered : Is there any spirit present ?—Yes, Anna Christina. Who were you in this life ?—I was the daughter of the clairvoyant. How long have you been in the spirit world ?—About two years. At what age did you die ?—When twelve years old. Why did you not come sooner to speak to us through yout mother ?— Because I am not in sympathetic relation with her; but as she thinks always about me, God has permitted me to come to her. Why do you not sympathize ?—Because I am in a state of felicity, which it quite different from her state.

Here follows a medical instruction for a lady suffering from disease, which is less interesting.

On the 12th, Baron d’Axelson, Vice Governor of Stockholm, and Baron Sviltserhielm present, the questions were these : Who is here ?—Anna Christina. Are you allowed to give us some explanations about important matters?—Yes. What becomes of man at his death ?—He yariergoes a purifying process. What is this?—It is a state in which the spirit throws off the natural good qualities which he paraded in society. But does not everything good proceed from God ? —The natural good qualities derived from his self-esteem have only an appearance of goodness ; the spirit must throw them off to acquire the good spiritual qualities whtcIT are real and proceed from God. What after the purifications ?—The spirit passes through several degrees to a more perfect and happy state. Do you know Swedenborg?—Yes, but he is in

a m u c h h ig h e r s t a t e th a n I a m . H o w d o y o u k n o w h im ?— H e s o m e t im e s c o m e s d o w n t o t h e s p h e r e w h e r e I a m , a n d i n s t r u c t s u s in t h e c e l e s t i a l t r u th w h ic h G o d h a s o r d e r e d h im t o m a n i f e s t . T h e n e w c h u r c h m e n t io n e d in h is w r i t in g s , w il l it b e in t h is w o r ld ?— Y e s , c e r t a i n l y . T h e t im e w il l c o m e w h e n s u p e r n a t u r a l g i f t s a n d p o w e r s w il l b e g i v e n t o t h o s e , w h o , n o t c p m t n i t t in g a n y v o lu n t a r y s in , d e s i r e a n d a s k w ith h u m il i t y o f h e a r t t h a t t h e w il l o f t h e L o r d b e d o n e .

M a y 1 3 . H i s E x c e l l e n c y B a r o n d e S p a r r e a n d B a r o n d e S v i l t s e r h i e l m p r e s e n t , t h e f o l lo w in g a n s w e r s w e r e g i v e n :— W h o is h e r e ? — A n n a C h r i s t i n a , C a n y o u a n s w e r s o m e q u e s t i o n s ? — I t d e p e n d s o n t h e i r n a t u r e a n d d e s i g n . I s th e o b je c t o f t h e s o u l ’ s in c a r n a t io n in a m o r t a l b o d y t o p u n is h it f o r f a u l t s c o m m it t e d in a n a n t e r io r s t a t e o f p u r e s p i r i t , a n d to a f f o r d a n o p p o r t u n i t y o f p u r i f ic a t io n ?— W h e n G o d m a d e m a n it w a s n o t t h a t h e s h o u ld l i v e in a s in f u l b o d y , b u t in a p u r e o n e . I s o u r e x i s t e n c e in t h e m o r t a l b o d y a p r o o f o f t h e D i v i n e g o o d n e s s , w h ic h d e s i r e s t h e r e b y to p r o c u r e m a n a h ig h e r d e g r e e o f h a p p in e s s ?— T h o s e w h o l i v e d u r in g t h is m o r t a l l i f e a c c o r d i n g t o G o d ’ s l a w s w il l o b t a i n g lo r i f ie d b o d ie s in t h e e t e r n a l l.Te. T h o s e w h o d i e a t th e a g e o f in n o c e n c e , a r e t h e y n o t m o r e fit t o b e r e c e i v e d a m o n g t h e p u r e th a n t h e g r o w n - u p ? — H o w e v e r in n o c e n t o n e m a y a p p e a r in th e n a t u r a l w o r ld h e m u s t u n d e r g o p u r i f ic a t io n b e f o r e e n t e r i n g t h e h ig h e r s p h e r e s . H o w i s t h i s b r o u g h t a b o u t ?— E v e r y s p i r i t m u s t g o t h r o u g h t h e s t a t e o f d a r k n e s s ; b u t t h o s e w n o h a v e b e e n g o o d an c l in n o c e n t d o n o t s u f f e r , f o r G o d p r o t e c t s t h e in n o ­c e n t . W h y n x u st e v e r y s p i r i t p a s s t h r o u g h t h is s t a t e o f d a r k n e s s ? — I t i s t h e w i l l o f G o d t h a t e v e r y b o d y s h o u ld k n o w t h e s t a t e o f d a r k n e s s a n d o f l i g h t , in o r d e r t h a t h e m a y s e l e c t b e t w e e n th e t w o . I s m a n o n t h is e a r t h a c c o m p a n i e d b y s p i r i t s ?— Yre s , c o n t i n u a l ly .— W h y a r e t h e s p i r i t s a l w a y s w ith u s ?— T o w it h d r a w u s f r o m e v i l , a n d l e a d u s to g o o d . T h e s e s p i r i t s , a r e t h e y a n g e l s ?— N o , t h e s e a r e s p i r i t s f r o m t h e in t e r m e d ia t e s p h e r e s ; t h e y d o n o t b e lo n g t o t h e h ig h e s t o r d e r .

M a y 2 0 th . H i s R o y a l H i g h n e s s t h e D u k e o f O s t r o g o t h i e , a l a d y a n d t w o g e n t le m a n in a t t e n d a n c e , b e i n g p r e s e n t , t h e s e a n s w e r s w e r e g i v e n :— W h o is h e r e ?— A n n a C h r i r t i n a .H . R . H . p u t t h e s e q u e s t i o n s : H o w m a n y F r e e m a s o n s a r eh e r e p r e s e n t ? — T w o . ( T h i s w a s c o r r e c t ) . I n w h a t s t a t e is t h e s p i r i t o f C o u n t S t e n b o c k ?— 1 a m n o t a l lo w e d t o t e l l y o u . A n d C a p t a in S p a r t s e m v e l d t ?— H e is s t i l l f lo a t in g . A n d in w h a t s t a t e is t h e la t e K i n g ? — H e is h a p p y . A n d th e la t e ( ju e e n ?— I c a n n o t t e l l y q u . A f t e r t h is a l a d y p u t t h e s e q u e s t i o n s : W h e r e is m y d i s e a s e ?— I n t h e s y s t e m . W h a t is t h e c a u s e ?— S o r r o w . C a n it b e h e a le d ?— Y e s , r e m o v in g t h e c a u s e . C a n M r . G . b e c u r e d ? — Y e s , i f h e w il l r e n d e r g l o r y t o G o d , a n d l e a v e o f f p e r s e c u t i n g m e s m e r is m , t h a t g r e a t b l e s s i n g t o m a n k in d . I s h e o p p o s in g i t ? — Y e s , h e is t h e m o s t b i t t e r o p p o n e n t it h a s .

A y o u n g w o m a n o f t w e n t y y e a r s o f a g e b e i n g p u t in t o t r a n c e , t h e f o l lo w in g a n s w e r s w e r e g i v e n t h r o u g h h e r : I s t h e r e a n y s p i r i t p r e s e n t ? — Y e s , E m m a n u e l . W h o w e r e y o u w h e n o n e a r t h ?— I w a s t h e s o n o f a s o l d i e r , a n d d i e d a t th e a g e o f t h r e e y e a r s . D o y o u k n o w S w e d e n b o r g a n d h is t e a c h in g s ?— Y e s . A r e w e r ig h t in f o l lo w in g h is t e a c h in g s ?— Y e s , p r o v i d i n g y o u a v o i d i d o la t r y a n d h y p o c r i s y ; a n d y o u w i l l l e a r n t h a t b e f o r e m a n c a n b e d e l i v e r e d f r o m t h e d o m in io n o f s in , a n d t e s t t h e e f f e c t i v e r e m is s io n o f i t , h i s « o u l w il l b e p e n e t r a t e d w ith h o r r o r a n d a n x i e t y b e c a u s e o f i t ; b u t id o la - t o r s a n d h y p o c r i t e s w il l b e r i g o r o u s l y p u n is h e d . I s G o d in y o u r w o r ld a d o r e d u n d e r t h e fo r m o f T h r e e P e r s o n s ?— N o , t h e r e is o n l y o n e G o d , c a l l e d F a t h e r , S o n . a n d H o l y G h o s t , w h o c r e a t e d t h e u n i v e r s e , a n d w h o m a n i f e s t e d h i m s e l f in h u m a n f le s h t o d e l i v e r m e n f r o m e v i l ( l i t e r a l ly , f r o m “ ir r u p t io n o f h e l l ” ), w h ic h o t h e r w i s e w o u ld h a v e p e r v a d e d t h e w h o le o f m a n k in d .

I, the undersigned, certify before God that, having been present at the sittings above related, except the one of May 20th, which has been reported to me by a reliable witness, I feel quite sure that there has been no fraud possible on the part of the clairvoyants, and that they knew nothing of the answers given through their instrumentality.

W as signed—J e a n G u s t a v e H a l l d iu n .

I have taken the trouble of translating this curious narra tive, not so much for its intrinsic value, as to show that Spir­itualism has been in practice in Sweden ever since the time of Swedenborg, and in the highest circles. One cannot help being struck with the simplicity of the inquirers, in putting to a child of a common soldier questions of high importance on religious matters, and on the teachings of Swedenborg while on the other hand, it is interesting to notice that the the theory of degrees or spheres had already been given by spirits nearly a century ago.

T. N. T iedjuan M a r t h e z e .

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M A G N ET ISM OR N A T U R A L M AGIC.B Y M R S. S E R E N A M IL N E R .

T h i s s u b j e c t h a s p u z z le d t h e m in d s o f s c i e n t i s t s in a l l a g e s .

True, many have comprehended some of the workings, but few have ever thought of the oneness of the subject.

Magnetism, in its primary sensei is the vital fluid or thought essence which flows through the brains of both man and animals. In each it is developed according to conditions ; Man being of a higher organism has a higher soul develop­ment or magnetism. Created to be the life principle it flows into the brain and heart ol man, according to his physical development from the embryo to the full statue of manhood. Conditions favoring it, it becomes much more powerful in some than in others.

The white blood (Chyle, or the fluid of the Thoracic Duct) is the seat of this force, and its actioi) upon it changes it into the Venus blood. The cuticle absorbs it from surrounding nature. The pores are the ducts through which it passes into the human body, vitalizing every part of man in exact ratio to the amount received. Therefore, it will be seen, that it is of the utmost importance to keep the skin clean and cool to allow a fu’ l flow into the body, as too much heat of the body will retard its action. When these ducts are clogged with debris or effete matter it checks this influx of magnetism, and consequently produces derangement of the fluid action of the body and indu:es disease and death. After becoming amalgamated with the inner being it is as a lever to the organs of brain and nerve.

Persons who have a preponderance of magnetism have usually indomitable wills or force of character, and when their organisms are symmetrically developed we see the highest type of manhood or womanhood. Rut such, with imperfect or deformed cranial developments, become fearful engines for evil if not restrained.

And here is where natural magic is centered. It is the using of this force to control others. By it some persons become magnetizers or mesmerizers. They throw out their vital force and overcome that of the other party; and the party so influenced absorbs the life principle of the meaner- izer, and so feels, sees, or thinks as the operator desires.

Upon this same principle, disease is oftened cured. The magnetism of the operator flows into the patient, producing a revolution in the magnetic currents of the body, and so breaking down old conditions and impediments to a healthy flow of this fluj t the patient is often relieved instantane­ously.

One may be unconsciously influenced by the magnetism of another; but those who study this subject will be careful not to put themselves under the magnetic influence of evil or wicked persons. Never shake hands, and do not come in close contact with such a person, if possible. Avoid crowded, promiscuous assemblies, as the influence of such is hurtful to one who is finely susceptible to magnetic currents. The subject is simple, and yet how complex.

Magic, so called from Magi, the founders of the system is purely electrical. Electrical affinities arc the basis or ground-work upon which it is founded. Magnetism combines spiritual and animal affinities, and, in so doing, induces a current of electrical fluid in proportion to the magnetic devel­opment of each. Magic is the scientific application of these elements, to produce certain results. The forces of nature are gathered up and extended in such proportion combined with the elements of earth, air and water, to form the results desired. None but experts in mesmerism, psychology, ethnology and electro-biology, can accomplish such feats of wonder as the transforming of one substance into another by magical signs and formula?. The formul* and words are not used except to give direction to the flow of magnetic currents. Power lies in their use only to the operator skilled in nature's laws.

As a science it is based upon truth and known laws, and is grand and beautiful; unfolding like a flower the wonders of creative power. It unfolds the spiritual in man and defolds the material in spirit. It elevates man and brings him in communion with spiritual harmonies of earth, air and heaven.

It is no vain delusion of the senses, but a living potent working up from the inner being of man to the outer world. This is magic.

Magnetism and magic are twin-sisters bom—the power of God and man, united in one form. Power from the unseen fountain of life with man’s elements combined.

These are interesting subjects, and will well repay the investigator and seeker after truth and God.

New Orleans, La.

SP IR IT U A L IS M IN C IN C IN N A TI.

To the E ditor o f The S p iritu a l Scien tist:D e a r S ir Sometime ago, a copy of your p a p e r a c c i ­

dentally fell into my hands, the general tenor of w h ic h , its free, independent tone, fearless and unsparing d e n u n c ia t io n of fraud, now so widely prevalent, and trenchant manner in the investigation and elucidation of spirit-phenomena, p le a s e d me so well, that I prevailed on our enterprising n e w s d e a le r . M rJ . R. Hawley, to place your paper on sale, which h e d id , a n d finds the demand constantly increasing.

In the ordinary acceptation of the word, I am not a S p i r i t ­ualist,—take but little stock in professional mediums, f in d in g a large proportion of them at times, “t r i c k y o r e l s e s o ignorant as to give but little satisfaction and no e x p la n a t io n of the varied manifestations; while too often, t h e a t t e n d a n t s at these “ seances,” have had their imaginations so e x c i t e d , that they threw reason overboard, neglecting to a s k th e m selves if these things were true; and, if so, d e m a n d in g th e proof.

T o illustrate the case, we have had c e le b r a t e d m e d iu m s come from the East with most wonderful a c c o u n t s o f t h e ir deeds and performances at the “ Hub of the U n i v e r s e , ” a n d the “ Centre of Civilization.” One, in p a r t ic u la r , c a m e w ith r glowing published statements of her astonishing m a t e r ia l iz a ­tions, where spirits took unto themselves flesh and b lo o d , a n d promenaded the room “ a la Katie King.” She had c r o w d e d audiences, friends and relations materialized—m a n y w e r e identified and recognized, and a lengthy a m o u n t w a s p u b ­lished in an eastern paper, of her great s u c c e s s , a n d th e “proof palpable” of immortality.

Hut several seekers of the truth quietly arranged for tw o or three test seances, when Io ! our tests were d e s t r o y e d o r broken, and the “ proof palpable” dissolved into th in a i r ; t o o k unto itself w in g s , metaphorically speaking, a n d d i s a p p e a r e d from view. There are scores of persons, w h o w o u ld s t i l l declare that they knew they saw the f o r m s o f th e departed ones, who had thus come back to d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t they still live ; while those who read the wonderful a c c o u n t in the papers, accepted, without any reservation, the e v id e n c e as conclusive to decide their half-formed.or all-formed,opinions of the truth of Spiritualism.

So with a large part of the published s t a t e m e n t s , a n d varied seances, when divested of the exaggerated c o lo r in g s o f the imagination,—be found to be of the f r a u d u le n t , m o s t a l w a y s overstated— with occasionally a g r a in o f t r u th w in ­n o w e d f r o m a b u s h e l o f chaff.

With you, I believe, “ that a study of the powers o f our own sp irit, or the spirit in the body, will be productive o f much information concerning our relations with the spirit- world.” In fact, it is the only way in which we will get the evidence, positively convincing as to the imdrvxdual. In other words, it must be an experim ental knowledge with each and every person, both subjective and objective, an unfold- ment of the inherent spiritual powers of the individual, coupled with an accurate knowledge—not belief—of the outer spiritual forces of the U s iie r tt These can never be at­tained at public seances, when close investigation is rarely possible, and always unsatisfactor).

Your directions for forming private circles, are the best, in fact, the only true method of approaching and solving that question; for then the requisite time, patience, care and precautions can be taken, to ensure results, truthful and accurate. The manifestations will then keep pace with the spiritual unfoldment of the members of the circle, lacreasmg in diversity and power, as the different individuals “wmder> stand tkem seh’t s f and purging the bodies from the foul excesses of sensuality in all its varied forms, prepare the way for the advent of the angelic hosts, ever waiting ta hold communion with man

About a year ago, seven friends formed a circle, without any medium, somewhat similar to your general directions. la a few weeks our spirit friends announced the»r presence— formed a spirit-band composed of our relations and friends, without any of the celebrated heroes of the past, with htj;h- sounding names and titles to assist, and have bnen ftvin* weekly communications, constantly increasing in power and interest, as we faithfully endeavor to harmonize awrarriwz, surroundings, and circle. We keep accurate reports of our sittings, and are storing up much valuable information. If

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private circles were thus formed, and regularly organized to rejoice to join with Theodore Parker and every truly enlightened theist in claiming him as really at one with them, des

; pite intellectual differences ? But, no ; they stand at the fordread and approved at each meeting, occasionally comparing notes with other circles, or through the columns of your

, anapaper,* much good would result, and manv ot the ,; these manifestations be made known—not to the

seek for truth—not merely for amusement—and minutes kept,‘ ic« r

other circle x:h good woul

governingsecret, select few,—but to the wide world of humanity, whose heritage they are, and to whom they m ust be made known.

The greatest sensation in the Spiritualist circles here, at present, is the presence of Mr. lay J . Hartman at Teeples’ Photograph Gallery, No. too West 4th Street, taking spirit- pictures. He has patiently submitted to the severest tests, and, so far. successfully passed through them all, in some instances, getting recognized results, so the sitters have declared. Ordinarily, 1 have taken as little stock in spiiit-

but attracted to this extreme indifference, so far, securing two

results, one, an infant, purporting to be my sister ; another, the distinct form of a large Indian peering over my shoulder; both very distinct and well-executed spirit pictures. Quietly putting them into my pocket, 1 wended my way to our private circle, and without informing any of the members of the circle of what I had been doing, proceeded to question the invisibles, and found that they had been present with me at 1 the gallery. Requesting them to show themselves to a lady of our circle, who had developed fine clairvoyant powers, they did so, and showed the identical form s portrayed on the plate with me at the gallery a mile away on the day previous. The Indian came *o the table and gave the name of “ Red Cloud” and stated that he belonged to the Sioux tribe, and was killed about thirty years ago on the plain, in battle with our troops. The plate was marked, and I never left the photographer'firofh the time he took the plate until it was exposed and printed. The evidence is all in favor of the genuineness of the phenomena, so fa r : yet, I am waiting for a recognized result of one who has promised to appear, and who, if she does, will positively settle the question of the truthfulness of the spi it-forms,—the evidence already pre­ponderating in Mr. Hartman’s favor. As I am still investi­gating, will let you know the result.

We have several trance and clairvoyant mediums in the city, but most of the Spiritualists or investigators seem to prefer pursuing this subject in the more quiet retreat of thfe home circle, where the sacred a ltar ought to he reared’ from whence should arise the Jacob's ladder t eaching unto heaven,

‘ ' ‘ ' before.

__ _______ __ . at Jordan, and if the passer by cannot frame his lips to pro-many of the occult laws nounce their shibboleth they slay him, though all the time he

was an Israelite and a brother ; and yet the war with evil, demands that the forces which make for good should be united, nor is there any element wanting to human unity except the recognition o f it. We are all of one kindred— children of mystery; all of one language—the voice of nature . all of one creed—the creed of ignorance, that mighty Catholic Church, to whose tender bosom every thought-weary wanderer is folded at the last.”

JIO T E S AND Jld T IC E g .

Coleridge is thought, in his Ancient Mariner, to have predicted the Atmospheric Railway :—

For why drive* on t* it ship so fast,Without or wave or wind ?

The air it cut awav before, r- And close* from behind.

T h e r e is a new materializing medium on Orange Street, where it is said, the spirits come out and walk about the room,

j “ Honto,” of Spirit Vale fame, has been seen there. Per- | haps the domestic unpleasantness at her old haunt has

induced her to come to Boston to spend the winter.—H erald

F r ie n d s in t h e various parts of the country will oblige the editor by forwarding to him newspapers issued in their respec­tive localities that mav happen to contain any matter likely to prove interesting to Spiritualists, or in which statements ma> have appeared of an incorrect character—a very common ot currence —regarding Spiritualism. The paragraphs to which attention is csuled should be marked to save trouble.

T h e r e are many thousands of Spiritualists, so heedless, or so immersed in secular pre-occupations, that they do not care to see a spiritual newspaper from one year’s end to another, or to help the cause of truth in any way that would involve the slightest expenditure of money or trouble. These people may wake up by-and-by before their life-opportunities are closed. We hope they will.—Banner o f Light.

an d the lored ones gone before. Cincinnati, Oct 27, 1875 ■ B. E . H.

w“ T H E R E LIG IO N OF T H E F U T U R E .”

E f i n d the following remarkable passage in an article on “Theism” in the Westminster Review for October, 1875 :

“ For let none imagine that by such speculations as the foregoing he is building up the religion of the future, or that Comte and Strauss will be the prophets of the coming age. Religions are not made; they grow. Their progress is not from the enlightened to the vulgar, but from the vulgar to the enlightened. They are not mere products of the intellect, but manifest themselves as physical forces too. The religion of the future is in our midst already, working like potent yeast m the minds of the people. It is in our midst to-day with signs and wonders uprising like a swollen tide, and scorning the barriers of Nature’s laws. But however irresist­ible its effects, they are not declared on the surface. It comes veiling its destined splendors beneath an exterior that invites contempt. Hidden trom the prudent, its truths are revealed to babes. Once more the weak will confound the mighty, the foolish the wisl, and base things a*.d things des­pised, it may be even things that are not, bring to naught things that are, for it seems certain that whether truly or whether falsely, Spiritualism will re-establish, on what fesses ta be ground of positive evidence, the fading *belief in a future Ufa not such a future as is dear to the reigning theology, but a future developed from the present, a continu-

mder improved conditions, of the scheme of things ua. Further than this it is impossible to predict the

precise development which Spiritualism may take in the future, just as it would have been impossible at the birth of Christianity to have predicted its actual subsequent develop-

W f. a r e an xio u s that the coming winter should be one o work such as the movement has not seen. To commence it, to continue it, and to finish it, extend the circulation of the S p ir it u a l S c ie n t is t . We are ready to do anything that may be suggested to promote this work. Free copies, as specimens, may be had in any quantity, and we should like to see a movement set on foot, that would place a specimen of the S p ir it u a l S c ie n t is t in every house in the United

, States.L e t se v e n harm o n io us m inds form a circle in their desire

to obtain the higher knowledge of spirit-life ; when this is deter­mined, appoint a Secretary to record the communications given, and it will be found that there are seven attendant

j spirits whose names will be given; these names will reveal the character and quality o f the controling spirits who arerepresentatives of some human quality of intelligence and affection. I f those who are seeking interior truths relating to the human spirit wil ladopt this course, they will be ricnly rewarded—so says an English writer.

B ish o p S im pso n ’s recent review in Music Hall of the1 religious aspect of the world-totally ignored the element of

modern Spiritualism. How he managed to overlook so im­portant a factor, is only explained by his own lack of spiritual

bat from the unexampled power possessed by this new religious force of fusing with other creeds, it seems likely in the end to bring about a greater uniformity of belief than has ever yet been known.

“ Meanwhile, it is the absence o i oneness of feeling that really needs to be regretted. We have seen that all the essentials of religion can be retained by the so-called atheists. Might it not be expected that professors of orthodoxy, per­sons whose religion is their boast, when they find in such a mas a love for his fellows no less disinterested, an effort after advancement no less earnest than their own, would

clairvoyance. He had much to say of the triumph cf Christianity over Paganism and Protestantism over Roman­ism ; but he failed to recognize the fact that modern Spiritual ism claims a following in this countrv almost or quite as

■ I M b h u M I f l ‘large as the Roman Catholic Church, and that its inroads upon evangelical Christianity are as marked, to say the least, as those of Protestantism upon Romanism.—Boston H erald.

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Mr . Isaac R ich, of the Banner of Light has been to see the famous materializer and dematerializcr, Mrs. Markee, late Mrs. Compton, at Havana, N. Y., and testifies to seeing a number of materialized but unrecognizable spirits. The dematerializing part of the programme does not appear to have been demonstrated. Mr. Rich and Mr. Colby subse fluently risited Slade in New York City. Of this visit the former writes: “ A slate put upon my head, had a message written while resting there, the noise of the pencil being heard by us; the hand of ‘Owasso,’ the Indian familiar at the doctor’s seances, came out from beneath the table and grasped the lappel of mv coat; while Mrs. Rich held one end of the accordion, Owasso grasped the keyboard and placed recognizable music, his hand the while befog distinctly visible to me. as our circle was convened in the daytime and the broad sunlight streamed uninterruptedly into the room.”

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IM PO R TA N T N O TICE TO T H E How To Form A Spirit Circle. A d v e r t is e m e n t s .

Advanced Thinkers of the United States.A R T M A G IC ; O R M U N D A N E , S l'P F .R -M U N -

D A N E , A N D S U B M U N D A N E S P IR IT IS M .

An European gentleman, now sojourning in America* lor a brie! season, give* notice to all thinker* interested in spiritual existence, or OCCULT scibkcb, that having spent forty years in the study of ar t magic, partly ac­quired in the East aud Wert Indies, Egypt, Arabia, and Europe, he is now prepared to share the fruit of his researches with a few students, and for thispurjmse he will publish a work under conditions which he cannot change or transgress; these are :

"T h e work in question cannot become a marketable commodity, but may be published for limited distribu­tion when a sufficient number of subscribers are found to insure the cost of publication. The requisite number being obtained, a protective copyright is to prevent any further publication. The work ta not to be sold by any professional firm, nor submitted for review to profes­sional critics. After the requisite number of copies are drawn off to defray the expense of publica ion, the ypes, vignettes,, A c., are to be cancelled utterly.”

He will give no name, token of identity, nor personal response of any kind to inquirers. He will publish only through a mend. The friend selected has accepted the office of Secretary for the work, and is E mma H ardings B r ittbn . If published in America, the cost will be 8*>S°°—which sum includes about $ t,ooo required as disbursements to librarians and collectors of rare works, for permits to publish selected quotations.

T o meet the actual cost of publication 500 subscribers are required at 8s apiece, and, tkerefore, 500 copies alone will be issued. and from this standard of number and price there will be no change or reduction. The publication of the work will not commence until the entire 500 subscribers are guaranteed. This notice will only hold good up to the Christmas of this year.

All subscriptions are to be paid for only according to the custom of the country, C O. D ., but the promises o f the subscribers are to be sent w ith name and address during the next three months to the author's secretary, pro. tern., Emma Hardinge Britten, |aoo West jSth Street, New York.

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O R M U N D A N E , SU B -M U N D A N E , AN D

S U P E R M U N D A N E S P IR IT IS M .

This will be the first, and it is believed only publication in existence which will give an authentic and practical description of art magic, natural magic, modern spirit­ism, the different orders of spirits, related to, or in communication with man, together with directions for invoking, controlling, and discharging spirits, and the uses and abuses, daqgers and possibilities of magical art.

Signed for the author and publisher,E mma H ardingr B rittrn, S e c 'f pro tern-

I. Emma Hardinge Britten, having carefully read, and, as far as possible, authenticated the contents of the above described work, ds hereby testify my belief that it is the most wonderful and practical revelation of the subject treated on, ever given to the world. 1 deem it also a work eminently calculated to afford to ad- \ anced thinkers the clue they need to the understanding of Ancient and Modern Spiritualism, Mediumshi), and many problems in human history hitherto unsolved. 1 regret that the author feels himself so fettered by conditions as to limit the possession of this marvelous work to the few, instead of being able to give it broad­cast to the world ; but desirous to aid as far as 1 can in even its limited distribution, I cheerfully become guar­antee for the high value of the work, and will receive for the author the names and addresses of the favored few who may wish to make one of the five hundred subscribers required. Address, Emma Hardinge Brit­ten, 206 W estjSth Street, New York.

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I r is calculated that one person in every seven might become a medium by observing the proper conditions. The thousands of Spiritualists have, in most cases arrived at their conclusions by agencies established by themselves and independently of each other and of the services of professional mediums. Every spiritualist is indeed an “ investigator,” —it may be at an advanced stage; and that all may become so, the iotlowing cons dilions are presented as those under which the phe­nomena may at all times be evolved.

Inquirers into Spiritualism should begin by forming spirit circles in their own homes, with no Spiritualist or professional medium present. Should no results be obtained on the first occasion, try again with other sit­ters. One or more persons possessing medial powers without knowing it are to be found in nearly every household.

1. I.et the room be of a comfortable temperature, bu* cool rather than warm—let arrangements be made that nobody shall enter it, and that there s&all be no interruption for one hour during the sitting of the cir­cle

s I^ t the circle consist of from three or five to ten ind viduals, .about the same number of each sek. Sit round an uncovered wooden table, with all the palms of the hands on its top surface Whether the hands

| touch each other or not u usually of no importance, i Any table will do, just large enough to conveniently i arcommodau the sitters. The removal of a hand from

the table for a few seconds does no harm ; but when j one of the sitters breaks the circle by leaving the tabic

it sometimes, but not always, very considerably delays | the manifestations.

J . Before the sitting begins place some pointed ead pencils and some shee's of clean writing paper on the table, to write down any communication that may be j obtained.

j 4 People who do not like each 01 he; should not sit j n the same circle, for such a want of harmony tends !

I to orevent manifestations except with well-developed ! | physical mediums: it is not yet known why. Belief j | or unbelief has no influence on the manifestations but I an acrid feeling against them is a weakening influence.

I 5. Before the manifestations begin, it is well to en- j gage in general conversation or in ringing, and it is best J that neither should be of a frivolous nature. A prayer- •

! ful, earnest feeling among the members of the circle j | g ivei the higher spirits more power to come to the cir- j j cle, and makes it more difficult for the lower spirits to j

get near.

6. The first symptom of the invisible power at work is often a feeling like a cool wind sweeping over the j hands. The first manifestations will probably be tib lt : tiltings or raps.

; 7. When motions of the table or sounds are pro- jduced freely, to avoid confusion, let one person only !

I speak, and talk to the table as to an intelligent being. ;Let him tell the table that three tilts or raps mean

y “ Y e s ” one means and two mean “ Doubtful,” iand ask whether the arrangement is understood. If j three signals be given in answer, then say, “ If 1 speak 1

! the letters of the alphabet slowly, will you signal every

i time I come to the letter you want, and spe'T v.s out a message v ’ Should three signals be given, set to work ! on the pla.i proposed, and from this time an intelligent system of communication is established.

8. Afterw ard* the question should be pot, “ Are we sitting in the light order tq get the best mam testations Probably some members of the circle will then be told to change seats with each other, and the signals will be afterwards strengthened. Next ask, “ Who is the medium ?” When spirits come asserting themselves to be related or known to anybody present, well-chosen questions should be put to test the accuracy of the of the statements as stunts out of the body have all the virtues and all the failings of spirits in the body.

9. A powerful physical medium is usually a person of an impulsive, affectionate, and genial nature, and very sensitive to mesmeric influences. The majority ol media are ladies.

I The best manifestations are obtained when the me- | dium and all the members of the circle are strongly

bound together bv the affections and are thoroughly comfortable and happy; the manifestations are born of j the spin!, and shrink somewhat from the lower mental

[ influences of earth. Family circles with no strangers present, are usually the best.

I f the circle is composed of persons with suitable temperaments manifestations will take place remfclv

j if the contrary he the case, much perseverance will be necessary.

j Possibly at the first sitting of a circle symptoms of other forms of mediumship than tUts or raps may make

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