Experimental Spiritism: Book on Mediums; Or, Guide for Mediums and Invocators: Containing the Special Instruction of the Spirits on the Theory of All Kinds of Manifestations; the Means of Communicating with the Invisible World; the Development of Mediumship; the Difficulties and the Dangers that are Encountered in the Practice of Spiritism

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Colby & Rich, 1891 - Spiritualism - 458 pages
 

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Page 364 - I know your heart, and am right sure and certain that 'tis far too merciful to let her die, or even so much as suffer, for want of aid. Thou knowest who said, "Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone at her!
Page 197 - Nos. 1 1 1, &c. What is heard in this way has, besides, no continuation ; it is not the same as when entirely awake, for then, if it is a spirit who is making himself heard, there can almost always be an exchange of thought and a regular conversation. Spirit or pneumatophonic sounds have two very distinct methods of being produced ; sometimes it is a voice which resounds in the soul ; but while the words may be clear and distinct, there is nothing material in them ; at other times they are exterior,...
Page 75 - The spirit body, then, is an integral part of the man; but this encasement alone is no more the spirit than the body alone is the man; for the spiritual body cannot think: it is to the spirit what the body is to the man, the agent or instrument of his action. The human form and that of the spirit body are identical ; and when the latter appears to us, it is generally with that particular exterior with which we were formerly familiar.
Page 84 - ... conversations. It is better, then, to wait for them, without calling for them, observing with care all that may flow from the nature of the communications. (See the fact given, No. 70.) " Turning now to page 82 of the volume, we find the statement above alluded to, and it reads as follows : — " On a vessel of the Imperial French navy, stationed in the Chinese seas, the whole crew, from the sailors up to the staffmajor, were occupied in making tables talk. They hit upon the idea of invoking...
Page 84 - French na*y, stationed in the Chinese seas, the whole crew, from the sailors up to the staffmajor, were occupied in making tables talk. They hit upon the idea of invoking the spirit of a lieutenant of this same vessel, some two years dead. He came, and after various communications, which astonished every one, he said, by rapping, what follows : ' I pray you instantly to pay the captain the sum of (he mentioned the sum), which I owe him, and which I regret not having been able to repay before my death.
Page 254 - Perfectly skeptical persons have been known to be surprised by writing in spite of themselves, while sincere believers could not ; which proves this faculty to be an organic predisposition. (Note 10.) 210. The first indication of a disposition to write, is a kind of trembling in the arm and hand ; little by little the hand is carried along by an impulse that it cannot master. It often traces, at first, but insignificant signs ; then the characters are drawn more and more clearly, and it ends by acquiring...
Page 256 - ... is carried along by an impulse that is involuntary. It often traces but insignificant signs, then characters are drawn more and more clearly, and it ends by acquiring the rapidity of ordinary •writing. The hand must be abandoned to its natural movement — neither resisting nor propelling. The primary point consists in putting one's self with a sincere faith under the protection of God, and imploring the assistance of one's guardian angel, who is ever ready to assist in effecting the .object....
Page 363 - It is evident that the more elevated they are, the more right they have to our respect, to our regard, and to our submission. We should show them as much deference as we should have done during their lives, but from different motives ; on the earth we should have considered their rank and their social position ; in the world of spirits our respect is addressed only to moral superiority. Their very elevation raises them above the puerilities of our adulatory forms.
Page 359 - All spirits, to whatever degree of the scale they belong, may be invoked — the good, as well as the bad ; those who have left this life but lately, and those who have lived in the most remote times ; illustrious men and the most obscure...
Page 84 - ... every one, he said, by rapping, what follows : ' I pray you instantly to pay the captain the sum of (he mentioned the sum), which I owe him, and which I regret not having been able to repay before my death.' No one knew the fact ; the captain himself had forgotten the debt, — a very small one ; but on looking over his accounts, he found there the lieutenant's debt, the sum indicated being perfectly correct. We ask, of whose thought could this be the reflection ? " Here, then, we find the supreme...

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