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Show I III II I ( I'll I M I NA By Carl Germain. The evidence given by tho intelligence intelli-gence which purports to be the spirit of Raymond iodge, son of Sir Oliver Lodge, to prove his continued existence exist-ence is perhaps the best authenticated of any ever offered in support of the spiritualistic theory. On Sept. 27. 1915. 1? days after the death of Raymond, in Flanders, his spirit, spoaklng through the medium of VOUt Peters in Loudon, accurately described a photograph taken at the front a few weeks before, portraying u group of officers, among whom was Raymond. N'elther "sitters" nor medium me-dium could have known of the exist-tence exist-tence of this picture It wna not until December that a copy of the picture reached Sir Oliver Lodge. kviii;( i: cxRKit: wi n.nr Coming from a man of Sir Oliver Lodge's standing this evidence has great weight. It no doubt has influenced influ-enced a great many converts to spiritualism. spir-itualism. The inexperienced observer is. often inclined to classify ail those who believe be-lieve tn spirit communications as fools, cranks or frauds, but the thorough investigator in-vestigator knows that only a small percentage of cases may be thus disposed dis-posed of- We need but read the detailed reports re-ports of the trance communications of Stalnton .Moses. Mrs. Piper and Mrs. Thompson, some of which appear in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, tb convince our-selves our-selves that the Intelligence given out' by these mediums whether It comes! from the spirit world or not ia of super-normal character. In striking contrast with the history of physical manifestations there Is no succession of exposures or confessions of fraud In the annals of psychic me-liumshlp. me-liumshlp. but every indication that psychics are as much In the dark a to the source of their extraordinary m-telllgeiK-e as everyone else Bl i s OP IN ri l l (GEKCE. While the messages which ostensibly j come from the great beyond are often I "trangelv gaihled and interlarded with poor wit, mawkish sentiment and childish babbling, they bring a. bit of Intelligence now and then, which, to the best of human knowledge, could i not have been Supplied in any normal vva i acncmi's ami systems are numerous; ibut they are used by the 'physical I phenomena type of medium This class of "get rich quick'! artists has at all limes had well-Organised rings for! the interchange of family histories and j intimate information Most of the) matter is gleaned from church, hos- pital and cemetery records. Since the whole problem lies within! I I hat dim borderland where science and mysticism meat, the line between whatl lis and what is not adxnissable evldep.ee Of life beyond the grave, Is difficult to draw. .MAY BE TELEPATHIC The majority of mysterious messages' many bo explained as logically by the! telepathic as by the spiritistic theory, in th case of death visions the for-i mer seema more plaualble! We know; how wonderfully eloquent In speech and gesture persons In grout distress become. Is It therefore not that those; in death agony will use tt to communicate commu-nicate with their friends" After setting aside all doubtful cases then remains n goodlj number where the facts disclosed by the spirits were not known to any living persons, as I In those instances where persons are! warned of coming catastrophies. or are told wlu-re some ancient treasure. or the corpse of someone lost at sea lies; hidden. Man)- spiritualists believe' that the cumulative evidence, of thlsj clo.ss of loses will in time bo generally gener-ally accepted as proof of the existence of discarnatc spirits. M Y TAKE CENTTRIES. In contemplation of all the mystery winch still enshrouds psychical science' we may well assume t;iut u is todav In somewhat the same state of development devel-opment that physical science was in the middle ages. There is much error! and fraud but It ts being gradually! eliminated. " |