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Show I III B ' M'1' A HUlJtt outfit of In ftnlalxd board. InchoSi on hKiii letter of tie .a nhabot, the to numerala. ii"- .ori1" V,3 heort-abaped til l' tn. l.-s in heUllt. the ni l- v h are covered with relt a to ullon th- WkwkW fare of Ulc Ouljft-board. "ne of 1 4 I J which they wleh ouljn lo anawer. The laaaaaaaf Utile tabic then moves about th. board, apparent!) f lis own volition, and Kpells or point! lha .ir.aw.-i ihc eourre of ainuoemcnl ti hoard-meeting m) l.eidi - v- wkmm vided with hie gl .sar,. pen. note-Jog ,nd auch othv. a aa lb. o ottfH th -a. bin, When little Bote) , coxipU of mtnutee h. ; ifn. ruahing I aH i oondiv gold ' rhen ou h i I S'llSl II" rXll OVUA .31 '; d Bi board meetlnKs Nor ll thL "Urprlolng 9 LHH table giN.- mo reliable information bUH not onlv as lo mattera concerning the HE f 1 .orelj pointed oui the ra) to fortune J bUH inir oulja-bonrda like l t cakea and th. vogue of the oracle baa no Interfered wttb ordinary "tudlea tain roileg.-s thai f oltlea bve had to itroblbll If tiee. LaH t first sight outja appear! 10 no thing mot - " url';.r with f do in thi aum playful eptrii Wkm wftb w i.lch they lake m.l nl hc k- ers or ut carda Bt "d'Ja s tnon than , ,.i t la a rub. In China. Where Laaafl the little lbla llM been Known for H . enturtoo. it Ut believed to b mouthpiece ol lha spirits of the dead Laaaal Mnong oura-hea i Is a intaelonary loi tplritUm ond rtcrultlem Hie - ap . i.....nllr,i, Inliorlotisls l"'lle.l out Lbv its aid are accepted h the goaM I ( truth b) mad) of n devoteee Bo 'n. Ita glowing populnrltv bns b.-eom. v matter of aerloua ,-onrem to mnnv n j bi 1st tan nitnin:. i I MM I lilt I ORM In an older form, known as I'lan-ehette. I'lan-ehette. a blank sheet of papn ki uacd In place of the lettered board, .uid the. Indicant leg of the table is repl o -d bv .. bad pencil. This apparatus, win. h crawls out messages In automatic i writing, was in great oni during ihe late slxtb-a. Such eminent sclent lata as Professors Tt.l..ll and l'.u.oi v drawn Into oontrovero) ovoi ll Fr day, through various vlentifu- tCOU pronrad eonclualreli lhal ne lltth ble t conliolled bv the i muscular movements ol ths experl inentere. Sin. e hla finding has - n corroboi-ated by other sclentlma nines without number, no itrysterj remains i as to the source of power which movi the little Uble Psychological research has round I that a large part of our .Imiv actions Involve movements made uuiie as lull lu-ll voluntarily, unconsciously and Imperceptibly Imper-ceptibly as thoae with which we move I the oulla-board. The perfect ioutlne of great Instrumentalists la a fine v bh. ample of this nutomatlam. The great V virtuoso's movements are so instlnc-H instlnc-H c that be practli jB i s. lout H . s' us so dlvlnol) becousa his sptrll is free H lake us where H While the answers obtained from u , .. bv the average person uic ob-i.misU ob-i.misU bai-bazard. and often Irrele-.. Irrele-.. . oi ktuptd, the are quite the r- , i s. vvh. n . . iti.in i t sons of hlgb- I at rung and Ituprsoalonable nervous oonatltutlon place tiieir fingers on the labia With such "slttero" ouUa often abow"-. knowledge of tbiiiKs which the) could not have known, and sometimes Bpi Hi out ineeoagee of strangely prophetic nature, it is this weird fac- luitv if gdeanng tb- hidden truth, and oi dlvtnlag fate's Intention which 'make oulja so fas. In.. I Inn .spc lally to thus, who onatantl) seek for evidence evi-dence of the survival of human pcr-Sonkllfy pcr-Sonkllfy after bodily death bou rra idi i . in benj ;isked b what pow er It Is guided, the little table dn most 1 11 - stances replies thirl it is controlled b) the spirit of Mom.- departed friend or relative of th. "alttom," ami win often show knowledge of a most Intimate nature of Ihe affairs of the person purporting 10 be In control. Aa we will .lis. iisa the raluie of poycblC Intel- llgence In our article on the psychic phenomena f SplrlUibllaoi ve will touch on tbi subject only briefly now i chologists arc pr tt v.-n agreed thai o'.iljn derlvea its knowledge from the UbCOnOelOUg mind Of the "sitter.'' BI ica II 1 1 . i a plaualbla that the aplrita control the BUgCbnaclOUa mind na that Ihc) ife Ibe little table, ibis cx- plaoatlon doea not an aside the rtuilt-i-ti. theory. Spiritists claim that th,. Information given b) OUlja COUld U many cases be obtained only from th.' spirits of the di id. Those who 'do not believe In i ism point out that we do nol 1 k'.iow the icopg of our subsconaclous ! mind that ll may n.ll be that It oOJll glean Information from objective indi-catlona indi-catlona far io.. delicate tv be porcoptl Mo to the lonarlous mind. SOMJ I nil s IN.it BUOl B " The qUBOtiOn vvhetber the use of, ouiju is injurious to the "altter'a J health is ante lo occur to every atu-! dent of lha subject. In view of the) fad lhsl thi suhjectlon of the con-! SClOUS mind to Ihe will of the sub-, (-on.w.'loil Is I lie reverse of the normal atate tli- aimw.T la really self-evident. Psychologist all know thn' the i habitual subjection of the objective lu-'tellect lu-'tellect to the dominance of the sub-conarloua sub-conarloua Is sure to be Injurious to the Hervoua system, and that Insomnia. hvtcrh nnd even insanity are fre-QUOntly fre-QUOntly the r.-sult of practi.r of thlsi sort colored investigator has probablg . st una! cl I).- value of otllja about' irlgbt in a bit ol rrparlep to hla pas-ti-r - Hrot'ier Jim. " uske, his minis-I tei "Wlint IntOreel are ou all takin' .In thla vei Vnie-iranllallon move-jment?-' ' loctah. " answered Jim. who lis as smooth .is a banana peel, "alnre i done preach ao hard against the 'shimmy' movement, I ain't done muck o that, but I'm learnln' how to 'oulja' wlt'v the little movin" table that b arns ,folka how to apell." |