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Show In m-I m-I Delicate Devices of inventors to Weigh jjpirit Powers j Psychical Force: Given Off by Mediums to Be Measured wnl Dark Seances Photographed Photo-graphed b I Itra Violet Ray Bv HERBERT ASBVJR V IT is generally admitted that Aristotle possessed the greatest single Intellect pp that the world has ever known; yet almost any high school boy f to-day knov 9H more of the structure of our universe than 99t. did Aristotle and has more comprchel 9 Idea of the energizing fyns of natun th"' 99J I; had the great Greek philosopher. The reason 99 for this fs not. of course, that the mod- 99J school boy Is an intellectual plan! ; 11 li 99J solely because science has more fully pane - 99J: traicd the secrets of nature, and mankind now knows approximately the conalltution II of matter and a great deal concerning ms i and mind, f i Pages of nature's great book that were 1 closed o Aristotle arc now wide open to be I read, and this progress has been possible through th4 Improvement of the jmechaitfrrai Mil ! means bv which nature Is studied. Man Hi! 'J would never have arrived at his present posl I . tive knowledge had It not been for the fieli- l ) cats and sensitive Instruments which ore to-;!J to-;!J ' day employed by the chemist and the phj I clat In his laboratory. Dr. Here ward Carrington or 001 west 1 tilth street, one of the foremost psychical II i j , investigators of the United States belle that much of the same law will l: round 1 I to apply In the realm of what Is commonly ! railed psvchl.s. lie believes that until dell-I1 dell-I1 j nite laboratory methods ' ipplhd j : psychical phenomena studied by means of h j i physical Instruments far more delicate than 999jlt i the human senses: the pre -' "f thhurt j state In which th- world Is divided ln- I opposing factions of belief and disbelief la 99J ; tho possibility of life after death and com- 99J I munlcatlon with the spirit world will con- 99J iLl tinuc lo exist. Bul he belloves that 99J laboratory fitted np with suitable ph; ill 99J j aj electrical apparatus for the study pi Hi: promising eases of ftsyphlc oi medlumlstle phenomena scientists WOUld he able to ir- 99l 1 ,-ivc at some definite conclusions within ten 999J ' years. 99V This d'"s not mean that Or. Carrington 9 believes absolute and unqueatipnad commu- Hj'i ; nlcatlon with the dead could - satabllabHl I within that lime: It means that In i I'n opinion the opinion of s wh - hps spm: H!j' twenty years In psychical research work 991 allj who has written more than twenty au- 991 thorltatlve books on the Subject the world 999 ! would be able lo have -nine definite Infcrma- mj 1 nn as to whether there Is SUCb a thins 99J , jj n spiritual world Hl Special Instruments Must Be Invented to Weigh Psychic Phenomena 9 "Vj should then." says Dr. Carrington. 999H "know somethlnc about lh laws and she 99H ij condition" under which telepathy, elalrvoy- H I ance telekinesis (the movent cat of Objotjis H houi 99H we do know somethtug about these 1: Ws and 999 : conditions. I believe, will surh positive CO"!- 99H; elusions be reached. As far back as 99H! Sir Oliver Lodee. In a pnper on 'Som. B pllances Needed for a Psychical Labors tui 9J, i aiild: 'If the Investigations arc to pa on Iensliv and well, special appliances musi h? contrived and Brrnnged conveniently for u j preclselv aa is 3ol,e ln a"v nrnnc,,y laboratorv. It has already been doubt low 1 realized that one of the needs ol the future ' is a pevchlcal laboratory especially adnpied for all kinds of experimental psychology ami psycho-pHystes" , . In Mew or th progress that ha Ken ri made In psychical research wlthhi recent years there can b little doubt that a continuation con-tinuation of tin- experiments under proper surroundings and with suitable Instruments would result In the motion belnii defllUaiy settled one way or another. Scientists should he able at least to determine whether IPS forces thnt Impel mediums and that Indu. ptychlcal phenomens of all sorts are merely forces of natur- at present unknown or whether they arc really forces exerted by (hC Spirit of the dead Horn an unknown world The possibilities of such Investigations Investiga-tions arc practically boundless, and it is pre-clseW pre-clseW for theso reasons that Dr Carnngtr.n and "other scientists who have devoted their . lire- with scarcely any monetary reward. I ,o solving the problem, arc urging thai the Cnlied SUtcs hive 3 properly fitted psychl l ml laboratory for the study of psychical anc , i . uli phenomens In this particular the United States lac behind other countries. Trance. England. Gcrmanv and .lapan have well organized and 1 endowed societies for psychical Inveatusa- j-Uons which arc establishing laboratories and their s-lentlsts are devlsinc Instrumeuts lo I 1r8t the forces employed by mediums an-1 II 10 tnvestlKate phenomena nf every sort mrraiivrH- few Instruments of this sOn have been devised, but among those in use j are sevc-nl whirl! already brought r. H r,H,vn, "e most Important H result- obtained was that achieved by Ttr B ' im.-vd. asslelnnt U Ce scientist Prof. Mass, aon is n 1 " rnents n the ' of electroscope H' by means of rays emanating from the bodv H r,t x medium Dr. Imoda concluded, as a re- H tufH of these experiments, that "the radla- l ton!l of radium, the cathode radiations of H , lnp crookes ttibe and the medlumlstle radla- 1 ,l0n, are fundamentally the same " Tossl- l hllltles of tremendous Import ar Inlrl i 1 a continuation of experiments based on W ' tbeae conclusions. Mediums Should Be Studied: H Nervous Reactions Catalogued Ht T)r. Carrinston estimates that $5,000 would U i establish a psychical lab-ralcny for the United Stales and equip It wltb the most H nacessary of the instruments that have Hj been devised for testing mediums and ln- Hj veatlgmtlnj; phenomena. The upkeep of B the laboratory wo-.dd coot somewhere be- H, tween $20,000 and I30.0iJ s year, dcitendinc; upon, the number of Investigations of phe-H phe-H t omcna made, but this sum would defray the H -pnseB of equipment and the hire of an H in eatlgstor. an electrician and a ncuroln- cist who would be employed to study H mediums from a medical standpoint prln- H cipslly to determine and analyze nervous and 1 muscular H Tns equipment of such a laboratory would H I include a machine sugge-tcd .-"inc years ago H L by Sir Oliver Lodge a delicate registering H f balance so adjusted that It would record Hqrcwarc! Carrington (in oval) is convinced that the mooted qucstiq proved by various mechanical devices. Photography has been called in to trken from the mind of the m.m shown in the seance. iliC medium's weigh', unknown to her. at all f.v Umcs during the seance, the fluctuations m . .'' w. .-bl. If anj to bC recorded on B rcvulvin.- j V .K;. drum, it would Include means for 't3gfy studying the pulse, temperature, muscular f?T -jj ertion IthlDS of the medium, and the fet' iv'.VrV- Ifghtlnre or the test room would be irefuliy j, Si?.?-' ! ittendetl to ind rSpablc of almost Infinite ';vl'5ri.. ' gradation There would nls...- s.n-h instru- f,;;.". ' Vi'Tc-, menlS and devices as X-ray and radium . v ..;--yj''v tubes, high frequency currents and a delicate r''' BWffi Held ..' elpcliicaJ t together with In- i.t ' ''' blrumentc for les'ting the lonlsatlon of the fMjp; 1 a!r In 'he immediate vicinity of the medium. rr. Carrington believes that photography S- ' ' would hJs.j play an important part In the SS' ,'v- ' 1 '! equipment of surh a la' oratory. Means ''':''''. 'i! wiuld readily be provided lor taking movlnc '') ' ' pictures of the medium and her audience " Z .";"?';-''. '- all times during .he seance and if the Bit-tings Bit-tings were held m darkness these photo- gi Lpha oMid te obtained by means of Lltra - ii.!.-t with wliP li i!ie room couia flooded, ami quart lens would be used Instead In-stead of glass. There would also le appt-ratiis appt-ratiis for making ihagght pliotogi-ophs slml lar lo the one of a cros vlth which inn article is illustrated which was made In California by holding i sensitized plate before be-fore a subject and having him cc nee nfrat e hLs mind on a cross. Thought Photogiaphs but One Uncanny Demonstration Promised in making thought photographs, and thereby virtually proving that though I waves are projected from the mind, many excellent results have already been obtained ob-tained In Japan. Poland and Prance by means of photographic plates wt ipped ill opaque paior and laid upon the subject's forehead. Distinct likenesses of objects upon which the subject has concentrated haVfl Inch obtained, slid scientists expect many Important results from a continuation such exporimt nta. Another Interesting and Important eJtpt 'I ineut which such u laboratory would bo fitted to make would be D careful and cor.i-prchcnslve cor.i-prchcnslve examination of t lie body sir-StnnceJ sir-StnnceJ which exude rrom some of the mora biichiy aeiultlacd mediums during --utr. This matter has already been examined tinder tin-der a microscope by a French scientist, v'o reported that it consisted of s conglomeration conglomera-tion of living cells of a type .iot found In the human body, but resembling somewhat 0 tumor growth with which physicians me familiar. In some instances these cells have issued from the head, mouth and breasts Pf mediums, but no photograph of them at tin actual moment of exudation has been obtained. ob-tained. Such a photograph could te ob lained. however. In a laboratory where the means were constantly available. Among the other phenomena which will 1 be thoroughly examined and Investigated If I Dr. CatrlngUua succeeds 1n establishing hi laboratory are these: Experiments in - thought transference; experiments In clair voyance, normal and induced: the so-caucu polarity of the human bodj : automatic writing, crystal gaimg neii hearing: th projection of the double, self-projection! exploration of the subconscious mind: ev-perirhents ev-perirhents In magnetising animals and inanimate in-animate objects; experimentally '.nCuccrt dreams: experiments In magnetic healinp: experiments with tho so-ca.lcd human fluid: studx of the power of the Will i Inanimate mattor; experiments ln lev tatloiv experimental study of the Yogi exercise- breathing, awakening of the so-called Chak-tams. Chak-tams. &c. spirit photography, materialisation; materialisa-tion; study of tbe cold breeze felt at seancc-s; study of the action of drugs on consciousness conscious-ness and the Influence of powders, perfumes. Incense. Ac. on the senses, experiments In triplicating spiritistic phenomena by ph) I cad nnd electrical means: study of dousing or water finding, experiments with mag-nets; mag-nets; experiments In trnnce, ecstasy. &c: study of the psychology of deception; study of suggestloiw normal and abnormal; experiments ex-periments In the Induction of Illusions and hallucinations: study of secondary personam- cases; .psychoanalysis; experiments n telepathic hypnotism; visions of the dylnc weichlng and photographing the soul at th : moment of death and hundreds of others besides. It is very likely that one of the first tasks of so American psychical laboratoiy would be to continue the experiments of Dr. Imod.i. who concluded that there was a fundamental similarity between the rBfllatioiiJ of a medium's body and those of rndiuni and the cathohe radiations of a Crookes tube. In addition lo the experiments of Dr. Im.xli m es some Interesting results hac been obtained In the use of the electroscope by Dt Wl J Crawford, In seance rooms where tables are moved without physical contact." Dr. Crawford reported. re-ported. "I found that after a sitttn was well Started I was always unable, lo cbage an electroscope, even thoijgb I tried to do so In a corner farthest from the medium. In order to charge it I had to take it from the room. I asked the operators (intelligences directing things, apparently. In the seance room) If there was any power n the seance room so fnr away from the rnedlutn. ami they answered In taps ihat lhere was. Hj power 1 understood them to mean particles of matter taken from the medium. "I look the electroscope to the table In tho corner, then placed It In the circle near the medium. 1 asked the operators to tOUl h the disk of the instrument very gently JThi did this almost at once, tho touching consisting con-sisting of a metallic scraping upon the brass disk quite audible, similar In type to ihe imitation imi-tation of the floor being rubbed with sand , nj,. r a phenomenon I had often observed "ReSUlt -On examination I found that the electroscope had been completely discharged "I took tho electroscope to the table In the corner of the room and tried to recharge It but founththat 1 was unable to do so even after repeated trials Accordingly I asked the operators lo put back Into the body of the medium the mail, r they had taken out (for the production of the sledge hammer blows) and to give a few rnps when they had done (.-. In a minute or iwo some very lli,-ht raps were given, nnd when I nslted If the process wae complete I received no raps in rcplv at all. which soamed to Indicate to me that all the matter used for rapping h id been returned to the medium. At any rate. I found that 1 could now recharge the electroscope; elec-troscope; which done I placed it on the noor aa before In the circle, and asked that the dic should he touched lightly. After a little time there was the same metallic scraping p n of the existence of spirits and chcir messages from Beyond will be show brain pictures the Cross is said to be one of these pictures W pap fr5 ' : 4 v ' ' ' ' -:. j before, and on examination the electroscope was found lo be completely discharged." Tho problems thai immediately confront Oil Investigator who Is called upon to eolvc-such eolvc-such problems as this are the physical llllracje itseir and the nature of the Intelligence Intelli-gence lying behind and directing or controlling con-trolling he manifestations. This latter Is purely a psychological question, which though Immensely important; does not enter into lha physical problem "M will be at otlcc apparent," says Dr. Carrington. "that physical and electrical apparatus ap-paratus have played an Important part In such Investigations In the pust and are er-talnly er-talnly destined to play n far more Important part In I fie future. These curious phenomena, phe-nomena, like all others i:i o 'r world, depend upon in viable forces or energies for their production. Those Interested In electricity should realize, more than all others, the power of the Invisible; and the tact that the invisible Is the real. Anything we see coii- -slts merely In a hnndlc of phenomena -pf effe.is. The real cause Is always ' ' In u and is always Invisible. 'There is nothing Inherently absurd or impossible, im-possible, therefore, in these odd manifestations, manifesta-tions, however bizarre and unufaial they appear ap-pear to u'a at fii-st sight. An unusual combl-nntion combl-nntion of dfrctimstjfcncca might bring thrtm about, stones do not ordinarily fail from the gky. vet at times they do Water doe-i not usually rise above Its own level, yet it can be made to do so. Tin curious freaks of lightning are well known.. There Is nothing noth-ing Inherently Invposslble. therefore, in SUTJj posing that a table can be levitated into the jiir under unusual COIldtt'0ls; It Is simply the manlfeatalloh of nn u:i ;nown energy of which doubtless there arc many. An Open Mind Essential In Studying These Curious Forces !'We cm mahjpulate and oontiol tlicclcc-trie tlicclcc-trie current, but wa 'do not know yet precisely pre-cisely what It is. Similarly, we can study tho effects of many of theso curious biological biologi-cal foixcs without understanding their trui nature. Above all. it behooves us to keep an open mind and not lo cry Impossible Just because we have uvevcr seen such facts or because they appear to us to bo innately Improbable. "Here, as elsewhere, We depend upon hidden hid-den and unknown energies. Could we -lUt find ail energy common lo the two world-:, the .spiritual world and the material world, wc should have here a means of direct coin-m coin-m ii .ition. possibly by instrumental means. Delicato physical and electrical apparatus may t the means, .after all. by which su' n CoromuniCOtlod Will ultimately be establish I At all events, when subtle causes and forces are in operation, as they doubtless are dm-. ng B ranee. It Is only natural to suppose that instruments far more delicate than our senses should be the logical method of 1 terming them, and as yet such experlmenit ' have rarely been attempted." |
