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FUNCTIONING IN “MENTAL BODY.” 207
This these investigators call “controlling the medium’s hands”; because, I presume “ 4old- ing” would be too much like the phraseology of laymen. Now, asa “spirit” often “controls” a person’s hand in order to make him write automatically, Mr. Stead’s for instance, we see how liable one is to be confused by the weird machinations of the ‘‘ word-coiner.”
In using the word “control,” the editor does so in the “old-style manner.” That is to say, if a “spirit” hypnotizes a medium and makes use of the medium’s body in order to talk, see, hear, etc., then the medium is said to be “controlled by a spirit.” If the “spirit” is one who often uses that medium, then the “spirit’’ is called the medium’s “guide,” or, sometimes, the medium’s (regular) “control.” This is well understood by most spiritualists ; hence my objection to the phrase “controlling the medium” when “folding the medium” would save confusion. Because I maintain that “I” is to all intents and purposes a “spirit” when “I” has left “Me,” the reader will understand that the sentence “Mr. X.Y.Z. was controlled by Mr. Turvey” means “ Mr. Turvey’s mental body, acting as does a ‘ spirit guide,’ used Mr. X.Y.Z.’s organism (by per- mission) in order to demonstrate that Mr.
This these investigators call “controlling the medium’s hands”; because, I presume “ 4old- ing” would be too much like the phraseology of laymen. Now, asa “spirit” often “controls” a person’s hand in order to make him write automatically, Mr. Stead’s for instance, we see how liable one is to be confused by the weird machinations of the ‘‘ word-coiner.”
In using the word “control,” the editor does so in the “old-style manner.” That is to say, if a “spirit” hypnotizes a medium and makes use of the medium’s body in order to talk, see, hear, etc., then the medium is said to be “controlled by a spirit.” If the “spirit” is one who often uses that medium, then the “spirit’’ is called the medium’s “guide,” or, sometimes, the medium’s (regular) “control.” This is well understood by most spiritualists ; hence my objection to the phrase “controlling the medium” when “folding the medium” would save confusion. Because I maintain that “I” is to all intents and purposes a “spirit” when “I” has left “Me,” the reader will understand that the sentence “Mr. X.Y.Z. was controlled by Mr. Turvey” means “ Mr. Turvey’s mental body, acting as does a ‘ spirit guide,’ used Mr. X.Y.Z.’s organism (by per- mission) in order to demonstrate that Mr.
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