FUNCTIONING IN “MENTAL BODY.” 223 frequently made, viz. when a phenomenon occurs which is new to me, I generally experi- ence another which seems to confirm the theory which I had set forth as a possible solution of the first. The reader will notice that these two letters may possibly solve the difficulties mentioned in the paragraphs concerning “Me” being clairvoyant, while “I” was giving a description in public through the organism of Mr. Blake. It is remarkable, too, that much which I gather from my ow experiences, and keep to myself as mere opinions or tentative thoughts, I often find in other writers’ works that fall into my hands later on ; and when, emboldened by example, I dare to offer a theory, I am generally accused of plagiarizing from those who have produced no facts at all. I way propose an explanation a/fer I have had an experience, but I zever form a theory jirst, for fear of self-suggestion. That is a great danger of which few people are aware. At one time I attributed all “spirits” to anything else but the dead; but, after some had spoken to me in various languages of which I know wothing, and the “ gibéerish” (as I thought it to be), when translated, had turned out to be, Hindu, Persian, Arabic,