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were fulfilled. I do not produce all the evidence which I possess, because of the similarity of the incidents to those already chronicled.
Many of the phenomena herein mentioned have nothing to do with the so-called dead ; and where I do talk of “ spirits” I do so simply because it is a word already in existence; but, of course, the reader who does not believe in “spirits” can use any other word that he likes —‘astrals,” “thought-forms,” “ hallucinations,” “devils dressed up,” “telepathic pictures sent from one sub-conscious mind to another,” “ de- lusions,” ‘ shades,” etc., etc., all of which are, doubtless, very lucid “ explanations.”
I merely present this book as evidence of a super-normal mental faculty; and I do so in the hope that it may induce some competent authority to investigate these powers of the mind of man, which are usually latent in most people.
There are many faults and weaknesses in this treatise; but I console myself with the thoughts that few men can make a perfect thing, and that nothing will please everydody. Much of the evidence produced may be con- sidered weak, and capable of being upset, etc., etc.: of this I am quite aware; but, at the same time, I would point out that the
were fulfilled. I do not produce all the evidence which I possess, because of the similarity of the incidents to those already chronicled.
Many of the phenomena herein mentioned have nothing to do with the so-called dead ; and where I do talk of “ spirits” I do so simply because it is a word already in existence; but, of course, the reader who does not believe in “spirits” can use any other word that he likes —‘astrals,” “thought-forms,” “ hallucinations,” “devils dressed up,” “telepathic pictures sent from one sub-conscious mind to another,” “ de- lusions,” ‘ shades,” etc., etc., all of which are, doubtless, very lucid “ explanations.”
I merely present this book as evidence of a super-normal mental faculty; and I do so in the hope that it may induce some competent authority to investigate these powers of the mind of man, which are usually latent in most people.
There are many faults and weaknesses in this treatise; but I console myself with the thoughts that few men can make a perfect thing, and that nothing will please everydody. Much of the evidence produced may be con- sidered weak, and capable of being upset, etc., etc.: of this I am quite aware; but, at the same time, I would point out that the
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