the vital message(主信)-第26章
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medium; some not traceable; but most of them identical with relations or
friends。〃 Such an admission would alone banish thought…reading as an
explanation; for there is no evidence in existence to show that this power
ever reaches such perfection that one who possesses it could draw the
image of a dead man from your brain; fit a correct name to him; and then
associate him with all sorts of definite and detailed actions in which he
was engaged。 Such an explanation is not an explanation but a pretence。
But even if one were to allow such a theory to pass; there are numerous
incidents in these accounts which could not be explained in such a fashion;
where unknown details have been given which were afterwards verified;
and even where mistakes in thought upon the part of the sitter were
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THE VITAL MESSAGE
corrected by the medium under spirit guidance。 Personally I believe that
the medium's own account of how she gets her remarkable results is the
absolute truth; and I can imagine no other fashion in which they can be
explained。 She has; of course; her bad days; and the conditions are always
worst when there is an inquisitorial rather than a religious atmosphere in
the interview。 This intermittent character of the results is; according to my
experience; characteristic of spirit clairvoyance as compared with thought…
reading; which can; in its more perfect form; become almost automatic
within certain marked limits。 I may add that the constant practice of some
psychical researchers to take no notice at all of the medium's own account
of how he or she attains results; but to substitute some complicated and
unproved explanation of their own; is as insulting as it is unreasonable。 It
has been alleged as a slur upon Mrs。 B's results and character that she has
been twice prosecuted by the police。 This is; in fact; not a slur upon the
medium but rather upon the law; which is in so barbarous a condition that
the true seer fares no better than the impostor; and that no definite psychic
principles are recognised。 A medium may under such circumstances be a
martyr rather than a criminal; and a conviction ceases to be a stain upon
the character。
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