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''To'' ''the Editor of Tic Spiritual Scientist:''

''To the Editor of Tic Spiritual Scientist:''

{{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: Reading the communication in Spiritual Scientist No. 2, entitled “Mrs. Denton's Tactics,” I am inclined to think that she is correct in her assertion that “materialization is no proof of the presence of some particular spirit friend,” as my investigations—not theories—have forced me to the conclusion that the invisible intelligence or intelligences can and do at will produce forms, visions, and apparitions simulating our departed relatives or friends, which, without the application of rigid tests are liable to deceive us, and even then, we cannot always feel positively certain; for if the invisible power can come in ''rapport ''with the investigator so as to read the inmost thoughts of the mind, such answers will be given, in accordance with tests expected, as to almost compel conviction of the reality and truthfulness of the materialization and communication. More especially will this be the case if the investigators are highly imaginative, and giving free rein to their subjective fancies and theories, threw down the safeguards leading to the “interior castle of their souls,” so that stray “spirits” may enter in, take possession, and give back to us only the echo of our own thoughts and ideas. Hence, the just criticism made by skeptics, that at the larger number of seances, we simply get a rehash of our own present knowledge—of that we already know.

{{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Sir}}: Reading the communication in Spiritual Scientist No. 2, entitled “Mrs. Denton's Tactics,” I am inclined to think that she is correct in her assertion that “materialization is no proof of the presence of some particular spirit friend,” as my investigations—not theories—have forced me to the conclusion that the invisible intelligence or intelligences can and do at will produce forms, visions, and apparitions simulating our departed relatives or friends, which, without the application of rigid tests are liable to deceive us, and even then, we cannot always feel positively certain; for if the invisible power can come in ''rapport ''with the investigator so as to read the inmost thoughts of the mind, such answers will be given, in accordance with tests expected, as to almost compel conviction of the reality and truthfulness of the materialization and communication. More especially will this be the case if the investigators are highly imaginative, and giving free rein to their subjective fancies and theories, threw down the safeguards leading to the “interior castle of their souls,” so that stray “spirits” may enter in, take possession, and give back to us only the echo of our own thoughts and ideas. Hence, the just criticism made by skeptics, that at the larger number of seances, we simply get a rehash of our own present knowledge—of that we already know.