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{{Style P-Subtitle|From an Anglo-Indian to a London Theosophist.}} | {{Style P-Subtitle|From an Anglo-Indian to a London Theosophist.}} | ||
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<p style="margin:0; padding-left:2em; text-indent:-2em;">[The impressive letter which follows conveys in language of admirable clearness what some Spiritualists at any rate have dimly thought of. I at least have long since thought that the facilities for communication provided by public circles were of very doubtful benefit to those attracted by them, and have contrasted them in my own mind with the seasons of quietude and meditation during which ''les esprits souffrants'' come and ask for prayer. I know more than one medium who devotes daily time to such work. Almost the first Spirit that manifested to me was that of a suicide. The advice I received was—You had better keep clear of suicides, ''both for their sake'' and your own. And the thought—I may say the knowledge—that crimes of various hues, drunkenness, lust, greed of all kinds, are directly fostered and suggested by human Spirits who thus gratify their own vicious inclinations is very familiar to me. I have repeatedly sought opportunity to enforce it. But nowhere that I can remember have I seen what I believe to be true knowledge, “necessary for these times,” more clearly stated than in this letter. It is a relief to dwell on the concluding words which affirm so plainly the writer’s conviction that this which carries to a thoughtful mind conviction of genuineness on its face is the authorised and authoritative teaching of those who ''know'', and do not merely ''speculate.''—“{{Style S-Small capitals|M. A. (Oxon.)}}”]</p> | <p style="margin:0; padding-left:2em; text-indent:-2em;">[The impressive letter which follows conveys in language of admirable clearness what some Spiritualists at any rate have dimly thought of. I at least have long since thought that the facilities for communication provided by public circles were of very doubtful benefit to those attracted by them, and have contrasted them in my own mind with the seasons of quietude and meditation during which ''les esprits souffrants'' come and ask for prayer. I know more than one medium who devotes daily time to such work. Almost the first Spirit that manifested to me was that of a suicide. The advice I received was—You had better keep clear of suicides, ''both for their sake'' and your own. And the thought—I may say the knowledge—that crimes of various hues, drunkenness, lust, greed of all kinds, are directly fostered and suggested by human Spirits who thus gratify their own vicious inclinations is very familiar to me. I have repeatedly sought opportunity to enforce it. But nowhere that I can remember have I seen what I believe to be true knowledge, “necessary for these times,” more clearly stated than in this letter. It is a relief to dwell on the concluding words which affirm so plainly the writer’s conviction that this which carries to a thoughtful mind conviction of genuineness on its face is the authorised and authoritative teaching of those who ''know'', and do not merely ''speculate.''—“{{Style S-Small capitals|M. A. (Oxon.)}}”]</p> | ||