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and finally, mirabile dictu, the same instrument to be played upon. At the subsequent seance held at the Babu’s house, no sceptic could possibly have doubted that the things he saw and heard could have been effected by other than material agency. An organ was played upon by invisible hands; and, though Mr. Eglinton, to prevent any suspicion of his being a ventriloquist, kept some water in his mouth, which he afterwards spat out in the light, the sitters distinctly heerd articulate words spoken connectedly and sensibly by invisible voices,* which, he said, belonged to his spirit-guides. To the suprise of the whole party, whose character for respectability and intelligence is absolutely unquestionable, the materialised form of a native lady then appeared; and this lady, whose face was partially visible, a gentleman, who was a sitter, solemnly assured the party that he distinctly recognised as his mother, But these things were done in darkness. Still, it is impossible to doubt that they were done in absolute good faith, and without the least help from accomplices. The crowning feat, however, remains to be told. Mr. Eglinton, in the dear lamp-light, tore off an end of a black card, giving the rent piece to one gentleman to keep securely under his thumb, while he passed the card with the point of a black lead pencil, which he broke off with his teeth, to another gentleman, whom he desired to place the card and the bit of pencil within a book on which he was resting his hands. The sound of writing was distinctly heard by every sitter from within the book. But some disturbance in the conditions necessary in these stances, quite unsettled Mr. Eglinton. Rather than lay himself open to the imputation of practising fraud, he chucked a card together with a pencil towards a' window within the room. Shortly afterwards he asked the gentleman, who had placed the first mutilated card into the book under his hands, to take it out, when, to the surprise of all, it contained part of a letter, written at the dictation of the departed spirit of a distinguished relative of a most distinguished member of the seance—the continuation 'of this letter being found in the card thrown near the window. A copy of this letter we subjoin:—
I am glad to take this opportunity of proving to you beyond doubt the fact of my continued existence. I am happy in my immortal form, and would that I could see you the same in your earthly one. That I still live and can communicate again with you, you must not ever again doubt, for I am as much human in my continued existence as you are. I still take interest in you, and watch your earthly progress with anxiety. And I guard and guide you—I trust, to the right path. But you must not forget, in the language of Dharma-pada, that he who pays homage to those who deserve homage, whether awakened, or their disciples—those who have overcome the host, and crossed the flood of sorrow;—he who pays homage to such as have found true deliverance, and know no fear, his merit can never be measured by any body;—that is Nirvana, the highest happiness. Written for— P.
He is with your father,—J.
Mr. Eglinton has come out under the most distinguished auspices, and would have received no countenance if he had not given undeniable proof of his wonderful powers. Already his reputation has spread; and we hear that he lately held several stances at the house of a high public officer, where some distinguished members of the civil and military services were present It should be known that Mr. Eglinton has not come out to exhibit his powers to the outside public, but only to a select few of the higher and more intelligent classes upon whom no imposture can possibly be palmed off. We are almost sure that before long he will succeed in dispelling any doubts that may rest on the minds of people who have not enquired into the subject, as to the reality and good faith of Spiritualism, as practised by true Spiritualists.
Milton, who was certainly not superstitious and weakminded, tells us:—
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we walk and when we sleep.
* Did the Editor of the Mirror expect to see the voices?— Ed. of S.
Weird Phenomena
Gobind Prasad Sukul was an inhabitant of Nattore, in the district of Rajshahy, Bengal. When we first saw him at Berhampore, in Murshedabad, he appeared to us a thin, wiry skeleton of a man, on the wrong side of fifty, with sharp, angular features, a mysterious look about him, and who was constantly muttering something to himself. Admission into the house he resided in, was strictly denied by him to all visitors. He used to always dress in scarlet cotton stuffs and was a frequent visitor of ours. When sitting in our presence, he would, if requested, take up a pinch of earth, and putting it into his left palm cover it with the other, and breathe into his joined hands; a minute or two after that, opening his palms, just enough to let us have a glimpse, he would show us a gold coin, or a flower, the latter each time of a different colour and variety. It is said he held converse with “Spirits.” Many a person is known to have won lawsuits, and many a one to recover his health,—though <... continues on page 12-23 >
Editor's notes
- ↑ Weird Phenomena by Dr. Ram Das Sen, London Spiritualist, No. 489, January 6, 1882, pp. 5-6
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London Spiritualist, No. 489, January 6, 1882, pp. 5-6