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{{Style S-Small capitals|In}} a letter to the Banner of Light Col. Olcott makes several personal explanations concerning his connection with Spiritualism; answers several of the many correspondents who are busily buzzing their opinions concerning his theories, and closes by saying: —
“Occultism is something that ''can'' be tested and proven by all ‘competent’ persons, and is not a mere tangle of assertions and theories. Nay, more, it ''has'' been tested and proven by competent persons a thousand times over, in all countries and in all ages. It is so tested and proven now—in this nineteenth century—and testimony to the fact is borne by some of the most learned, virtuous and unprejudiced of our contemporaries.
“Occultism is something that ''can'' be tested and proven by all ‘competent’ persons, and is not a mere tangle of assertions and theories. Nay, more, it ''has'' been tested and proven by competent persons a thousand times over, in all countries and in all ages. It is so tested and proven now—in this nineteenth century—and testimony to the fact is borne by some of the most learned, virtuous and unprejudiced of our contemporaries.