Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?

54 Pages·2001·0.15 MB·English

by  Nettie Colburn Maynard

?TSILAUTIRIP S ANLOCNI LMAHARB ASAW
By
NETTIE COLBURN MAYNARD
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Author’s Preface ................................ ................................ .... 6
I Early Memories ................................ ................. 8
II syenrheeTpteseyDM ................................ ....... 10
III rehtruFstnempoleveD ................................ ....... 13
IV msila u&tirirpaSW ................................ ........... 16
V Gladness & Sadness ................................ .......... 23
VI sriF t Meeting With Lincoln .............................. 26
IIV We Make History ................................ .............. 30
VIII suolsiermeiPT ................................ ................... 35
IX eh TdednuoW &gniyD ................................ ..... 38
X Continued Services ................................ ........... 41
XI lautireicpiSvdA ................................ ................ 45
IIX ecnaé Stse TA ................................ .................... 47
XIII li t ynkMUr“ o”sWeInoD ................................ .50
VIX ehT nnlaoMcniL ................................ ............... 53
?tsilautirip S anlocni Lmaharb AsaW
FOREWORD
nI eehctafer Po“t ehtF t s, r”dineohistiildbEu pni ,7191 eseht sdrow er e,wdetnir peht
s. l H yaeC g liuR rnentlo eihoictetetnhibitrw
maharbA“ nlocniL saw eht tsom tnenimorp tnediserP taht aciremA sah ;nwonk sih
,snoitca laiciffo dna ,laiciffonu evah ,neeb rof ytriht ,sraeyeht constant theme of
srehparg od,insbanairot sdinha eht ssendnof fo eh tsnacirem Arof mih si sa mraw dna
. yhyda ga adsudee o aorhrdtd hepaetttshiusedbedyiw
de nsit an n tegien mnh oseiTec itd“mmharuittalhsg oeev rrnaevi got echitl bruopf eht
ah tnosaer t yeht era ton ssel eu r;tg nniash itdrnpar ugsnieb ,os yeht tsum ees eh t.thgil
esiarP morf emos sretrauq si ;larutan erusnec morf srehto si ot eb . detcepxe
,sselehtreveN tahw si ereh nettirw si ,hturt ,tcaf yrotsih , dna tahw si ,erom on nam
dluohsitseuq no .meht dluohS eh od ,os eht dleif rof etauqeda noitagitsevni si etiuq
.elbissecca
tI“ si llew nwonk taht morf emit ot emit yarts seciton no eht tcejbus fo nlocniL dna
msilautiripS evah deraeppa ni suoirav ,srepap ,ton ,revewoh ni noitcennoc htiw yna
etta tpm no eht trap fo eht sretirw ro srotide ot yfirev eht .emas roF siht nosaer ew
demeed ti ,esiw erofeb gniretne otni siht rettam ,ylevisnetxe ot enimaxe eht tcejbus
htiw noitarebiled dna .erac ehT stiurf fo siht noitanimaxe evah decalp nopu drocer
amrofni noit fo a elbakramer ,retcarahc hcihw lliw evah a dekram gniraeb nopu eht
e.r y ufamt o dsadno irnoteleaphat utuiytlr iofrtoispiSh
“That Abraham Lincoln should have been a believer in, or follower of, Spiritualism,
ni yna ,mrof lliw eb na lausununemetats ,t dna ot esu eht sdrow fo a gnidael weN
kroY :yliad fI‘ ti nac eb nevorp tah tmah anrlboAcniL saw ni yna y adwetcen nhotciw
,msilautiripS ro did ekat lesnuoc morf yna muidem ta a emit nehw eht s’noitan laew
ro eow gnuh ni ,eehctna lraob saw ni ynraennam denrevog yb hcus ,lesnuoc ti dluow
eb eht yraretil tneve fo eht htneetenin ,yrutnec dna eht tsom gnihsinotsa tnemetats fo
’.semi tnredom
nI“ yraurbeF fo siht ,raey eht retirw dah eht doog enutrof ot teem a nameltneg ohw
de ttaalhetr eh w el namknoorsfrep ecneirepxe dna tcatnoc taht maharb AnlocniL saw
d e,yvtlest iiindllcin eai aebu lactsepnighm arntiddiin iphafuScog a eetctanh etdincas
noigiler revehcihw ti yam .eb eH rehtruf detats taht eh dednetta a ecnaés erehw eht
President with several other perso sn dah tas nopu a ,onaip dna taht eht tnemurtsni dah
neeb ylido bdetfil morf eht roolf yb snaem fo tirip s,rewop elihw eh ttnediser Pdna sih
d deneto nap!sieutdasinmeeirrf
eH“ rehtruf detats taht eh wenk morf lano sergedpelwonk taht eht tnediserP daheeb n
detcurtsni dna dediug yb stirips ni semit fo ralucit rsasperts ni sriaffa fo ,etats dna taht
ta a doirep nehw eht s’noitan erutuf saw ,niatrecnu dna elihw eht setatS erew ni eht
elddim fo eht seorht fo a taerg livic .raw eH osla detats taht eh wenk foih s own
lanosrep egdelwonk dna ecneirepxe taht suo rceimtusnilauti rsiepcSnaés erew dleh ni
eht etihW ,esuoH dna taht yeht er edwetneuqerf yb ynam fo eht gnidael nem fo eht
,.e nm o oidhet tewrgnt eneanwihcihtoslaW
sihT“ s’nameltneg ,tnemetats gnieb fohcus railucep ,ecnacifingis eht retirw did ton
eveileb .ti sihT ,noitaticer ,revewoh desuac eht retirw ot emoceb yltaerg detseretni ni
eht tcejbus morf a yleru placi r,ottnsiiohpdnats ,dna ,erofereht eh yletaide mdmeitrats
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na noitagi tgsneivdnriager ehtrettam , eht stluser fo hcihw eh si won degilbo ot ,etats
laever ot eht ,dlrow srettam fo dediced tseretni dna ,ecnatropmi dna ,hcihw sa raf sa
yeht era detaler ni siht ,emulov era elbapac fo ,foorp dna desab nopu secnatsmucric fo
.tcaf
eh Ty“ lrleattinrewdiclni earned that Mrs. N.C. Maynard, of White Plains, New York,
dah dediser ni notgni hgsnaiWru dlareves sraey fo eht raW fo eh t,noillebe Rdna dah
n osspunuoori esnm aeuscvngcinogitt irsof ethntedise rfPo eht de t,isneUtat ssih efiw
dna sdneirf ohw ereweserp tn yb ,noitativni dna taht ehs saw gniraperp a drocer fo
eseht ,secneirepxe rehtegot htiw rehto stnedicni detcennoc htiw na luftneve ,efil rof
noi tna icki.olmobrbuopf
eH“ detseggus taht sa ynam fo eht stnemetats niereht erew fo a lanosrep dna lausunu
nat ,eru gnilaever stibah fo retcarahc ni ynam snosrep ohw erew tnenimorp erofeb eht
,noitan ti thgim eb llew ot evah eht stnuocca fo secnatsmucric deifirev sa ,debircsed
sdt eidrvn uaamcdoeirsfff aeshnt oes tr ouey,htpls wiie rtrstesasshnseuosnmcetciewn
sa ot eht ssenlufhturt fo reh ,evitarran yllaicepse hcus snosrep sa erew gnivil ,yadot
dna erew detcennoc htiw eht tcejbus ni yna ,rennam dna ohw dluow eb gnilliw ot
emoc htrof dna ;yfitset ot hcihw noitseggus ehs ylidaer .detnessa y letaidemmI
retfavenrieht d enc o nyi.seb trameaewmhgtotiictrswe
ehT“ yrotaitini tnemevom saw ot niatrecsa morf esoht ohw dediser ni e ht
doohruobhgien fo reh ,emoh ro ,stuobaereht eht retcarahc dna gnidnats fo srM .N .C
.drany aeMH sdaewmrof nyib esoht ohw dah nwonk eh tylimaff ro a yhtgnel ,doirep
taht reh dnabsuh dah neeb a tnediser fo etihW snialP rofytnewt - evif ,sraey saw
yllaid rdoecsrodni yb ynam fo eht gnid a,esltnediser saw yhtrowtsurt dna ,elbaruonoh
dna dah neeb gniod ssenisub gnirud eht elohw fo taht doirep ni tahtiv ,egall dna taht
. ry etet i h c ,rflasyg o arated,rawstnsehen asncniaeeo ng hnldaue mftrhootnfurt
ehT“ ylimaf naicisyhp detats taht eh wenk srM dranyaM dna dah dednetta reh rof
tuoba neetfif ;sraey taht ehs si won a sselepoh ,dilavni sah neeb denifnoc oth er bed
for nearly three years, and cannot possibly recover; that during his experience and
tcatnoc htiw ,reh eh sah syawla dnuof reh ot eb na yralpmexe ,namow tub dessessop
of a peculiar organism and sensitiveness of condition, and likewise of some peculia r
rewop fo ,msitengam ,hcihw ot yas eht ,tsael saw ,elbanialpxenu dna taht gnihton
nihtiw eht ecneics fo enicidem dluoc ylraelc nialpxe reh ’cihcysp‘ ,noitidnoc ro
,ylfeirb ninommoc - ecalp :sdrow eW’ ssefnoc ereht si gnihtemos tuoba srM dranyaM
taht ew od ton ;dnatsrednu ,ew ,revewoh eveileb reh ot eb a hguoroht naitsirhC
’.s trnee t decdelancbrae aatnhhnaccamao owfroperri
“Hon. Melville C. Smith, of New York city, a well known and responsible gentleman,
demrofni eht retirw taht eh dah nwonk srM dranyaMrof erom naht ytriht ,sraey dna
dah decalp l leucfnedifno cni re hytirgetni f o,retcara hdcna fo sih nw oegdelwonk fo
her found her to be a very remarkable woman and possessed of a peculiar ‘psychic’
,noitidnoc hcihw dettimrep reh ot ees dna eeserof dnarpmoc ehend that which could
.e lyp rodaeo npoyi tbdtsro roneebdnu
sicnarF“ .B ,retnepraC eht dehsiugnitsid ,tsitra dna eht retniap fo eht noitapicnamE‘
’noitamalcorP hcihw si ni eht lotipaC ta ,notgnihsaW ohw si osla eht rohtua fo eht
Inner Life of Abraham Linc oln, and the painter and possessor of the last portrait in oil
,n:l soa eyfec ecpot n hmeoaffiscui ctooLiilpsshhosi twvin tienhotrf
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I’“ evah nwonk srM dranyaM rof emos .sraey ehS si a detnelat ;namow I od ton
;e hhstsi u l rdlnt leaneeutuvhoeswileb .y tei ll mbaauaui kqdfreoammer
I’“ ma ton deraperp ot etats taht rM nlocniL saw . tasilautir iIpS od ton wonk taht eh
dah a htiaf ni lautirips trofmoc dna deveileb taht ew ,erew ni a ,erusaem detcerid yb
s. r’leea hcudcntnaaiaedrtiiupgs
srM“ leinaD .ES oames, of Washington, wife of the late Hon Daniel E. Soames,
evitatnese rmpoerRf ,eniaM ni ehtytriht - htxis ,ssergn odCemrofni eht retirw taht ehs
dednetta secnaés ta eht etihW esuoH gnirud eht raw nehw ssiM nrubloC ]dranyaM[
saw eht muidem ,ereht dnanopu eno noisacco temrojaM - General Daniel Stickles,
dna taht eht secnatsmucric dedrocer sa ot taht ecnaés era ylluf debircsed ni siht
.emulov sihT tnemetats ehs ylluf dna yletelpmo c;sesrodni dna rehtruf sdda taht reh
dnabsuh saw ylesolc dna yletamitni cennoc det htiw tnediserP ,nlocniL dna d ah
yldetaeper demrofni reh fo gnitseretni dna elbakramer stnedicni hcihw derrucco ta eht
etihW esuoH ta secnaés sa niereh debircsed dna .denoitnem ehS osla setats taht ehs
sn e rd cn uitenietssbdovahiwslniéthoiogsWnMCk e.e syrueoonfHom
.loC“ nomiS .P ,esaC fo ,aihpledalihP setats taht eh saw tneserp ta a ecnaés htiw .rM
,nlocniL dna taht ,eh htiw lareves rehto ,nemeltneg eht tnediserP ,dedulcni tas nopu
eht ,onaip elihw ti saw detfil ylidob morf eht roolf yb tiripswop er, and that Mr.
nlocniL saw ton ylno detseretni ni siht lacisyhp ,nonemonehp tub saw osla ylesnetni
detseretni ni eht stnemetats hcihw eht muidem edam ot tnediserP nlocniL elihw ni a
.noitidno cecnart
d e, tn oaoa t ttres,s gihry.invt MuMrilf“bwhEoesDaW :re tdynMa’ bssauwh raotisiv
ot secnaés erehw rM nlocniL saw ,tneserp dna eh dlot em fo ynam gnitseretni
secnerrucco hcihw deneppah nI…taereht eht retniw fo2681 - 3, I attended a séance at
srM ,s’eiruaL t a,nwoteg reoreeGhw srM nlocniL saw .tneserp ehSaw s accompanied
yb rM ,notweN renoissimmoC fo .erutlucirgA tA siht ecnaés elbakramer stnemetats
were made by Miss Colburn [Maynard] which surprised Mrs Lincoln to such a degree
taht ehs deksa taht a ecnaés thgim eb nevig ot rM I…nlocniL evah syawla nwonk
fro m ym dnabsuh dna srehto taht rM nlocniL dednetta selcric dna ,secnaés dna saw
d’ e.ytmlssteiar leenartiugntiiripS
,s nis rnreueMsbh“olt horewCamP asnd neicfalp ni s,iehmtu l wosovendis etra etihW
Plains; she was with Mrs Maynard [Colburn] during 1862 - 3 - 4 - ,5 ydlnta nsetuiqseirvf
the White House with Miss Colburn [Maynard] when Hon Daniel E. Somes and
srehto ere w,tneserp dna ehs sah delif htiw eh trehsilbup na tivadif feadam erofeb eht
county clerk of the county of West Chester, N.Y., wherein she solemnl y avers that the
stnemetats gnidrager ,reh dnuof ni siht ,koob era eurt dna tcaf ni hcae dna yreve
.ralucitrap A ralimis tivadiffa si no elif htiw eht rehsilbup edam yb srM eitteN
nrubloC ,dranyaM eht retirw fo siht ,koob nekat yb eht ytnuoc krelc fo ehtc ounty of
d e, ,tr y es e .db tldemtr mntaaitisarras gstheleoenedahuhfWileCgber
ehT“ rehsilbup sehsiw ti yltcnitsid dootsrednu taht eht stnemetats deniatnoc ni siht
book are free from all bias or interest from any cause or purpose other than as an
rotsih learcuitc ifpo sn oesihe tt cdihnndcean iuod hlceewf trn,ceihewtnin wodcna dah
gniraeb ,nopu esoht tnelubrut ,semit hcihw era nwonk sa eht‘ raW sraeY fo eht
.’noillebeR eH stsurt taht gnihton ni eseht yrotafer pskramer lliw eb deurtsnoc ni yna
yaw otdni etaci na ,noinipo rehtie rof ro tsniaga ,msilautiripS dna a noisiced rehtehw
maharbA nlocniL saw ro saw ,ton a ,tsilautiripS tsum eb dehcaer yb ,noisulcnoc
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hguorht dna yb eht tnemegduj fo eht laudividni ,redaer ohw lliw dnif siht krow fo
laiceps dnanitnoc suou ,tseretni ,dna ,erofereht sa eht eltit si ,evitseggus dna eht
noitamrofni hcihw eht koob syevnoc si ,yranidroartxe ti si spahrep tnenitrep ot ksa eht
en ,l enentsvihoiaititgtseuq – ” ’smn?aaltWhos‘acirnlbi aALautiripS
nI gniraperp eht tneserpide noit ,n oriotfaci lIbu pdediced ot , t,iy mltotineabtlca ualer
taerg laed fo gnitseretni ,rettam ylpmis esuaceb ti saw ton enamreg ot eht s’koob .eltit
tI demees ot em taht won ytxis sraey dah despale eh tla csiercontesriehfer ot nlocniL
erew eht tsomminu tnatrop stcaf ot eb .devreserp ehT reilrae ,sretpahc ,revewoh era
e r lduwan tocawmah iounseshhi .hapddn twaeele rmlolrorgcbitoonaefiiuhbLltav
The White House séances with the President were no secret. On March 7, 1891, the
rennaB fo,thgiL naciremA na tsilautiripS ,lanruoj dehsilbup a rettel morf nosduH
,elttuT a llew - known author of psychic books, which included this statement
:dranya Mnrublo Ceitte Ngnidrager
roF“ eht tsal eerht sraey fo eht raw ehs sy aldwtentaltussnnoo ccy btn e,dnilsoecrnPiL
na d eht snoitacinummoc eh deviecer hguorht reh erew fo eht tsom g nihsinotsa
character. The results of battles were foretold before the telegraphic despatches, and
no lareves snoisacco ecivda saw nevig dna ,detpecca ,hcihw detca ,no devorp fo
qesno csuotnemom ”.ecneu
nehW eht koob saw tsrif dehsilbup ti dah sa a ,eltitbus Curious Revelations from the
muide Mecnar T af oefiL .
I ma erus taht ,uoy eht ,redae rlliw evired sa hc utmseret nmiorf siht krow sa I dnuof
.noi tgan cit irirl aobnpfuieprp
.B. M

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ECAFER PS’ROHTUA
seehc Tndeecnsiiantinmoecr ni siht emulov era nevig ot eht cilbup morf on erised ot
e.smi stniyi lleeaehsustu toafircorpipS
loohcS segelivirp erew deined em hguorht detcartorp ssenlli ni ,doohdlihc dna emoh
e r goa dnfptiieodnrnipart ,ero fIe;ecp rnig eehefh g.sbote lsrh rurotydehmndtiauear
ehT tsenrae snoitaticilos fo sdneirf taht I dluohs ecalp no drocer eht tnatropmi stneve
ni ym ecneirepxe sa a muidem del em ot etelpmoc eseht srepap ni ,hcihw fi yeht evah
, treoiernrlhaeetmro deta stcaf taht nac eb deifirev yb gnivil .sessentiw erehT yam eb
emos ycaruccani ni ,setad sa eht erom tnenimorp stneve derrucco ynam sraey ;oga tub
.ded ry olsc teedc creesentraraarattosscm uechrtic
teL ti eb yltcnitsid dootsrednu taht on mialc si edam taht lla snosrep deman ni
noitcennoc htiw ym citsimui dseemcneirepxe ni eht etihW esuoH ta ,notgnihsaW ro
erehwesle ni eht larev esselcric fo taht ,ytic . setrseiwlautir iIpS reven ,deksa ron saw
told their views on the subject of Spiritualism. We met with consideration and
kindness wherever invited, and were offered the same welcome and courteous
de d nno.oet siterttxhesnetheetutogta
ylevitarapmoC wef fo eht secnaés htiw eht tnediserP era ,nevig sa a rebmun koot
ecalp htiw srM nlocni Lenola sa .ssentiwI saw ton dlot fo eh tsnoitalev enreht ,edam
rof nehw ni a ecnart ,etats I ma suoicsnocnu dna evah on egdelwonk fo t ahw
seri prso ntaarhtw I ee t va.tadra h ti hsd astt ietnsuehdaoBstrem ooredhcgdn teadroog
nam did ton etatiseh ot eviecer dna hgiew ynagus snoitseg rof ,ecnadiug nehw nevig
r, eey.t lvlnnrbetieimwngreuoeiahhhgrptioplaletni
emoS sraey ,oga ta eht tseuqer fo taht ylralohcs ,retirw eht etal .forP .B.S ,nattirB I
deraperp a ,tpircsunam hcihw eh dah dereffo ot tide rof ,noitacilbup tub sihtaed h
gniwollof yltrohs eht tpircsunam saw tsol dna reven .derevocer ehT tneserp eno sah
.s is s r yenea dbee hetgirueftys nahnho anitatsparmluaadv rd eettrana ipneerepb
Confined to bed by rheumatism and given up to die by my physician, there have been
pmoc ylevitara wef syad ni hcihw I dluoc etatcid eseht ;segap ,erofereht rednu hcus
, s yes.lgit iahckrt ter anefotsabrwssveuedpmcamesinid
morF eht emit taht eht tfig fo pihsmuideM saw depoleved dna I emaceb suoicsnoc fo
tirips ,efil eht sregnessem evahreven deliaf ni gnidiug dna gnidraug em rednu lla
.secnatsmucric yehT evah desivda dna detcerid em ni yldlrow sa llew sa lautirips
l e ssntl h,ry neilgstsia.dueenairewenob wihwehlmacndttaieteahm
fO eht ,rewop ,ytuaeb dna ecnegilletni fo eseht neesnudiug ,se ohw del ,em na
derettelnu ,lrig morf eht teiuq emoh elcric ot eht eelibuj mroftalp sa a suoigiler
,rehcaet dna ecneht hguorht egnarts dna deirav ,secneirepxe ot emoceb eht deruonoh
tseug fo eht relur fo ruo taerg ,noitan gnirud eht tsom elbaromemtneve s ni sti ,yrotsih
e. cs enen segie ed atnIhiepaetv vuveoaqinhegda
gnikooL kcab revo ym ,efil ti si a ecruos fo gniydnu yoj ot llacer eht senecs erehw I
evah neeb eht tnemurtsni ni eht sdnah fo eht tirips dlrow ot yrrac htlaeh ot eht kcis
eeoc htadtenpa , gniw odrnraos ot eldni keht thgil fo epo he rdeehnwgi eesrhstenkrad
fo .riapsed tI sgnirb em taht ecaep ,tganh ithdtneast ssoart perdenbumem etraht yb eht
dia fo si hstuoice rtpfig I eva hthg utorrobfmoc ot eht edisdeb fo eht ,gniyd dna erom
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naht ecno evah deyats eht ladicius ;dnah elihw ynam sluos gnirednaw ni eht shtap fo
ssenlufnis evah neeb demialcer dna thguorb kcab ot a efil fo eutriv dna .ruonoh tI si
osla gniyfitarg taht eht seit fo pihsdneirf demrof ni yam ,sdlohesuohytnewt - evif ro
yrtareiyht s ,oga era .lnleiktosrbnu
tahT eht yromem fo ym krow sa a tiri pmsuidem si y,ldreehdsnier tedhnca si nevorp
yb eht srettel fo dnik yhtapmys taht I os yltneuqerf ;eviecer tub reteews raf naht lla
ese hsteiromem si eht yrtsinim fo slegna ot em ni ymelpleh ssness and suffering as I
won eil nopu a deb morf hcihw I yam ton epoh ot esir ni sihtefil . ehT tirips fo ym
raed rehtom semoc dna seog erofeb ym lautirips noisiv sa ylnialp sa ehs deraeppa ot
ylma tsreo ym.negenh iwdvniAl I h tdgn nitdefrnroatfsmrofc mo eht raed seno ohw
tiaw neesnu yb ym edis litnu I nac ni hturt ,yas ’htaeD‘ sah tsol sti ’gnits‘ dna ’evarg‘
.’yrotciv ‘sti
I knaht doG taht siht tirips egdelwonk si gnidaerps tsacdaorb hguorht lla ;sdnal taht
smuidem htiw erom tcefrep stfig naht enimra e gnipoleved hcae ,yad ot yrrac ot lla
sfg onai dd iaetlvgie cl elorihww demonstrated .yti latrommi
DRANYA MNRUBLO CEITTEN
,k rw,oesYNni aeltPihW
.198 1,rebmetpe S
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1RETPAHC
SEIROME MYLRAE
gnittimO eht yranimi lneoriptpircsed fo ym sgnidnuorrus fo ymrae yl doohdlihc dna
eht snoitidnoc fo htrib dna ralimis ,srettam ti lliw tseretni eht redaer ot retne tuohtiw
yale dnopu eh t,yr ohtcsi hswdael pu ot eh tstneve ot hcihw ltlsaeret nnii si hetmulov
.hcatt atsum
enO gnineve ni eht retniw fo ,5481 ni eht nwoto f ,notloB ,.nnoC erehw ym s’rehtaf
,d e gtyde nu liweioeeisrtbhgmeetatradrwiaflslo - nehcti kdenoihsaf - ,elbat hcihw saw
dethgil yb snaem fo lio ,spmal ni nommoc esu yb lla yrtnuoc elpoep ni esoht .syad
ehT moor saw a e gerraal u,q esgnnoiva hni enoenroc r a ,rood hcihw del ot eht smoor
hgd,cnl hiient nc.hnhai,o te weernsacytviitlalsoilnabpofa
elihW eht rumrum fo noitasrevnoc saw gniog ,no ew erew ylneddus deltrats yb a
dnuos hc idhewlbmese reht esi odnecudorp yb gnilruh a yvaeh gol nwod ehtawriats y
tsniaga eht rood ereh .denoitnem erehT saw on gnikatsim eht ,ytilacol sa eht dnuos
y lstanwei cdiufoflus ot rettahs eht ,rood hcihw ti dluow evah enod dah ti neeb desuac
yb sn ahecmih w e,hd teets aidconinadni yb yna object e l g bnfa iopokasacm crashing
.dnuo sa
toN eno fo ehtflah - nezod snosrep detaes ta eht elbat devom rof emos wef sdnoces
;gniwollof rieht ,deltrats etihw secaf gniyfitset ot rieht .noitanretsnoc erofeB enoyna
dah nekops eht dnuos saw detaeper htiw lauqe ,ecrof dna demees ot raj ehtitne re
.moor sihT ,emit ym ,rehtom ohw saw a sselraef namow rednu y ranidro
,secnatsmucri celap dna ,gnilbmert koot pu a pmal ot etagitsevni eht .rettam ehS dah
ylecracs ,nesir htiw ecaf sdrawot eht ,rood nehw eht esion saw detaeper rof eht driht
.emit toNiseh ,gnitat tub htiw dehcnalb ,ecaf gnidloh eht thgil ,tfola ehs werht nepo
eht ;yawriats ton a ,dnuos ton na tcejbo derewsna reh kool dna .eciov rettU ecnelis
de .n segnrvii eoeebbrhmatahc
rehtaF saw tnesba ta eht ,emit dna ruo tseraen ruobhgien saw eromaht n a quarter of a
elim .yawa ,revewoH ym ,sretsis ohw erew nworg ot ,doohnamow dewollof yb
, f tl ,nethgesutnw y o iiemeh owdrhgr ytlituedmit ohnunrrtibeeh ofdtom unfrot nyina
,tros ron dluoc ew dnif yna ecnedive fo eht esuac fo eht railucep .sesion sAew
ece i kpdn ec le eegon eno hhrloehtrtectachgnuhtltiattihmekr struck eight .
eerhT syad ,retal elihw eht rettam saw eht tcejbus fo tnatsnoc ,noitasrevnoc ew
deviecer swen fo eht htaed fo ym s’rehtaf ,rehtom ohw deid ta droffatS ,sgnirpS ta
kcolc’ othgie secneirepx eegnart sru of oya deh tfo .
ehT emit gnispale neewteb eht yawriats sesion dna eht gnikirts fo eht ,ruoh ew
sdrawre t,fdaeniatrecsa saw eht tcaxe ecnereffid neewte bs’rehtafdnarg hctaw dna ruo
;kcolc ,ew ,erofereht wenk taht at the time fo ehts yawriat sesion rehtomdnarg dah
passed to the great beyond , dna taht doirep fo erutraped saw ylesicerp net setunim
erof et bh.gkiceo l,cr’ eoyhMt amfodrnfa rsgiht em idtrawrof ot taht fo sih ,htaed saw
.dl orh ee fbsaromuueoomh
nI eht ylrae llaf fo ,9481w elih gnidiser raen eht yrtnevoC ,enil I saw gniyl lli htiw
typhus fever, close to death. On this evening, which I am about to mention, my
condition was better. Father and an older sister were seated in the room playing a
erm,laesi ehrhentelwm kafcgoehc .re h gttnnoaoimskoo
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yehT erew yrev teiuq tsel I thgim eb .debrutsi dyltceriD gnitnorf em doots eht ,kcolc
hcihw saw fo eht dlo lotsirB ,nrettap htiw nori .sthgiew tI dah ton neeb dnuow rof
n eh a ,r cdhdropeaintramuhhaoetwcy - ek i drelthesth‘ - ’thgiew was broken. At once,
,ssenllit seh tdima the clock struck one .
ehT tceffe saw .lacirtcele ,rehtaF erom dehsinotsa naht ,denethgirf gnarps ot sih ,teef
dna denepo eht kcolc rood ot dnif eht eriw ll i.tgsnitarbiv nI eht ecaf fo eht ecneserp
fo eh tgnoklorb ne ,droc ereht saw on dohtem ot tnuocca rof e h.tgnikir teshT emag fo
srekcehc saw reven ,dehsinif dna I saw deiraew htiw snoitseuq sa ot ymeraflew - ym
. gtse dnairs li hhuateavftttwug reo rb nyeiyaaalhlmprieetmbdsaf
eerhT skeew ,retal dna retfa I dah ,derevocer ym rehtafdnarg deviecer a t hgils
citylarap kcatta elihw gnidnecsed eht ;sriats rehtom depleh mih ot ,deb gniretsinimda
emos ,enicidem hcihw deteiuq mih rof a .emit ehS noos retfa saw dellac ot sih
, endeih swe dhde lb eo r itsetlihealhchi[etMd‘ ] edfeiswa has just been here ; to which
rehtom ,deilper uoY‘ evah neeb ’.gnimaerd ’,oN‘ eh ,dias ehs‘ tneb revo ,em gnillac
; n de,’ oe ddy ttnde.rpmInlmyluaimteuaobephsaihcfn
gnidniF taht eh dluoc ton eb dedaussid morf siht thguoht ehs degnahceht subject. A
wef syad retfa siht ,tnedicni ym rehtaf esora yrev ylrae rof eht esoprup fo gninaelc eht
detavele nevo gnignoleb ot na dlo ,evots dna elihw ni eht dray ylsuoro gginvikahs ,ti
rdsn ee eoenlfy e kph rtobees eoutsorhhuiferacattooortwthnhsst se below the eaves
- os tcnitsid taht eht dnuos dluoc eb yltcaxe .detacol eH ta ecno tnew otni eht esuoh ot
eht moor erehw ym rehtafdnar g,yal yltcerid nihtiw eht tops erehw eht esion ,derrucco
.gn iypleleul f sreyeclhant eoaop ftddnniafrg
gnidni Fon enoa ,tuob ti derrucco ot mih taht eht sesion e.rgenwisirpr unsO gniog ot
s’rehto mmoor eh demrofn i,reh tub ehs decudni mih ot eveileb eh saw nekatsim dna
ot nruter ot sih ,krow hcihw eh .,dniodp ugenriekhaWt pu eht ,nevo eh draeh na tcaxe
noititeper of the sesion in the same place . He sought in vain for a solution of the
;yretsym nehw again , rof eht driht ,emit eht esion saw .detaeper eH sdrawretfa
dtde ae srh veso terhe.fshefyatnnawnoduc
roF a keew ro ero mgniwollo fs i, hertcenhet radrfeudrcnacaeorpgpa gniyas eh did ton
r e e dhovmll ettrieldhoeh eensmsa fwaipwu cf. oare e tIthho ,ntttsmeioiowwmhor
dna dnuof mih gnittis pu ni deb gnihtaerb ;ylivaeh eh derised em ot dnes rof asamA
y,mr(eh toahfw dah tfel mih n a’,,) gsrnuuiooyih avIserp ma gniog to die, for Millie
sah dellac emniaga ’. rehtoM tnes rof rehtaf dna detrofmoc .rehtafdnarg nihtiW flah
na ,ruoh dna erofeb rehtaf ,den rruethetrafdnarg dah denioj eht eciov taht dellac ,mih
.w h o ttfdeuaoaho e hth ,d ds thdsnritna a ewiowt nhwyaeieehbrtg
As will be seen by the date (1845), I was a mere child, and Spiritualism was
ylevitarapmoc nwonknu ot eht dlrow dna entirely unknown , I ma etiuq ,erus ni ruo
eltdtliol - de n;oeighaslalfi vtub ni retf a,sraey nehw ew draeh ,fsono ittiartispesfinam
ema cew to know that these results were the attempts at communication on the part of
. srtduinoreiiprsf

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I IRETPAHC
SNEPEE DYRETSY MEHT
nI eht raey 5581 ew dediser htiw ym stnerap ni eht ytic fo ,droftraH .nnoC enO ,yad
gnirud eht remmus fo taht ,raey ymrehtaf detaler ta eht rennid elbat niatrec egnarts
anemo nteahhpt eh ddaehssent itwa eshmtoorer afwo eht mrif fo notlE dn a,gnimeD
erutinruf srelaed fo taht ,ytic dna detats taht a gnuoy ,nam yldrah ytriht sraey fo ,ega
of slight build, possessed a wonderful g tfi yberehw eh dluoc evom eht tseiv aseehceip
fo erutinruf tuoba eht ,gnidliub yb ylpmis gniyal sih sregnif nopu meht dna gnitseuqer
meht ot wollof ;mih taht eh dah enod siht yldetaepe rgnirud eht ;noonerof dna taht a
yvaeh eriaterces , ot evom hcihwriuqer de eht htgnerts fo ruof ro evif ,nem dluow
evom ssorca eht roolf htiw tcefrep esae fi eh tub decalp sih spitregnif ,noereht
gn itt isw e.ooumltqilehorf
eH dias eht gnuoy nam dluoc od siht ta yna emit dna ,ecalp dna eh dehsiw ot egnarra
htiw mih ot ssapna gnineve ta ruo ,esuoh taht ym rehtom dna eht ylimaf thgim
ssentiw eseht suoiruc .anemonehp owT sgnineve retal eh emac dna dedeecorp ot
etartsnomed sih ,ytiliba gnikam on noitanalpxe revetahw fo eht egnarts rewop eh
seemed to possess. We were all soon seat de tuoba eht gninid ,elbat gniwollof ih
s ngo ni y ityrb scclu.ndaetoeonlr acpapielauhdhfftrus
nI a wef stnemom eht elbat nageb gnikcor ot dna ,orf dna eht detinu ecrof fo lla
tnese rspa welbanu o ttn egvne irs.tptscinu oryitm tsronemIht atfahw ot ,yas he began
gninoitseuq eht elbat sa fi ti dessessop ;ecnegilletni eht noitom desaec dna a ,duol
tcnitsid par saw draeh esohw ecruos ew thguos ni ;niav tub ot lla snoitseuqt i
dednopser ylkciuq dna htiw a dediced ecnegilletni taht detoned taht ti dootsrednua ll
.ne ktsoaaphwst
At last the young man spoke and said the raps were so clear and distinct, and the
rewop yltnerappa os ,taerg taht ereht tsum eb srehto tneserp gnissessop siht tfig sa( eh
dem r;e)tti dna n ogpnui k nseoahitts efuoq es giniheltelsentuni ecn fo siht tcaf a kciuq
esnopser ni eht evitamriffa saw .nevig nO rehtruf yriuqni ti detats taht I dessessop eht
tfig ni a dekram ;eerged ti osla deralced taht ym rehtom dna tsedle reht odrebssessop
eht emas ,tfig tub ton ot eht emas .tnetxe ynaM egnarts things were rapped out in
esnopser ot ,snoitseuq dna eht ecnegilletni demialc ot eb ym ,rehtafdnarg dna ynam
seman erew delleps fo desaeced sdneirf dna sevitaler fo mohw eht gnuoy nam dluoc
.egd e el evwdlaoabh nhioksnsop
This curious manifestation ended b y his requesting the power to display its force by
; sg dn mrieeoanhltwrtbtpuaouttb which was done , ti ygl nldiueefsb eirraaarecl cmorf
eht troppus dna dial talf nopu eht roolf htiw eht sgel sdrawpu tuohtiw yna dnah
noereht evas sih .nwo ehT eman fosiht gnuoy nam saw samohT .kooC I evah reven
tem ,mih ro draeh fo mih ecnis taht .emit ehT rettam dedroffa lairetam r of
no irtoafs rae vw .nesnofy ecadtdn tasoagwrof
A raey retal a gnu oeycnatniauqc aemac otni ruo esuoh dna yldeticxe deksa em fi I
wenkihtyna gn tuobatirips - .gnippar nI ,esirprus I dias ,’oN‘ nehw ehs detaler eht
gnihsinotsa tcaf taht emos sdneirf erew gnitisiv ta reh ,esuoh dna rieht elttil neetfif
months’ old baby was what they called a ‘spirit medium’. When the little thing was
de ttaaes at ,elba ni sti hgih ,riahc ssnuooiitrautcs edfliunoawm ,rucco hcus sa sehsid
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