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Still, he was not without "method in his madness;" and it seems evident that, with a tinge of insanity, he was also much of a knave, and probably a dupe in part to his own imposture
Read record →In our own country, the most surprising instance of imposture and delusion, perhaps, that has occurred, was that of the Cochranites, whose enormities in licentiousness made so much stir in Maine and New Hampshire a few years since
Read record →eading of the Scriptures, they were accustomed to examine carefully into these points, they would at once perceive the utter impossibility of identifying the cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon with any geographical traces which they can now make
Read record →Many are deceived in consequence of the fluency of the preachers in warning sinners
Read record →A man by the name of William Miller published a book in the year 1836, in which he undertook to show that this earth would be destroyed in the year 1843
Read record →This he does in the present case, and finds the difference to be just 45
Read record →This he considered to be a very important sign, indicating that we were on the very brink of the judgment day
Read record →These alone were said to be capable of beholding the spirit when he chose to make his appearance in the divining glass, and interpreting to and fro the questions put and answers received
Read record →Other cases not a whit less marvellous have been described by the narrators, who could not be reasoned out of their absurdity, insisting that there could be no deception in the matter, on account of the means employed, and the evident sincerity of the employés
Read record →Dickens declares it to be "the fashion, especially among people of fashion, to point with pity to a tale of modern witchcraft, to an advertisement of a child's caul, or to the bona fide certificates of cases from the takers of quack medicines, and to deplore t
Read record →Michael Weekman, in the town of Arcadia, Wayne county
Read record →Weekman soon after moved away from the house, and nothing more was heard of the rapping, or other manifestations, till it was occupied by the family of Mr
Read record →She then asked if it was a spirit, and if so to manifest it by making two distinct sounds
Read record →Upon returning to his work from supper, he used to take a basket with him, and fill it at the turf heap on his return late in the evening
Read record →But it caused a wide-spread excitement; and some, who were thought to be concerned in its projection, were prosecuted and brought before a justice for examination, although nothing was proved
Read record →As they requested, the sounds were produced; the playing of the instruments and the heavy beating of the bass drum were perfectly imitated, together with the sound of the roar of distant cannon
Read record →We find spiritual letter paper, and envelopes to enclose the same, advertised for those who wish to avail themselves of an opportunity to write to their deceased friends in the other spheres
Read record →We hope the information coming through its columns will be more reliable than the communications from some of the "rapping spirits." No dependence whatever can be placed upon them
Read record →But this idea of progression seems to be at variance with the observations of a writer in the Boston Post, who was astonished at the wonderful precocity of little infants in the spirit world
Read record →The believers in the "harmonial philosophy" have their miracles in attestation of their theory; and so of the Millerites
Read record →We once went to stay over night in a house said to be haunted, the house being empty at the time, the family who had occupied it having actually been frightened away by the noises they had heard
Read record →ast, present, and future events of their lives--whether they are married or single, the number of their children living and dead, age, health, business, letters expected, the whereabout of long-absent friends, &c
Read record →"Invited by a friend who was anxious to convince me more fully, and especially to convert the young lady who was with me at Mr
Read record →She wrote absolutely furiously, but no one but the spirits could read it, and it was passed over to another medium, who announced it a message of such utter unimportance that we have forgotten it
Read record →He had heard of others being magnetized by spirits, and they were happy, very happy
Read record →We have said that no dependence whatever can be placed upon the rapping spirits
Read record →The sounds were made by the finger joints, it was supposed; and perhaps the jaw bone may have contributed its share in the performance
Read record →But on the night of the 22d, though the dog lay in the room as before, yet the candles went out, a number of brickbats fell from the chimney into the room, the dog howled piteously, their bed clothes were all stripped off, and their terror increased
Read record →nces in our day, there will be no necessity for us to attribute them to any supernatural influence, either good or bad; for it is a well-received maxim, that "what man has done man can do." To suppose that the merciful Father of spirits would harass and fright
Read record →As to what is commonly termed good or ill luck, we may be assured that they have no other existence but in the imagination
Read record →We are by no means authorized to say that none of these persons were relieved of pains and diseases by seeking relief in this way
Read record →Cotton Mather, in the time of New England witchcraft, took home one of the possessed damsels, to learn the ways and works of Satan
Read record →It is a lamentable consideration that so much time should be criminally wasted in many families in explaining tricks, relating and expounding dreams, telling fortunes, and in detailing stories of haunted houses, hobgoblins, and spirits of the supposed uneasy d
Read record →Now, there is nothing very remarkable in this affair, for all might have been done by the medium himself, by first pathetizing the persons present, as it might be done without their knowledge, and while in that state could be made to see and hear any thing ima
Read record →We have heard the case of a person who went to a medium and wished to know if he could be put in communication with his father, who had died several years before
Read record →But the whole matter is easily accounted for, without referring it to the supposed agency of spirits
Read record →The individual is first pathetized (another name for mesmerism) by him in a wakeful state, though unconscious, it may be, that he is under such an influence
Read record →"Under an impression that whatever is communicated by a spirit must, of course, be true, many persons are receiving these communications as the truth of God--as a new revelation from the spirit world
Read record →On touching some particular letter, a rap is given, indicating that it is the first letter of the name of your departed friend
Read record →o, in a normal state, are incapable of doing either, as well as many other exploits, at the option or desire of those who are present; inquirers, oftentimes, in such cases, becoming the operators, transferring their own impressions, ideas, sentiments, and know
Read record →"The feats of the ancient jugglers were many of them mere acts of deception
Read record →"These instances are sufficient to prove that the spiritual manifestations of our times, like those of ancient times, are in many instances a sheer deception--a vile trick, palmed off upon a wondering and credulous community, for the sake of money, or for othe
Read record →"Another man, who had been a noted medium, but who was beginning to get his eyes opened as to the character of the proceedings, told his audience one night, 'Now, any one present ask a series of questions, and I pledge myself that the answer shall be, every ti
Read record →It is an admitted fact that these answers coincide very generally with the opinions or wishes of the medium, or of some one present in consultation with him
Read record →When the requisite preparation is made, there is no need of consulting the spirits at all, in order to secure answers
Read record →Samuel Taylor, a respectable physician of Petersham, Massachusetts, whose article on the subject may be found in a late number of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Read record →Taylor comes to the conclusion, that the strange phenomena of which he was the subject were not tricks of his own, neither did they come from the spirit world, but were the result of what he calls detached vitalized electricity
Read record →"We have the testimony of another medium, of the same import with that of Dr
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