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I then telegraphed back to Mr. B. begging him to explain the situation of my sister, when immediatel

Date of account: Published 1885
Source: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism
Reference: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism · selected passage 198
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The communication, in its essentials, was an entire fabrication

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The communication, in its essentials, was _an entire fabrication_. In the evening they both called on me, and desired, if possible, that Spirits would explain through the rappings why he should have been so deceived. The rapping said, "My dear friend, this is an experience which you will not forget. You have been led by ambition, mistaking it for a higher motive. You have besought Spirits to direct you, when you should have acted according to your own best judgment. Thus you have attracted a class of Spirits who are unreliable." This was something which many were necessitated to learn in the school of experience, especially in those early days of Spiritualism.

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