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The editor of the Spiritual Telegraph says, that "in the biological experiments there is a visible human…

Date of account: Published 1857
Source: The Spirit Land
Reference: The Spirit Land · selected passage 162
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The editor of the Spiritual Telegraph says, that "in the biological experiments there is a visible human operator," but, "in the spiritual manifestations, no human operator can be found, or demonstrated to exist." But, pray, what is the "medium," in these manifestations, but a visible human operator?

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The editor of the Spiritual Telegraph says, that "in the biological experiments there is a _visible human operator_," but, "in the spiritual manifestations, no human operator can be found, or demonstrated to exist." But, pray, what is the "medium," in these manifestations, but _a visible human operator_? Sometimes it takes three or four persons to produce a single demonstration. And sometimes they cannot muster _force_ enough to do this, especially if the weather be rainy. And this is probably the reason why the rappers at Poughkeepsie have resolved not to admit unbelievers, nor at any time more than two or three new-comers, at a "circle," making, with the believers, ten or twelve in all--successful results never being guarantied to those invited to attend.

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