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The facts of his life are, in my judgment, ample proof of the truth of the Spiritualist position, if no other…

Date of account: Published 1919
Source: The Vital Message
Reference: The Vital Message · selected passage 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The facts of his life are, in my judgment, ample proof of the truth of the Spiritualist position, if no other proof at all had been available

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The facts of his life are, in my judgment, ample proof of the truth of the Spiritualist position, if no other proof at all had been available. It is to be remarked in the career of this entirely honest and unvenal medium that he had periods in his life when his powers deserted him completely, that he could foresee these lapses, and that, being honest and unvenal, he simply abstained from all attempts until the power returned. It is this intermittent character of the gift which is, in my opinion, responsible for cases when a medium who has passed the most rigid tests upon certain occasions is afterwards detected in simulating, very clumsily, the results which he had once successfully accomplished. The real power having failed, he has not the moral courage to admit it, nor the self-denial to forego his fee which he endeavours to earn by a travesty of what was once genuine. Such an explanation would cover some facts which otherwise are hard to reconcile. We must also admit that some mediums are extremely irresponsible and feather-headed people.

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