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curiously enough, with a strong leaning toward occultism and a most intense desire for truth in every department of human activity, but particularly as to the claims of our religion and spiritualism, in which, by ardent study, I have discovered a great affinity as to the claims in each of its psychic phenomena, formerly termed "miracles."

I have also, like yourself, acquired quite an extensive psychic and spiritualistic library, embracing the fine work of some of the greatest scientists, such as Sir Alfred Russel Wallace, Cesare Lombroso, Sir William Crookes, Dr. Baron von Schrenck-Notzing. ("Materializations Phaenomene,") which I read in the original German edition and parts of which I translated into English for my good friend, Dr. Lucien Larkin, astronomer at Mt. Lowe Observatory here, who was interested to know of the chemical constituents of the "ectoplasm" or "teleplasm" which issues from the bodies of some mediums, such as Marie Berand, Miss Goligher, Eva C., Francis Klusky, etc., and which was observed and photographed by Dr. Geley of Paris, Dr. Crawford of Belfast, Ireland, Dr. Schrenck-Notzing of Munich, etc., etc.; (this substance, as you undoubtedly know, being the "plasm" utilized by the Invisible Spirit or Intelligence to build therefrom a temporary body such as was worn on earth and for the purpose of identification).

Having such books as Dr. William G. Crawford's "The Reality of Psychic Phenomena" and "The Psychic Structures of the Goligher Circle," von Schrenck-Notzing's big volume with 152 large-plate photo flashlight reproductions of his "Materializations Phaenomene," and many other similar works, you undoubtedly are familiar with the modus operandi of a strict scientific nature to register the progress of the extraordinary phenomena.

I have just finished reading Camille Flammarion;s three books, the "Trilogy on Death," No. 3 on "After Death" especially enlisting my attention.

As Mr. Flammarion details hundreds of such extraordinary events (evidently well-authenticated), claiming to have in his possession something like 7,000 or 9,000 personal letters from all over the world and covering a wide range of phenomena, I am curious to learn from you, how all such phenomena could be duplicated by trick-simulation or by the processes of legerdemain.

I have been following with great interest the "Scientific American's" "test-procedures" under J. Malcolm. Bird's chairmanship and under your and others' collaboration, to land into the net of proof and fact under severe "test conditions" the various claims of professional mediumship, and, if I can judge at least approximately correctly, it seems to me they have already encountered some genuine phenomena.

But kindly permit me to ask a specially important question. If all phenomena of that sort were, or could eventually be proved to be, individual or collective hallucination or subconscious mind action, both collective and individual, or based upon other purely earth-born terrestrial and material conditions, how could so many so-called "miracles" have been attributed to "Jesus the Christ," and other biblical supernormal phenomena?

Personally, I regard all such genuine phenomena as spiritistic or spiritualistic in origin, and am quite well posted on the Talmudic Expurgations history of Jesus, and other non-biblical information of an historical character, concerning the "Psychic Medium," as I call him.

I think the Bible will eventually stand or fall altogether as an individual receptacle for faith and hope in an individual, self-conscious future life after death, by just how much, or how far, science can or will eventually be able to prove whether any phenomena whatsoever is or can be due to discarnate intelligence or spirits.

But I am overstepping the rights of communication and will merely say in conclusion that I wish you would consider the mental-telepathy experiment in my clipping, the "Laura, to those coming to be revealed," clairaudient sentence and its sequel, the "prayer for rain" incident, and the terrifying three enormous blows on the bedroom closet door after reading and commenting aloud on "The Revelations of St. John," as these were among the most startling of my California experiences.

However, in Pittsburgh, Pa., my birth and home town, I had quite a number of other experiences equally, if not more, startling, including apparitions of my