Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... THE CASE OF LUMMY VEOUM. A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY, AND AUTHENTICATED INSTANCE OF SPIRIT MANIFESTATION. BY E. W. STEVENS. Facts are the basis or philosophy; Philosophy the harmony of facts Seen In their right relation.--I. L. Harris. * * The springing up of Spiritualism and Theosophy on grounds burnt over by the fires of the orthodox hell, and right In the teeth of the east winds that blow from the cheerless seas of doubt, testify to the hunger of men for some assurance that the loved and departed are not also lost.--Bev DEGREES M. J. Savage, in a Sermon on "Immortality and Modern Thought," Delivered at the Saratoga Convention of Unitarians, September, 1886. * * There may be In what Is called Spiritualism, and the mind cure, and many other new developments, the germs of a something higher; and we should be willing for the new theory to take Its place, and under the great laws of life, to work out Its destiny; and not, Pharaoh-llke, seek to "kill the young child." It may be that In the first appearances of many of these new Ideas, that they are crude, and that those who receive them and advocate them do not themselves understand all their real meaning. * * Let us rejoice that the continuity of life seems to some to be a demonstrated fact; and that to others there seems to be possible a higher law of mental healing; and that In one way and another, and by all ways the truth Is coming to our world, and our world is coming to the truth. * * --H. W. Thomas, D. D., in Kellgio-PhUosophical Journal for December 25th, 1886. Rationally studied and Interpreted, unmixed with delusions self-generated or Imposed by others, Spiritualism Is the one safeguard against all superstitions. It shows that the unseen world Is as much within the sphere of universal nature...
