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512 Journal of tlte American Society for Psychical Research.
houses of mourning where he entered to speak the word of assurance
and peace, so many families to whom he carried the good
news of release from affliction by undeveloped spirits, and many,
many hundreds of questioning men and women who constantly
sought his advice on the matter of spirit contact and its usual perplexities.
These are the friends who will miss him as the days
go by and from their hearts will the prayers of love be said and
in their lives the stars may never fade or die for the light of his
life is deathless and the memory of his service will shine through
the darkest experiences that life may hold as a torch that lights
the way to God.
By Etta de Camp.
I was first introduced to Professor Hyslop in 1909 through
my psychic development as an automatic writer.
His attention was called to my case when the entity then communicating
claimed to be that of the late Frank R. Stockton, the
author, who desired to prove to the world the continuity of life
after death by continuing his writing through me.
My experience, coming as it did like a bolt from the blue, in
its sudden development brought with it physical and mental suffering.
Physical suffering due to my inexperience in psychic
things and lack of knowledge of the effect of the psychic in the
body or how to cope with the conditions caused by it. The mental
anguish arose because of the attitude of my family and
friends, who were horrified at my psychic development. For in
1909 it was considered not quite "au fait" to become a psychic
or to know such.
And at that time also, there were few to whom I even dared
breathe my experience for fear they would think me mentally
deranged. So, practically cut off from family and friends in
those early days of my experience, I considered it a very great
privilege to meet Professor Hyslop, one to whom I could talk
freely of my psychic work and not be thought other than normal.
So I welcomed his interest in the case and submitted gladly to
every test he suggested I be put to in order to prove to the world
what I myself knew to be true. While I met Professor Hyslop
at first as the scientist who probed into my case as mercilessly as
the surgeon uses the knife, weighing carefully all evidence found
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