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54 Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.
I wrote an account of my interview with the psychic to a friend
who knew J. · S. more intimately than I did, and she then told me
that the sign of mercury was habitually used by him at the close
of his letters to her. Moreover, it was the sign of the most important
planet in his horoscope and he was, as I knew, an ardent
believer in astrology. She also sent me some papers which he had
written which enabled me to understand why the other symbol had
special significance for him. A few other matters indicated by the
psychic I had no means of verifying. One further remark must
not be omitted, however. In the course of the interview she stated
that a friend of mine had "recently" passed over. In my opinion
these somewhat disconnected remarks point to the conclusion that
]. S. was trying to avail himself of the opportunity I had made
for him to communicate, but was probably not sufficiently "awake"
in his new conditions to give any clear message. I am not sure
that the fragments that were transmitted were not more convincing
to me than a more fluent message would have been.
H. A. DALLAS.
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