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MODERN SPIRITISM
subject the classes of dangers to which we are
exposed in Spiritism.
,
Seven in
These are seven in number:
Number
1. The moral and religious dangers.
2. The dangers to reason.
3. The dangers of "possession."
4. The loss of will power.
5. The dangers associated with necromancy.
6. The physical dangers.
7. The dangers of imposition.
i.
Respecting moral and religious dangers, I shall
consider the former here only; the latter will not
be touched on now, being best left to the twelfth
chapter.
A. P. Sinnett's experience of the records of life
after death are very terrible and lowering to the
moral sense. They are mostly so grossly sensual
and obscene that he cannot possibly put his experiences
into words, as he plainly states.
no means an isolated experience. *
Instances of
Danger
This is by
Mrs. Forbes, a secretary of the S.P.R., lost her
son, and, overwhelmed with grief, sought to get a
communication with him. She soon spoke- to what
she thought was her son daily; and then suddenly,
one night, had a most dreadful experience with a
"man," or some powerful spirit who had forced
himself (from the other world) into her presence,
*
The horrible and obscene revelations of "juju" in East
Africa point to a similar state of things in the devil worship there.
It's rather too much to have this imported into England !