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THE FAILURES OF SPIRITISM 201
each of which "Rudolph's" spirit spoke to her of
its experiences. These continued until a letter came
from him stating, incidentally, that he was in perfect
health.
Lately, Mr. J. Arthur Hill received communications
from Professor Wm. James, Professor Lombroso,
of Italy, from W. T. Stead, and from King
Edward VII., stating that in July Great Britain
would sink beneath the sea !
A Cruel Case
Warnings of coming disaster were given at a
Spiritist seance to a man and his wife. Believing
these to be true, they sold up their home and left
Mexico, because the spirit had said the district
would be destroyed by an earthquake. When they
arrived in New York, nearly destitute, they attended
another seance, and there the spirit told them they
had been properly fooled, which was done just to
show them they were to have "no concern with
material things!"
Spiritism is sometimes called a science; but it
has failed to make its claim good to such a title.
Professor Richet points out that Spiritist experience
is in direct conflict with scientific accuracy and
experience.
Spiritism
not a Science
Their experiments do not give scientific results;
for the more accurately and rigorously they are
conducted, the fewer and more uncertain are the
phenomena produced.
Moreover, and this is fatal to scientific claims,
under similar conditions, the results obtained are