General ~cntion and Gossip. The Myth qf tile Immaculote Conception. BY G)tBAI.J> lIf,uSEY. Spiritualism bas 00 ioterest In violating oatural Jaw. Scienco can accept lIolhiug that i. In violation of the laws of nature, and . wyLbology, when read, will be found .tick· iug at. closely to tile natural" law as thc 1i1B ~t to Ihe rock. )jut to read those 8yrubo," as actual facts and direct occurences, Implies all ~orr.. of violaUon 01 lIaturai law, and mytb be<strong>com</strong>es miracle. The miracles of the liebrew~ call be shDwn to be ~:gyptiall m) th. I HeC8use spiritual cOIumunlcauolI be a fact wii.hln the sphero of natural Jaw, the hIlOISCumte conception i.. 1I0t, tberefore, a fact. Aud its mythical, io tills ill:ltallce, solar ori_· gin aud meaning, 1."proyabJe. T!le Qllly vi .... gin motber who .,er bore a chUd without a natural faliler beJungs to tbo s!)lar allegory. It was 1I0t onlY.II l mythi
• by COnC9ntmUng Ita f&cnltie&. The first condition for metmerlsing I~ a .tronll will, the second Is conlldence, the tbird Is benevolence. The acUon of mesmerism Is, in Its principle, spiritual; bu~ It I" pby.ical in It.~ elleet9. Tbe strengw of will does not eom~ entirely from tbe bead, bllt oblelly from \.he b~Rrt. The m ... merlc fluid I. ollly lleallng wllefl Lbe beart I. pure alld strong In .falth. The mesmeric proceo. wblcb 1 bave employed Is simple. Uerure Inosmer.izlng 1 I.n 'ale myself as much as po ... ible. Illeilher see 1I0r b"ar Rnytbing tbad. paning ar"ulld me. 1 make a mental prayer that God may. bleso .my eaorts. M! tboughts Ollce IIxed, 1 mesmerize. Materializing a Si'tl>ing Mflchine BtiCch. TI,e R. P. Journal tells a siory: 'A certain amiable lady b88 beeu for a 1,,"[\ tlmo III we babit of visiting DaaUan and Taylor'S sean- , .., :' cell, wbere .be felnbahlle bad Ibo exquisite p",asure of seeing and a.ft'ecUonately greeting tile malerlallzed spirit lIt a very dear female relative. Upon one ~'Ion sbe reqnested a piece of the draper)" of the spirit to tetaln &8 a 80uvenlr of IbC$e bappy reunions; \.be opirlt <strong>com</strong>plied wltb alacrity, and Revered a plere of the robe, including a portiou of tho hem. The precious relic was carefully p .... &erved, and, upon examluation and plcklol! out the tbread, the Roalll waR found to have bP.en .ewed with a lock·~tltch sewinS rna· el.lno. Tbis circum.tance was ratber " 'tunner to sume of tbe famllv. but thc 8000 old lady readily .tralghtell~ tlle seeming crookedness by explaining wat .be had been taug!'t, that In tbe spirit world tbey bave everything as wo bave here, and, therefore, . must of necessity bave loc:k .. Utcb sewing macblnel. . .. f Pre/ling Jor Raln~ A nangalore, IndIa, paper 8aJO : "Owing to Ibe great draught and' consequent f"llure of crops. tbo·M;'bamedatu Dlot In a body, In n maldan, a mile OUt of town, and offered prayers for f"lo. Stmuge to say, frOID \.hat very momen' the sky began to be overeaot witb tblck clouds, aud It bas been raining since wen." The MIId..a. and Bonibay papers also coutaln notices of a .Imilar tenor. Tbe Rev. J. M. Peebles, In a d""erlptlou of the ceremonies above Alluded lO, sbows Will. • \.bere was a method lu their praying. BPnuTUAL SCLE~8~ .4n Impartuil OpinIon. In May last tbe Rigbt Uonorable W. E. Gllldatone ploCi!d on record In a I.lverpool journal, one of we most Imp:inlal and 00- bl~ opInions ever uttered ~ 011 outBlder; and from wbicb we extract the following . word.: "1 know of no rule whlcb forblolA a Cbrlstlan to examine fnto tbe signs of pretprnatural ~ncy 10 tlie system cnlled Spl .. ItuallAm. II tbe .... vlews and fado of the day bave in any way sbaken !.he st.l\Ddlng ground of a CbrlsUan, I. It not bls ftnlt and most obvious duty to make an bnmble4>ut searcb. In~ .eruth.y of tbe foundations? I speak as one who I. deeply convinced tbat Ibey will ~at It, and Wat God haa ye~ many a fait plant to rear In Ibl. pllrtlon of lIi. garde.," Suel. ",e· some of thn thoughts of we great PSt of living orators and statesinan •. In dian Mysticisms. 'l'.:. S. G. In an ·article under tile above he.ad in the I." s. 29.~ Ray. that a p:1/cLi.ed eye wi I readily detect tbe way In wblcb every trick 10 done. 'I'he m"ngo tree I .. simply the sub- 8111u\.lon of several lree. of differeDt growth from the ReOO. It Is true Unit they bave no confederatca, bnt they have a little bag, a ~p Into wblcb tell, the 810ry. . A Jo'/OUriBhing Socielll. Tho society over wblch Mra. Cora 1 •. V. Rlcbmond presides In Chicago, bas reoled tho Third Unitarian Cburcb; <strong>com</strong>er of Monroe an.! I.aIIln Btreeta, and ,took possession tbe lI';'t Sunday In )fay. Thl8 edillce cost originally over forty' thousa:nd dollars, and contain8 one of tbe flnest 'organs In the city. It Is a place where all can meet ·wltb pleaa, urO. Thl. chango o;>f baae will lIIark a ne ... era In the progress of Spiritualism In tha city. The real The080phiats date from the y·.a XVI or tbereaboulS, and begin witb I'ara",,! os. Thoy are divided into two parts, !.he on iliOn: popular and mvstle Iban leam"d, I whom belong J. Boi!hm, S"edenborg, Ma tinrz l'asquaU., an'd MI. Martin; the olb, branch is more Bcientitlc, philo80pbical at theological and includes Parceleu8, «;oro liu. Agri Pl'a, .'Indd, ..... d Von lIelmonl. . -:- ' ..... . Tbe may·pole and ibe churcb spire wi Ihe wenth.·r-cock alop are the nalural biel glypb of !.be re.umction. . . '.
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