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medium； some not traceable； but most of them identical with relations or
friends。〃 Such an admission would alone banish thought…reading as an
explanation； for there is no evidence in existence to show that this power
ever reaches such perfection that one who possesses it could draw the
image of a dead man from your brain； fit a correct name to him； and then
associate him with all sorts of definite and detailed actions in which he
was engaged。 Such an explanation is not an explanation but a pretence。
But even if one were to allow such a theory to pass； there are numerous
incidents in these accounts which could not be explained in such a fashion；
where unknown details have been given which were afterwards verified；
and even where mistakes in thought upon the part of the sitter were
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THE VITAL MESSAGE
corrected by the medium under spirit guidance。 Personally I believe that
the medium's own account of how she gets her remarkable results is the
absolute truth； and I can imagine no other fashion in which they can be
explained。 She has； of course； her bad days； and the conditions are always
worst when there is an inquisitorial rather than a religious atmosphere in
the interview。 This intermittent character of the results is； according to my
experience； characteristic of spirit clairvoyance as compared with thought…
reading； which can； in its more perfect form； become almost automatic
within certain marked limits。 I may add that the constant practice of some
psychical researchers to take no notice at all of the medium's own account
of how he or she attains results； but to substitute some complicated and
unproved explanation of their own； is as insulting as it is unreasonable。 It
has been alleged as a slur upon Mrs。 B's results and character that she has
been twice prosecuted by the police。 This is； in fact； not a slur upon the
medium but rather upon the law； which is in so barbarous a condition that
the true seer fares no better than the impostor； and that no definite psychic
principles are recognised。 A medium may under such circumstances be a
martyr rather than a criminal； and a conviction ceases to be a stain upon
the character。
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