1874.] Phenomena called Spiritual. gI 
some circumstances which seem conclusively to point to the 
agency of an outside intelligence, not belonging to any 
human being in the room. Space does not allow me to 
give here all the arguments which can be adduced to prove 
these points, but I will briefly mention one or two circum- 
stances out of many. 
I have been present when several phenomena were going 
on at the same time, some being unknown to the medium. 
I have been with Miss Fox when she has been writing a 
message automatically to one person present, whilst a mes- 
sage to another person on another subject was being given 
alphabetically by means of “‘ raps,” and the whole time she 
was conversing freely with a third person on a subject 
totally different from either. Perhaps a more striking 
instance is the following :— 
During a séance with Mr. Home, a small lath, which I 
have before mentioned, moved across the table to me, in the 
light, and delivered a message to me by tapping my hand; 
I repeating the alphabet, and the lath tapping me at the 
right letters. The other end of the lath was resting on the 
table, some distance from Mr. Home’s hands. 
The taps were so sharp and clear, and the lath was 
evidently so well under control of the invisible power which 
was governing its movements, that I said, ‘‘ Can the intel- 
ligence governing the motion of this lath change the 
character of the movements, and give me a telegraphic 
message through the Morse alphabet by taps on my hand?” 
(I have every reason to believe that the Morse code was 
- quite unknown to any other person present, and it was only 
imperfectly known to me). Immediately I said this, the 
character of the taps changed, and the message was con- 
tinued in the way I had requested. ‘The letters were given 
too rapidly for me to do more than catch a word here and 
there, and consequently I lost the message; but I heard 
sufficient to convince me that there was a good Morse 
Operator at the other end of the line, wherever that 
might be. 
Another instance. A lady was writing automatically by 
means of the planchette. I was trying to devise a means 
of proving that what she wrote was not due to ‘ uncon- 
scious cerebration.” The planchette, as it always does, 
insisted that, although it was moved by the hand and arm 
of the lady, the intelligence was that of an invisible being 
who was playing on her brain as on a musical instrument, 
and thus moving her muscles. I therefore said to this 
intelligence, ‘‘Can you see the contents of this room ?” 
