"SPIRIT" WRITING. 519 



Impe odode inguru lalele 

 Omdo resene okoro pododo 

 Igme odkondo nefulu kelala 

 Nene pokonto ce folodelu 

 Impete la la feme olele 

 Igdepe kindo raog japate 

 Relepo oddo og cene lumano." 



After the utterance in a " tongue " a " translation " was usually- 

 given in the same way, and the " translation " of the above poem, 

 although somewhat incoherent, is of a distinctly higher order 

 than most of the prose utterances. Witness one stanza: 



u The coming of man from the roar of the ages 

 Has been like the seas in the breath of the storm ; 

 His heart has been torn and his soul has been riven, 

 His joy has been short and his curse has been long. 

 But the bow of my promise still spreads in the heavens ; 

 I have not destroyed the great sign of my love. 

 I stand at the door of the ark of creation, 

 And take in thy world like a storm-beaten dove, 

 And press to my bosom the world that I love." 



Mr. Le Baron has shown traces of sensory automatism, but very 

 seldom. Once, in a sleeper returning from Chicago, he was awak- 

 ened by a voice in his ears saying, "Enthusiasm shall fill the 

 hearts of the multitude in the place of the hours of the day." He 

 has also seen flashes of light. 



As an illustration of automatic " prophecy " I may quote the 

 following : " I have heard the wail of the dying and I have heard 

 the wail of the man whose heart was broken. I have heard the 

 voice of mirth and I have heard the voice of woe. I have heard 

 the voice of him who is darkness and I have heard the voice of 

 him who is light. I have heard the roar of the ocean and I have 

 heard the song of the bird. I have heard the triumph of peace 

 and I have heard the triumph of woe. I have heard the tears of 

 the nations as they fell and I have heard the songs of the nations 

 as they rose. I have heard the roar of cities and I have heard 

 the music of the woodlands. I have heard the roar of the death 

 of the man who was slain in battle and I have heard the shout of 

 the victor. I have heard the new word and I have heard the old 

 word," etc. 



Mr. Le Baron never publicly admitted any belief in the verid- 

 ical character of these utterances. As he says himself : " All this 

 involved such an unscientific view of things, and was, moreover, 

 so horribly egotistic and full of ' gall/ impudence, and assump- 

 tion, that I said nothing about it save to the few who had been 

 throwing fuel upon the fire of my reincarnation conceptions and 

 who were ready to believe anything in support of the hypothesis." 



