September, 1912. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



We cannot conceive of force acting at a distance 

 without the interposition of some medium. Electric 

 and magnetic forces are attended by stresses in the 

 aether ; light and heat are propagated by wave 

 motion of the same medium. Gravity alone is 

 so familiar to us that we think but little of the 

 process by which two apparently unconnected 

 bodies attract each other. So, in telepathy, when 

 two apparently unconnected brains influence each 

 other it is reasonable to suppose that one radiates 

 energy and the other receives energy and converts it 

 into its equivalent, " thought." 



We will postulate that from the considerations 

 stated, telepathy is a case of radiant energ}-. The 

 immediate result is that we must expect the 

 intensity of action to be inversely proportional to the 

 square of the distance. Such a law has not, however, 

 been observed, and there is, indeed, no evidence 

 that telepathy is even increasingly difficult with 

 increasing distance. But this presents no diffi- 

 culty. The brain is accustomed to " thinking " ; 

 that is to say it is well practised in dealing 

 with thought energy, in storing and radiating 

 energy. As a receiver of external thought energy, 

 however, the brain is far less perfect in consequence 

 of being so little exercised in this capacity ; its 

 sensibility and capacity are small, so small that the 



receiver is saturated, or receives the maximum 

 impression from the feeble intensity existing at even 

 the greatest distance from the primar\' brain over 

 which telepathy has been observed. In general an 

 excess of energy passes on, unable to produce any 

 effect upon the already saturated brain. 



Whether the human brain is slowlv improving in 

 its capacity as a receiver, or not, cannot be 

 determined ; by all the reasoning of Evolution it is 

 probably not. Professor Drummond points out in 

 " The Ascent of Man " how the need of langua^'e to 

 primitive man induced attempts at this art resulting 

 in the evolution of a modified mouth which made 

 possible the modulations and inflections of true 

 language. For telepathy, however, there seems no 

 need at present, and the function, feeble as it 

 is, is not exercised appreciably. It may yet be 

 proved that every feeling of sympathy and 

 affection is the result of unconscious telepathy, 

 and in that case there is no reason that the 

 function should not improve. A new evolution 

 of man may find a conscious use for this word- 

 less thought language ; a higher and more deli- 

 cately made creature than man as he now is, 

 may require this power to call for and express 

 sympathy, to promote true mutual understanding, 

 friendship and affection. 



SOLAR DISTURBANCES DURI.XG JULY, 1912. 

 Bv FRANK C. DENNETT. 



The Sun's disc only appeared quite free from disturbance 

 on five days durnig July, namely, from the JOth until the 23rd, 

 and on the 31st. Dark spots, however, were only seen on 

 nine, July the 3rd, and from the 5th until the 12th. Faculae 

 were visible on the remaining seventeen days. The longitude 

 of the central meridian at noon on the 1st was 274° 54'. 



No. 9. — A faculic disturbance advancing from the eastern 

 limb was seen on July the 1st and 2nd. around longitude 194°, 

 S. latitude 15°, but on the 3rd a small black pore was seen in 

 its midst, the place being marked by a hazy pore on the 5th, 

 not seen after. 



No. 10. — A tiny pore only seen on the 5th. 



No. 11. — A small group of pores, traces of which first 

 showed on the 5th. The configuration of the components 

 varied with great rapidity, sometimes in less than an hour. 

 The maximum length was thirty thousand miles. On the 10th 

 at S a.m. a group of at least seven pores was seen, but by 

 7.40 p.m. it was reduced to a solitary pore, which continued 



visible until the 12th, its faculic remains being seen on July 

 the 13th and 14th nearing the western limb. 



A small bright double faculic knot was observed near the 

 western limb in longitude 210' on July the 12th. and two 

 small ones within the eastern limb near longitude 58^, 18° N. 

 latitude, and 61', IT South. From the 14th until the 17th, a 

 faculic disturbance was seen at longitude 27°, latitude 7° South, 

 and on the three later days a disturbance was also seen at 

 19°, 13° South. On the 18th the faculae from longitude 

 329° — 309° were recorded, and a small one on the 24th and 

 25th at longitude 32°. On the 26th, there was a brilliant knot 

 at longitude 19°. On the 2Sth a bright region was situated 

 around longitude 213°, North latitude 39°, and the streak in 

 longitude 341°. Also on the 30th a small bright facula was 

 seen close to the equator at longitude 181°. 



Our chart is constructed from the combined observations of 

 Messrs. J. McHarg, A. A. Buss, E. E. Peacock, C. P. Frooms, 

 and the writer. 



M bO ;o 10 9t 100 no 



BO KO ISO iO 



IM 190 310 M SO Z» M 2S0 iU SO 



29) 30) 310 j?0 JJO m 350 360 



