CHAPTER XXXII.

EVIDENCE OF UNCONSCIOUS SPIRIT INFLUENCE-TWO CELEBRATED CLERGYMEN CLAIM TO HAVE INSPIRED THIS BOOK-THEY ARE JOHN MURRAY AND PHILLIPS BROOKS— MANIFESTATIONS THROUGH MANY MEDIUMS-ADDRESSES BY MR. MURRAY.

IF

F the evidence which presents itself to candid seekers after spiritual truth is accepted upon the same basis and in accordance with the rules under which the evidence of physical facts and phenomena is received, the conclusion must be reached that the incarnate soul may have relationships, and be subject to influences, of which the physical mind has little or no comprehension. There is proof of the fact, indeed, in hypnotic phenomena. Take the cases cited in the seventh and eighth chapters, where questions were asked by the projected souls of persons in hypnosis, of the souls of other persons who were in their normal condition of physical consciousness, and correct answers were received. In the eighth chapter Mr. Alderman reports that he told a boy whose soul had been sent to the Palmer House, in Chicago, to ask the clerk what time his friend had left his room. The report was, “About half past seven o'clock," which was afterward found to be true. This case is similar to many others oc