. Spiritism, hypnotism and telepathy as involved in the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of psychical research. lanations and oftimes failure,these are conditions found in subjects partially or complete-ly autohypnotized, and due to the inability of the subcon-scious memory in the passive subject to completely submergethe conscious. It is scarcely conceivable that spirit power, did such exist,would have the limitations just mentioned. If so, I hope Ishall never be a spirit. I prefer to lie undisturbed. Mrs. Piper has no self knowledge of what she, as percip-ient, gives to her inve
. Spiritism, hypnotism and telepathy as involved in the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of psychical research. lanations and oftimes failure,these are conditions found in subjects partially or complete-ly autohypnotized, and due to the inability of the subcon-scious memory in the passive subject to completely submergethe conscious. It is scarcely conceivable that spirit power, did such exist,would have the limitations just mentioned. If so, I hope Ishall never be a spirit. I prefer to lie undisturbed. Mrs. Piper has no self knowledge of what she, as percip-ient, gives to her investigators. She is a very sensitive psy-chic who seems ever en rapport with Prof. Hyslop; who, also,seems to have no self knowledge of his condition. The assertion made by Professor Hyslop that spirits havebut little power to remember mundane things—that is, thattheir memory is limited, while telepathy has no limitation, iscertainly an extraordinary statement. Until Prof. Hyslop ex-plains how he obtained such positive knowledge of the mem-ory limits of spirits, I do not feel justified in further analyz-ing his PROF. W. XAVIER SUDDUTH, A. M., M. of the Chicago Academy of Medicini THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE VERSUS SPIRITISM ASAN EXPLANATION OF MANY SO CALLEDSPIRITISTIC PHENOMENA. BY PROF. W. XAVIER STJDDUTH, A. M., M. D.,,Fellow of the Chicago Academy of Medicine. In considering Mrs. Pipers disavowal of spirit control dur-ing her many years successful experience as a medium, it be-hooves us to lay down some definite principles to govern usin this discussion. In the first place, the testimony, post par-tem, of a medium or an hypnotic subject, should have nostanding in a court of scientffic inquiry for the reason that aperson in a state of trance, or hypnosis, is not in the full pos-session of all his senses, consequently is not competent topass judgment on the character of the conditions underwhich the revelations were made. At best his evidence wouldbe based upon he
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