It is a thousand pities that it should be
so, but if the Court of Arches were to give up its secrets, it
would be found that tippling and moral degeneration were by no
means confined to psychics. At the same time, a psychic is so
peculiarly sensitive that I think he or she would always be well
advised to be a life long abstainer--as many actually are.
As to the method by which they attain their results they
have, when in the trance state, no recollection. In the case of
normal clairvoyants and clairaudients, the information comes in
different ways. Sometimes it is no more than a strong mental
impression which gives a name or an address. Sometimes they say
that they see it written up before them. Sometimes the spirit
figures seem to call it to them. "They yell it at me," said one.
We need more first-hand accounts of these matters before we can
formulate laws.
It has been stated in a previous book by the author, but it
will bear repetition, that the use of the seance should, in
his opinion, be carefully regulated as well as reverently
conducted. Having once satisfied himself of the absolute
existence of the unseen world, and of its proximity to our own,
the inquirer has got the great gift which psychical investigation
can give him, and thenceforth he can regulate his life upon the
lines which the teaching from beyond has shown to be the best.
There is much force in the criticism that too constant
intercourse with the affairs of another world may distract our
attention and weaken our powers in dealing with our obvious
duties in this one.
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