Consulting the Oracle.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 48, 29 January 1885, Page 4

Consulting the Oracle.

j JVltf jG-Mstoae -'*'as-TißCQiVtly?'! present at a spiritualistic seance. A reporter^ MgUt had aw' interview 1 I with /Mir,:^; iEgliMonT* the medium ; witfc w^o^Hr Gladstone's experi- ! mentswerc conducted. Theseance { took place, on $\c 29th Octobev, \ "at theftsMen&>f df'fa^of -dis- !; tip^ipn, ;>iy a*ifl j| the medium understood beforehand j that he was to ( at|(?mptj.to give some ' exhibition of his_powers of a medium i fwf.sto'rwriti^gi. ? /Vfoj»:»Egl}njtq|i ! says:— ;V I : . ( japped; :&) few jjninutes [j before Mr Gladstone, and after he It was presented to him, when^with^'Vpleas^njt smile, he stepped briskly .iaqross![|t^ i room, ans sjipok Jiangs jfifafig saving, 'I am glad .to malic' your acquairtfapee.^jr/, 4"fe#TO« m^ distinctly to understand that he had no scepticism m regard to the possibility olta^^ijll phenomena. He was already " convinced, he said, that there .were subtle forces with ! w'nW* odr^Buliy ■^itfcTs%\ I ld'4it I deal, and- wliiohf,\vhe\eoulS not comprehend; he held the attitude, therefore, no|SjQi|aA^er,>l)oo^ a student .who has no reason to f' lii^'tp 'itt^p^nsidns':!^ Wr r'eMii; 'e'x'p'e'r'fcnces ! in^nbuMt-^^lirg.w^r'e'Mini^ent to snaw that there were forces m nature which were not generally' "recogfolaces at *♦ an oval table r of the j usual decscnption, and the experiments. .Deg'aV ' Xa"dvi l Xf! 'sat; ne'x'i to ime on my rights On ■Lady. A. s i right was Mrs f D. . then Mr Glaa- ! stqne, .iind^then the Marchioness or stone to write a question .W>qp one ! .il?-?j#%;#i« teri jfwto?p t l he ; .jt^le, > .w,ij^ )!^ v ,que j s,t}9n ug^ the under side so that I'couldfßjOJt-.see it, the other side being pressed closely :4^aitifet'th<#.Mdfe)}'*^e afiljiei yttfofa Mr Gladstone hear^i-- Jhes^-spting, teiise look of <,amaifenient , t ;jyould })SWef,to? ato»an)gro.;tQe thps.ev, w)jp have had no experjenqe.ftfl such phen9ni,Qi\f jj y^id|^wa^ intensified wl^ thft^j^^as 'brought up, and ;wo^-^H3h-h*t4^eatt-^A«^ ten wererfWeed by 'hwnfo p be a pertineiitJrfop'l^ to «)s {j&M6nlu The on the slate being turned it y been r ? ,What; ,year r da ypju remember to have been more ary than the pre's'eWt^iigf?^ After that Mr Glad•siEoTlFTOraF^l^^ corner ■yf j s£rbbm, J Hnd^n^e inside none of us^saw. ■ locßing ; i^t^ittinpM)beys. AXe slate was-QiEnHe^tJ.^nWbflthe ladies and myself, whrriroth held it m the sipfc' : df 1 ' >< &H ; J ! iWhil^ii I this'"pds(tiAn ) {he il^rlto« v lie } a^a u ioin& up<sn •^Vclo'se^'^rfa^s, -ariS^ifebA %c .£G % en..,ap#epd jW red.p^jicii wojjds— ,giv / efl,:^^|h§ i piartic ) ulars|of / fch.e t ficst experi m entSiPm-Yu W>afl i ; iprqbabiliifcy JVfj:><3^d§to^e\i ;n)in<i ; wa^ )th^n oc-xupied-,with the> simple . question oj whecher^yi^.^ijiij,^ pi y at}f was possible un^lcr the 'circumstances. Oi the subsequent^jexperiments i can only say that tney were perfectl\ mumcations were written upon Mrs O. 1 s pwn. ; rfates w-Jjen-hel-d .tjiT,der the table ; that several messages were given not only . between these two slates, but also with the locked slate, m view of jHprjj|eij% a|jj£l that some oi the questions were put m Spanish, French, and Gfcaek, and satisfactorily answered m the same language. LiaimMe 6r#rebfeH;>lihHSiibtnlng atnll^f^^heiiSgani^q^G^elfyjlmav mention the, evident interest Mr Gladsf6 l iVe I ' 1 io ; o1t <U ];H <l? tßfe f ' u rne S sages whatever ot the 'Dona ncles 'tit the exparimentf. Erom J?;st to ketAhe mkaP Pcareffl MecgrfllS'Jll.l/the que^ippgj^iajl^e rq$ e! V" i^fter the seance,, and while the ladies were otherwise vengaged, Mr Gladstone entered injo conversation with the ( n)e^bn(y %£ subjects. "I remarked upon this absurd attitpdftftf &£ /giEaierftlt'-pijbJift and of many scientific men m refusing to invesigatift"-#lila 1 t" r| wdre^feut simple { facts after ajlLwheh ,Mr Gladstone words) — 'I have tnougnt that gc^rni^ mjEn jryui too much m a.grW^^They do noble work m "their^own^peciaHines of study .and • (}*- •.lispb^e'd-.to give'<«riy attetotiioil .-whatBXer) tpi.majtt^ wjjiqhiseemito co^nCflT6t;|^]l/hTthfeiiro establi&he'd mti^es ' ! 6f thqiight:; ; 5 Indeedu the^ •n lot!uhrr'e'''(Jiien'il/ 4 ; t'teiii)it 'tD'^den? tW^ljo which.they have never inqui^eo^'not su'f|i cientiy 'real^s'llig ' the " fact; "th at l) lh&m&y fl&^bli'bMdr'ces^U'itute of which they know nothing. As I talked wltti fiiftj o^r^o|jics of a kint^ee Jibw'jis Wina'^gt^.'^enj at his late I hour 'off l\fgy'i'i'. opep.'-': : jteelf torthe .fair .cnnsideKationcofJatiy^fiew trutti, however much it might run center to^ nrey } io^is T , r experiences. He r#t) spoke *at length "/of his .own ofosp? vationg maji^'j^r^'^o^i;ft : 'jtli c chains fffij^ajry/jy^p^a'^iejip^robiology, aud tlxeniinqMJred.whether there -were any soci^tkJs^'specrally deviled to the study of occultj ,pneiipm2na, I „asked.him,.whetlier, asked. him, .whetlier -'I *'■'•'■ i-'vV> it"*., r^'ffv/.viii ■)•''/ 1 ■he w.ojjijf l . h^noir.^p.. by, . , accep t^rjg . I ifav? . . , .books, upon'/, , the •' . po\ \ iwhiclv ibe very kindlyj: repliedfi that,! 'HjfhclUglv'hg had iri any works ion Vari-j j 's}&.^i;»je..camq fof ])im. ,' t^jjo.ia^le ',^oi fay. hfeowould cl)corfuj]y!

unyeVtai^eW : rea^iny'-b6i>ifsiJnyht desire to send him, adding : ' And I shalf/keep 'them as a', metnentp' of this very interesting evening. 1 "" In coneltisiori" • Mt feglin'fjton stifflh w 4 have^fet ! ptiiießs-;aiidp"rinaegßes, but, but i)kind-;;c6ndescending as they ■ always were, I have never experi- \ en ced keener" "pleasure than m "the ' rc(kjGti<wijtljMt-.il Jmvc /clojig-^oit^-thing towards helping YV'.E. Gladstc^jel ?0 /ajbettej.-/- rwndUrst^nxliiigA of the possibility of -communion with frifindfe' Wlvi hnveigone-liefoi-e.?' T \'j