27/55 SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS A BRIEF RECORD OF MY OWN EXPERIENCES By Sir WM. EARNSHAW COOPER, CIE.
SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS A BRIEF RECORD OF MY OWN EXPERIENCES By Sir WM. EARNSHAW COOPER, CIE.
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The Lalla knew that I had forgotten his earth- name and took his own way in recalling it to my memory. It may be that he was instrumental in causing the forgetfulness, but, be that as it may, his method of writing his name once more on the tablets of my mind was certainly more efficacious, more startling, and, therefore, more belief-compelling than had he simply given his name in response to my question. In his supernal wisdom he knew the more convincing method was the one chosen, and he took it without hesitation.
It may safely be contended that the Lalla chose this parabolic method of giving his name to negative the theory that the Medium drew his information from me by telepathic means. Men for ever fight against the truth in respect to the possibility of establishing communication with friends on the plane of life next ours, and those who persist in reducing all spiritual phenomena to the comparatively low standard of material existence,
naturally contend that such mediums as have developed their clairvoyant attributes possess the power of reading the thoughts of others. In this particular instance I was profoundly ignorant of the Lalla’s object in chosing this roundabout method of restoring to my memory the lost name, and therefore the Medium could not possibly have read thoughts which did not exist.
Before proceeding to the consideration of further manifestations, I should like to say a few words in regard to this thought-reading theory, thought-transference, telepathy, or whatever the correct term may be. Some who profess to be able to offer a solution to what they term ‘ psychic problems ‘ maintain that the human brain, being a self-registering instrument,
has the singular power of recording every thought given out during life. It is then contended that a clever Medium, skilled in thought-reading, can detect and separate from these voluminous thought-records the particular thought he wishes to decipher and play upon it to suit the occasion.
This is an ingenious theory, but is it more than a theory?
It has been affirmed by scientists that the human brain gives off on an average about sixty thoughts per hour. Taking but twelve hours out of the twenty-four for the purpose, and the life of a man at sixty years,
it will be found that during this period the brain would give off and automatically register 15,768,000 thoughts, a goodly number for an expert Medium, however skilled he may be, to select from. In my own case, my age being nearer seventy years than sixty, the Medium would have about 18 million thoughts to select from.