Excerpt from Mediumship and Its Development, and How to Mesmerize to Assist Development Many will ask: Did the Oracle give this informa tion? Was it given through the instrumentality of the image or the Temple? Yes and no. But that is contradictory, you say. Right here let us take our first lesson in mediumship, and if we learn it well it will help to straighten out many a tangled place and also prevent misunderstandings in the beginning that we will regret after we understand ourselves and our work. All manifestations of natural law are the result of Natural Conditions. We do not think there is a single reader of this book who will deny this premise.' Our premise must be correct or our reasoning will be wrong. We are all, more or less, hero worshippers and it is hard to reach a solid, practical ba51s, throw all superstition to the winds and look at the practical side of things, which, to some, seem sacred. Spiritualism 1's Naturalism in the fullest extent of the word. Do not get carried away with the ideas of Super naturalism and think that you are doing the 'work of Spiritualism, as they have nothing in common. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.