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through the intermediary of the medium�察�will reveal as many distinct and 

complete personalities as it has undergone contacts。 It will never confuse 

or   mix   those   different   personalities。   They   will   remain   there   in   definite 

strata�察�distinct one from another�察�and�察�as Dr。 Osty puts it�察 �the medium can 

interpret    each    of  them   from   beginning      to  end�察  �as  though     he  were    in 

communication with the far´off entity。; 

     All this makes the theory somewhat incredible�察�even though it be not 

much more so than the many other phenomena in which the shock of the 

miraculous   has   been   softened   by   familiarity。   We   can   find   more   or   less 

everywhere in nature that prodigious faculty of storing away inexhaustible 

energies and ineffaceable tram�察�memories and impressions in space。 There 

is not a thing in this world that is lost�察�that disappears�察�that ceases to be�察�to 

retain    and   to  propagate     life。  Need    we    recall�察 �in  this  connection�察     �the 

incessant     mission     of   pictures    perceived     by   the   sensitized    plate�察  �the 

vibrations of   sound that   accumulate in the   disks   of the   gramophone�察 �the 

Hertzian waves that lose none of their strength in space�察�the mysteries of 

reproduction and�察�in a word�察�the incomprehensibility of everything around 

us�拭�



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     Personally�察  �if   I   had   to   choose�察  �I   should�察  �in   most   of   these   laboratory 

cases�察  �frankly   adopt   the   theory   that   the   object   touched   serves   simply   to 

detect�察   �among      the  prodigious     crowd     of  human      beings�察  �the   one    who 

impregnated it with his ;fluid。; 

     ;This object�察─�says Dr。 Osty�察 �has no other function than to allow the 

medium's   sensitiveness   to   distinguish   a   definite   force   from   among   the 

innumerable forces that assail it。; 

     It  seem    more     and   more    certain   that�察 �as   the  cells   of  an   immense 

organism�察�we are connected with everything that exists by an inextricable 

network   of   vibrations�察  �waves�察  �influences�察  �of   nameless�察  �numberless   and 

uninterrupted fluids。 Nearly always�察�in nearly all men�察�everything carried 

along by these invisible wires falls into the depths of the unconsciousness 

and passes unperceived�察�which does not mean that it remains inactive。 But 

sometimes        an    exceptional      circumstancein        the   present     case�察   �the 

marvellous sensibility of a first´class mediumsuddenly reveals to us�察�by 

the    vibrations    and   the   undeniable      action   of  one    of  those    wires�察  �the 

existence of the infinite network。 I will not speak here of trails discovered 

and   followed   in   an   almost   mediumistic   manner�察  �after   an   object   of   some 

sort has been sniffed at。 Such stories�察�though highly probable�察�as yet lack 

adequate support。 But�察�within   a similar order of   ideas�察�and in a humbler 

world     and    one   with    more     modest     limits�察  �the  dog�察   �for   instance�察   �is 

incessantly surrounded by different scents and smells to which he appears 

indifferent until his attention is aroused by one or other of these vagrant 

effluvia�察�when he extricates it from the hopeless tangle。 It would seem as 

though the trail took life�察�vibrating like a chord in unison with the animal's 

wishes�察�becoming   irresistible�察 �and   taking it   to its   goal   after   innumerable 

winds and turns。 

     We      see    the     mysterious       network      revealed      also    in    ;cross´ 

correspondence。; Two   or   three   mediums   who   do   not   know   one   another�察�

who   are   often   separated   by   seas�察  �or   continents�察  �who   are   ignorant   of   the 

whereabouts of the one who is to complete their thought�察�each write a part 

of   a  sentence     which�察   �as  it  stands�察 �conveys     no   meaning     whatever。     On 



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piecing the fragments together�察�we perceive that they fit to perfection and 

acquire   an   intelligible   and   obviously   premeditated   sense。   We   here   find 

once   more   the   same   faculty   that   permits   the   medium   to   detect�察  �among 

thousands of others�察�a definite force which was wandering in space。 It is 

true    that�察  �in  these    cases�察  �the   spiritualists    maintain     that   the   whole 

experiment       is   organized     and    directed    by    a  discarnate     intelligence�察�

independent of the mediums�察�which means to prove its existence and its 

identity in this manner。 Without incontinently rejecting this theory�察�which 

is   not  necessarily   indefensible�察     �we    will  merely    remark     that�察 �since   the 

faculty is manifested in psychometry without the intervention of the spirits�察�

there    can   be   no  sufficient    reason    for  attributing   it  to  them    in  cross´ 

correspondence。 



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     But in whom does it reside�拭�Is it hidden in ourselves or in the medium�拭�

According to Dr。 Osty�察�the clairvoyants are mirrors reflecting the intuitive 

thought that is latent in each of us。 In other wordsit is we ourselves who 

are   clairvoyant�察  �and   they   but   reveal   to   us   nor   own   clairvoyance。   Their 

mission is to stir�察�to awaken�察�to galvanize�察�to illumine the secrets of our 

subconsciousness   and   to   bring   them   to   the   surface   of   our   normal   lives。 

They   act   upon   our   inner   darkness   exactly   as�察  �in   the   photographic   dark´ 

room�察�the developing´bath acts upon the sensitized plate�察�I am convinced 

that   the   theory   is   accurate   as   regards   intuition   and   clairvoyance   proper�察�

that is to say�察�in all cases where we are in the medium's presence and more 

or less   directly in   touch   with him。  But is it so in   psychometry�拭�Is   it   we 

who�察�unknown to ourselves�察�know all that the object contains�察�or is it the 

medium alone who discovers it in the object itself�察�independently of   the 

person who produces the object�拭�When�察�for instance�察�we receive a letter 

from   a   stranger�察  �does   this   letter�察  �which   has   absorbed   like   a   sponge   the 

whole life and by choice the subconscious life of the writer�察�disgorge all 

that it contained into our subconsciousness�拭�Do we instantly learn all that 

concerns its author�察�absolutely as though he were standing before us in the 

flesh and�察�above all�察�with his soul laid bare�察�though we remain profoundly 

ignorant of the fact that we have learnt it until the medium's intervention 



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tells us so�拭�

     This�察�if you like�察�is simply shifting the question。 Let it be the medium 

or myself that discovers the unknown personality in the object or tracks it 

across time and space�此�all that we do is to widen the scope of our riddle�察�

while   leaving   it   no   less   obscure。   Nevertheless�察  �there   is   some   interest   in 

knowing whether we have to do with a general faculty latent in all men or 

an    inexplicable   privilege   reserved      to   rare   individuals。   The   exceptional 

should   always   be   eliminated�察  �if   possible�察  �and   not   left   to   hang   over   the 

abyss like an unfinished bridge leading to nothing。 I am well aware that 

the compulsory intervention of the medium implies that�察�in spite of all�察�we 

recognize his possession of abnormal faculties�察�but at any rate we reduce 

their power and   their extent   appreciably and   we return sooner and   more 

easily   to   the   ordinary   laws   of   the  great   human     mystery。   And    it   is  of 

importance that we should be ever coming back to that mystery and ever 

bringing   all   things   back   to   it。   But�察  �unfortunately�察  �actual   experience  does 

not admit of this generalization。 It is clearly a case of a special faculty�察�one 

peculiar     to  the  medium�察     �one   which    is  wholly    unknown      to  our   latent 

intuition。 We can easily assure ourselves of this by causing the medium to 

receive through a third party and enclosed in a series of three envelopes�察�as 

in the experiment described above�察�a letter of which we know the writer�察�

but of which both the source and the contents are absolutely unknown to 

the   messenger。   These   unusual   circumstances�察  �in   which   all   subconscious 

communications between consultant and consulted are strictly cut off�察�will 

in no way hamper the medium's clairvoyance�察�and we may fairly conclude 

that it is actually the medium himself who discovers directly�察�without an

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