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Mr. Ilcreward Carrington.
By Ilcreward Carringlon
The Dlttlngulihed Authority r.n
Pychlc Phenomena and Co-Author,
with Cherlee Oodderd of "THE MYS
TERIES OF MYRA," the Impreeelve ,
New Moving Picture Drama Dealing
with the Occult Forcee for Good and
Evil.
"Thou tshalt not Buffer a witch
io live."
Exodus, Chnpfrr rrii., vs. J.
O wltcbee continue to,(Cxlt?
We ero a:cuBtomp(l to think of
ilirhfi as bnlng out of datu
lmgln(iry brine who exlnlfid two or
thrc hundred yr-ar bko In (ho minds of
inn rrfduloua end aupiwtlHou piihlfn.
It may fomo aa a hork thrrcforfl to'
learn Hint our lew agalnut witchcraft'
ullll xlnt In prl Stdi, and Ihnt only
1 he othor day Mr. Hadln H. DBrllng, of
,Nnfk, N. J., wa arrewlfd under th
Malum rovrrlntr wltchrraft that Is, ah
an virtually aor uhpA of being a witch,
Mr. Darling, who l medium and
junior of the Mret frogrennive Hplrltual
I'hurch, No. fi7 Mainly alrot, Nowark,
hon rrpld undor th Witchcraft I-
for "prftpndlng to pxurclne or ih con
Jurallon, occult and crafty aclnncft" to ml
ad or defraud Ignorant prona, ald:
"If I am a witch why don't thoy hang
ir hum rtm h Ihpy did In the old day?
They btp thi-ffttcnlng to fine me $50, Am
1 h wlich? Ho poople continue to hcllpve
in wltchrraft? Our lawe wm to how
Ihat they do."
Mm. Dnrling bript Aof not cnniildor
that i-hc a Hch by any mana, but. only
a medium, having romarkahl pdyrhlo
pnwera. Ilcr particular gift or phane la
"pdvehontctry" that I, the ability to
hndl rrrtain objwta belonging to dif
ferent people, and from these objncla re
ceive ImprenHlona relative to themelvea
and their Uvea or lo "upldts" about Ihem.
Kor Instance, nhe aacerta ehe can
handle a lock of hair, and by feeling It f "II
the dlnpohltlon of the person from whnn
head It waa cut. hlh preaenl troublea and
dlfflcultlea, what hsa happened to him In
thn near past and what ta likely to hap
pen to him In the near future, fihe aloo
Iihh other paychlc powora, but clnlma that
all of thette are used for good and helpful
purpoaea, which are exactly contrary to
the harmful practice of the older witch
craff. The "Bai of Truth
in the Olfi Witchcraft.
It la true there la a certain connection
between thn newer and the older witch
ery Apart from t folllea and the purely
imiiKinary Incidenta connected In the
mpiTMliinua mlnda of thoa daya with
witchcraft practlaea. there donbtleca ex-.
Med a Mitmtratum or haul of real
paychlc facta upon which the witchcraft
practtxea were founded. Witchcraft bad
m facta aa well aa Ita follies. Where
there ta BO much Miiokc, there mnut be
annie hie. A brief comparison of the
peT and the older forma will, however,
make clear the difference between them.
In thoi-e daya wltchea were mipposed
to mnfa entraordinary powera fur evil
to bee Itch women and children, and
een coa and fliwka, bv caatlng an evil
ee iipiin them or throwing a epell over
them. Thta power wa euppnaoil to be
d.rl'el from the devil hlmaelf. Their
poera er all fcr ell.
Ome rrrv ar a grand meeting of
wt'i lu-a atid wliarda w held, called a
iab!ih. TMe held a nighl ltore
ttie fitt of M th t"l "f aome Inn,
lr ni'iuMain at a place win re tour road
! . 'I hfl ill lie Were lippoed to K'
tu 1 it-i ,,i i miitig on b uomai ick or
.nm-Miif on jrr'-t -'.tl 'I h I'ir'lcd
I' hi i'h li;htiili!g pewd ti tlflr rt
t,M .Ml't
it m ti a di-w tti'Monj of wh.it ti 'k
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ti at t t pit, b i,f fndeiioM, tne In
fr'il rr!!-'tU, i W t -il f'!tl, l.t'lg
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Herewrd Carrington, the Authority on '
Psychic Phenomena, Explains How the
Claims of Mrs. Darling, Recently Charged
with Witchery in New Jersey,
Resemble the Ancient Beliefs in
Magic and
Black
Art
Modern Science and
I'gychic Phenomena
In the remarkable mo
linn picture aerial,
"THK MYKTKRICS OF
MYRA," which, la now
running at the leading
motion picture theatrea,
Mr, Ilcreward Carrington-
and Mr. f'harlea
(ioddard have worked
out on legitimate and
arientiflc linea a aludy
of w hat modern arienee
ia atriving to accomplish
in the direction of pen
etrating the unexplained
phenomena of premoni
tion, prophetic dream a,
viainna and communica
tion with the apirit
w orld, and the myaterlea
of life after death. ,
Thia photograph ehowe
Miaa Jean Sotheru aa
"Myra Maynard" in a
payrhic trance writing
a "apirit meaaage," Her
hand ia beinr guided by
Mr, Falabrook, who la,
In the role of "Doctor
Alden." a arientiflc In
vrallgalor of occult mya
trriea. of peerh. After a while the? again dla
appear Into the ground. They are then
rvei with a banquet at which all man
ner of dlaguHting thing are nerved and
greedily devoured t'V the demon and
wltchea. Itani Ing and all manner of
otgie ftiilah the night, until the rock
rroaa when all disappear and the fih
Path ta ended "
'I'het n ho an (l (,( 11,4
mediaeval llief in wlti-t)(, illy enough
nun ll of H appeaii to u, l.t w n.'ot r
men her tint in tnoae d ) lh dmil w i
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,ii a. raantaarf.atek'ii u4it.am n n.t i a
"the NMtrh'n Sabhbth," From ihc
connldeied wltchea were T( ry almllar lo
men and women who today we would
t all medium, that la being poaaeaaed of
oul of Urn or extraordinary power of
eonie kind
Vgiln, one of the commoneat forma of
bewitchment, aa we have ild, w by
mtMii of the ell ee and casting a apell
mum a person, Thia wa dnuhtle aome
tirm of hypnotto or ninsmerio Influence
wuh whieti we are now (amiiiar, but
whiih. of co teao. appeared uncanny be
f,r Ihfsit piir wpre ktiomn to eiUt.
fpon u.-h power t. jeml, to a largo e
l.-iti, tn. tuth tit the kfricn na'lte ami
ttieir iimliii d'triiirt, rainioaker. wlir
(l t if a it-i tomiUr wototer mater it t.i
Uoa div
f'i of le tm.tt k it.) n oten of ne
" ' n lit a Pv fi , ,h tn i P-tute
feat lehmti the " ,t oiof h.iii a ei
it i.t hi asl, ii I I'M ntiiiw aa i,e k
t ill n (inn ,ir !,il roat'e.t eter a tire
mm! Ida prrtrn ll r(,rr at' tt t Fl Jlrd ii
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Famou.s Old Middle Arc Wooden Trint.
For Instance, he would prick Its hand
or left ear. etc, with a needle and the
aubjeri seated alx or eight feet di.Kant,
would feel the prhka on her own phyai
c al body at preclaely the moment and on
the pot a thev were made upon the
etherlc hotly some distant bv a procen
technically known a "repercussion." lh
piln or Injury reacted on the phyalral
body white the antral or etherlc body w
looirfil
Then phenomena I iMifv in a curious
way the old witchcraft bellVf that Injury
to the "airl boil i ' witch would re
ct mon the pttidii 4l hily cf the h at,
a ,t'ini l or Inatancv, li w hf Sieved
In hoe ilayt (lit witctica hat tin-- p,ter
Don't Let Your
Hits ftrtt tiu of g ptt-tr In ih
hand. Th hand are l?i f'l
trtl In';- ! of i "Sour ( i U
H t.'.if t u bn t "
'lb hn ' bftt'g utt lit. ifc ii!t a,ey
iSt H t-l ; txi.it, g ri I h t
tt itte r t'. t . womttt wht d 0Htt
lab t til-ttf i ! t lHi k tinii t i
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t " l"-f ke'iiH bit
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l l l tt . I t I 1 ka k, It !,
Hitu lt f.. .. I e.l-i rtU ft ! Is.iHt
until I f l la I j Ihtl. .'i Irhif.iHia
if a frl to iiifi'.l 1 1tIi. , ,i,t
II ! i , a .1 , , ; I - -1 tt t ' ; I
j filMu'l f a i ( Itiut It. ,i ,r th-iF iivi,t.
at txk'lel I tdl nt
tt- It ia nn Wtttvtf
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Hurning a Witch at the Stake,
The old Puritan lawi under w hich witchea were burned
at the slake in Kalem, Maaaachuaetla, several gencrrliona
go, are Mill on the Statute Book of the State of .New
Jeracy, although in modified form and without the death
penalty.
early to go and
wash aome Hnrn
'not very far from
the', house, ho
tried to dlnsuade
her, repeating to
he nevoral
times: "Do not
go there. You
will he fright,
oned." ' ' W h y
ft h o u 1 d I be
frightened," an
swered she. "J
tell you, you will
be frightened."
he answered. Hho
made nothing of
these threat
and departed.
Hardly had she
taken her place
at the waahtub
before she saw
an animal mov
ing here and
there about her.
Aa It was not
yet daylight, she
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could not clearly mak out Ita form, but
t-he thought It wa a kind of a dog.
'Annoyed hy tlo-ae going and coming
and not being able to scare It away, ah
threw nt tt a wooden clothe itter,
which struck It In the eve. The animal
Immediately disappeared At the same
moment the children of Itigot heard th
latter utter a cry of pain from the hed
and crv ; "Ah! The wretch' Sim hai
destroyed my eye" Krnm thai tUv, in
fact, lie became une et d Thee 'e
poniena, are ctirtoualv nppori hv hi
tiewer retvrtii.t of t'ldonel ie Hor'i.isl
tin I oiheri
t'leallv. aa in the witch Sabbath, m
ni'i't tenieiuber t'it before mn- ther
Hands Show How Old You Arc
To prevent the irj'owlng t.c tf ol t
oil IWfl diopa ff ni-tur if beniidi In
etery fjwvef il i f t Pte nit ud w I I
b !f Ii . t Hi, fiif ll.-trai (.( .ett.i!ft l
I l- a. ' I' I i-!'l I'. r Mi fiirji.taa
b!f J ijfti 4"p of ln.iiiit Ki. . I'l a
t4ipii - f tl nt ti'lta nil o i be Ii t i
Kn ' rt r"--l t t H W 'I'l.-I'i.l K
I - i-f the Is art It nil t fi'ie.g
oil It th! I ( kt brn wf I III tlftaa
lug ISM e uaii'S' ( 1 1 l 4 Me t
'ii k'i t -.(! f t i 't i. ' ,1 ;,t
it --a(. a I . i a t. (, i-f i, .a n tatt
itf,i..i' t' lt thii!'ti I f ti
(t a- li.in t it j
If 'tt U tte, ii II kt ih l;t
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I t Hm- It w ( l tl -a kf wttii.f Pima, i(
m g.i ..tt Ivm I . ,i i. i.'tit (si,,, I
w -. a m ..t lt .. t !-.,! t . ,
by Albert Keller.
the wltchea Invariably rubbed their
bodies with a sort of pasty ointment
called the "wltchea' unguent." Tals was
douhiless a opiate of some kind, and, ab
sorbed through the tkin, had the power
of Inducing a nort of a drug sleep or de
lirium In which they experienced vision
or dreams of all kinds, which were col
ored by the beliefa or tradition of the
time. The natural or rational explana
tion of most, of then wlthnraft phen
omena Ir thus afforded by science, but.
It, will he seen that, there was after all
Homo battle of fact for the belief in witch
craft In that, day, and that. It was not all
pure Iroaslnat'lon or ImpoHinre aa many
believe. Tho fact were unusual and
have only been eTplalned rationally by
further scientific Inquiry. ,
There Is a great similarity hetween the
older witchcraft, phenomena and the
present, day psychical facte. Neither of
them can bo explained hv tholr own gen
eration, but, probably will bo by the ad
vances of science. Witchcraft appeared
mysterious to the people living 300 years
,ago; occult, end psychical phenomena ap
pear mysterious to us still. The world
progresses, but the air of mystery still
hangs about, these mysterious manifesta
tions, which have been- recorded In all
ages of the world s hlatory.
Modern Psychical Science
and Its Purposes.
Modern paychlc science, while It. thus
has certain points of resemhlanre to tb
older wltchrraft, yet differs from It
In certain essential detnails. In the first
place the object la no longer ev-to
bew Itch or destroy someone else. In fact,
helpful advice la nearly always sought
and given. The method of 'nqulry ar
-now scientifically baaed on medical and
psychological lines. Mediums, so called,
ai men and women poaaeasing peculiar
powers, uninutiht a a rule, and thej
flinuld no bviiKcr bo prrerutei a
witches, but rather be developed along
the tittht line, an that their peculiar
powers, whatever they are. may bev
at leniit caily uiiJerMood and explained,
and turned to (he advantage of humanity.
Till l the obtetl W!Hh Sh()l!i be
kept tu new by ail fhm wlnn duty it
l to nvet,i.it a I pi ,. cti,t t failed
me Hum or fi-ji hl.-s Mheii It raniiot he
prownl that I' m are uMng thuir power
In barm o::i'" or to t'tal them out n'
I lef nmhi'y gvidan poati,ton,4.
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