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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
DR. D.-B.'ELL0QS
OR,
EXPLANATION OF CLAIRVOYANCE.
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MYSTERIES OF HIS LIFE;
COMBINED WITH A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF
THE PHENOMENA OF CLAIRVOYANCE,
SOMNAMBULiSM, AND SPIRIT
MANIFESTATION.
A.1N  A.I:IBOIIR,
DR.. CHASE S STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
1869.








REFACE.
HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY has been written in order to
satisfy thle urgent desire of my numerous friends, who
believing, that there was something mysterious about
me, have made fiequent enquiry concerning the peculiarities of my life. For the last twelve years I have daily been
asked the following qulestions, concerning the mystery of my
professional practice, as a physician: "What is the cause of
your influence?" "Are you a clairvoyant, or only a spirit
medium? " "Did you study medicine before you commenced
practice as a physician?" "Are clairvoyants always correct
in their diagnosis of diseases? " " What are the principles of
clairvoyance, and what is the formula of procedure necessary
to development in this somnambulic science?" "Is not magnetism the basis of clairvoyance, of somnalbulism, and of
modern spirit communion? " "Were you, in early life, different from other children? " etc., etc. These questions I have
endeavored to answer in a plain, concise manner.
I claim no literary merit for this production, for I make no
professions of proficiency in the art of writing for publication.
Some of my explanations of the phenomena of magnetic
operations differ from thlle conclusions of other writers upon
the subject. But I feel that the careful investigators will not
fail to see the philosophy of my views, particularly upon the
subject of spirit commlunication. I have carefully avoided
speaking of spiritualism as a religion, and have treated it only




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as a science. Of my early life I have said but little, and nothing of my domestic experience; for I have considered that part
of my life uninteresting to the general reader.
Some of my iimmediate friends have unqualifiedly asserted
that this work was being written by a hiled biographer. This
supposition is emphatically erroneous. The whole work has
been written by myself at odd spells during the last summer,
and has been copied verbatim, by another party. Throughout
the work I have aimed to treat exclusively of my magnetic
career, and in my explanations I have endeavored to do nothing more than to show the philosophy of the phenomena
treated.
Owing to the calculated compass of the work I have been
forced to condense the matter into a compact form, hence,
careful reading is necessary to a full understanding of the
various subjects treated. I have not endeavored to build up)
any new faith, nor tare down any long standing theories, but
have aimed, throughout the whole work, to answer such questions as have been most frequently asked me.
Trusting that would-be critics will show leniency toward
me as a writer, I humbly hope that this work will meet the
approbation of' my patients and friends, and if it does, the
only object sought will have been attained.
Dx. DANIEL B. KELLOGG.
Ann Arbor, Ifich., Dec. 20, 1868.




fUTOBIOGRAPHY,
CHAPTER I.
LIIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EARLY RECOLLECTIONS.!Warm fI'om their spirit spreads around,
An atmosphere serene-divine,Miaglnetical like golden haze,
Encircling mine.
HE FIRST scene in the life drama about to be
delineated, was enacted on the'22d of January,
1834, in a rough, uncouth, log-shanty, situated in
the then sparsely settled town of Plittsfield, Washtenaw county, Michigan.
There was nothing worthy of remark or consideration in the exterior or interior of this particular edifice, unless it was its complete simplicity of structure.
Being built of rough unhewn logs-with single slope
to the roof-shanty style-friom which protuded a
massive stick-chimney.  Its outside appearance was
certainly in direct opposition to any cultivated ideal
of magnificence; nor did its interior arrangements
belie the uncouth appearances of its exterior in the




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least, for there was but one apartment, and this answered the combined purposes of parlor, kitchen, and
sleeping apartment, in one.  This rough and grotesque specimen of pioneer architecture has long since
passed into oblivion, and even its surroundings have
been robbed of their primitive wildness by the onward
march of progressive husbandry.
1 have no doubt but what I was considered a welcome addition to the family circle, and an object of
parental gratification and love, though I do not imagine that mny worthy parents saw anything about me
above the plain of mledriocrity of ability, yet I was a
new link in the golden chain that united their hearts
in conjugal felicity.
My conclusion that I was a welcome and cherished
addition to the family fold is not altogether the result
of instinctive supposition, which is innate in the heart
of every child, but is a conclusion deduced from my
matured observations and knowledge of the perfect
conjugal felicity and noble characteristics of my respected parents, who considered the welfare of their
offspring as the first great duty of life. Love for their
children was, with them, an intrinsic virtue, ever flowing with unceasing power and beauty fiom then Jhristian hearts.  Through all the various vicissitudes of
life their love for their children, has glowed with the
same warmth and golden luster as it did when they
sang the soit lullaby to infant ears attuned.
I doubt whether there could be a more perfect
matrimonial alliance than that enjoyed by my father




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and mother, nor one more conducive to wedded happiness.  Still, strange and unphilosophical as the fact
may appear to be, truth compells me to assert, that,
in temperament and disposition, they were as unlike
as is possible for two beings, bearing the image of
their Creator, to be. My father was more than ordinarily positive in disposition and temperament, and he
commanded respect by his indomitable force of will.
In his domestic relations he was, in every sense, the
acknowledged head, and his decisions on all questions
of order, was admitted as authority fiom which there
was no appeal. These positive characteristics of my
worthy paternal progenitor were, in my childhood
days, subjects of considerable speculation. I saw
much about him that was entirely beyond my comprehension. In fact I looked upon my father as a sort
of domestic tyrant; for it was patent to my childish
mind that he was a bitter opposer to innocent amusement, and I considered this an inherent principle of
his nature. But as ]E look back and contemplate his
acts of apparent tyranny and domestic severity, I see
that these characteristic traits were more assumed
than natural, for they were the legitimate results of
his peculiar moral and religious training which engendered a truly laudable desire to protect those under
his control iromn the besetting sins of a sin-cursed
world. He was, in the broad definition of the term, a
Christian, and a thorough disciplinarian; not merely
a professor of religion, but an unflinching, practical
devotee of the church; who carried his religious ideas




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into every act of life. Nor were his religious principles the result of excited impulse, but were the convictions of deep study, of earnest thought, and laborious investigation; for, though in early life, he had
enjoyed but poor educational advantages, his naturally vigorous mind had caused him to study many of
the deep mysteries of human existence; and among
his researches the various theological modes of future
salvation claimed his attention most, for they were
apparently most congenial to his peculiar turn of mind.
But I am unable to state at what particular period of
life his theologic:.l researches culminated in this professed avowal of' Christian membership; still, I have
reason to believe that his boyhood had ripened into
manhood prior to the event, marked by his conversion to.Christianity.
Be this as it may. During the early years of my
life my father was known in matters of religion as a
zealous, unflinching, and uncompromising devotee of
the church, who allowed his pious enthusiasm to earlry
him into the whirlpool of religious fanaticism to an
extent sufficient to cause him to expend annually too
much of his material profit, and even of his accumulated possessions in the cause of religious promulgation.  In these days his landed possessions were
quite extensive; and though his domains were wild
and uncultivated, and in their primitive condition nonproductive and unprofitable for the time being, they
were a sure foundation for future wealth.  But year by
year these broad acres were disposed of until at last




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they had, as if by magic; dwindled away to a single
lot of 80 acres; and much, in fact nearly all the proceeds had been engulphed in the rapacious maw of
the church, through the effect of thoughtless fanaticism.
Do not for a moment imagine that I would censure my father for his zealousness in religion, for
though I condemni the act, the motive I am obliged to
respect.  His liberal endowment to the church was
the result of studied conviction.  Hle considered himself as a laborer in the Nvineyard of the Lord, and that
the earth and fullness thereof was God's.  He believed
that the highest and first duty of a Christian was to
freely expeind the bounties given by the benificent
Creator in promulgating his law by a free distribution
of his sacred word, far and wide, among the benighted
nations of the earth.
Yet, notwithstanding, the over zealousness in matters of religion, my father held the respect of all
classes of people, even those who condemned his zeal
or marked him as a fanatic, looked upon him as a man
of good morals and practical business principles, with
unswerving integrity and perfect purity of intention.
Honesty in all business relations was the unvarying
maxim of his life.  Charity was the bright guiding
star of his faith, and morality was the dictator of
every act.
Although my father was sanguine even to fanaticisim in his conviction of right and wrong, firmly adhering for a time to his opinions, and presistent in




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their advocacy; he was still liberally progressive.
All theories were subjected by him to close analysis
and uncompromising research, and whatever theory
failed to pass through this ordeal of strict investigation, was cast aside without regret, regardless of the
opinions of the uninvestigating masses, who often unjustifiably remarked him as being unstable. Even
theology was subjected to this guiding principle of his
life, as all who are acquainted with his Christian career
can testify.  "'Isms" were adopted and advocated
with all the strenuous powers of his mind, only to be cast
aside in exchange for something more in accordance
with the dictates of reason, until he finally, had made
the circuit of nearly all the modern methods of salvation.  But throughout the whole of his Christian
career, varying and changable as appearances may
indicate that career to have been, no one could honestly accuse him of being actuated by any mercenary
motives, or anything outside of the pure dictates of
conscience governed by reason.
That my father was unstable I cannot deny; but
this instability was in consequence of an inate desire
for truth. His mind was continually reaching out after something which would harmonize with the interior purity of his own mind, and accord with what
reason said was right.  He was mentally positive
and self-reliant, and this outstretching after greater
truths was an inherent and irresistable principle of his
life.
I have said that my parents were opposite, or un



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like in temperament and disposition.  That my father
commanded resp)ect anld obedience by his perfect
moral life and indomnitable power of will.  On the
other hand, my mother won the love of her associates
by her natural kindness anid affability of manner.
Her acts were the spontaneous product of a heart
naturally pure; and were always deeds of thoughtful
kindness. So clinging, vine-like, were her affections,
so passive her mental powers, and confiding her love,
that she was by nature constrained to grant willing
acquiescence to the more positive dictates of my fatheC's will, and by this course she won not only his respect but the warmest affections of his stern and positive nature. Nor was this all, for this native meekness won for her the kindness of all who came in the
radius of her pure influence. To her children she
was indulgent to the near proximity of a fault. Her
love for them was boundless, and her endeavors to
make their lives radiant with the sunshine of a happy
home, was considered as the highest duty of her life,
and for her deeds of unselfish maternal kindness she
had the proud satisfaction of receiving the purest
love and warmest affection of her entire family as
well as their willing obedience to her passive maternal authority.  While my father governed his household by stern anrcd unswerving principles, which were
the result of his ideas of morality and religion, my
mother ruled alone by principles dictatecd y love emnanating, fi'om a heart of purity.
I doubLt whlether there could lhavo  been a better




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combination of powers for controlling wayward youth.
I respected my father for his methodical principles of'
justice and close adherance to moral training, but I
loved my mother for her  pure unselfish  affection
which was ever displayinrg itself by so-me thoughtful
deed of maternal kindness.  One, won obedience and
respect by the power of' moral example, the other, by
the supreme power of' reciprocal affection.
I refer to these facts in reraird to tlhe unlikeness
of disposition and temperament characteristic of my
parents, in orlder thlat the readler may understal.nd my
hlereditary proclivities.  While my t.l-ther wvas mlentally and physically positive, my inother in both of
these respects was decidedly negative; and as like
begets like, I partook largely of the two casts of tenperaments natural to my parents.  Mentally [I a- lilke
my father, physically like irly mot-her; and this fact
readily accounts for much of thle mystery of mily life;
for it furnishes a clue to the psychological phenomena
connected with my career.
The early years of my life were characteristicly
like those which fall to the lot of all boys who are reared
amid the scenes of pioneer, life; ancld lnay be said to
lhave been made up of' sunshine and gloom.  When I
was free from that lest of firointier lifiZ, the fever and
ague, I was a being of' perf-ect contentmllent, aind my
days were days of unalloyed btaplpilues.:.  BIut dringll
the first five years of ly ex;istence, t" ese-days of fz'eecdom  fiomn the albove  l,,enrtioned  mal(ladl1y,  were. e:tirCmely few in numytber; in fact, [ was. almost -on ti



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ually under the alternate friigid and torrid influences
of this fell destroyer of backwoods happiness.  Malarious disease appeared to be indisolubly connected
with my existence, and in view of this fact my parents
almost despaired of hoping to see me arrive to the
statue of manhood. But at the age of five there came
a change in my physical health, and fiom that time I
began to develop into a healthy robust youth; from
this time forth I was allowed the freedom of out-door
exercise, and this unwonted privilege I enjoyed with
boyish gusto.
During these early years, my only playmate, and
almost constant companion was mcy sister Harriet,
who was two years Iny senior, and who, in consideration of this variance in age, practically considered herself to be my natural guide and guardian.  With her
I roamed the dense foblrests which surrounded our
horme, with the freedom  of a native denizen of the
woods; and although our amusements could not boast
of the polish of city elegance, and hardly of civilization, still they were both instinctive and healthy; and
though I knew nothing of marbles and such frivolous
means of enjoyment, I was, even in my sixth year, an
expert with the bow and arrow, and many were the
specimens of feathered beauty that I brought my loved
sister-who was ever proud of my hunting achievements-as trophies of my skill.  Thus, in the enjoyment of wild and unconventional childhood, time flitted
unconsciously by, utterly devoid of unusual eNvents,
until the seventh year of my life.




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During the summer following my seventh birthday, various domestic arrangements, differing from the
usual routine, were planned and executed.  Early in
the summer my father-who was never blessed with
a very well developed faculty of continuity or locality
-was attacked with one of his periodical and irresistible longings for a change of residence.  All former
experience had proven that there was no known panacea for this species of mental derangement; and the
consequent result of the attack was a speedy exchange
of home. But, unlike most former removes, *this one
proved to be quite satisfactory to all concerned; for
not only was the distance short, but we exchanged the
old dilapidated shanty for an edifice of comparative
elegance; for though built of logs, its exterior was
more prepossessing, and its interior more commodious
and comfortable. My time would have passed as pleasantly in this new home as it had in the old, had not that
bug-bear of early childhood-school-house imprisonment —reared its freedom-destroying prospects to view.
Bitterly I detested the idea of exchanging my boyish
freedom-my romping, wild-wood sports, for the monotony of district school. I had learned enough of my
sister's experience-who had attended one term-to
establish in my mind a conviction of hatred for study,
and the irksome inactivity of early school life.  So
deep-seated was this conviction, and so permanent
was my antipathy, that I earnestly begged my parents
not to send me. In my own heart, I remember that
I then considered ignorance far preferable to the hor



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rid task of acquiring education by the means in prospect; and I frankly told my parents that I did not
want to learn, I begged they would not send me to
school, but let ie grow up in ignorance. Of what use
was education to me. Books could not learn me how
to direct my arrows so as to bring down the winged
inhabitant of the air, and beyond these rustic sports
my mind had never extended. But of course my enrtreaties were useless, and my preferred alternative was
made by my father the basis of a long lecture, perfectly incomprehensible at the time, on the benefits of
education. The upshot of the whole was that, on
commencement day, I found myself occupying one
of the hard wooded benches in the old log schoolhouse, as a primary student.
My school days were the real commencement of
my life; for during them I took my first draught from
the bitter cup of experience. To be sure, these early
troubles were comparatively insignificant, and so are
all the sorrows of early childhood. No child ever abhorred study more than I. It was almost impossible
for me to commit a lesson to memory, and in consequence, I was considered by the old hawk-eyed pedagogue as a regular dolt; and as a thick-headed numbskull by all the precocious youngsters of my own age.
My place in the class was a permanent position-being
the foot-which, by long continued occupancy, I came
to consider mine, without the least feeling of compunction or twinge of shame.  But, notwithstanding
I ywas a thick-headed, dull, unadvancing student at




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school, and a despiser of education, there were some
traits of my mental character that were decidedly
prominent and well developed, and amon-3< these was
a well cultivated propensity for mischief.  This trait
was not only a source of annoyance to my teacher
and school-fellows, but to all who had anything to do
with me, and especially those who happened to incur
my displeasure. Many were the pranks I played upon
my school-fellows in payment for their too liberal use
of obnoxious appellations. I knew that in ma tters of'
education I was below ordinary, but it cut me to the
quick to be told that I was an ignoramus, especially
by those whom I knew were no way my superiors in
anything outside of books. This propensity for mischief often annoyed my kind-hearted mother, and
shocked the strict methodical principles of my father.
Nothing was exempt from this natural fondness for:un; even the old house-dog and the quiet, inoffensive
cat came in for their share of torment, much in opposition to their trained habits of' puritanical decorum.
On one occasion, I remember, this mischeivous propensity placed me in rather an awkward predicament,
which, as it is a fair specimen of my boyish capers, I
will relate.
On this occasion the family had just seated themselves for breakfast, and my father was engaged in
making his usual appeal for divine blessing upon the
food prepared for the nourishment of the body, and
just as he was giving utterance to the clause wherein
he prayed "' that the strength gained therefrom might




DR. D. B. K;ELLOGG.             l 
be spent in glorifying the Almighty," I, who had been
waLching affairs firom without, rushed into the room
with a large cow-bell suspended fiorn my neck, on
enterilg I combined with the horrid rattle-elatter of
the bell, a ludicrous imitation of bovine bellowing.
The effect was as instantaneous as an electric shock,
and was manifested by a suppressed giggle from the
elder part, and an explosive outburst of mirth from
the younger po rtion of the family.  Of course, I was
perfectly conscious of the outrageousness of my conduct, and fully expected a peremptory dismissal from
the room, in connection with a fierce promise of speedy
punishment in return for my wanton disrespect of the
sanctity of' the occasion. But for once in my life, I
was happily deceived; for contrary to all precedent,
and my own expectation, my father caught the infection of mirth.  Cutting short his appeal for divine
blessing, he gave vent to his irrepressible convictions
of the ludicrous, and for a few moments indulged in
an unwonted fit of laughter.  But notwithstanding
this, to me, happy termination of the affair, my father
did not fail to warn me of an altogether different style
of consequences in case of a repetition of my conduct.
This warning was long remembered and referred to
whenever my mischeivous inclinations prompted me
to indulge in any pranks at his expense. Thus my
early life was passed, and consisted mostly of wellearned punishment for childish indiscretion. Mischief
was my greatest study, and in this branch I became
a proficient. Still, I do not imagine that my early




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years were greatly unlike the life of other boys who
chance, like me, to be the victims of puritanical sanctimoniousness. The greatest fault laid with my father,
who believed that even childish amusements were obnoxious to the Almighty, and an offense against religion.




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CHAPTER II.
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF NERVOUS PECULIARITIES, AND INCIPIENT MaNIFESTATIONS OF CLAIRVOYANCE.
S A series of common-place events characterize
my individual career between the eighth and fifteenth years of my life, I will pass them unnoticed.
But during this period, there had been much change in
the general aspect of my surroundings. Progressive
improvement in branches of industry was apparent on
all sides; and now, instead of wild and uncultivated
"woodland copse," were seen on every hand
"' Deep waving fields, and pastures green,
With gentle slopes and vales between."
Comparative affluence had taken the place of pioneer
penury, and as display is the inevitable associate of
prosperity, society had brushed and polished itself into
a sort of rustic elegance. Villages, which could boast
commercial importance, had sprung into existence as
if by magic.
Childhood had grown to youth, and youth had
donned the legal rights of manhood. Even my father's domestic arrangements had undergone a progressive change. The old log house, in which I had




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passed many happy days, had gone into oblivion, and
on its former site now stood a more elegant structure
of brick. And the old log school-house, with its rougnh
hard benches, had likewise fallen victim to the prevalent spirit of imprivement; and its place was now
adorned with a more imposing edifice; and even the
old hawk-eyed domine, of bitter recollections, was
laid up as superanuated, and was looked upon as one
of the fossil remains of another age; and in pursuance
with the growing pride of the neighborhood, his place
was now occupied by a spruce specimen of young
America, in broadcloth. In short, general improvement was everywhere manifest.
At the age of fifteen I looked upon myself, in physical sense, as a pretty good specimen of a man; but I
was painfully aware that my mental advancement had
not kept corresponding pace with my physical growth.
I knew that I had a natural incapacity for learning;
and though I studied hard, I had, up to this time,
made no progress beyond the primary branches of
English education. Evidently, book-learning was not
my forte; and as this fact had become patent to my
Father, he gave up all ideas,-if he ever indulged any
-of giving me more than ordinary advantages of
education. My summers were, during these years,
spent in labor on the farmt; and though I attended
school two winter terms after I was fifteen, I accomplished but little more in that time than a review of
my former studies. Thus, at the conclusion of my
school days, I was considered below par in the legally




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defined branches of even primary education; and from
that time to the present, I have never entered any institution of learning as a student.  But, notwithstanding the fact that I made this slow progress ill acquiring the fundamental principles of defined education,
my mind was continually undergoing a process of
vigorous development, by an intuitive acquirement of
intelligence, from nature's inexhaustible fountain of
knowledge'  There was something about me, at this
time, which was remarkably peculiar.  I was unlike
the general class; for though I could not learn from
books, I experienced( no trouble in arriving at a, knowledge of the attributes of whatever came before my
observation,  Aly mind appeaired to be susceptible to
intuitive knowledge. I was habitually a close observer
and investigator of all objective formation, and in my
ownt mind, I was conscious of possessing strange analytic powers. But while I recognized this peculiar
individual capacity, or gift, I was wholly unable to
account for it; and in view of this fact, I durst not
divulge the secret, and for me to give an explanation
of the phenomena was literally impossible at that
time; for I could not tell how, or by what mneans, or
from whence the power was derived.  Besides, I then
supposed that I was not unlike the rest of mankind.
I knew  nothing of the principles of clairvoyanceeven the term was foreign to my vocabulary.  I was
conscious that I possessed a strange power, on some
occasions, of' mental penetration, combined with a sort
of natural exaltation of understanding and analytic




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ability. But why I was so I could not tell.  It was
only on rare occasions that 1 outwardly manifested
these strange gifts, for I had no desire to attract the
attention of the curious.  One special result of this insipient clairvoyant development of my mental and physical organism, and one which I outwardly manifested
most, was an ability to predict impending atmospheric
changes. This I would often do with unerring accuracy, and to the astonishment of even my imost confidential friends; and not only would I prognosticate
a change of weather, but would, with perfect correctness, specify the time and peculiar kind of change
about to occur, long before there would be any visible
signs, apparent to the common observer, of an atmospheric variation. People wondered not a little at this
display of apparent prophetic powers, and there were
many superstitious persons who imagingedc that I was
endowed with supernatural powers of discernment. I
was a mystery even to myself; for I did not understand the principle of this peculiar power, nor why I
should differ so materially from the rest of mankind,
until long after, when the mystery was explained by
the discovery that I was unconsciously a clairvoyant.
These prophecies-if such they may be termedwere the result of clairvoyant powers in their undeveloped stage, or primary conditions, hence were
closely allied to nervous sensation.  My nervous organization, being naturally negative, was sensibly
affected by even the slightest clhange of atmosphere,
and thus I was naturally a sort of human barometer.




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But being a human weathercock did not, even in these
early days, fully comprehend the extent of my unusual
abilities, for I could, with perfect ease, place myself
in magnetic connection with other elements of the
universe; could, when in proper condition, determine
the properties of liquid, and even of solid bodies, by
simply holding them in the hollow of my hand.  At
these times my mind seemed to be exalted, and my
power of perception and penetration were capable of
increase beyond their normal state. I often wondered
at this phenomena, and as I said nothing of' the mystery of my nature, I had considerable curiosity to
know if I was really unlike the great mass of mankind,
or were they, like myself, holding a portion of their
natural powers a secret from the world.
The reader will bear in mind that my clairvoyant
powers were undeveloped at this date. I was not endowed at this time with perfect vision, nor could I
wander off in mental freedom, and place myself in
rapport with distant objects, as I do at this date of
my clairvoyant experience. My physical nerves were
then the only channelthrough which intelligence could
be borne to my mind. I was not unlike others; only
in extreme nervous sensitiveness did I vary from the
rest of mankind.  My powers of predicting atmospheric changes, and of determining the elementary
properties of different bodies, was the legitimate result
of peculiar nervous construction.  The extreme sensitiveness of my nervous system  was perceptibly
agitated by every variation of atmospheric elements;




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and these perceptible changes of nervous feeling were
subjects of mental analysis, and in every instance
conclusions were the result of calculations induced by
nervous effect.  Thus, a feeling of mental langour
and cerebral exhaustion foreshadowed a storm; a
prickly, nervous sensation was a certain indication of
wind; and so I experienced a physical sign for every
atmospheric variation, more or less intense, according
to the mildnes,s or severity of the change about to
occur. Bodies held in the hand would cause a perceptible electric sensation, which varlied in accordance
with the elementary constituents of the article grasped.
Bodies that were powerfully impregnated with iron
would ofttimes emit a powerful electric shock, and at
other times I could handle the same article without
experiencing even the slightest nervous sensation. At
times, liquids poured in the palm of my hand would
powerfully agitate my whole nervous system, and
these phenomena were in consequence of magnetic
sympathy. I was, even in these boyhood days, a powerful magnet to vital electricity; and though this was
before I had any practical knowledge of the phenomena of spirit communication by means of electric
6 raps," I was often startled by unaccountable electric
sounds in strange proximity to my person. Evidently,
these "sounds" were caused by the confined electricity
of my system seeking its equilibrium  in the external
atmosphere; but in these days I could give no reason
for the mystery, consequently the phenomena was an
annoying, though incomprehensible subject of individ



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ual speculation.  And thus, even in my early life, I
was a mystery even to myself, and an object of wotn
der among nmy friends.




26             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
CHAPTER III,
MY FIRST SORROW, AND MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE -WIT1H MAGNETISM.
Many years have passed and weary,
Since they laid her down to rest,
In the grave-yard, lone and dreary,
With the cold clods on her breast.
N THI-E summer of my seventeenth year occurred
the first sorrowfill episode of my life. My sister,
Harriet, whom I have said was my constant companion. during early life, and who in later years had
been my most cherished counselor, and adviser, and
confidant-she of all my kindred I loved the most,
was suddenly stricken down by the destroying power
of a fatal miasmatic disease. Never shall I forget the
feeling of perfect loneliness which thrilled through my
heart when I came to realize the extent and finality
of my bereavement.  This was my first personal
knowledge of death. Oh i how bitter were the tears
I shed, when in the solemn hush of night I stood with
the family group beside the sufferer's couch, to behold
the immortal spirit break the fiail cord that bound it
to its still beautiful form of dying clay.  There was




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just one throe of mortal pain —one lingering, conscious
glance of perfect love for mourning friends around,
which sent an electric thrill of anguish through each
sorrowing heart-one flutter of the dying heart, and
she was dead! And after this there followed the solemn panoply of death, and one bright and beautiful
morning-a mornling musical with the joyous songs of
birds-thley bore the coffined form away through the
sunlight, and hid it among the moss grown groves and
white memorials of departed life.  And now, though
Many years have passed and weary,
Since they laid her down to rest,
In the grave yard, lone and dreary,
With the cold clods on her breast.
Many times the flowers have faded,
By the column at her head,
Since the grave her brow hath shaded
And they called our loved one dead.
But I cannot find her sleeping
In that shadow-haunted spot,
Where the myrtle wreath, is creeping
Round the sweet forget-me-not.
No, ah no! beneath the willow,
They have laid the casket down;
But the grave is not her pillow,
Nor her bed the damp, cold ground.
For beyond the silent river
And the swaying willow bough,
Free from sorrow-now and everW}ith a crown upon her brow,
I behold her, angel risen;She has left the lowly spot
That her body still doth prison,'Neath the sweet forget-me-not.




28              AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
As I have said, this bereavement was my first
cause of real, lasting sorrow; and for a long time my
grief bowed rme to the dust, for I could not but remember that in my idolized sister's death I had lost a
true friend that could never be replaced.
This mournful episode of early death was likewise
— young  as I was-the cause of' much  religious
thought; for somehow, I could not rid myself of the
idea that there existed a great inharmony between the
native promptings of the human heart and the sophistry of church-taught religion.  I had been taug ht,
by my father, that only those who were born tagain,
and sanctified through the gracious mercy of ain oft
fended God, could hope to inherit eternal happiness.
I had been led to believe that if there was no outward
show of spirit sanctification by active, ceaseless praying, that eternal condemnation would be an inevitable
consequence. My loved sister, I knew had never manifested any faith in, or regard for these religious qualifications. She had lived, an unsophisticated child of'
nature, with a mind unclouded by care, or even a
thought of the mysterious filture upon which she had
thus prematurely entered.  But still I could not believe that she, who had never been guilty of an intentional wrong act-whose heart alone pulsated with
purest love for all of God's creatures, was inow by the
Almighty condemned to eternal  damnation, merely
because she had made no profession of sanctity, or
proclaimed, by formal prayer, heart-felt praise to the
Almighty.




DPR. D. B. KELLOGG.               29
Nay, in my own heart, I could but believe her an
angel now, in the realms of the eternal sumnmer-land.
As these convictions took hold of my mind, there
arose a feeling of disrespect for that heartless and cold
religion which taught, thus-wise, that the unerring
child of God was by nature doomed to eternal punishment for the transgression of others.  From this time,
the prayers of my pious father appeared like mockery,
and fell coldly upon rry'heart.
These individual conlvictions were not the only
consequences of this heart-felt bereavement; for I
have reason to believe that fi'om this time forth, my
father began to discern that there was a great inharnony between the so-called will of God and the natural promptings of the God-created heart of man; for
from this time his faith was apparently shaken in his
former creeds.:For a time his mind wandered darkly
among tlhe bewilderinog isms of theology, now grasping-as dying men will grasp at straws-the ilimsy
formula of some inspirational faith, only to cast it
aside as unsatisfactory.  Thus, for a time, was he in
the gloom of spiritual darlkness, surrounded by doubts
and misgivings.  Alas! why will mankind persist in
declaring the human soul-the image of God in lnan
-as under a curse eternal?  fI-ow many poor, strivingo mortals h}ave lived and (lied, believing that a life
of purity would avail them  nou-ht in the land of
spirits i how manly have died, believiog that the
pearly  g'ates were closed against tl-le  because they
were not members of Christ's Church on eartlh. How




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often are we told by the learned nlal of God that our
heart is but a charnel house of sin, and by nature prlone
only to evil.  Can we wonder at the prevalence of evil
and immorality among men who are taught that they
are by nature vile-outcast fiom  the love of God?
Can we expect sweet water from a bitter fountain, or
good results from evil intentions?  Can we wonder at
infidelity, when fidelity rests alone upon the flimsy
hypothesis of second birth, or change of heart, in a
manner so mysterious as to be almost, if not entirely,
beyond human understanding?  We know the human
mind is ever active-ever producing good or bad resuits; then how much more noble and God-like-for
He pronounced all things good-it is to consider the
heart as the fountain of goodness, rather than a natural cess-pool of iniquity.  Good deeds are the ruling
effects of every humall being.  Evil acts are alone the
exception. Tlan is by nature good; by education evil.
When will Christians break down this stupendous
error, this bl:asphemnous libel on the goodness of God,
this mountain of' falsehood, this bug-bear of natural
sin; and teach instead, that man is the noblest handiwork of Omnliscient power, whose heart is, in the image of his Creatorl naturally pure; whose greatest
aim should be to keep it as it caine friolmthe fountain,
free from, the contamination of evil?
During the winter following imy sister's death, our
quiet rural district was visited by a noted itinerant expositor of mesmerism, who announced that he would
exhibit his wonderful experiments at the district school



nD,. D. B. KELLOGG.             31
bouse for several consecutive nights.  Of course, the
sober denizens of these extremely quiet precincts were
attacked with an irresistible desire to view the strange
phenomena, and those who had a glimmer of its real
import, were anxious to be conveyed into the mysterious slumber. My father was terribly sceptical about
the correctness and utility of the professor's boasted
magnetic power. He did not, however, refuse me the
privelege, nor deny himself' the pleasure of attending.
Accordingly, on the first evening of mesmeric display
the professor was greeted by a full house of anxious
expectants. Perhaps there was none present who had
more curiosity than I; for even the term mesmerism
was an undefined something wholly beyond my knowledge. After a miserable display of third-rate'oratory,
which did not have the remotest tendency to enlighten
my mind upon the subject, the professor proceeded to
a practical demonstration of the grand magnetic mystery.
Having placed a lighted candle in the most conspicuous position possible, he directed that those who
desired magnetic effect should keep their gaze riveted
thereon for a specified number of minutes. This requirement I followed as implicitly as my understanding would permit. The operator now commenced a
series of motions resembling the pantomime of "Legerdemain performers."  These motions had a peculiar
effect on my muscular system. My eyes displayed a
decided tendency to close; I was also conscious of
a prickly sensation-a feeling of numbness in different




832             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
parts of my body. I soon allowed my eyes to close,
for I found that to keep them open was next to impossible. I felt no alarm  at the strangeness of my
feelings, for I was still perfectly cognizant of what
was transpiring around me, and had full control of my
mental powers.  Besides, I erroneously supposed that
all present experienced like feelings.  The operator
now came up to me, and after making a few passes
in front of my face, he imperiously said-" You can't
open your eyes."'  "'I gtess you are mistaken, old
fellow," thought I; but I found, after a desperate
efibrt, that he had spoken truth.  I now became suddenly alarmed; for the thought occurred to me that
perhaps I had forever lost the power of sight.  But
my fears were very soon dissipated, for on his touching the lids and commanding me to open. them, they
were unsealed without any apparent personal effort.
The professor now proceeded to demonstrate his
mesmeric powers by magnetically controlling different
members of my body. First my legs were placed
under control, and rendered unserviceable to my individual will. So complete was the operator's control
of them that he would force them to move in spite of
my most strenuous opposition.  Mly limbs being relieved, the influence was transifered to my arms; which
were, by the same mysterious power, held in an extended position, in spite of my will to the contrary.!Next followed a perversion of the sense of taste.  I
was made to eat tabacco, under the snpposition that
it was delicious candy.  In the same mannl-er, wsater




DE. D. Bo KELLOGG.                33
was transferred or changed to wine, and from wine to
bitterest gall.  In each case the deception was astonishingly perfect.
Diuring these performances I was conscious of the
real ccndition of things, but had no power to do otherwise than as commnanded by the operator.  Though I
knew it was tobacco I was eating, instead of candy,
my taste agreed with the deception, and had I been
blind and bereft of the sense of feeling, I would have
sworn it was real candy I ate.
On this occasion my nervous sensations were sima
ilar to those induced by an electric battery.  I could
distinctly feel the operator's chilly hand pass and repass the subjected members, as bearing along with
them an electric current. The living blood in my veins
seemed well nigh arrested.  All the nervous avenues
of sensation were thrilled with quick flashes of electric
fire, and at times a strange  feeling agitated  my
brain; and once I came near losing sensorial power.  The coldness of death appeared to settle upon
those parts which were under the magnetic power or
influence.
During the professor's stay in the neighborhood
I w"as several times used as a siubject upon which to
test t:ie  authllenticity of the science of  mesmerism.
The farorite mode of' testirng was for the operator to
powerfully irfluence my hands, when incredulous observers were allowed to lacerate the flesh with pins
and otlher sharp instruments, which they could do
without my feeling any sensation of pain..94




3.4 aua'oBIOGRnAPR Y oF1
During these exhibitions I was never influenced
beyond a partial state of psychology.  I here u'ote the
-fact in order to corrt: t a prevalent opinion, that I was
at this tfime developed as a clairvoyant, which soene
individuals have unqualifiedly asserted to be the case.
This first psychological event of my life 1made ai  inaeffaceable im-1pression upon my mind; f)or it unflolded a
1new shjubIiecet for contenmplation.. I discovered tIlat I
was not thle indepeindent  and self-sucffiient creature I
had pictured myself t-) be.  I foundl that th-ere existed
a go      v i    er  power strane, wonderful and inscrutible,
and thoug'h u-nseen it was minrhty sand potent.  T had
lea-iraed by experience that I was subject to this power, eiea iteyli-  to a greater extent than the mnost of mankiid-is   le-e was an  individ&ail who  could rob) my
rcalntill pow  ers ofl their  lgitimate rights, and control
mny pl-lysical1 org'anism iin spite of Iny opposing will.
}Tlouts of leep thougllht were spent in a vain endeavor
to un;'-av,!l the imystery'  but all my eniquiries resulted
in hl rssai n  conljectures anid iilprobable tlheories con-,.c rain,,' tie power of mind oer m atter.




.I,. o. B. IKELLOGGor.             35
CHAPTER IV.
MI'Y FIRST TINFLUENCE AS A BIEDIUM.
BOUT THIS time the mysterious manifestattions
known  -as the " Rochester rappiinos"' were, in
consequence. o-f their purporting to emllanate from
disembodied spirits, attracting consideirable attention.
Contrary to tlhe expectation of nearly every one, who
naturally look!ed upon thle laps as somne clever trick of
leger demain, or incompreheusible seven-day novelty
that would soon die a natural dleath,the phenoimena
had kept glradually developing into new phases, until
at this timne it had, fiom an in:significant rcap3, grown
to be a niedium of inspirational intelligence.  Claiming natural instead of supernatural emanation, according' to fixed principles of natural law. A certain class
of philosophers had, since the first rap in 1848, endeavored to ar hrue the phenomenon out of existence,
onil the g'round thaf therte WSaRS no similitude,as precedent. laid doi',n by any of the faionus exponlders of
6thin~Ls tbhaJ'Et be."  Othlers claimied t1.hat iJt Awas a newv
ph1ase of animar lagietwism; anu  st.i]l  nother class
seofeeci at, and unqcualifiediy  pro-nounced the whole




36              AUTOBIOGRAPLH Y OF
But despite the condemnation of' book-wise philosophers, the scoffs of ignorant ranters, or even the
denunciations of horrified divines, the mysterious phenomena had moved steadily on, gailning each day in
popular favor and interest.
Owing to the strangeness and unprecedented mystery of these so-called spirit nmanifestations, and rapidly increasing popularity, they ltad become a subject
of interest and frequent discussion by thle iinvestigating
and liberal-minded members of the commnlunity where
I resided.  Amoong the investigators umy flther was
conspicuous; for since his divergence froml the beaten
paths of his former theological creeds, he had cultivated a liberality of principle to such extent thiat now
truth was acceptable from  whatever source  it iniight
emanate; and althoughl he gave but little credence to
the floating rumors concerning these purported spirit
manifestations, he publicly admitted himself susceptible to any convictions that might be derived from
practical investigation. Residing in the neighborhood
was one other individual, a Mr. Ball, who was equally
with my father solicitous of practically testing the
truth or falsity of these mysterious visitations of spirits
from the other world.  Hence, in order to put their
desires in execution, they, with otler liberal-minded
individuals, arranged to meet at an appointed time at
my father's residence, for the purpose of inaugurating
a series of practical tests.
Accordingly, in pursuance of this preconcereted arrangement, some half-score of earnest individuals con



DR2. I). B.. KELLOGG.             37'venei( to witness what might be received in the way
of' spir'it demoinstpvLtion.  On this occasion Mr. Ball
acted as master of ceremn-onies, and was allowed to
make such arrangements and disposition of means as
conformed with his ideas of the nmodubs ojpercncdi required to bring about the hped for result.  These
arrangerneuts were extreimely simple.  An ordinary
dining-table was placed so as to be accessible from  all
sides; then of the company those who were supposed
to be susceptible of' magnetic influence  were chosen
for mi-embers of the circle, and were instructed to place
their hlan(ds on the table in such a I:anner as to form
an en( iess chain or connection.
In  consideration  of my known susceptibility to
mesmeric conltrol, I was, contrary to my wishes, urged
to Decome one of the mediumistic circle.  To tell the
truth, I had not a particle of' faith in these purported
spirit demonstrations, and I honestly believed the
whole thin~g to be an absurd trick or else "humbug."
I did not believe that these proceedings would result
in anything but failure; consequently I unwillingly
acquiesced with their wish, and took my place among
the rest of the chosen ones.  IMy preconceived ideas
of complete failure were, during the first trial, somewhat modified.  For after the elapse of some halfhour of passive quietness, I became suddenly conscious of a feeling of numbness gradually creeping
along tlhe nervous avenues of my hands and arms;
which rapidly increased in power and intensity, sufficiently to cause spasmodic contraction of the muscles




(3S              AUTOBIOGRNt'WtHY OF
and cause my hands to move about in a highly fantastic manner.  These uncontrolled gyrations were  kept
ulp for sonme time; but finally, on a piece of chalk being, placed in reach, their f'antastic irregularity  of
motion was considerably modified.  So much so, in
fact, that I was enabled to unconsciously write a few
words in an intelligible manner.  But by far the larger
portion of these " chalk" manifestations consisted  of
unintelli-ible scrawls and hieroglyphics.  No other
demonstration was received at this sitting; nor did
any other member of' the circle recoonize1   even the
slightest sensation or influence.
But, notwithistanding these rmanifestations came
far short of expectation, in point of interest or selfsustaining evidence of origin or utility, it was resolved
by those present to continue the investigation, in hopes
of better results in fiture.  For, to use their own lainguag" "if I had not been humbu ging them, there
was a prospect of my becoming a medium,"9 and of
their investigating the phenomena through me.  Thlis
covert expression of doubt, of' genuineness of manifestation, did not trouble ime in the least, for I was
completely imystified, and had very serious doubt of
my own, though different in nature.    For, while I
was positive I used no deception or personal volition,
I doubted the source firom  whenee th-e controlling
power, emanated.  It w as sapposed by those present
that if the manifestatiolns were foreign to 1my1ae11tf that
is, if they were not the result of personal volition, that
they were the effect of some mysterious spirit power.




DR. I). B. KELLOGG.               39
But where was the proof that such was the case?
ntight not the power to produce these magnetic Inanirestations (for thley were in physical kind the same in
sensat-ion and cffect as I had experienced when mnag
netized), have emanated from those with wholm ]I was
connected.   Ar. Ball had of late, on several occasions,
placed me under his magoietic control, possibly he.
miglht have been the unconscious mesimeric cause on
this occasion.  In view of the plausibility of this inferred probability, I resolved to practically test the
subject by some mneans or other.
Some week or ten days later, an opportnnity offered for makihng the desired test.  On this occasion,
- was onl an evening visit to an aunt's, when the subject of spiritualism was broached, and followed by a
proposition to form a circle, which was unanimously
ag'reed to.  With the exception of my aunt, those
present were all persons of nearly my own age; in
view of which fact I felt confident that if we realized
any influence there could be no danger or probability
of any local emanation of cause.  }ot one of the entire company hdac any klnown inductive mnesmeric power. I had in my own mind become almost fully persuaded that vmy former sensation had been the result
of an involuntary mlesimeric power, emanating in an
nnconscious current filorn B1Mr. Ball.  I was therefore
astolnished when, after'  a few  miomenlts of qtuiet, to
again become conscious of the same mysterious influence.  On this occasion, instead of fantastic movements, and  unintelligible chalk mnarks, words, and




40             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
finally complete sentences were written with neatness
and astonishing rapidity, and before the close of this
seance I had become sufficiently developed so that I
could unconsciously answer even mental queries with
astonishing correctness. During the entire performance I watched with interest the involuntary mancenvres of my hand. I had no knowledge or premonition
of what was going to be written.  tMy hand would
involuntarily answer queries by writing, while I was
otherwise mentally engaged in conversation on topics
entirely foreign to those of which I wrote.
Mvy former belief that the influence emanated from local powers or living agencies, was on this occasion completely overcome by unimpeachable evidence. But I
still doubted the hypothesis that the influence was the
result of spirit power. I was in a stato of mental mystification, for I had been taught that when man died
he went to a bourne from which return was impossible.
But how else could I define the phenomenon? Was
I the victim of Satanic incantation, or mental hallucination?  Was it witchcraft, or some unknown mystery of natural law? In vain I strove to reach a
plausible conclusion-to establish in my mind a theory
that would be sustainable by reason or logic; but my
thoughts were invariably lost in profound nmystery.
At last I resolved to continue my invesltigation until
the light of truth should remove the clouds of mystery
firom my mental vision.
A few evenings later I was again influenced, this
time at my father's residence, in presence of those




DR. I). 13. KELLOGG.           41
who had first witnessed my mediumistic abilities. On
this occasion the nature of my mediumistic proceedings was entirely unlike the two preceding manifestations, and consisted of physical tests. First, the raps
were introduced, with undeniable distinctness. These
were followed by some marvelous demonstrations of
spirit power. Chairs, and other articles of furniture
were caused to move without any perceptible assistance; and once, while mny hands alone rested on the
table, it was suddenly tipped to an inclined position,
and held against the opposing power of four strong
men, who, with united strength, endeavored to replace it.
During all these proceedings, I was only conscious
of a powerful magnetic sensation, which appeared to
flow from me towards such objects as were employed
as means for manifestation.  I was conscious of receiving and imparting a strong magnetic current,
which, when not imparted caused a nervous tremor,
similar to those caused by an induction of a current
of electricity; but while this magnetic current was
passing off, the tremor would entirely cease. In view
of these facts, I reasonably consideded myself only as
a medium of some foreign power; but my mind was
still in the dark, as thus far I had received no convincing proof of intelligence being connected with the
cause of the phenomena, hence I was not yet prepared
to admit the theory of spirit emanation.




42              AUTOi3IOGtAPHY OF
CHAPTER  V,
MY ENTREE INTO THE THIRD MAGN.ETIC DEGI[REEI,
Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's shower,
Without our special wonder?, N ORDER not to tire the patience of my readers by delineations of similar events, I will hasten
jto detail the impressions that I received while in
my first condition of clairvoyance. Prior to this occasion, I had twice been thrown into a somnamnbulic
state —a condition of ultra-unconsciousness —throu gh
which I surmise all clairvoyants must pass ere they
reach the third magnetic degree.  These two events
are blanks in my remembrance-momnents of complete
mental darkness -an undefinable cavity in my mental
existence.
On the occasion in question, I passed through this
veil of magnetic darkness into the bright realms of
the third magnetic degree. I had bat slight knowledge of the mysteries of magnetism; of the phenomlena of -clairvoyance I was alnost entirely ignorant,
having no clear conception of any such condition.
But I was, on this occasion, borne by an unseen power




Dli..). B. iKELLOGG.             47:3
into this mystic mgntitic state in less tV!an twenty mimnutes.  After a few mloments of' mental and physical
inertia, which was rather pleasant than otherwise, my
mind passed into a delightful state of mental tranquility.  l.[y thoughts -were extremely peaceful.  I
vieweCd wmith urnutterabl e emotions of gladness a mental vision of happiness.  I contemplated th e prlinciples
of friendship and of universal love.  aly soul seemed
to expand with mighty powers of penetration.  I was
not conscious that these mental prospects awakened
the least heart-felt emotion; they appeared  as ideas
comin(g fi'om  an uInknlown fountain of intelligence.
During these nmoments I was conscious of being enveloped in impenetrable darkness. Therefore, my conclusions were that I was in a deep physical sleep,
mentally engaged in a peacefil revery.  Soon I discovered that this conclusion was incorrect; for as nmy
powers were expand.ed and enlarged, I saw that surrounding objects were glowing  with illuiminating tints,
more or less brilliant and magnetical.
The figure of each person was enveloped in a
light atmosphere, whichl emanated f-iom it.  I farther
discovered that every tangible object enitted a luminous glow, which varied in degrees of brightness and
mnagnitlude. Animate objects were enveloped in more
extenisive, and brilliant atmosphere than were inalimate.  The folzrmer seemed to sernd forthl ever varying
ilnts, while the latteir appeatred as changeless in aspect.
T'he utter novelty of this view overwhelmned mi!y mind
with aston-ishml:ent l:n  adni-r'aton.  In -ah I triedl to




44              AUTOBIOGI'APIY OF
comprehend this unprecedented phenomrenon.  I was
completely confounded; and for a while I imagined
that the earth and its inhabitants had been suddenly
translated into a brilliant paradise.  I could employ
no language to describe my perceptions; hence, I
viewed the magnificent scene with feelings of unutterable joy and reverence.  But I had not yet reached
the ultimate of my perceptive power. A few moments
later I discovered that, by mneanis of my new powers
of mental penetration, I could observe with perfect
ease the internal organization of every person in the
room; could easily discern fiom  whence emanated
these magnetical exhalations that were so luminous.
All the organs of the hluman viscera-the liver,
the spleen, the heart, the brainl-were accessible to my
mental inspection.  The whole body appeared as a
transparent sheet of glass, invested with strange,rich
spiritual beauty. Every separate organ was the center of a brilliant illumination, peculiar to itself.  Permeating the body throughout, in fact, it appeared as
the body itself, was an unvarying flash of light; I soon
recognized this as being the nervous fluid; and that
all the other organs depended on this for means of
activity.  I saw that the air-chlanmbers of the lunrgs
were like clenical laboratories, causi ng instantluneous
chemical changes in the blood which flowed through
the contigno,s membranes.  The spinal coluimn appeared as an unceasing stream of electric fire, and thle
brain as a reservoir of brillialnt electr ic tints. Here, the
phe:ot.nea was inoie varied thaii in any other portion




iD'.. D. B. KELLOGGC.           -40
of the organism. In fact, the emanation from each
separate brain in the room  displayed individuality.
In other respects they were all nearly alike; but in
this there was a marked difference. I afterward discovered the difference to be the effect of mental variation of power and refinement.  The brilliant silvery
light came from the well-balanced and refined brain;
while those who were gross and low, emitted a more
sombre current of electric fluid.
But the sphere of my vision now began to widen.
My mental power of penetration was no longer subject
to the laws of density; all the surrounding objects
appeared as transparencies. Nature's spacious cabinet
was thrown open to me; and for a while I imagined
that I alone was drinking in the beauties of this magnificent banquet. But my conclusions were incorrect,
for while I was mentally analyzing the distinctly visible properties of surrounding objects, I became suddenly conscious of the presence of other observers.
These were forms of transcendent beauty.  Their
beauteous form emitted a ceaseless glow of fine, nervous light. I soon discovered that they were devoid
of physical forms, and somehow my mind was impressed with the idea that I was in the presence of
purely spiritual beings, towards whom I felt an irresistible attraction.
Words utterly fail to delineate the gorgeous panorama now unfolded to my expanded vision.  I saw
that each object was beautifully and distinctly surrounde-d by an atmosphere of life; and instinctively I




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recognized in this phenomena the wonderful mystery
of the law of sympathy andl_ attraction.  I saw that
everything in nature was a'ranged and located in accordance with this universal law; that it was the
fundamental principle of sympathetic relation.  The
connecting link between objects, the invisible operation
of the universal law of change.  Throughout the universe I saw that there was a generous commingling of
magnetic emanation; and thus the grand secret of
affinity was brought before my mlental vision.  It is
impossible for me to detail all the impressions I received, and emotions I experienced on this occasion
of my first introduction into a clairvoyant perception
of Nature.  Nor can I portray the harmonious beauties
that I witnessed, while a mont the dwellers of the
fadeless summier-land.  For, tlhoughl I was conscious
of their presence, I was aware of a strong attraction
to earth life; and that this attraction held me friom
mingling with them fieely.
In this vision I saw, by the penetrating power of
a freed spirit, everything just as we will all see them
after we pass away from the visible body at physical
death.
Suddenly I was conscious that the extended scope
of my vision was undergoing rapid contraction. The
beautiful magnetic illumination swiftly faded; and
soon I could only discern, as before, the magnetic condition of those in the room; and at last even this was
lost.  For a moment everything was shrouded in impenetrable darkness, which on being lifted, I found




DRI. 1). B, IKELLOGG. 4.
myself in a state of complete physical consciousness.
iMy senses-the natural windows of my soul-were
restored to their natural power, my organs of sight
were unsealed, and the familiar light once more greeted
my vision.  Again I could hear the -iamziliar voices of
friends around.
During this condition of clairvoyance, I had unconsciously changed my position, and on my return to
sensorial life, I found myself standing at the window
gazing out into the darkness. As I turned and looked
upon the circle of familiar friends, I saw  that their
countenances were expressive of intense wonder. vMy
kind-hearted mother, who could not comprehend the
philosophy of these strange spells, I saw  had been
weeping; and even others displayed feelings of horror.  But on becoming convinced that I had returned
to consciousness, this dread was supplanted by a feeling of anxiety to learn what I had witnessed, and
and what were my sensations during my mental abselnce.
I gave my auditors but little satisfaction in answer to their anxious inquiries; for I felt then utterly
incapable of' portraying my sensations andimpressions.
So begging to be excused, I hurried away to thle retirement of my own room  to contemplate in solitude
the mystic scenes of the night.'Well do I remember
my reflections on that memorable night.  Vainly I
strove to analyze and comprehend the mysterious
cause of the beautiful phenomena I had experienced.
Was it the result of a natural law, or a dream    An




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imaginary display, or a philosophical reality? In my
own mind, there was an inspired thought which assured me that it was an important and beautifultruth
-a philosophical reality, freighted with valuable consequences to mortals in their primary condition. I saw
in this mysterious power of mental expansion a key
that would ultimately unlock the invisible store-house
of nature-filled, as it was, with rich treasures of mystic beauty-and bring to light the secret workings of
invisible matter, and point out the connection between
heaven and earth; that, aided by this beautiful and
providential agency, man in his rudimental life would
ultimately have clearer conceptions of the infinite.




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CHAPTER VI.
MISUNDERSTANDING OF MY GIFTS.
_ N THE morning following the events narrated in
the last Chapter, I discovered, on entering the
room, where the family had congregated, that
their thoughts were still connected with the strange
phenomena of the last night. Evidently it was something beyond their ready comprehension, a sort of
magnetic or mesmeric mystery they had not expected
to witness in connection with my mediumistic powers.
Hence, being unexpected and unaccountable, their
inferences were freighted with possible consequences
of personal evil. From a look of extreme languor,
mingled with an expression of sadness, apparent on
the sympathetic countenance of my mother I conjectured that she had passed a night of mental trouble,
arising from probable prospects that I had received
physical or mental injuries. But the old look of mental quiet returned, when on enquiry, they found that I
had suffered neither of these dreaded calamities. By
request, I now explained my sensation and delineated
in a bungling manner the wonders I had discovered,
while in this mysterious condition of mental expan



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sion. On finishing my rehearsal my father positively
asserted that I had been in the realIms of spirits; substantiatirng his conclusion by quotations of sundry
similitudes from  the experience of other mediums.
Becoming elated over his visionary and sanguine anticipations of what my powers would ultimately be,
he prophecied that at no distant day he should see me
occupying the rostrum as a medium of superior knowledge. His reading had gave him  an insight into
many of the mysteries of clairvoyance which to my
mind were perfectly incomprehensible.  I could form
no connection between these peculiar mental gifts and
the exalted position of an expounder of the mysteries
of nature. Hence, I could not help smiling at what
appeared the effects of thoughtless enthusiasm, or
groundless imagination.
From this time forward our mecliumistic experiments were frequent and successful. For, like the
poet, who awoke from his slumbers to find himself
famous, I, since my mysterious sleep, had become not
exactly famous, but notorious, for my popularity had
not kept pace with my notoriety. Almost every night
our meetings were thronged by the marvel-loving
members of our imrnediate community, who came for
the sole purpose of witnessing the demonstration and
receiving individual tests. A few came with honest
purposes and a sincere desire to intelligently test
the phenomena; but by far the greater portion had
no other object in view than a morbid desire to satisfy a fondness for whatever savored of supernatural



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ism.  At times this latter class appeared to be actuated by ludicrous and absurd ideas of spirit power,
which was either the result of' ignorance or malicious
lesign to appropriate a fiilure to accomplish miracan
1nus and impossible tests, to their small stock of false
arguments, to be used against the possible facts of the
phenomena.
I was, by this class of investigators, continually
annoyed by inconsistent and. unanswerable questions;
of which the following are but a partial list, the absurciity of which are plainly  evident.  "Could I,
or the  controlling  power, reveal the  future? "
" ~Were they (the questioners) going to succeed in this
or that undertaking?." If I make such an investment
will I succeed?    C' ould I turn water into wine, or
discover hidden treasures? 9" Could I transmute sordidt
metals into refined gold?"  These were a few of the
inconsistent queries of the penurious and worldly
minded class.
Bible fanatics had a different set of equally unanswerable queries: " Could I tell when the world would
come to an end?" "   el're they (the questioners) to
be saved in the day of' judgement? " " Was heaven a
city with streets of gold? "    Where was the grave of
IMoses?' and so on to an almost unlimited extent.
Still another class, consisting of beardless boys and
simpering misses, with old maids, and bachelors on
the shady side of life, who were extremely anxious to
knowt what were their matrimonial prospects.
Of course all these questioners went away dissatis



52 )-AUTOBlOGtIAPHIY 01F
fled, and insteadl of getting answers to their foolish
queries would receive some revelation of the mysteries of life, whereupon they would announce to their
friends that I could do no more than others. Still
there was another class of investigators, which, though
they displayed more intelligence, were none the less
inconsistent; of which the fbllowing account of my
experience, with a pompous old gentleman, firnishes
a very good example.
This particular individual was one of that class
who are naturally, or by force of habit, opponents.
He gave me to understand that he designed to impartially test this modern spiritualism.  Said he, "I design to put you, or the spirits, or whatever power controlls you, to a fair trial, and if you, or whatever the
power is, fails to accomplish the tests imposed, I shall
feel it my duty to publicly expose you."  Supposing
his investigation would be intelligently and honorably
conducted, and impartially considered, on principles
of reason and justice, I replied, "that all I desired
was a fair test, and an honest exposition, and no
more.'"
Confident of my powers, I gave way to the influence, and the controlling power signified by writing a
willingness to render practical elucidation of spirit
existence and power. Immediately various voluntary
and marvelous tests were given.  My hands were
thrust into the candle flame and held there long enough
to have crisped the flesh to the bone if they had not
been protected by some invisible and.l mysterious




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n;eans. The stand was moved back and forth across
the room without any visible assistance and with only
the tips of my fingers resting upon it. Certain articles were held on an inclined plain in direct opposition to the natural laws of gravitation, without visible
sup1port. Raps were produced with undeniable distinction in various parts of the room; while both mental.and oral questions were answered with almost invarible correctness. All who witnessed the demonstrations on this occasion, with the single exception of
this individual, admitted themselves satisfied that
there was no imposition practiced, and that they were
convinced that I was the medium  of some foreign
cause. Even he admitted that what he had witnessed
was truly marvelous.  Still being incredulous he diverged from honest, intelligent investigation in inconsistency. The most ulterior proof possible would
only be acceptable and convincing. A friend of his,
who he stated was a firm spiritualist, had informed
himl that he had known the spirits, through Mr. Slade,
a highly developed medium, to ring bells and play on
musical instruments without tile application of any
visible means; with various other, to use his own
mode of expression, "miraculous feats." " Now," continued he, " if the spirits had once done these things,
and he did not doubt the affirmation of his friend,
hence believed they hadl, they could repeat the performance, and if it could be done through Mr. Slade, he
could not see why the same thing could not be accomplished through me."  No soonert Ilad he completed




4                AU.i1'.1t 1OrA iOI30(tiO AP1iY cli
this highly unphilosophical demand, than I was inftlu
enced to write tile following, which f insert firom
memory.  The phraseology may differ from the original, but the subject matter is intact.  I insert it for
the benefit of developing meadiums, who, as in my
case, may be tormented  by similar inconsistent and
incredulous investigators; andl for those whlo Inay indulge the same absurd ideas of spirit- or medial
powelr.
"Every element of ereatioa is sulj ect'o limit.
Humnan beings, in their rudimental condition or earth
life, are subject to this inevitable principle  of limitation of power; which lititation is, in view  of the
law of progression, largely the result of' intellectual
capacity; for it is undeniable that variation in mental
or intellectual capacity is the primary cause of the
manifest diversity of powers to priodtce effects. Hence,
what is possible to one manl is inlmpossible to another-,
different in power.  Spirits not being infinite are snbject to this same law.  Therefore, what one spirit can
accomplish may become, by this fact, of limitation an
impossible feat to an*other.
The influencing powers now present are capable of
perverting the natural tendencies of things, to a certain limited extent, through this mediumn.'Tey can
hold bodies of certain weight in opposition to the natural law of gravitation; they can also move the table
or stand; but because they could move these, it was
inconsistent to suppose that they could by the same
means, move the house in which wVe were seiated friom




from its foundation.  Would the questioner suppose
it consistent to believe that, because one individual
could just lift a body of certain weight, that a weaker
one could accomplish the same feat?  Or because an
an electric battery, of given power, was capable of'
transtnitting intelligence along a telegraph wire a
thousand miles and no  more, did it follow that one of
half the powe'r could be expected to do the same?
VWas it not consistent to suppose that the power to
perform should in all cases be equal to the task imposed?  Certainly, this principle was undeniable in
regard to finite beings of earth and it is equally applicable to spirits; for spirits are not infinite.  There is,
nor can there be, in any stage of existence, but one
infinite power.
Therefore, in view  of this limitation of power
amlong spirits, it must be readily perceived that those
who understand the law and can control the means,
are able to accomplish more wonderfill feats than
tthose who are ignorant of the principles and the
means to be employed.  Could it be reasonably expected that a person unskilled in music could perform
on a musical instrument equal to a proficient?  Certain spirits, who were acquainted with the art, and
understood the means to be employed, could influence
Mir. Slade, and through him as a medium, accomplish
the wonderful feat of ringing bells and playing on
musical instruments without visible application  of
power. But it did not necessarily follow  that the
spirits influencing this medium, who were ignorant of




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music and the means to produce the phenomena, could
do the same.'
Notwithstanding the plain, simple logic of this
explanation, or rather excuse, this pompous and malicious investigator publicly pronounced me an impostor. But, while he proclaimed my inability to accomplish his imposed tests, he studiously withheld my
reasons for not doing them fiom the public. Thus
being without the shield of popularity I became the
target of ignorant and malicious fanatics, subject to
continual misrepresentation. I was looked upon by
some as an impostor, by others as insane. But in spite
of all this fanatical and bigoted array of opposition,
there was a few honest, intelligent men and women,
who nobly cheered me on, confident that I would,
with unseen aids, outride the storms of private scandal and public ridicule.




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CHAPTER VII.
DOUBTS AND MISGIVINGS WHY I WAS DIFFERENT FROM
OTHERS.
BOUT the first of September, 1853, occurred a
perfectly natural, though memorable event of my
j life. I was now nineteen, consequently began to
experience an irrepressible desire for conjugal happiness and enjoyment.  For once, the old proverb that
"'true love never runs smooth," was practically denied, for ihy matrimonial projects were in every respect
satisfactorily a success.  I sought, and found congeniality of sentiment. Wealth, or worldly possessions,
either real or prospective, were unconsidered; our
union was founded upon the pure principles of reciprocal affection. Love, unsophisticated and pure, was
alone the mystic tie that bound our hearts in wedded
unison.
Not long after our marriage, my wife found on
trial that she was, like myself, susceptible of mesmeric
psychological influence.  This discovery was to me a
source of some little satisfaction; for I now lhad the
means of witnessing the external appearances of this
strange, mystic phenomena. On the other hand, the




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discovery was a source of considerable domestic concern11 for I saw, with considerable anxiety, t'hat thf'ere
was probable danger that we mi;ht, become so enthralledc or rathlel ellvelo)ped, in the umystic  cldcs of
an apparently uncontrollable magnetic  power aPs to
cause diffictulty in fnl'ture extrication.  This (perfectly
groundless) fear was, in part the result of my own ignorance, and in parrt arose fronl the harpings of equally
ignorant persons,  who being' interested in our welfiare,
confidently asserted that these psychological inifluences
would prove injurious to us both, and ultimately ruin
our health.   The bare prospect of sLuch a calamity
was suffrcient to arouse the deepest anxiety; for health
w as the foundation of outr happiness,-aye, more than
that, in my case healtlh was tle ba11k foi'on  which I
drew means of subsistenlce; for not being blessed with
wealth, all my comforts, and even necessities, were
the direct proceeds of manual toil.  Iience, health
adequate to labor was:an1 absolute necessity of my
life.
Yie often entered into private conference and discusesed the prospect ef our unknown al:d lpos;pcctively
mystriouso fulture.  In tthese  discussionis the sutbject of
this suppoossed spirit powe, and te possibl  influtence
it might have oni or hlappiness, was e-ver an nsettle d
thee e.b Would we be benefitted thereby) or would it
lead! to inlfrnmy and w-Noe, were our' of -repeatced queries.  The world, the Church, and ourl own ignorance
pointed to the dlarker  ultimlate; but in tihe midst of
these misgivings, there was a mysterious something




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wvhch whispered to ouIr hearts that all would yet be
radiant with the brightness of tranquil peace, and this
undcennable  something  irresistibly  impelled us on
toward a more perfect magn;etic development. W'hen
T gave way to these latter mysterious promptings, a
i-eeling of peaceful tranquility would magically dispel
the dark forbodings of my mind, and serene enjoyelent would arise to prospective view.
But for all this, I could not enter into any specified ideas of what my future wou.ld be.  I was blindly
laboring up the steep stlopes of the, to me, unexplored
mountain of u-xefilness.  I did not experience any sang'uine anticipations of future renown.  I was utterly
devoid of ambitious desires to gain popular etninence.
In short, I experienced a heart-felt and decided objection to being considered anything more than an
ordinary person.  Hence, I had no sympathy for the
visionary prospects of notoriety, or even usefulness,
over which my friends, and particularly my father,
had manifested extraordinary anticipations.  In view
of my natural diffidence, combined with an intelligent
appreciation of the fact that I was ignorant of even
the simplest rules of public elocution, I made a firm
resolve that nothing should induce me to appear as a
public speaker. 7But, like many another, I found that
I was emlphattically a creature of circumstances, and
fully recognize-d the truth-fiulness of' Slhakespeare's oftquot ed and oft-verified lines, that
"F ate vwould shape our ends, rough hew them as we may."
At this time my influence lad assumed a peculiar




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phase —being a condition of psychological somnolence.
When in this condition, I.was devoid of sensorial
feeling or mental ability.  I was like a machine or
"c spout" thlrough which flowed a stream ofrefined in
telligence, emanating from a foreign source. All my
muscular movements were caused by the saime mysterious agency, fromn whence came the intellicence. My
language was not my own, and was generally more
refined and diversified than I was, when myself, capable of using. In short, I was, when in this condition of
somnolence, like one under narcotic influence; for
though I was a living, moving being, I was devoid of
mental independence or individuality, and like the
somnambulist, I was unconscious of, and irresponsible
for my acts or words.
One evening, on my being relieved from one of'
these somnambulic states, my father informed me that
on this occasion I had been influenced by a neto spirit,
and that he (the spirit) had through me delivered an
excellent discourse upon the philosophy of spirit intercourse; and so, continued my elated progenitor,
you see my prophesy is being verified; for the controlling power has through you announced that he would
dictate a public discourse on the benefits of spiritualism, to be delivered at the school-house on the coming
Sab'bath; and confident that you would consent, I
have authorized those who were present to circulate
the appointment.
Here was a pretty condition of affairs. I was unwittingly going to be forced to dlo what I had, in my




own mind, firmly resolved that I would not; and in a
moment of exasperation I told my sanguine, though
well-meaning father that I would not fill the appointment. That night, in the quiet of my own room, I
felt truly despondent.  Wb;'y, thought I, am I forced
to be the unwilling medium  of a, to me, incomprehensible power of intelligence? I had no remembrance
when awake of what I had seen or said when in this
mystic slumber.  Could I have been priveleged to
have retained in memoriy those words which my friends
told me were vehicles of deep scientific truth, I should
have experienced no dread, nor sadness, such as now
depressed my mind; but should have looked upon this
strange gift with deepest feelings of gratitude. But
as it was, I was afflicted with torturing misgivings.
I had no personal knowledge of my somnambulic
powers. 3My friends told me that on this occasion I
had been the mediumn of a rich oratorical and scientific
discourse, and that I had handled the subject with all
the ability of a studied philosopher. But I saw that
my friends were wrought up to the highest pitch of
enthusiasm, hence I could not consider themr as competent judges. What to do I knewnot.  Should I fill
the appointment, and publicly risk my reputation, or
should I firmly adhere to my hastily expressed determination not to speak, and thns trample tupon the feelings of my father and friends?  To whom  could I
apply for counsel?  01 all those who were present,
and heard this last manifestation, there was only one
whom I dare trust as a critic, and I now resolved that




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1 would gainiis honest o?,ion in i  egard to rny oratorical abilities, vwhlen under influeuce; filuthermore, I
resolved that I would  be entirely controlled by his
decision.
On the following morning I laid the matter before
thlis friend.  I gave him to understand thlat I desired
a plain, honest, nimpartial crliticism of my mediumistic
abilities for public speaking, and if lte thought the
discourse to which. he had listened was sufficiently
perfect in delivery, sound in reason and philosophy
to withstand the criticisams of the learned.  I told himr
I was anxious to please my fr-iends, but did not desire
by doing so to risk my reputation by making a ridiculous failure.  In answer to these inlquiries, he told
me that nly discourse of tem night before wmas an extraordinary manifestation of intelligence; that the subject chosen was scientifically discussed; that my reasoning were deep and powerful, and unexeptionable.
My language was good, the only defect being an occasional deviation friom modern rules of grammar and
orthcmpy.  He advised imne by all means to fill the appointiment.' Show to the world," saidl lhe, 1" that you
are honestly, and sincerely in eainest; that you are the
medium of a high order of intelligence, and I assure
you that you will win the respect of even sceptics and
unnbelievers; aid by sulh: a course your friel(ds will be
bound to sustain you."9
This conversatio o  liad a tendency to revive my
spirits, and in the coifrse of the day I inforrmed nay
father that I h'lad reconsidered my hasty conclusion,




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and that I had finally concluded to deliver the promised lecture; adding that I did not wish to again be
inveigled into another such predicament.
The day on which I was to fulflill my promuise had
at length arrived.  My present recollection of that
first appearance in public is extremely vivid.  On my
arrival at the house, I found it alleady filled with an
intelligent audience, who eyed me sharply as I wended
my way throulgh the crowded aisle toward the speaker's stand.'Twas a new and painful trial for me, presenting myself thus, blushing with timidity and reservation, before a strange and heterogenous assembly,
two-thirds of whom  I was confident had no other
motive for being present than to gratifiy cauriosity, or
criticise my endeavors.  It is impossible for me to de-fine my impressions, as I timidly raised my eyes and
nmet their sharp, concentrated gaze.  Alas! thought ],
whlat would be rly feelings if I should fail?  I would
become a scoff. I had no idea what i was goinl to
do; all depended upon the mystic powers by which I
was controlled.  LBut the thlrong around me would attribute a ailure to mne alone.
1H-ppily, wlhile I was sufferinig' frrom  this pain3il
embarrassiment,  I began to tiel t+he precursory omens
prognostic of approaching unconsciousiess, gradually
overcomincg mny sensoriai powers of mind, and in a
Iew  Aolments I iwas totally obliviouls of' my surroundinls.  I hlave no peirsonal remlembrance of wlx-.lhat tralnspiLed  uring the t wo hours I was in this unlcouscious
state of somnambulisn.  But on mny return to s;ensorial




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life, I saw a look of heart-felt satisfaction resting on
the countenances of my friends, and I further saw
that those whom I felt were opposers appeared thoughtful and perplexed; and from these omens, I judged
that my endeavors had been a success.  The meeting
was closed by some explanatory remarks concerning
the phenomena, by my father and others.  To the
most of the assembly the proceedings were a complete
mystery, as well as novelty. All who were personally
acquainted with me, positively knew that the discourse
was far beyond my natural abilities; hence, many who
had before disbelieved in the possibility of my receivinr assistance from any foreign source, were literally
forced to admit the fact that I was a mnedium on this
occasion. I had been a mystery before, I was now a
marvelous person. The old cry of "Humbug," would
no longer keel people from investigating. My position
was now unimpeachable; and though I was subject
to gross misrepresentations, and was a target for the
hot-shot of ignorant fanatics, who woilld believe only
what St. Paul, or some other saint had pronounced
true, I had the satisfaction of knowing that I was
slowly but surely gaining in popular estimation, People began to search into the mystery of these strange
manifestations, and the deeper they searched, the more
proof did they find that, the controlling power emanated fiom spirits.  In fact, iU was the only satisfactory
solution of the phenomenaa, and many avowed their
belief to be in accordance with this hypotthesis-very
mnlch to tile alarm.   of those who kinew  naught, nor




DI, I), 1B. KEI,LOGGo                  6(5
daICe ltt t.ilillk of t hle mysteries of God's law  beyond1',iit h ie had revealed in his divine world




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CHAPTER VIII.
DIFFERRENT VIEWS OF SPII{lTUALI[SI[. —-WI.AT IT IS.
" Reason cannot know,
Whllat sense can neither feel nor thought. conceive,
Thllere is delusion in the world,-and woe,
And fear, and pain."
-U'UTRI-NG  thilese eiarly- stages of spirit lnaniiifestation, the phenomena had received but v1ery little
fj  philosoplhical itivestigation-; and a large portion
who aedmit-ted themselves believers of the doctrine of
siiritualismil, clothed their ideas with the mystery of
sulnperlaturlalismi. AMany claimed this modern spi'it
intercourse to'be one of the special providences of
God, a second co ming of the kMesiah, or special reinauouration of a defunct or suspended privilege forrmelly  el)joyed  and practiced by ai-cient seers and
prophets.  Even writers, wlhat itfw  there were wTho
daredl to treat the subject favorablly, c-lothted thleir erudition in the cabalistic my'steries ciaral te istit  of ancient astrology and proplecy.  Hig  hllhy visionllay t)rodeutioas, rledutenduant with      i ie.t;int.i~    l       e I'rtl'o berealized propihecies, intingledd'ith a, noi/ y    ft -0 unIIertain an( imipractice poba'oilitis, ANe e  1uhbiislhed to
the world as bona fide elucidation of' Ihe phenonlenn,




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and oveirr _11 w   thrownr a garb of seIi- religion.   ltonest matter-of-fleti investigators,  who, tired of' mystery
and big2otry  were in search of more practical theories,
a(td vwho caindidly believed there  were scientific truths1.
Ihumanizing' in their influence, in spiritualisml   were retarded in  ti ving t~heir ionest convictions publicity,
simply because tlhey could not atfiliate their opiniols
with  the nlonsensicai'Tproducetions of these sanguine
and insnanely fanl aftical visionis+ts.
i3einl- thait i was closely conilctedl  withl thle phlenome-lea as a rmedinm, I took more than ordinary interest in thlse subjeet; andl thence, in order that I mnight
lhave tlhe bnel-itt of soime studied exposition a(lI explanation, I p)ossessed myself of' various works purporting to scientificly solve the mystery  aad depict thle
ultimate or filnal perfection of, and benefit to be realized from thiis newly revived inlterlcc:urse between disemlbodied spirits and man.  1aut I must in candor idmnit that i arose filoat their perusal more igl0orant and
-nmystified than before. Flor to my practical rmIind their
glorious ultinate appeared as a purely heterogeneous
mixture of impossible theories anlid impralcticable probabilities, utterly beyond the sop]:e of' reason, judgemnent, or good sense.
In my own mind I coindcemned( these visionary filminations,  I loolked ipon spiritualisin as a inatural science, haviniig    o more  conlnection  with religion   or
suplerIa:2turI;.ismL a tlhan any oilier natural phelitlllmena.
MIy personal investigationis hatd proven to mly understandincgr tliat sp)i1'its l.id cla im  to no infinite po-wers




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or Clod like infala'bility; their  teaching. we. re puely
pacti;ca! alnd desiglnedl immediate  ggrldizerient of
tlie hniMlmm  ftmnily'-h1ile -in their rucdinentnl a  state.
Tliey tauOtht:how to live instead  of how  to dfie, andi
how  to arive at the greatest amnount of eartily hap1i),iness.  -lavinog by i3'r:tiecal investigotion arrlivNed to
thle conclusion that sDilituiihsni was a science.  an operation of natural lai  (l Ionsid ecl it h ighlly imnracticable and inj udicious  Rb  spliritualists co enl d eavo to overreach consistency by undertaking to univeil the incoimprehensible fuiture beyond  actual powers of science
to deternmine.  riThose co: clusions I hlave eve1r retained,
and I to-ciay believe that the phenomena of spi itualism, both in cause and eaffect, bears no more resemblance to reli'ion, nor is it more ilnfalible, than -,ny other
soientie, operation o-f natural l]aw.  Hence, the sooner
it is divested  of all its hifalutin visioalistic imgrediences,  a!cid supernatural appearances,  the sooner will'we reap practical belnefits therefrlom,;lavling  carefully  contemplated  the matter and
studied thne pD enoiemnll fiol  a practical standpoint,
and iiom experic ne,   I concluded to  con tine my mnediturnistic  cauleer in  a sincere  belief that it, would
somnletinm' resultlu in  solethi ng beneficial   Thoiugh
what that  soething         w as  I  had  not the  remotest ilet.  I was di: satisfied -wil  11 -llny former lmedhliumistic positions.  As  a test medium  I oully appealed
to the mindls of tlle curious -wNho were ever on the alerli
Ior aosibie deception.  The position of a lecturer'
perfectly abhorred.  Ti colies' were too unstable, an-ui




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thoughl they might be logically established beyond refitation, still they were often impracticable, and that
simple faict was enough to comlpletely desttroy the
charim of a public life as a lectturer.  But notwithstanding my opposition to this latter position, I was
continually ha'rrassed by imy fiiends, who were determined that I should continue my lectures.  Mly formner
success had increased their ardolr.  Becomin;gl at last
tired of their ceasless imnportunities, I, like the maid
whqrlio married the man to get rid of' him, consented to
gratify their wishes,  By this arrangement my father
was greatly pleased.  iThe acmrne of lhis ambition was
to see ime occnpying  the position of lecturer.  Spiritualistn hllad become Awith hlim  almost a bobby, and( it
was his inevitable topic of conversation  and these
public lectures being, as they were, conducted on the
" free  discussion' principle, were  prodiictive  of
chances for him to frieely indulge his passionate fondness for argument.  During these lectures I was subjected to the closest investigation.  I unconsciously
waged warl against  many of' tlle establlshed  and fiundannental principles of the orthodox world; anld, as
firee discussion was the order, I was opposed both by
the learned anltd ignorant2 and for retal and ofteln ilnaninary opposition to their theorles.  That is I was often
called to account for what my auditors ignorantly supposed to be atli-orthodox positions, but which in reality werle not.
I do not doubt but these lectures were productive
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by a trutll seeking and trtth loving portion of the
cornmzunity.  They certainly inculcated a liberal sort
of doct-rine, and their whole tenor was in opposition
to that heir-loom of heathenism, and catholic religion,
superstition.  During these lectures I found that ignorance was manis strongest enemy, and the prime cause
of his greatest misfortunes.  Superstition was the
legitimate offsplring of this tytranical monster; and thnt
much of the so-called orthodoxical and religious enthusiasm, was the direct result of this remnant of
heathenism.  I found that the terms " superstition "
and' religion" were synomious to a certain extent.
With a large port;ion to be religious, was in their estimation to occupy a position above the world, and put
their trust in wrhat.oever appeared as supernatural, or
in other words, their ignorance irresistibly impelled
them to doubt the known and rely confidingly upon
the incomprehen sible.  This class of superstitious
religionists were continually tormented by vague and
undefined ideas, or sort of half belief in the existence
of such supernatural personages as Jghosts, witches,
imps, etc., who they vaguely supposed might exert
more or less influence on the character and action of
human beings.  This class confidently believed that I
was the victim of impish incantation;  and I do not
doubt but what many came to see me in t!he honest
expectation of seeing a vertable habitant of the other
world, brought forth by some satanic power A was
supposed to possess.  Iad I possessed the power
many supposed I did, I should hlave rapidly converted




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to spiritualism  many (f t.he most enthusiastic religionlists of the country; for they were so wrapped up
in suelistition as to nmake. it ilmlp)ossible fbo  them  to
doubt the incomprehenlsible.  Their fEiith in the supernatural was supported by irresistable evidence.
Tlhey saw no divinity in anly comprl)ehensive trluth. So
lonlig as spirit existence was incomprehensible, or only
substantiated by mlysteiriots assertions found in the
Bilfle, they were faithful adherents to the doctrine.
But they stri-nuoutsly opposed any philosophical corroboration of' this fact.
They expected to find me the advocate of the mysterious, they supposed I would naturally pander to
their fondness for the supernatural by conjuring fiom
their graves the ghosts of defunct mortality.  Hence,
when they found that I opposed sulperstition in every
form, evenl grappling with their cherisihed doctrines of
religious faith, by ignloring the unnatural and incomprehensible, by reducing everything to a comprehensive standard, they made me the victim  of their religious anathemas, and with a spirit of zealous indignation, branded lle as an infidel, as an opposer of religion, and defamer of God's written law.
This class of individuals were the victims of ignofrance, w-ho misteok Pagan sutperstition for pure religion, and th eir conduct Weent far to establish the uniYer's,lly conceded fact that tihe possession of knowledge makes all the diflerence there is between thte religimas oplinons of the people of' the nineteenth century and those of the (lays of Pagan Ilonie.




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It is an undeniable fact that every ordinlary 11indc
is superstitions, unless it be refined and exalted by
education.  Hene, education is as much the standard
of religion as miorality.
But the views which I then advocated were firmly
opposed by all classes of religionists.  }My principles
were far too liberal for Clhristians who desired more
fancy and less facts, more mystery and less phlilosophly; they could not brook the idea of reducing the
mysterious probability of fuiture existence to a plain
and comprehensive standard of reality, nothing could
induce them, no matter how sensible or philosophical
the opposing' proof might be, to give up their pet belief in a literal new  Jerusalem, with streets of gold,
or tIhe geat white tihrone, around which would be
gathered the nations of the earth, singing the song
of hozanna through all eterniity.  I was not opposed
for teaching immerality, no one ever accused me of
gi\ving utterance to a single immoral sentence.  Bat I
opposed their dearly cherished 1' sltperstition," sifted.
from the good this remnant of the Pagan eras, thereby reducing their religions to a position more practical, and more clearly  defined thll-n their natural regard
for the snpernatural. could. be brought to endorse.
Of course this position was not universal. M3iany
who listened to these disconi:ses were led to consider
lmy position as reasona.bie and philosophical.  Some
/who had been life-longy religionists endeavored to intlrodutce some of' the liberial principles I  idlvocatcd.
into their every-day life, for which noble acts they lre




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ceived speedy condem-nation firom  the church.  The
fact that I was a mediuim  of some foreign iiitedlii
gence was inow  fully substantiated; no one longelr
pretended to deny the hypothesis, and firom this time
forth I was lrid of the obnoxious appellation of "6 humbug.
During the time I was engaged in these lectures a
new  phase of imediumistic power was introduced.
Heretofore I had been influenced by spirits wvho manifested themselves either by physical tests or theoretical discussion.  But I was now occasionally controlled
by what purported to be the spirit of an Indian doctor. lMy other gifts or manifestations of spirit phenomena had been the means of gailning for me a position of notoriety; but this new phase was a stepping
stone to popular esteem, and by it all my plans of life
were destined to be completely revolutionized.  Judging from the enthusiasnm of my friends, and lmly rapicly increasing popularity, it was evident that these
manifestations were far more wonderful than any of
my preceding demonstrations.  All were astonished
at my unerring accuracy in delineations of disease;
there was no chance ibr deception.  Persons who
came for examination inlvariably went away satisfied,
and though skeptics tried by various means to disprove my magnetic abilities or clairvoyant powers,
they could not turn the incominig tide of intelligent
favor Nwhich was fist swallowing  up their ill-conce ived
efforts to fasten on me the brhind of "' studied deception.'"  It was impossible to make those who had




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tested this new power believe themselves deceived,
or that my delineations were the result of guess work.




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CHAPTER IX.
A CHAPTER OF MYSTERIES.
"I am not'What I seem; nor yet a hypocrite,
But what I am I hardly know."
| WAS now living a wonderful two-fold daily life,
a sort of double existenlce.  The boundary line
vwhich divided my common fiom my superior condition, was sharply defined.  Ordinarily I was a shy,
uneducated, hard working mechanic; but when in my
superior or psychological condition, I became a remarkable intellectual prodogy.  By the assistsa!ce of
this new phase of psychological power I was endowed
with marvelous abilities.  I could delineate with almost unerring accuracy, the physical feeling of every
applicant.  Could locate and define every pain human
flesh was heir to. The hunman organ-isn   became as an
open book; and by means of this clairvoyant inspection I ascertained that disease was a want of equilibrium in the circulation of the vitalic principles.  That
there was either an excess in some organ or locality,
or else a deficiency. I found that the result of the
former was what was termed acute or inflammatory




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disease, while the latter derangement resulted  in
chronic or surreptitiolus conmplaints, and tllat each
form required very diffeirent treatment from the other.
I saw that one cause often produced various effects,
and vice versa, that one effect was the result of widely
different causes.  For instance, I discovered that one
type of' fever, though alike in outward appearance, in
different individuals, wals hardly ever the result of the
same cause.  I saw tlhe folly of uniformity of' treatnent, for it was evident to my clairvoyant understanding that in order to permanently remove the effect
the cause must be eradicated; and that where the
effect was the result of many different causes, that
there mutst necessarily be a difference in treatment to
effect a removal of the cause and create a cure.  But
what was most remarkable and beautiful was the fact
that, while in my clairvoyant condition I seemed to be
a sort of connecting link between the patient's disease
and nature's remedy.  For each visceral or organic
deficiency in the human structure, I instinctively perceived a corresponding agent of gratification or restitution.  Even for functional, neryous, or muscular necessities, I could easily discover an appropriate and
adequate suplly.  By means of this wonderful power
of' vision I could look through space directly into nature's laboratory, or even into medical establishments,
and discover the existence of these various agents or
remedies for disease.  By these means of observation
I acquired the common (and even Greek and Latin)
names of various medicines; and also, of many parts




DR. D. B. K:ELLOGG               7 
of the human structure. These wonderful powers
greatly astounded the people, and myself not less
w-hen not clairvoyant; for even I had to rely solely
upon hearsay and gossip for information in regard to
my own actSo.
The secret of my medical success is simply the
bringing together of specific medicines to supply a
philosophical demand, or to equalize the unballanced
vitalic principle.  And yet during the first years of my
medical expelience I could not give a satisfhctory solution of my own method.  In fact I did not comprehend the full import of my own perception well
enough to harmonize their opposites, or form pefect
connection between disease and nature's remedies.
The reason was I had not yet reached my present superior condition, and as I was imperfectly devtloped as
a clairvoyant the controlling power was unable to
assume complete control of my organism.  Practice is as much a ncessity in clairvoyant practice
as any othier branch of progressive science.
No sooner had it become noised about that I could
locate diseases, describe the feelings of patients, and
analyze and apply curative agencies, than my heretofore quiet home became a central place of attraction
for the afflicted. People suffering from all conceivable types of physical maladies, came to listen to my
delineation of their various grievances and learn if I
could discover in nature's extensive laboratory a healing balm for their ills. MIany who came before me
had been given up by the faculty and their disciples as




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incurable,'but they did not doubt but what a person of
my wonderful abilities could cure them, and by supernatural power snatch them friom even the closing' jaws
of death.
H1ence, ifn teir very outset of Iny career as a practi
cal physician, I was put to the severest test. No one
dlenied but my diagnosis of disease was invariably
col.rect, but miy -Lbilities to cure were, to say the least,
doubtful; and, therefore, the effect of my prescriptions were narrowly watched.  Probably one reason
for this close scrutiny was owing to my aptness to prescribe unheard of remedies; and another to the fact
that I went in opposition to scholastic precedent; in
many instainces miy prescriptions were directly opposed
to long standing rules of medical practice.  For reasons before mentioned, I utterly ignored all principles
of uniformity of practice.  I applied my powers for
the removal of the cause, other practitioners sought to
move the efecot, and therein was the reason for our
variance.
Mily first case was my brother's little child, who had
from her birth been afflicted with a serofulous humor
of the blood; which at this time, had resulted in an
obnoxious and highly dangerous affection of the head
and oflactory membranes and occult nerves.  Different physicians had been successively baffled in their
attempt to farnish even the slightest relief.  Old women of medical proclivities and pretentions, pronounced her incurable.  But contrary to the belief of
secholarly practitioners or the assertion of old women,




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nmy prescriptions proved highly useful, and in due
course of time, by careful t;reatment, the supposed incurable child was restored to excellent health.
From that time my position as a practical physician was fully established and recognized by a large
portion of the surrounding community. ilany placed
the most implicit confidence in my abilities, which
confidence, as I added each day new laurels to my
mystic fame, grew into admiration. But my fame as
a physician was subject to inconceivable exageration,
and occasionally an applicant would coome before me
who, in consequence of exagerated rumors, honestly
supposed me capable of miraculous deeds. On one
occasion, I remember, an ignorant Hibernian, a victim
of Catholic superstition, came to get me to go and
raise his " cdid mither who was jllSt then died, from
the grave."  This victim  of superstition conscientiously believed I had the power of literally raising the
dead;" and though he was an extreme he was hardly
an exception, for there was many more intelligent
persons who thought me capable of performing wondorf-l and supernatural feats of wizzard mystery.
But even during this time, I occasionally experienced feelings of uncertainty and doubts of the actual
value and usefulness of my strange gifts; and these
misgivings served to dampen that aspiration which is
natural to youth. Had it not been for my father and
the influence of admiring fiiends, I think my dreamy
and unambitious mind would have led me to have
ignored my powers. But day by day there was im



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perceptibly woven a golden web of sympathetic interest and strang'e mystery, which lbrought me in contact with numerous intelligent admirers, persons of
all de grees of intelligence, who valued my rare gifts,
and extolled in unmeasured terms the good I was doing; yet I remained in spirit unmoved  and strictly
dispassionate.  I experienced no pride, no vanity, no
ambition for distinction, no fondness for power, no
desire for wealth, no aspiration for education, no sensation of vaunting self-importance, or vanity of' position.  Calmly -the unseen current of my dispassionate
soul moved down the stream of life; friom  hour to
hour, from day to day, from week to Nweek, I contentedly traveled on without realizing- that I was taking a
single progressive step toward a greater and purer
psyshological development. zNow I toiled and labored
at my nmechanical pursuit for daily bread; and then,
at the call of the afflicted, I would sutffer myself to
pass into a state of unconsciousness and examine the
present or absent sick.  On being relieved I would go
out and get a breath of fresh air and return to my
labor. Thus for months 1 dwelt in this uncertain
physical valley, where a gray haze pervaded and bedime 2 every intellectual object, giving a doubtful appearance to my immediate future; and yet I was unconsciously climbing up the mountain of' human usefulness.
Each day was a literal repetition of the preceding.
The sick came fiomn all directions; poor diseased humanity, oehbing:, groaning, limping, couaghing, dyinrg.




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JMy house was filled to excess; a11d sMuch was the demand upon my time that I was forced to neglect nmy
legitimate occupation; and my external life was mainly spent in unconscious slumber.
I could find no time to continue my lectures; and
in consequence my father became petulent and dissatisfied.  His argumentive spirit saw no beauty in anything aside from theory.  lBut the people demanded
physical not intellectual assistance; therefore, he was
forced to assume a bearing of individual satisfaction,
which when he saw my rapid strides toward popularity became a reality, and in due course of time he became my heartiest supporter.
The reader is not to infer fiom  the above record
that my psychological career received universal approval, or that my popularity was unalloyed by opposition.  Numerous and intelligent opposers, professional men and fashionables, hurled at me the hot shot
of condemnation.  The mysterious phenomena of
which I was a medium served to excite the curiosity
of the surface population.  The heart of the monster
ignorance, and the prejudice of gloomy religionists,
was fully aroused.  Denominations and individuals
arranyed themselves against me, and in their blind zeal
declared me possessed with the spirit of the "' devil."
They attributed even my most charitable deeds, my
acts of healing and alleviation of human suffering to
his satanic majesty, and pronounced them  the result
of a covert and malignant designi.
But even these malicious attempts to bring me in



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to disrepute, proved futile.  Tlere were many who
had received personal proof of my abilities, and these
were confident that thev were not deceived, nor victims of sataniic design, and -these could not be induced
to reiterate the cry of devil.
In order to make the mysterious phenomena of
clairvoyance  more comprehensive and plain to the
mind of' my readers, I will relate the manner and style
of my influence.  I was subject to two forms of clairvoyant control, which I will term independent and dependent clairvoyance. By becomling passive and turning my thoughts inwardly, so as to shut out of my
mind the fleeting disturbances and interruptions of the
outer world, I would pass readily into the former, or
independent condition. At such times my mind was
rendered incapable of controling the slightest mnuscle,
or of realizing any physical sensation.  I was utterly
unconscious of any physical relation. I seemed to exist only in spirit, and that spirit seemed gifted with
extraordinary powers; and as I have before stated,
density was no opposition to vision. I saw things in
reality as persons often imagine they do in dreams.
If I was called upon to investigate a human organism
I found them as transparent as glass is to the natural
vision. I could view  every separate organ, see the
operation of every flird, and easily discern the most
trivial derangement. At first I supposed there was
no limit to my visionistic powers, and that distance
was no impediment; but I have since learned this
supposition to be incorrect, but am unable to furnish




allany plausible reasoin for the fact, or even state thle exact
distance my clalrvoyallt power of discernment  is able
to extend.  I only know that on some occasions I can
w- ander farther away rolm actual physical locality than
others; consequently I am  inclined to the opilion that
when in this condition I am  subject to atmospheric
relation like an electro-teleo:raph.
Some imagoine that when in this condition that I
am nearly infinite, that I have prophetic powers, that
I ami all-seeing, and all-knowing, and that there is
nothing beyond my comprehension.  This idea is not
only absurd bnt emphatically erroneous.  I can only
discern actualities or bodies having tangible existence.
Spirit, or more properly speaking the essence of nmind,
is as indiscernible to my clairvoyant power as to my
natural sight.  The organic gasses, or at least the
finer portions of them, are totally invisible to my clairvoyant vision.  In  short, even as an independent
clairvoyant, I ain subject to the immnutible law of limit.
3iy powers of penetration, and my sense of observation, or vision, is simply the result of electric connection, between the object contemplated or subject of
observation, and the inner sense of comprehension or
sight.  rihe connection is direct.  The eye, the natural medium of' sight, is for the time robbed of its
employment.   The philosophy of this electric connec
tion will be found farther on -under the head of " clairvoyant powers."
MIy dependent clairvoyant abilities differ widely firom
the independent. Under this influence I am like a spout




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through which flows a current of foreign intelligenceo
When in this condition I am like a somnambulic, per~ectly unconscious.  I am  not only physically but
mentally under magnetic control.  I know nothing of
nay sur;oundings, nor do I retain any remembrance of
my acts or sayings.  It is when in this condition that
what purports to be spirit communications are received.  And most of my professional examinations
of persons who are diseased ar:e made while in this
condition, and are, therefore, the result of observation foreign to myself:  During the first years of my
professional career these physical examinations purported to emanate from the spirit of an Indian physician, who gave his name as " Walapaca."'  But at the
present time they are given by another representative
of our red brethren, known by my numerouas friends
as " Owosso'."




DIL'D.I B. iMKLOG(
CHAPTER X.
MORE MYSTERIES.
The world is full of mystery —
W~ild, weird, and wonderful.
UM 0EROUS  mysterious  psychological  occuri rences, and  almost superiiatural incidents of
wizzard manifestations, which have, from time to
time, assumed extremely startling witch-like phases of'
demonstration, have occurred during my life, and are
considered by many as incomprehensible marvelous
elucidations of spirit power, and by others as the result of satanic agencies.
Leaving the reader to judge for themselves concerning the origin of these strange manifestations, I
will proceed to relate a few of those which can be
substantiated by living testimony. I will state, however, that I believe them  to be the result of spirit
electric power.  But I am not inclined to venture any
opinion in regard to the cause of these manifestations
or their probable effect upon the morals of community.  I only relate them because they appear to have
a connection with my life, tho)ugh I cannot say they
have had any influence over my mind or acts.  There




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is another reason for my giving them  publicity, and
that is to rob them of their false additions, exagerations, and mysterious ingredients, for like the " three
black e:ows," they have, by fiequent relation, grown
to be stupendous accounts of hobgoblin mystery.
The first of these strange manifestltions occurred
dur'ng the third year of my imediituistic career.  On
the evening in question-a compaony of my yonu17,
friends had called upon me for an hours social conversation.  Having exhausted the gossip of the neighborhood, some one proposed as a change of programlme to form  a circle and see what manner of
communication we could get from  the spirit world.
All readily consented to this proposition, and with the
exception of a semi-idiotic young man, who was then
in my employ, every individual of the company connected themselves with the circle.  Manifes!ations of
spirit presence was soon received, and for some time
we indulged our fondness for the marvelous, by the not.
then unusual occupation of fortune telling.  But even
this sort of doubtful amusement did not satisfy our
unreasonable desires for mlystery.  Some one formally
asked the spirits if we could. not receive a mranfestation from the womaan, or to use the comlmon expression, the " Witch of Endor."  This request was entirely a thoughtless one, and not an individual present
had the remotest idea that it would be attended with
any result whatever.  Nor do I to-day believe that
the manifestations then received emanated ftiom the
Witch of Endor, but fiom  a combination of,pirits,




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whose sentiments were congenial to our own. We
were young and thoughtless  we desired weird and
mysterious manifestations, and we got just what our
thoughtless minds craved.
No sooner was the request made than a peculiar,
and with the exception of  myself and wife9 startling
sensation was experienced by every member of the
circle.  Our hands were pressed down upon the table
with irresistible bt rce. In vain we tried to wrench
them  from the vice-like grip of the unseen power.
Each called upon the other for assistance; but all
were alike powerless to render any aid.  Soon the
table began a rapid gyration around the room. No
one had the power to resist, but all were in-voluntarily impelled to follow the senseless article of furniture in its fantastic perambulations. Now commenced
a complication of weird manifestations.  Chairs and
other light articles of furniture were hurled hither and
thither about the room with fierce velocity, and in close
proximity to our unguarded craniums. In the midst of
this wild turmoil the lights had become extinguished,
leaving  us  enveloped  in impenetrable  darkness.
Doors were opened and shut, and for a time it seemedc
as if the house would be rent to pieces and come crashing in upon us.  The poor friightened half idiot, being
tle only person free, was swiftly hturrying from door to
door in a vain endeavor to fiy from the ghostly scene;
but though not a door was fastened, still he was unable to leave the room.  Lond raps were heard to
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shook as if under the influence of an hurricane power~.
This very strange phenomenla lasted for solrme twenty
mninutes,  when, as sudden as the visitation camrne, as
quick and noiseless it departed.  An almost painful
silence followed the abrupt withdrawal of the mysterious power, and for a while we stood where the influence had left us, a silent awe-struck group, in anticipation of a recurrence of the scene.  But there was
no farther demonstration given.  A lig'!t reveled( to
us the most astonishing phase of the manifestation;
we expected to find every article of furniture in a state
of complete disorder; but you can inmaine otur consternation when on inspction we found that not an
article appeared to have been disturbed  This fact
completely bewildered our minds and gave rise to an
unanswerable set of conjectures.  Was it hallucination of mind? phantasm of brain? had our imagination conjured out of nothing all this wild turmoil?
Or was it really a manifestation of witch powers?
These were agitated but undecided queries with us.
For certain reasons we agreed to keep silent about the
visitation, and from  tIhat day to this the real facts
were never known.  But somehow  strange stories
were circulated, which, for a wonder, fell far short of
the real facts in point of mystery.
This in one point was the most startling phase of
spirit electric power I ever witnessed.  I never before
or since saw such a manifestation of apparent nmustular strength.  There were seven indlividuals held by
magnetic power aside friom the electric force used to




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produce  the various other forms of demonstration.
I never attached any merit to these wizard ianifestations. They only appealed to a morbid desire for
mystery; and had it been in my power I should have
rid myself of them entirely, but for some unaccoun table
reason I have been, all through my psychological career,
occasionally tormenteid by evil spirits, or by useless
manifestations of spirit power, which while they have
done no imaterial damage to the cause have been a
source of individual annoyance and false representations.  These manifestations were mostly unsought,
and would make their appearance when least expected.
I have often been stlrtled out of profound sleep by
loud raps on my pillow; have had articles of filrniture hurled at my head when quietly conversing on
ordinary topics with friends, and on one occasion was
driven out of my office and kept out all day by a bewitched counter-brush, which seemed bent on doing
me personal injury. lily home has always been a sort
of depot of mystery, and looked upon by the superstitious as being haunted on account of these strange
noises.  Somzetimnes even the most trivial circumstance
would be contorted into hobgoblin mysterjy.  MIany
of these startling stories we-re sheer fabrication, and
even those hrlch lbad a foundation of truth were subject to stupendous exagerationo
As a:xir saimple of this aptness to exagelr'te k
I will give the actual truth,  and also the firtlse report
concernilog what is known as the white mouse phenormena.  The real facts of the case were these:




e9 )             ATT0lU31IOGOIAPI'Y OF'
During the fall ancd winter of 1854 the inmates of my
house were more or less annoyed by a strange and.
incomprehensible noise, which apparently emnanated
from somle invisible agency.  This noise was an apparent imitation of human singing or humnming, in a low
indistinct key.  But the greatest peculiarity abontt it
was the impossibility to locate the exact point fi'omn
which the sound proceeded.  At times it would appear to be in the most remote room  of the house, then
it would be suddenly heard in the midst of the comnpany; again it would appear to issue friom  the clock,
pantry, bureau drawers, and other strange parts. Tthe
rapidity of these changes was what miade the phenomena so mysterious.       For a long tinmie the prob:blie
cause of t'lis sound was a matter of conjecture.
M!any who heard them quoted them as spirit manifestations.  The mystery ivnwas at last divulged   One evening, while a party of yo-ng friends were present, a
beautiful white mouse was seen to run across the floor
and take refuge in the paltlry.  His beauty and novel
appearance created a desire for his capturie, and instantly the whole company gave chase.  After considerable search ie was brought to bey in one corner of
the room, and just as his pursuers supposed his captu-re certain, he threw themn off their gua-d by a friee
exhibition of his wonderful vocal pob ers.  For a moiment lie gave utteralnce to the samn  ]humming muste1ic
that had "been so long' a sulIj et of myvIstery,  tihen suddeunly takingi  advantage of thae spell his di:play 1.ad
caused auong his would-be captors, he suceeded in




mnaking  good his escape. Nothinlg more was ever
seen of the mouse, nor was the m1.usic ever after
hearld.
Tilis mouse was certainly a wonderfrul creature,
and was probably a member of some rare specie of
the animal kingdo-m-,  His vocal powers were like
those of the conmmon tree-toad, naturally ventriloquent,
which would account for the apparent rapid change of
locality.
From  this extremely trivial circumstance of the
singing  mouse, numerous phantom  stories were circulated.  The singing was purported to be an exact/fac
siniile of tile human voice; and it was even said that
songs and hymns were sang in most beautiful style.
The poor mouse was reported to be everywhere present and capable of going  in and out of trunks and
drawers, through the key-hole, and of doing a hundred other impossible feats. Even after the mouse was
found to be the cause of the music, some of the more
fanatical believers of spirit power, argued that it was
a messenlg'er sent by the spirits, but for what purpose
it was sent, they were unable to determine.  I always
considered it as a natural  phenormnena, and I only
1speak of it to illtustate e the tendency of the human
mtind to a belief in the marvelous.  And I note as one
of many simirlar instances which have occurred,duLrilng
my medftiunmistic career.
PrFobably the most apparently superlnatural occurrence that hes occurred in connection with my life is
thie child-crying plhelomenat omf a rmore recent date.




92               AUTOBIOGRiAPHY OF
This manifestation has occurred  at different periods
for several successive years alnd tlthm  fatr itt Ws hUeR
the closest investiga:tiono  I first heard it shortly after
im-y removal to mny present place of business; at first
it appeared to be confined to one of the lower apartments of the house, and sounded like the loud crying
of a child in great distress.  It has been as often
heard in the day time as in the night; in fact there is
no regularity of occurrence, nor no apparent choice
of persons.  Strangers have heard it and supposed it
the actual crying of a living infant.  3lore recently it
has been heard in other parts of the house.   No
ghostly appearance   of a child has ever been witnessed
in connlection with the sound.  It is altogether an incomprehenlsible phenomen a, and though  there  has
been various conjectures as to the probable cause of
the strange visitation, there has never been any plausible or rather practical solution of the affair, annd at
the present time it has ceased to even be a subject of
wonder.
As I have said, these, with various other weird
nmanifestations have, firom timte to time, unsoue'ht, appeared in connection with my other milediumiistic powers.  The question naturally arises in regard to the
reason swhy these p)heiomeena should ianifest themselves at such unreason:able tinmes and whern least expected?  The solution to this query is perfectly pllilosophicai, and the reason for t-hese unsought mlanifestations, (I refer to the phenomena of the raps and like
manifestations) is because  I am naturally and altern



iD. D. B..   LLOGG.              93
ately powerfully surcharged with vital magnetism and
vital electricity.   lagnetism, which is positive, and
electtricitry, which is negative,  will at different titmes
preponderate or assume the ascendency in my system.
WYhen vital electricity predominates the raps may
be produced. At these times my system  is like the
electric power of the torpedo eel, and is capable of
discharging a small volume or current of vital electricity, which, by coming in sudden contact with the
electricity of the atmosphere, caulses by concussion
the phenomiena of the raps.  The phenomena of articles being thrownn towards me is csused by a preponderence of vital magnetism  in my system, aided by
spirit power.  The direction of these projectiles is almost invariably determined by my present electrical
or ma'gnetical condition.  WVhen the magnetical is
in the ascendency their  movements are toward myself; but when the electrical condition preponderates
they are moved in an opposite direction, and their
mrovement is caused by the power of confined vital
electricity seeking its equilibrium in the external atmosphere.  This phenornena is not entirely an unusual
occurrence.  There are many individtals who are
effected in like manner; but by their similarity, it is
evident that certain conditions of mind and body are
necessary to produce the phenomena, and this fact
explains why these mysterious manifestations are confilned to certain persons and localities,




94               AUTOBIOGiJR~APH1Y oVa
OH APTER Xi.
hIMY PROGRESS AS A PHYSICIAN.
R11i0M the cdate of nly first clairvoyant exmination
it was evident —as I have befoibre stated —that this
pecucliar ~matgnetic gift was destined to completely
1revolutioinize my supLposed prospects of life. My clairvoyant examinations of tlhe sick were gradually becomling more frequent, and as we had settled upon fee
for that l-uind of professional service, correspondingly
profitable.  Applicnnts weire daily becoming moire numerous, until such was the demand upon my time that
I ftound it impossible to give my attentioil to anly other
branch of business.  iyv time was divided between
the labor of preparing medical compounds and examination of new cases, and also an occasional sittinug
fo:r the less beneficial purpose o1 furuishing   teasts for
increduIlouns investig,tors.  Internally there had da wned  upon  -me clearer, brig'hter, truer prospects of
life bIr extern: lly I remnined dull-headed, nmystified,
and <apprelhensive.  In the secret seclusion of internal
tho glht, I felt thOe sacred influence of noble.aspiiratiols,
and a calm confidence in the unkniown' futuire.   3ut,
owinog to the advice and outspoken opprbrium l l,f




DI)1. B. KELL,]OG(G             9[5
officious acquaintances, I was retarded from  giving
external expressions to my nobler aspirations.  Subjected to the buffetinugs of an opinion ating community,
mny daily life was flar from cll ceerlful.  Some contended
that these psychological visita'tions 611would make me
sick;" others, " that I would become crazy;'" some
told me I was a "6 fool,'" and others still looked upon
-me as a humnbug-a cheat-an impostor.  But the day
had gone by for such iniferences to disturb the equilibrium of my internal thought.  Past exl)erience had
proven that my health was not endangered; nor could
I discern any prognostication of probable insanity.
Externally, I knew, there was a probable ground for
the appellation of'iol; but who, thought I, is competent to analyze my interior thoughts?  Was not my
fast increasing poputlarity a sufficient denidal of the
malicious accusation of imposition?  Beside, had not
my medical treatmnent proved a complete success, and
a subject of wonder?  Unsought testimonials began
corming into my possession, sent as mementoes of
heart-felt gratittude, from those who had been recipients of glorious benefits as the proceeds of my mystic
power.  Rea.Son and philosophy were powerful champions of my peculiar gifts, and every day sceiietific
rese:areLl  was revealing new proof, and destroying the
arzgument of opposition.   An-il so, relying uphon lhe
betto:r pirot-nptigs:,"gs of my   own interlnal tilou.hlts, I
contilluedl to orarnlaly asceilnd theugiec  lllOlt.in of
usefidness.  A feeling of tranquility at tlhis'tine pervat'{ded my whole life. MAy  mind was allowed to roam,




9( 6            AUTOBOGR. APIY Or,
free and untrammeled, thrlouigh the Elysian fields of
thougl-t, and t,hough my ideas were crude and unlcertain, they were none the less ple-asurable.  New fields
of usefulness were opening to view; my mind was
nndergoing a rapid change; fornerlly I had looked
l:pon every occupation aside from manual toil, as effcminmate, and beneath the dignity of muscular manhood.  But now I recognized that I had a mission to
pelforlm —a mysterious psychological mission —of great
practical worth to the human family.  I was now happier thani formerly, for I saw a work to do.  In this
mission of active effort I discovered a new significance
in life.  I found that the hither to indefinable mystery
of my life was capable of beilng the means of a degree
of human happiness; -and gladdened by these thoughts.I felt my synlpathies going out towards all the human
race.  In my own heart I resolved that the scoffs of
the ignoralnt slhould no longer divert me friom thle path
of' apparent duty.
Let the reader now  glide with me over twelve
months of ceaseless,  unvarying labor.  During this
time I spent from four to six hours per day in an unconscious condition of psylchology.   1yjr house had
been converted into a medical laborntorly and dispensary; on every hand t.he olfafctory organs of visitoirs
would be greeted witlh the strong; frafgfranee of medioinal plepalations.!,nuerous emnployees weore enie
gaglled in gatsherling fron the gallden of nature balms
for hulan ills.  Applicants were daily becoming moree
numerous, and the con:fidence of the public corres,




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pondingly firm.  Professional opposers, finding that
their anathemas could not beat back the incoming and
fast increasing tide of popularity, looked on with sullen indifference.  And thus, by simply following the
recommendations of a well-earned reputation, I laid
the foundation of future success as a practical physi
cian.
Numerous invitations to visit other localities created a desire in the unstable mind of my father for a
wider field of operations; and as I admitted him  to
act as adviser and general master of ceremonies, I at
once aareed to go wherever his judgment might dictate.  It was accordingly arranged that I should make
periodical visits to various places along the line of the
Michlian Southern and Northern Indiana R. RL., and
that on these visits my father should officiate as righthand man.  Our first halt was in the beautiful and picturesque city of Adrian.  There we met a large circle
of' liberal minded, intelligent representatives of spiritual progress —noble men and women whose hearts
were fiee fr'om the confining power of limiting sectarianism-who received us as co-laborers in the cause
of truth.  3ien of intelligence, though sceptics in belief, who visited us were astonished to find in me —a
still bashful, awkward youth-such apparent depth of
scientific knowledge; and many who had before conscientiously supposed nme an impostor-a tricksterwere forced to admit tlat their former suppositions
were elrronetous.  Professional disciples of Esculuapius
were invited to test my medical abilities and myster4




98             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
ious knowledge of human anatomy. Triumphantly
and calmly my unseen guide bore me through this
ordeal of studied and intelligent investigation, and
every day new accessions were added to our long list
of admiring fiiends. For two weeks we lingered in
in this atmosphere of appreciated fraternal love; and
when we left we received the earnest God- speed of
many cherished and unforgotten friends.  We next
visited Coldwater, White Pigeon, and several other
places; and in each place we met with the samne warmhearted greeting and bestowal of fraternal friiendship.
By this trip numerous additions were made to our already long list of patients, and I found, on my return
home, liat it would be impossible for me to properly
attend~to the wants of numerous applicants. I was,
therefore, fbrced to call upon the psychological assistance of my wife, whbo, the reader will remember', had
sometime before been developed as a " dependant
clairvoyalnt."
Personally, I was much benefited by this sojourn
among strangers, as it gave me a chance of mnakinga
more comprehensive inspection of external life than
I had ever before enjoyed. My knowledge of humanity in the aggregate was, in view of my life-long seclusion fiom the world, extremely limited; and in my
ignorance I had formed some very erroneous ideas of
human dignity. I had learned to look upon a man of
education as an awe-inspiring obl-ject of superiority,
and honestly expected to find such persons wrapped
in a mail of impenatrable dignity, and unbending self



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importance. But during my five weeks of absence, I
had met and conversed with many men of refined intelligence, but nowhere had I found my ideal of selfimportant arrogance in connection with education.
On the other hand, I discovered that ignorance and
self-conceit were invariably habitants of the same
minld. It was from this latter class that I invariably
met with the strongest, most uncompromising opposition. It was they who hurled the hot shot of abuse,
and vociferated the cry of devil, while men of intelligence quietly investigated the phenomena.  Beside
these just conclusions in regard to human characteristics-which were of much educational benefit to my
unenlightened mind —I learned much of the outside
appearance of genteel society, and as I made a point
to practice what I had gained in theory, many of my
boorish habits of country verdancy were trained into
acts of gentility.
In consequence of my observations and my experience of appreciated firiendship, I began to feel a sort
of pride for my wonderful endowments, and an outcropping aspiration for future renown began to send
forth puny sprouts of germinating ambition, which
heretofore had lain dormant in my mind. I suddenly
saw that wealth was a powerful auxiliary of earthly
happiness, and I naturally began to consider in my
own mind how I could best employ my psychological
gifts so as to accumulate worldly independence. I saw
only one way this could be accomplished. People
were fond of mystery, and my past experience had




100             AUTOBIOGRIAPHY OF
proven that if I would confine myself to the province
of fortune-telling and like proceedings, that I would
meet with no difficulty in amassing a comparative fortune.  Consequently I resolved that I would quietly
courtnotoriety as a revealer of the fiture. I imagined
no opposition to this arrangement outside of the opposition of friends; but, as the sequel will prove, this
conclusion was a decided mistake, and I found that I
was destined to meet uncontrollable opposition to
these objectionable proceedings from an entirely unexpected source.  MTy guide-Walapaca-had once
or twice warned me of peremptorial withdrawal of influence in case of an attempt at perversion of my
powers, and no sooner did I commence to put mIy late
resolution into practice than he alnbunced an unqualified determination to put his threat inl execution. At
first I did not believe he had the power to rob me of
my psychological abilities; but even in this I was mistaken. He said I should iose mypower for one month
from a certain date, anl when that day arrived I
found on trial that I was as impervious to magnetic
influence as ever was the most positive magnetizer in
existence.  During this month of quietude I bitterly
repented the folly that had brought about this state
of affairs.  My wife was forced to make all professional examinations of patients, while 1, with as much
calmness as I could muster, Nwaited patiently for a renewal of my now more than ever cherished clairvoyant powers.  This circumstance of loss of influence,
went far to establish a belief in my mind in the phenormena of spirit communicatiol.




DR. D. B. KELLOGG.              101
Heretofore I had neither denied nor admitted any
belief in the doctrine of spiritualism, andl in my own
mind I was not conscious of any settled co,viction,
either pro or con. I knew that spirit elaimned to influence me, and this claim in some instances appeared
to be substantiated beyond cavil or doubt.  But at
the same time I supposed myself capable of independent clairvoya:-ce-supposed that, at my own pleasure,
I could enter into a superior condition of psychology
independent of any foreign assistance.  But here was
positive and convincing proof to the contrarly. A person purporting to be a spirit had declared that I should
lose my psychological powers for one month; he Ihad
even specified the day this loss should take place, and
the reasons therefor; had told when it should return;
and all through the affair there was displayed an unmistakable manifestation of intelligence.  After a
careful investigation, I was forced to admit two fully
substantiated facts: first, that spirits could by magnetic power control me; secondly, that there was no
such thing as an ildcependent clai-voyant, and that in
all cases there must be a positive operator, in some
form or other.  That operator, in my case, was a disembodied spirit.




102            AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
CHAPTER XII.
IN WHICH I AM VICTIMIZED.-A SAMPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE.-THE TRIALS OF CLAIRVOYANCE.
Y CLAIRVOYANT powers returned on the
day promi:sed, precisely as my gulide Walapaca
&    had foretold, and I at once resumed my former
mystic operations.  For three years following this
event my life was but a monotonous repetition of medical practice, utterly devoid of unusual incidents.
During this time I had steadily advanced towards
public esteem, and by a persistent adherence to my
apparent mission, and an unflinching application of my
marvelous powers, had won not only a professional
position, but the col-fidence of all classes of people.
Even practical M. D.'s of the Old School recognized
me as a legitimate representative of Esculalius, and
occasionally came to me for counsel and advice. Scientific oplposition had everywhere been met by scientific and ullinmpeachable truths.  Clairvoyance was
admitted as a science, and spiritualsmi numbered its
advocates by thousands; among whom were the greatest intellects and men of the deepest scientific education. Reason, religion, research, and philosophical




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investigation unwittingly contributed undeniable proof
of spirit power and existence.
But my greatest strength lay in my own acts. No
one could account for my lnarvelous powers, only by
admitting me to be the medium of some foreign agency.  I examined persons who were absent as well as
those who were present, and  ne,lically treated hundreds of individuals whonm I had never seen.  Every
day I was in receipt of numerous letters f'om all parts
of the country, containing sinmply the name, age, anld
residence of the applicant.  This was all I desired to
insure a correct diagnosis; w-hichl, with the aid of a
scribe, was written down as given by me, and forwarded back as the result of examination.  This was the
most astonishing part of my peculiar powers, as it
effectually disproved the absur,l1 thleory of sympatlhetic
connections, which some strongly advocated as the
secret of my ability to correctly examine persons when
present.  And as these oppo:ers fobund that their pet
theory of " sympathetic relation" was insufficient as a
basis of ar.gtlment, thley  unqual:fiedly asserted my
written examinations to be the result of guess-work;
and at once set about the task of collecting  actu l
proof of their assertions.
One day I received aletter containing all necessary
requirements aid the orcaiary lee, with a request for
an irnllediate ( x:nmination of thle l)ersol, wlhom  the
letter relported as being dangerounsly ill, and in great
want of immediate treatmenllt.  As usuli, this case
was submitted to my clairvoyant inspection.  I soon




104,AUTOBIO GRAPIIY OF
discovered the individual, and found him  suffering
friom  a combilation of physical derangements, and
that his disease had a decided tendeincy toward consunlption.  I also saw that he could be considerably
helped -perhaps nearly cured —by one prescription,
hence I proceeded to specify the medlicine. 3My scribe,
who had wiritten down the examination, sent that
along with the prescription to the individual who, ac
cordinog to the letter, had written for his suffering
friend.
Let the reader judge of my surprise and indignation upon receiving a letter stating that Mr. Burnham
(the person I had examined), was a man in the enjoyment of more than ordinary good health; that there
was no signs of consumption or any other disease
about him; that as far as he knew  he was perfectly
well, and that they had only written to me to prove
just what they had proven, namely: that so far as my
written examinations were concerned I was purely a
"c: eat."
The result of this examination was heralded all
over the country, and so far as appearances were concerned, the affair was wholly atgainst clairvoyance.
But the joy of my opposers was of short duration.
There suddenly sprung tup a new phase to the affair,
which in some respects was quite startling, even to
the parties concerned.  In the first place, Mr. Burnhaml, u ho relorted hlimself as being 6' perfectly wtll,'
was within a Nweek Iromn thle date of my examination
attacked with anl unexpected combination of diseases,




DR. D. 1. KETJOGG(.o           1 O5
which at last terminated in consutnption; and in less
than six months he found it necessary to apply the
very prescription I had sent him.  Secondly, it was
soon ascertained by some of my fiiends, that there
resided in the same town another individual by the
name of Burnham, who at the time of the examination
was suffering with the complaints I had described.
In all probability, this person w;la. the one whom I first
examined, for on examination I found his condition
unchanged. This supposition is perfe3;tly reasonable.
I had been furnished with the name, age, and residence of an individual who was said to be suffering
fiom a disease, and taking it for granted that this
statement was true, my guide sought for a person answering to the name, age, and other descriptin, without stopping to examine the real motives of the writer,
or even supposing there could be a mistake.  The
person sought was found; his name was Burnham;
the age given in the letter was the probable age of
this person; he was a resident of the town in which
it was said this Mr. Burnham resided; and, moreover,
this person was " dangerously ill, and in great want
of immediate treatment."
Everything corresponded to directions in letter,
and my guide sought for a person answering to the
description given the same as any person would who
was following the directions of a third party, in a similar instance; finding the facts to be true, to the writer's direction, he had no reasons for enquiring into his
motives, therefore naturally fell into error.  1Had he




106             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
found the other Burnlam first, the case would have
been different, and he would have considered the letter in part a tissue of falsehood, and this would have
led to an investigation of the author's motive for
writing.
This case in the end proved to be more beneficial
to me than injurious, ilasnmuch as it furnished a chance
for self-vindication, and led to a more extended knowledge of the principles of clairvoyance, which by many
was looked upon as being a power nearly akin to the
infinite, and therefore incapable of error.
The reader is supposed to know by this time the
leading traits of my mental organization.  Perhaps
the strongest element was an almost irresistible impulse to respond to demands made upon my time by
sufferinlg humanity.  On receiving a letter from a
stratnger appealing for relief from  some trial or disease, I would be immediately disposed to return a
humane and beneficial answer-oftimes in direct violation of the law of self-justice and self-preservation.
This natural procliviI y exposed me to much imposition
and annoyance. Yet I have no desire that I should
by nature be less disposed to universal good-will, for
in this principle I have found the germ of all my earthly happiness, and I would rather be the victim  of an
occasional imposition, and stiffer the annoyance therefiom than to feel that I was by nature selfish.
3ly fame as a clairvoyanlt, and the great scarcity
at that time of similarly endowed persons, brought me
scores upon scores of litters from  all classes of per



DR. D. B. KELLOGG.               107
sons.  The greater portion were from  porsons who
were half sick or halt dead with vrious diseases.
These desired exsmination and mnedical treatment,
and were always l)romlptly attended to.  B1ut besides
these, I was in daily receipt of letters containing every
conceivable shade of scientific, histo ical, domestic,
and philosophical inquiry —never irmparting a particle
of intbrmation, but asking innumerable questions about
all sorts of out-of the-way and( never-befre-thought-of
subjects.  If the task of spelling and reading these
epistles was arduous, as it was, how shall 1 describe
the toiling that was necessary to answer them? From
one correspondent's letter I extract the following:
MICHI GN, 1860.
" M   DEAR SIR:-I feel forced to seek some more
information from you, for I am in a great dilemma.
It appears that the spirits are determitled not to leave
me.  Why they should torment me thus is more than
I can understand.  I want to know what I can do to
get rid of themn.  I am confident that you have the
power to exorcise them; and now if you will enable
me to becomle once more firee from  their influence, I
will pay you for your trouble.  Please answer me
soon.                        Yours, &c."
I had received a former letter from this individual,
in which he had stated that he believed himself susceptible to spilit intfluence, and he desired me to send
him a formula of the miodus operandi necessary to his
development.  This I had done.  He was now tired
of the inflience, and desired to be rid of his altogetlier
too attentive spirit fiiends.  My reply was that I had
no power to exorcise spirits-that all my time -was




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occupied in examining the sick-that the spirits would
not hurt him-andcl that if he really desired to be free,
he could be by simply asserting a man-like strength
of purpose. Ten days later the post brought me another letter from the same person, in which he said:
"All hope is lost. I am a ruined man —a victim of
infernal witchcraft!'Had I not listened to your counsel, I should have to-day been free fiom the machinations of the devil, and there would have been a hope
of salvation; but by your infernal powers I am debarred from the Church, and rnmade the subject of the
devil."
And thus did the half crazed manl rail against meo
Evidently he was the victim of priestly influence, and
had been made to believe that these spirit manifestations were the workings of evil spirits, who were bent
upon his destruction.  To these rantings I made no
reply, for I saw that the man was too ignorant to comprehend an explanation. Next I would read over a
package of fifty letters containing reasonable inquiries,
and then there would come a request of this kind:
DETROIT, MICH.
"RESPEtCTED SI:-I have been informed that you
can tell the past and fitilre of all persons' lives, and I
have determined to conlsult you, and see if' you can
tell the past eveuits, and also the things pertainling to
tihe future in my lite. I want to know if the contents
of the letter I have just redeived are true, or is it deception; and if true, can you tell me where it came
frioin?  Is my husband true to me?  Will he out-live
me?  Will my future life be more happy than my past
has been? Now, for God's sake, do not deceive me,




DR. D. B. KELLOGG.             l 0
but tell me all about myself, and I will believe you to
be the most wonderful man living.
With great respect, &c."
My only reply to this was that I did not undertake
to reveal the future, and that, in mv estimation, all
pretended fortune-tellers were arrant knaves.
Almost every day I was in receipt of letters containing questions like the followin,:
"If I make an investment in the C       stock
company, will I receive pecuniary profit?"  " Can
you tell me where I can negotiate a loan on the secarities in my possession?"  "Will my present matrimonial prospects be a success?"  "Can you at any
time, and on short notice, determine the state of the
markets?"  And so on to an inconceivable extent.
To have answered one-half of the questions asked
would have required almost infinite knowledge; yet
the writers honestly supposed me equal to the task.
Let the reader bear in remembrance, while glancing
over these few "6 wants" from the world that I have
been the daily recipient of similar demands for twelve
years, and you can then form some idea of the amount
accumulated, and the consequent troubles and trials
to which I have been exposed. One more illustration
from this heterogeneous mass of correspondence will
suffice:
D-u. D. B. KELLOGG, Sizr.-Pardon a stranger's
writing to you upon a personal subject.  But as I
have heard of your wonderful power, I thought perhaps you might be able to help me out of a great
trouble  I am a hunted criminal. If I am captured




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I shall be incarcerated for life. I have for six months
eltded pursuit; but I am now fearful of beingr taken,
for I have reason to believe the officers of' the law
have discovered my whereabouts, and what I want
you to do is to tell me where I shall go to be safe. I
am confident you can do this if you will; so I hope
you will not let conscientious scruples lebar you firom
aiding a persecuted fellow being, but tell me at once
where I shall flee."
This letter was never answered, and it is only one
of several of like description. Thus, dear reader, I
lived, a subject of continual misrepresentation-a bein? of finite powers, supposed, even by men of intelligence, to be endowed with supernatural abilities.
How long will the science of spiritualism remain
a mystery to the world?




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CHAPTER XIII.
A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE AND A CHANGE OF SUBJECT.
N THE spring of 1865 I executed a secretly pre-.meditated idea of change of residence.  My
e  reasons for this remove was owing to my rapid
increase in business and the inconvenience of my present locality. I was every day sending medicines to
all parts of the country by express, and as it was six
miles to the nearest express office, the task was neith.
er pleasant nor profitable. Besides this, my fame forremoving cancers was causing a rapid increase of
practice in this direction, it became absolutely neceso
sary for me to enlarge my infirmary conveniences.
But where to go was the question. I had numerouswarm friends who desired me to open an office in the
thriving city of Ypsilanti.  But somehow my own
inclinations prompted me to take up my abode in Ann
Arbor. This place I knew to be the great northwestern emporium of medical knowledge; I farther knew
that two or three clairvoyant physicians had undertaken to locate there but had ingloriously failed. BuIt,
notwithstanding these facts, I resolved to take up my
residence there, Ond trust myself to the tender-mer^cis
of  ann-intellizgent: commusity.




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%iMy reception to the new home was not only pleasant but entirely unexpected, and. I looked upon it as a
brilliant foreshadowing of the future. Rumors of my
coming had gone before rme, and on my arrival I found
quite a respectful gathering of people, who were all
anxious to get a glimpse of the " mysterious doctor,"
and have an examination of their case. Anxious to
please I at once threw aside my coat, entered the
office which had been prepared for me, and began my
mystic labors. Every person, even those who were
skeptical in belief, were satisfied with my ability, consequently my reputation as a physician was at once
established. I here, as usual, courted investigation, and
publicly announced that I desired to be tested by the
scientific world. This announcement brought before
me men of professional education, scientific doctors,
and even members of the Faculty. But after a few
sittings they quietly withdrew  apparently satisfied
that I was, as far as possible, master of my profession,
and the medium of a medical knowledge of no mean
pretentious; and they no doubt saw that the s ppellation of "quack " would hardly be applicable in my
case on account of the great number of favorable testimonials in my possession, and my mysterious capability to render correct diagnosis of disease and analytical knowledge of medical properties.
And here I have since remained, the daily recipient of many kind favors. But what gives me the
greatest amount of unalloyed satisfaction is the knowleddg that my ardous labors have been appreciated by




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a just community. When worn out with continuous
toil, I find a balm to my care worn spirit in listening
to the voluntary outpouring of a heart-fLlt gratitude,
coming fcoin some former suffering fellow being who
has, through mly agency, been restored to health and
the happiness of' life.
In this mission I feel I have found the acme of my
soul's aspiration. In my present capacity all the better promptings of my nature are brought in play.
Hence, I have, for several years, ceased to make any
endeavor for any further psychological advancement.
My operations at present are carried on by means of
dependent clairvoyance; and to arrive at this peculiar psychological state I have been forced to pass
through all the lower order of spiritual influences, as
the reader who lhas read the previous pages, must
have discovered. It will be seen that my present position is but the result of psychological devlopmnents.
lIy knowledge of the hulman organism  and of medicine has all been derived by clairvoyant powers. I
have ma(le one or two attempts to gain information
from books, but have, on such trial, failed to receive
satisfaction. Still I do not condemn books as a means
of education, for I am well aware that there are but
very few who are like myself.
In the foregoing pages I have hastily noted the major points in my psychological life; of my personal
career as a man, as a member of society, I have studiously avoided speaking, as I have considered that
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tion most often asked is, how I became what I am,
professionally? This query I have endeavored to
illustrate. What my individual trials and troubles
have been no one can have any desire to know.
But my task is not yet done, there is something
yet remaining. I have told how I became a physician, how I became a clairvoyant. But the reason
why I am so remains to be told, as well as the philosophy of these various mysterious psychological phases
through which I have passed. The query arises, what
is spiritualism? what is magnetism? and what is clairvoyance? and what is necessary to development?
For me to state that I am a clairvoyant does not illustrate the phenomena, or that I am the medium of
spirits does not prove spiritualism. My life proves
there is a mystery some where, but does not make
that mystery plain. In view of this I have concluded
to give a concise explanation of the mysteries involved
in my career.




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CHAPTER XIV.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAGNETISM, AND ITS RELATION TO ORDINARY SLEEP, AND THE SCIENCE-OF SPIRITUALIBIM.
i1N ORDER to arrive at an intelligent understanding of clairvoyance, or even spirit manifestations,
it becomes absolutely necessary that the principles of mesmerism should be understood, for nmesmerism is the foundation of every phase of psychological
phenomena. In Chapter IV I have given an acconnt
of my first mesmeric experience, and I now propose
to give a condensed explanation of the natural principles involved in the phenomena.
Webster defines the term mesmerism "to be the art
of communicating a species of sleep to the body, while
the mind remains active." The pertinent question which
here naturally arises is " what species of sleep is it
that is by the power of mesmerism communicated? "
I take the ground that there is no difference between
sleep induced by mesmerism and natural slumber, so
far as principles are concerned.  This ground, I
shall, in this chapter, aim to illustrate by a comparison of the two phenomena.  In order to (3do
this it becomes necessary for me to consider the phi



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losophy of' ordinary sleep; and to do this I must take
into consideration the nervous organization of the human body, and from thence deduce inferences in regard to the elementary principles of ordinary slumber. The nervous system of the human organism is
divided into two grand parts: being the brain and
spinal cord, and these combined are known as the
cetrebro-spinal centres. From this axis or centre, there
are numerous nerves which run to all parts of the systemn. A portion of these nerves start from the base
of the brain and terminate in the eye, the ear, the
tongue, the lips, etc. This set of nerves are the first
developed in the infantile organism. Another and
larger portion of nerves spring from the spinal cord,
and are distributed over the body and lower extremities. By means of a portion of these nerves the brain
is susceptible of sensation or feeling, while the others
produce motion. These two set of nerves are widely distributed over the entire body, and as I have inferred, have distinct duties to perform. Those which
spring from the spinal cord have two roots, one uniting with the back; the other with the front part of
the cord. If we could cut the back root we would
find that the part where the nerve terminates would
loose the sense of feeling but retain the power of motion. By cutting the front root, we would destroy
the power of motion, while the sense of feeling would
be retained; and by severing both, we would find
that the sense of feeling and power of motion would
be lOst




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These facts prove, first: nervous duality, and distinction of nervous functions.  Secondly: that it is
only by means of the sensient portions of these
nerves that the mind can become cognizant of external objects; or in other words, all recognized impressions and sensations must be borne by the nerves to
the brain. These two sets of nerves operate compara,
tively like the Telegraphic Fire Alarms of some of
our great Cities. The brain, being the intelligent
center, may be compared to the central office, and the
nerves of sensation which carry to the brain with
lightning-like speed intelligence of what is going on
out-side, are like the wires which run from  the central office to the several station boxes.  The quick
sensation of injury or danger to the body which is
borne along these nerves to the brain, is like sending to the central office from a station box the intelligence of fire in one of the districts. The rapid transmission of orders from the mind to the muscle, is like
flashing the alarm over the wires to all parts of the
city. The sensorium of' the brain is like the voltaic
batt:ry at the central office; while the ideal powers
of mind, may be compared to the operator. When
no intelligence is being received firom  the station
boxes, or i[nported frorn the operator, the battery is
in a state of complete inactivity; and the same is true
in respect to the sensorium of the brain; which may
be considered as always asleep-or in a state of inactivity-unless aroused by external causes; or by internal demands from the ideal




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Evidently sensation from the external world can
reach the brain only by coming in conltact wihi tihe
outward terminus of the sentienllt neLres; while iuldividual motives and power of muscular activity have
their oriogin in thle higher faculties of the mind.
Which oft-times by the power of nmemory, appears to
prompt muscular motion ill tile same manner that the
fire alarm telegraph operator is moved to action; by
his remembrance of what is necessary for him to do
in the case of an alarm of fire. Taking this view of
the subject, and admitting it to be a fact in principle,
we readily see that the sensorium is the medium of
two positive extremes; and, that while the nerves of
sense retain their normal powers, that the sensorium
cannot resist impressional encroachment.  Hence, in
order that the brain-ideal and sensorial-may becomie irrecognizant of surroundings, it is plain that
there must be a pervertion or suspension of- nervous
power to transmit sensation.  In sleep, we have a
practical manifestation of this phenomena, viz.: suspension of nervous power to  transmit sensation.
Sleep, therefore, is dormancy of nervous sense, instead
of dormancy of the sensorium and ideal powers; for
both of these latter powers may be in a state of activity, while a person is in a condition of profound sensient slumber-a fact illustrated by somnambulists and
somniloquists.
There is no gradation limits in the phenomena of
ordinary sleep. When a person slumbers they are
devoid of every faculty of sense, they -can neither




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hear, see, smell, taste, or feel; do not recognize pain,
and have no knowledge of personal movements; in
short, are dead to all external surroundings, and to
everything but the ideal powers of their own mind;
and this result is simply because the nervous fluid is
in a state of lethargy, superinduced by one or the
other of the following causes of sleep, namely: muscular or sensorial fatigue; narcotic influence; compression of brain; or induction of electro-magnetism
sufficient to cause sensuous inactivity: or more properly, magnetic slumber, and this is what is termed
mesmer i.sm.
Sleep resulting from muscular and nervous fatigue,
is the ordinary phenomena of healthy slumber, and to
arrive at this condition is an every day experience.
By exercise, the nervous system suffers such a change
that it becomes reduced to a condition requiring inactivity, and recuperative rest; or in other words, continuous action, so exhausts the nervous system that it
naturally bec: mes indisposed to nervous action. It
is while in this condition that a sensation of sleepiness
is felt. Stronger or more interesting external impression, or stronger ideal, or intellectual tendencies are
necessary to keep one awake after great nervous fa.
tigue than before.  While in this condition, if one
retires from a noise to a soft couch he has olly to
close his eyes, so as to obstruct the power of vision,
and discontinues to make demand upon the nerves
of sense by bringing the higher faculties of the mind
to a state of t:ra.quiity,  to cause. these neryes of




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sense to naturally relapse into a complete state of inactivity.  We may therefore consider nervous exhaustion as thle primar-y, predisposing cause of sleep; andy
the avoiding  of external impression  as the  more
immediate cause; and that ordinary slumber is simply
inertia of sense.  While a person is in a condition of
ordinary or even nma-gnetic sleep, I do not believe that
the concient action of the nerves of sense or sensoriumr of the brain are stopped by an accumulation of
blood within the brain; for I can see no possible need
of any such suppo.ition.  But in a case of sleep produced by narcotics, there is some reason to suppose
that the vessels of the brain become distended with
blood, and thereby obstruct the action of the concient
nerves; and this is the probable result in cases of
compression, which sometimes results in morbid sleep.
MWhen there can be no consient action of the brain
aroused, there can be no nervous sensation excited;
for the co-existence of a concient action of the organic and cerebral extremities of a nerve is as essential to a sensation, as two tongs put together are to a
pair of tongs.
It is erroneous to suppose that the ideal powers of
mind, (meaning by this terin the faculties of thought,
memory, and the motive powers of action,) are neeessarily reduced to a condition of slumber during
nervous inactivity of sense or sleep. Dreams are the
result of ideal wakefulness and activity: and the
walking  and  talking  phenomena characteristic  of
somuambualists and somniloquists prove, tinat a person




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nmay be bereft of the powers of nervous sensation or
feeling, and still retain intellectual or ideal wakefulness and active motive powers; thus proving that
sleep is merely suspension of inductive nervous sensation, or dormnancy of that portion of organic nerves
which are employed in conveying sense fiom external
objects to the sensorium of the brain.
What the peculiar elementary proportion of the
nervous organization alre, is an unsettled sulject of investigation.  Sir Benjamin Brodie, says: "that the
nervous force is probably some modification of that
force which produces the phenomena of electricity
and magnetism."  The probable idea designed to be
conveyed, is, that the nervous fluid or force, is both
electrical and magnetic; hence, positive and negative.
We have seen that there are two sets of nerves peculiar to the human organism, and that one of these sets
are absorbents or magnetic courses, leading from the
external world to the brain. This set is defined as
the nerves of sense; and these are evidently (owing
to their absorbent powers) susceptible to magnetic
induction to an extent sufficient to cause inactivity,
therefore may be considered as the negative power;
while the other set leading from  the brain, directly
and indirectly, by mneans of the spinal cord, and
which we have seen-are the medial cause of motion,
may be considered the positive individual power.
We may reasonably suppose that this latter set of
n2rves are chlarged with an electrode force or agent
generated in the brain and spinal cord by the metal




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bearing fluid and electro generating powers of the
blood, by a process comparatively like the action of
the acid solutions on the metalic plates in the cells of
an ordinary voltaic battery.  This theory of electric
generating power of the brain is prietty well substantiated by well known physiological fhets.  One-fifth
of the blood in the human orranism goes into tile sensorium of the brain.  Ilamatin, one of the constituents of the blood, contains about eight per-cent of
iron; while other portions contain, in smaller quantities, other metals.  HIence, takintg  into consideration
the quantity of blood sent to the brain, in connection
with the fact that its metalic constituents are favorable to electric generation, it appears reasonable to infer that the cerebral battery (I use this term  in default of a more accurate one) is charged by the electric chemical action of these metalic properties of thle
blood.  If this theory of electiric generation be true,
the brain may be considered as an electric reservoir,
firom which originate the primary powers of muscular
action.  From this it will be seen that the nerves of
motion may act independent of the nerves of sense.
In fact, it is only by making this division of the nervous po.w!ers that we can explain thle phenomena of
sleep or stupefaction of the powers of sense, ill connection witlh ideal wakefilness and milscular motion
displayed by somnanmbulists and somzil, quists.  No
one will deny but what these tswo plhenolllen;as do coexist.  Dreamns, are siinjly a phrase o' somn:.mibulism, an(i there is hardly a perso'l but what is sutbjct
to dreams,.




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There are many logical proofs of this theory of
distinct nervous power; but I imagine that sufficient
h.as been offered to illustrate my position in regard to
duality oi' nervous powers and the phenomena of sleep.
I hold that sleep, both ordinary and mesmeric, is
simply cessation of the powers of sense, and that to
arrive at either of these conditions it is not abso'ut.ly
necessary that the electric powers V -f the brain should
become dormlant; or, in other words, I contend that
while a person is in a condition of absolute stupefaction of the organic nerves of sense, he may retain the
ideal and motive powers of mind in a condition of activity. Hence the peculiar species of sleep communicated by the art of mesmerism is the same as is manifested in ordinary sleep, namely: dormaney of the five
organic faculties of sense.  Let the reader bear in
mind that I am here considering the art of mesmerism in its lowest degree, as a sleep producing and orgainic controlling power, without any regard to its
higher or psychological influence over the mental
powers.  I have said that ordinary sleep was the legitimate iffect of ncrvous fatigue or exhaustion, and
that slumber produced by narcotics or comipression of
the brain, is the result of forced stupefaction of the
cerebral extremity ot the nerves of sense; and mesmeric slumber was caused by an induction of an electric current sufficient to overcome the positive force
of the nerves of sensation.  Each of these phases of
sleep are subject to the same law, and all are in fact
one in principle, being the result of a disturbance of




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the natural equilibrium. existing between the two extremities of the nerves of sense.
To produce the magnetic coma, it is necessary the
natural force of sense should be overcome by the introduction of a more positive magnetic power, or, in
other words, a positive and negative power must be
brought in conjunction.  This positive iower is that
magnetic current which imperceptibly flows from one
body to another, as a sensational medium.  Ordinary
sensation is a simple phase of magnetism; all objects
which attract the mind arle positive to the mind, to the
full extent of the attraction; and those which repel
are to the same extent negative. This fact is demonstrated by our sympathies and antipathies, our likes
and dislikes, our attractions and repulsions. Nervous
sensation, being thus closely allied to vital magnetism.
we find that, in order to induce magnetic sleep, there
must be certain necessary qualifications.  First, there
mlust be an absolute negative and positive power;
secondly, the equilibrium  existing between the two
extremities (cerebral and organic) of the nervous organistm of the negative power or subject, must be
disturbed by the l)ositive power, or operator.  These
principles are absolute, being, as they are, the fundamental basis of the law  of attraction and organic
connection, or combined action of separate organism.
WThen these absolute conditions exist, the phenomena
of magnetic sleep may be produced by adhering to
simple rules of oper'ation.  The subject, who of course
must be the negative, has only to sit in an easy posi



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tion and concentrate his or her gaze steadily and calmly
upon some convenient object, designated by the operator.  Tranquility of mind, calm  concentration of
gaze, and willingness to enter the magnetic sleep, ist
all that is required of the subject.
While the subject is in this required condition, the
operator-who must be the positive power-must regard hitn or her visually and mentally with a fixed,
determined, and definite purpose, to overcome nervous
activity. After doiing this for about two minutes, the
operator should breathe gently on the face and head
of the subject, and this should be continued until the
subject manifests optical fatigue. Then let the operator raise his hands gently above the subject's head,
and bring them down softly, brushing the sides of the
head; place them upon the shoulders, and let them
rest there for one minute; then continue the downward motion, with a gentle sweep, to the tips of the
fingers; raise them with a spiral movement, and return them, with the palms outward, to the head as
before. This manipulating process should be continued for twenty or thirty minutes. Where the subject
is extremely nervous or sensitive, it is necessary for
the operator to take his position several feet from them.
There is no necessity for muscular effort on the part of
the magnetizer. His movements should not be rapid,
but easy, graceful, and attractive. These simple processes are all that is necessary to produce the phenomena of mesmerism; providing, the before mentioned absolute requirement exist, namely: positive
and negative powers.




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There are various other formulas besides this in
vogue among magnetic operators, but all additions are
simply gotten up fbr mystic effect.
Two questions naturally arise:  First, what are
the sensations experienced by the subject? and secondly, what changes are there wronught in the organism of the subject by this manipulatory process, provridinc there shotld be a magnetic eTect? In Chapter
III, I have given a partial account of my own exp,:rienee and sensations while under magnetic infil ence.
The first sensation is generally experienced in the
visual nerves of the eye. This sensation is very much
like that experienced by a person who has looked at
the noonday sun until his eyesight has become dimmed
or blurred; next, if' the eyes are closed, the lids of the
eyes will assume a feeling of extreme heaviness, which
will increase in power until they utterly lose the sense
of feeling, and if the operator continues his manipulations according to the above formula, the artus and
hands will be subject to an increasing volume of paralyzing numbness and col(d, until sensation utterly
fails.  Whlen the subject is in complete magnetic condition he is bereft of every faculty of sense.
Many suppose that when a person is magnetized
they experience a prickly sensation, peculiar to that
felt in case of stagnation of the blood.  This idea, I
think, is entirely erroneous —at least my own extensive
experience proves it so to be.  I never experienced
any physical sensation different from the sensations of
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that many others have given contrary testimonyhave testified that they have experienced most horrid
physical sensations during magnetic slumlber-all of
which I believe to be purely imaginary, or willful deception on their part.  That the introduction of an
electro-magnetic current produces contracticn of the
muscles —which to the casual observer might appear
to cause suffering to the subject-I readily admit; but
that the subject experiences any such sense of suffelring, I deny; fobr contraction of the miuscles by magnetic power cannot be produced until the nerves of
sense are in a state of stupefaction.
In considering the chanrges wr'ought in the organism  of a person under magnetic effect, it becomes
necessary to c-nquire into the properties and power of
electro-inagnetism.  The extreme change, I have already sn.id, was stupefaction of sense; but how sense
is stupefied, becomes the dominant query.
It is universally admitted that all bodies, both animate and inaniinate, contain a subtle fluid called natural electricity, which is composed of' two contrary
fluids, termed positive and negative electricity. That
these fluids coinsist of an infinite number of small particles, which possess attractive and repulsive powers,
is also admitted.  While bodies aire at rest these fluids
are counterb:lanced, or in other words, then the attractive power of one of the fluids is conquered by
the repulsive power of the otlher.  Hence, to cause
magretism, there nmust be a decomposition of one of
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about by a disturbance in the equilibrium  naturally
existing between the positive and negative powers.
The disturbance which takes place in the organism of
the subject is caused by an induced current of active
electricity, emanating from  the operator, which has
power to repel the sensational medium of the nerves,
from the external to the internal surface, thereby making the operator and subject, so far as the positive and
negative forces are concerned, as one body.  Or, in
other words, the magnetizer, who is the positive force,
by his superior active electric power forces a portion
of that principle, which in the normal state of the
subject formed the medium of sensation, from the organic terminus of the nerve into the cerebro-spinal
centres and the centres pertaining to the anterior portion of the brain; and, in consequence of the departure of the elemrents of sensation fiom  the nervous
channels of the body, the latter is reduced to a senseless, death-like slumber. IHence, magnetic slumber is
produced by electrically increasing the positive principle of natural electricity contained in a, body to an
extent sufficient to destroy the equilibriurn existing
between the attractive  and repulsive powers.  All
positives control their negatives the moment equalization, or equlilibrium is destroyed.
To deny mesmerism, or deny that magnetic coma
can be produced, is syononomous to a denial of animal
electric power, a,cd the law of attraction and repulsion.
Animal electric power is undeniable.  The electric
manifestations of the torpedo, or-electric ray, and gym



i t.   1   o TIi,.1' l, (L   I  t  1 29!
notls, or electric eel, ~flly proves that anin.all life, is
5s  Jjee to colltinsoil     distorbanee  in  the equilibrium
of the moleelnle<,, or( electric palticles of the body; and
that evenry  di;,oturmban-e is accompanifed by a liberation
of active electlriity; and the phenomena of leceiving
shocks fi'olli th1hes  anlli:tl-s proves t,1iit;the senscilnt
nerves alr  na;ttu rl absorbents of fbrei ie       electro currents.  Thlere are mIany, who, while they  admit sealf
evidenlit anilnal electric powe r, utterly deiny  thIe phienomena of amniina!   m: -iagnetisml   but upon  what they
base theiir aditistsion of thle one and detnial of the, other
is incomprehensible, seeing that both plhelenornia  are
but diferent lp,ilases of the same cause.  Tiviqgnletis mis
depelldent upon electricity as a pr'illary p)rinecipl!e  or
first cause; and electricity is dependenat apoi:altlgnetisin fotr means of Isni. iif estatiol of powel   rl The shoi:oks
of the gymnilotus in somie inristances cause numbnlliess of
of sense, iii other instancels it ha1s beenl'kneown to Ihiave
no efTect.  Flaog   gives ani  aecont of a lad-y  of his
acquaintlance wo could hanLIle thins'ihL at w.ill. This
peis'oll coilTl 1ot haive leen  n lagnletizedC at all, anid if
ll were like  her iupervions  to  electrlicity, electric
ipoer ns m ust  hatve  reil-]ained a latter of speculation;
fbr we onlly know its pov' ecrs by its effeet.   Electricity
prodiuced by artifci.ld mlenlls  ill,     ren  anpplied in a
contiluous curerent, prodtcee iall  tivity  of' sense upon
a person   1lwho is in a proper mae,'gnetic conditioin, aild
this fi.ct pi-oves ta-i:  certlil coneditions are necessalry
to electric  blnai:tetanLion s, regardless of source or fundatlliental power.  hlenc, X lae-. a s(It. Uje-t  is in a proKi




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per condition he may be controlled by electric power
emanating from a positive operator.
To say that the human organcism  cannot emit a
curent of electricity, is simply absulrd; for if they eAn
receive  they can impart.  We mignht as  Ve'll contend
that a cloud charged with electricity (loes not emit a
bolt of iilhtnling, as to say that  mnan ha3 no power
to discharge a current of electricity; for if tlhere is
an electric current in the humnan organisml  there nmust
be a contilnuous dischare e, in exact proportion to accnmulation, in orlder to keep up equililhrium.  When
this equilibrium is destroyedl, pa'al   sis of' thle nervous
centres must iiesessarily ftilow, alnd thiis p):rllysis is
simply tinaneti c coma.  Liolhtninog produces paralydysis
by a powerfulf iiduction0  of concentra. te eelectricity.
A ray,If suilightl direct upon tie eye causes pairalysis
of the nerves of tlhe eye, by continuous induction of'
the samlle powlre.  In either tase the result is the s'aine,
tand is simply sensuolas inactivity, or lethargy of the
senscieut nerve:.
There is a great amount of perconal testinllony
substantiative of thle phenometla of imagnetislm. Even
in the days of' ~estllmer, tllose'who opposed it as 8,a science admitted its wodlerfal effects, as  nay be seen
by a perusal of the reoort lnale by t'he medical faculty
of Paris, in 1784.  Notwitllstancling this report was
unfavorable to the pretentions of Meil.lner, it ftile(l to
uproot the out-ward manifestations of the phienomneina.
Hence, in 182~ aniother colmmllissio n was formed to tihnish another report.  Thlese comLnisslO lle's  erse ol001



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pelled to be more careful in thlLeir investigations, for
the public —owing to their incre.se in knowledge of
the pheIlom.ena —)tood ready to take the right of judgmlent into their owin possession.   These jurors relndeired a more favorable verdict than did their predecessors.  The followingo is ani abstract of thleir conclusions.   After  adimiitig  "that sleep  may  be
produced ander circumnstancees in whichi tile suijects
lhave nQt been able to perceive, and have been ignorant
of the agency employed to occasion tthe slumber,"  they
q nlal fiedi r Iassert that " thie real ef3ct, pr:oduced by
mnaganetismn are very varied.  It agitates some, calms
others; it usnufull   accelerates the respiration and circrlatioI   causes convulsive motions similar to electric
shocks, a, lassitudei, uand torpor more or less profound;
somnnolence, and in a limlited number of cases whvlat was
by the olv)er'atel delnominatedi sonallnmbulisi.   They
adclitted tiha often "'reiarkable chsanges" took place
in thle p('lceV)tioms and fhculties of certain i-ndividuals
in  i whom  smllllnbulism  waIs l)l'oduced by malgnetic
passes.  They consi(ered it certain that thle soernarmbulic s tate (tidL exist, and were equaily certain that it
gave rise to the developument of newr faculties, which
then, as nowr, was desiglnated by the term, " Clairvoyance, intuition, and initertnal perception."
These conclusions were puOlished by a professionally prejudiced comlmission; yet appl.arent facs lrcecd
thei-n to adimit nll tle power thott tIms ever been claimed'bor the pItlenomeli: of mlesmllerism, namnely: human
agnetislm, somnambull lis   and clairvoyance.  Since




I I:3              AU'rl)OBAOGitAPII Y OFi
this lti:mo1ns treport was published to t e wor-lcd,  tlere
hs bee  a:i, ontinuous accumulation  of testim lony
favorablle to the phenomena.  There is hardly a person
but what has witnessed its maniifestations, and thousands have personally ex perienced mesmeric ii-ifluence.
And yet,'withll ail the mass of evidenlice wlhich is ext    -nthl!_i 2'lMy confirrmatory of the pIinciples of magnetism —there is a class of suiiopeclious pednalogues, and
diseiples of electric science v who  stturibute all the
pha'cs 01' ni: neltic pheoeli     an to iimposture or imat.in [a,      I,  las s of pom1poUs inves ctiators a mlust
finud a certal,tcc of (11 il tili atiai       ssioii ofl0 the
plrofloCd t!iaker L. P  AcE,  who s'' s, in spetking of
m:agnetism, diait   Wo anc so fi al1 f1i0x OBeing,quainted with all the ila.ents of iat.'e,'I thit it \Nwould be quite
uillphhilosophical to d.ln-'y Lhe existence of t1he phenomen a, meirely because they are inexplicable ill the present
state  of our klinovo,/edoge.l    Thlle celebrated  Ciuvier
contradicts thl idea tllat m        e seris; n is the result of
inanination.   -e says:  "  hie effect on persons ignorant of tile causi,, and upon persons whoml the operation
itself has deprived of cotlnsciousness, and tolicse effects
whiieh  animals present, do not permit us to douibt that
tie p', )nxinity of two anilali bodies, in certailn electrica.l coidition-R, collbilled  withl  cltain   moveCments
1have a real effect, indepiendent oftll participat;ions   of
fancy.
Splr~it istl s hiol-d tlOat mcese!r, l siam is the nmeditum
or veh-icle of tle  elry higihest codes of morality and
dliv iie intelligence~ and for tllis reason, men.1  of cleli



DR. 1    1>. L  I iS- 1  i)O At I    1 3 3
ca]t ur:.etieton  deny'the existence of m  mIgetic agency
or eletr ic ilnte(rcours;e bvetween -lmind and body. Tihese
men 1irnst cliuno 1r for reco.>',  izanCe of their ideas of ancient in,s pilration land nmod -ern assistance of' the spirit,
and at the samne t-ime den,  the only nmeans by which
the pheno:lmena of inDspiration could be accomplished.
They.admit  le1-1 power, bat deny the mean-s, and at
the saimi2e   time  clamolr o'   the res lt.  T'ieir argunlents
are so ineanistently  r aburdl that  it iwould be folly to
notiec  b1   f1ei  Were ni            e    giot for their  s  p opularity.
No science has striu,,gled throug-h more opposition
thal1n hias thi  oi.   orf -1.:l-t 0 ii?;i,-M}+    It h    in th;le i'ahands
o. arrant b     e    e     n nlr  tai- s,h b   iavde the basis of mystic
operations;  hais sifl-Lereld gross albuse fromh  ilmpostors
and  shaortli,ai   obser1 er s; lin  been condemned by
menl of lea r nng annd extravagantly upheld  by others
of equall iinteligene.   Yet, in spite of all, it has obtained a mnodest,positioan -'-nonug the seiences, which
day by day is increasing in brilliancy throulgh  the instrtm entaiity  oif p13ii t intel course.   For its moral
utility, I hlave  only to refer you to tlhe millions of our
own countymeien Mlo hlave been led friom  physical
darkness into spi-ritual iight by its developmtents, and
to ithe thoiusrlds  \ho arle daily testifying to its physical
uti ity, in all parts of the world,




134              AUTOBIOGRAPItY OF
CHAPTER XV.
SO ITAOI3IBULTSM AND CLAIRVOYANCE EXPLAINED.
HAIVE  said in t-le plreceding chapter that while
a subjeect was under magnetic control, muchi of
J  that principle -w3hichl in the normtal state forms the
mnediium of sensation, goes into the cerebro-spirnal centers, and other center(s   hich pc)rtain to the anterior,
or fiont part of the brain, producing thle external
phenomyena of magnetic  coma.  But this does not
comprehend the entire sesnult; for in proportion as the
body is deadened the mhind is enlivened, for the natural elements of the mind are then all absorbed in the
brain, except enoul-gh to maintain the moderate performance  of thle orlganic functions.  When the mind
is enlivened through the means of sensient stupe-faction, by imagnetic induction, somnambulismn is the result.
Sornambulismn  may be produced naturally, or it
may be superinduced by manipulations; but in either
case tlhe somnamnbulist lmust be devoid of the powers
of sense.  It matters not how this state is obtained,
for the result-or manifestations-are invariably the
same in characterl,  but frequently different in degree.




1)R.. D.  KELLOGG.              135
Some persons while in this condition possess but little
more thall ordinary I)ercepltion anld poelr of accomplishment, while otlhers imanz.lifest much more tllan their
usual clearness of intellect,  and ene(rgy of muscles.
In nearly all cases, the same individual when awake,
anid when somnanmbulic appeals like two entirely dif:
ferelnt characters.  H-How  these  entirely  different
conditions can be exhibited in one individual, becoimes
an inte resting question.  Em inent exp)erimental philosophers have elueid ated, to a certain extent, the idea
thliat the entire orgI': ism of Nature is pe'rvaded with
a spiritual or vitalizing' principle, which is diffused
throunghout all the wide realms of creation.   This
vitalizin, principle is like the medium  of sensation,
which permrreates thle huIanMn body, and is the -means
of coImmunication between all bodies in nature.  It is
the vehicle of thought, of sense, of symlpathly-1in
shorlt, it is the connecting link betweeln miind and matter, and between object and object. it is the vitalizing
medium that gives to the mind or spirit power tlo
mlanifest inteligence.  It is the grand vehicle of universal influence; and is the great hLarmonizer of' the
universe.  For, ill perva dimigl and t.ravorsilg bodies, it
modifies themn  and is equally Imodified by them  in
turn, and where it circulates 11onom one body to another
with the-saine force or power, these two bodies are
maintained in. harmonious relations, one towards the
other.  It is through tile instrum; entality of this fluid
that our nerves receive sensations f        erom  srrounding
objects or bodies.  Being tihe medlium  of sympatlhy,




136;;o-Twr'UJTOni'OGIGRvAPIVu  OF'
it is the underlyin g principle of- social order,  an4d lihe
operative means of inte lli-ene.  Tlie rid 0slop es oul'
actions in accordance with tlhe idea conve-yed by1 tUlls
ail pervading fluid.
iian is a two-:fold being   beosides  the externai organs of sense-the nerves,  1he is endow,e id with  Colrrespcdaingl internal organS OI   sens ib li t  y.   -F  e  e l've
are the rnagnetic )plexus  or wi,'es, wMcilh conect'the
interior being  with  the objective world; tseay  f. e P.
bridge upon wNhich  the ex:,-t'inage oft exteinlal objects
and influences, tIravel into t-e senrsorim 1      an 1   by tlhehmeans alone the spirit holds convers' e with  the Outer
worlldC.  It is3 the mind  alo0e tal at secs~, h.ears, feels,
and reflects; all else, so:: t'r as innatec poiwel,_v-  rIoe concerned, is blind, (1de a'  de 3t;1   i )' thle boudy is  bt-U- the
vestlment of the Ianlid-c —til   clothinl' of thlee Sidl;twith sense anda)ted to tlue l'rese-nt node of eitfi-,enee.
Hene,  the vic tait.zilh:ics prhTie -tie the Tnre dlu ot:e se,.s: -
tion —wlicelh pcrmeates  tle nervous  s ystem1  is but pa
protractedi extension of mind.  PAs tlic bines  a e whi ch
cdiverge from  the bowl of lthe tree   are   J p i"-[ of' t1he
tree, so is the nerrous systein wNiich Slnings friom the
brain a part of the brain    The vitlizailg pri1nclp(le in
the smallest twig is the samie in kind as, thit which
permneates the boll; so t:', vi.t'a. tliZinof yrinC.ple Of the
inerves is synononmous t-o the saine  elienl t i~''hn    e d sI.
sorium.  The fi osts of wvin'ter Bsend    l'_-'c.   por-iioi. o(3
the vitalizing  priLeiple  contained  in o  he  wti.,3 baleinto the boll or roots, the:    eservoh  - fi l om    renec   i;a
spral gic,; so t]he ec       f tilibriuim-detroye' pow)0,es of i n.a




DIrta. D. B. KELLOGG.               137
netisln  sencl  the vitalizing principle of thle nervous
systeml, which is the nedinm- of sensation, back  into
its fountaii 01' reservoir, w11C1h is the senlsorium of the
~~Yhen tlhis vital principle -ewhich before pervaded
th1e external orga;ism  is by magnetic power transferred to thite interior department of the brain, the
i-iind, in some instances, api lears to be impressed with
delicate anud subliimi iceas  and often an individual is
miade to appe:ar, in deportmient arnd expression, as anlothler ptiSoe At-. times, individuals of ordinary natural abiiities have,been nkow-ln to give expression to
profound ld and refined iltelliTen-ce while in a condition
of n'atural soumnalmbulhsisfm.  The reasoning powers of
othilers appear to be intensified, and unlusually vigorious
and succeSsfilo   Ambercrombie adduces a remarkable
exam-ple of intensified powers of reason, wvlile in a
somamnlbnul ic condition, in' the case of a distingulisl ed
lawyer of the last centaur.y, wr!ich is as -follows: "'his
eminent person had b::e.n consulted respecting a case
of great imuportance andll   unch difficulty, and he hadl
been studyni  g it iithl intense anxiety and  attention.
ARfte sevr al  days had been occupied in this manner,
he -was observed by lhis wife to rise fron  his bed in
the nigolt, and go to a wiriting desk wich stood in the
bed-' ro-no   T-ie then sat dowvn and wrote a long paper,
w)hich he carefully put by in the desk and returned to
hbed.  Trhe  ibllowing lornll g he told his wife that he:I 1d had  a  mo s0t illteCresting!'.reaml; tlihat  he had
reatn-idtl  f (c- deliveringi    a clear and l.minous  opinion




13 8             )AUTOBI0OGRAPIIY OE
respecting a case which had exceedingly perplexed
him, and he would  give anything to recover the train
of thought which  acl passed before him in hlis sleep.
Slhe then directed him to the writing desk, where he
found the opinion, clearly andi fully written out.  It
was afterward found to be perfectly correct."
In this inlst.a1nce, the reasoning powers of the sleeper were perceptibly intensified; and this phenomena
was, in all probability, in consequence of inactivity of
sense.   External objects could inot distrlact or pervert
the mind, hence there was nothing to prohibit conceontration of thought.
Jaan's visible physical organizatio{n, being, as it is,
the cradle of the spirit., is perfectly adapted to the
objects and convolving circunmstanees of the external
world.- The higher aspirations of the rapt soul or
mind is often chained (down by the sensuouls conditions of life.  But somnetimes, when these sensuoius
conditions nle laid aside in sleep, the unecained minll
soars into bhrighter, purer, loftier spheres, and the ordinary man appears to be gifted with new powers of
thought.  The poet who, with energies unfettered by
sense, depicts the loveliness of our spiritual nature,
is like the somnambulist, whose impressions are often
very distinct and delig'htful, because the attention
and seinsibilities of the mind are no longer perverted
or distracted by the intrusio n of iompressions friom -tlhe
outer world, whichl is commonl   in thl:l orl inarly,
working' state.
Somllinambulism mayt —y be philosoplie(llSr col sidered




DR.. D. B. iKELLO(cGo             139
a;s the incipient manifestations of mind, unaided by
the orlanic organs of sense; or, in other words, it is
an independent demonstration of the soul, a manifestation of innate ideas, which are unccntrolled  by
counter-ncting perception.  Ideas have their origin
ill the mind, while perceptions are thl-e offlspring of
sense.  S olmlambulism is not clairvoyance. Cl airvoyance means clear vision. The clairvoyant sees objects,
and can anlalyze and describe them; but the somnambulist sees nothing, nor does Jhe comprehend anything
outside of his own mind. Every idea to which they
give utterance coimes from their garnered store of
knowledcge and though they may promulgate ideas
more exalted than they are wont to wlien in an ordinary statee, still these ideas can have no other origin
than in their individual mind, unless th'ere is magnetic
connection between the somrnamubule and some foreidgn
intelligence of' sutiicient power to cause thle Hypnotic phenoinena, of which I shall speak hereafter.
The state of somnambulism is a condition totally
diifrlent fi'or  that of ordinary life.  The animal sensibilities undergo an essential change, and the ordinary
activity of the corporeal faculties are for a titme sutspended.  But the ideal mind-the imnmaterial Principle-the very soul itself —displays its unfettered energies independent of the material organs.  Thoughts
which have been garnerec into the min-d by study,
but which }have been held there by lthe contrrolling
powers of sense, lind means of' utterance while the
senses sleep.




140              AUTOBIO(3C (-11iAPIITY OF
The wellanthenticatedl  phenonmen a of magneti;e
somnambulism is, in thlis day of progressive science,
a weapon oif mighty p;ower ir thie field of human
scepticis1m.  As electricity expl ains the thundelr, as
astronomny explaiins the appt)earasnce of comets and the
causes of eclipses, so hnrnan imagmotism  explains the
mystic  phenomenia formielly attrlibulted to m1agic and
witcheraft2, which in pasti daiys of ig'norance,was ascribed to supernatu'al i  gecites.  T'he ftct theft an
emnanation of vital mlalginetism  fioom  one individual
may act upon anotilier-jusu as aan emanatioln  orm the
brain acts upon the fin'eis fe'eeto lly1 annihilates the
miserable superstition in — regcaird to  t ra;o'   su pernatural, and chimeriucal po+teccies, by teaching aus most
imnpressively to see in curselves the natuiral cause of
many strange an-fd iwierld-lilke effects.  Ancd wbile luagnetism prove this; solmalanbulisml  proves the qu-FliJty
of mian, by bringing' out in bold,nd aud 11deniaie'elief the interior mind, indepenldent of the orga-iui
functions of sense..ti should be rlelemnbered t!-at -ll soinna.mbulists
do not inanifest any exti-iraordinary exaltation  of idleas;
in fact, a large poli.io, who ae sutbject to this s talte
natnlrally, simply  display their ordinalry powers of
mind.  This class (generally re-inact, thieir m:ore recent
occupations.  I know an individual wiho was a nlatural somnambule, who, on one occasion, while asleep
took the straw  fi'omn hs own bed and bounidd it into
bulldles.  During   the day he had been eniploved in
binding oats, aind on this occasion ihe dreamed hie was




.it,, D). Il KI rLLO}. T1 4 J
engaged in the sanie employmenl t.  This indiidua
mind never soared beyond tlhe, limits of sensuous perceptions.  His waking and sleeping ideas invariably
flowed in the same channiel; for, accordincg to his own.
account, his dreat;s were always perfectly practieai
ideas, utterly devoid of fantastic iumagery or f'nciffil
flights.
The soemnambulic mlanifestations of' Miss Susan
Packard, of GeneTva, N. Y.9 furnishes a striking contrast to the above, and fully illustrates the opposite
extreme.  This lady was naturally shy and retiring in
her manners, wh-len in an ordinary state.  All of her
early life had been devoted to service as a "help" in
the culinary department of' a board'ing-house.  I-Her
education was supposed to be rather below  ordinary.
In short, she was looked upon as being extremely
commonplace, and no one ever thought of' giving her
credit for more than a very common dregree of intelligence.  At the age of fifteen she was prostrated wvith
a severle illness, ad it was durinog her recovery fiom
this that her first somnaimbulie nmanifestation occurred.
One night the imnlates of the house where she was
stopping were aroused from their slumrber by an unusual manifestation of chanting melody. At first the
listeners supposed the beautiful music caime from some
wandering  serenader; but upon investigation it was
found that the sining was executed in the rooim- where
Susan was sleeping, and at once they proposed to investigate the phenomena.  The noise made by the
listeners in their endeavors to opell the door, awoke




142             AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
her; whereupon sihe enquirecl what was wanting. In
answer to their enquiry of who had been singing in
her room, Susan replied that she had not heard any
singing that night; and she was further positive that
there had been no music in her roomn, for there was no
one there besides herself, and she had been sound
asleep all night. At this thEe aroused inmates retired,
supposing they had been deceived as to the locality
from whence the melody had proceeded. But before
morning they were again aroused by a repetition of
the same melodious chanting; and again following
the sound, they traced it to the rootm occupied by this
lady.  Some one advanced the idea that Susan, who
was the only inmate of the room, might possibly be
singing in her sleep; and in accordance with this hint,
they proceeded to enter the room  as still as possible.
On entering, they found the idea fully corroborated,
for there lay Susan apparently wrapped in profound
and peaceful slumber, singing a beautiful chant, every
word and intonation of which was rendered with the
same artistic skill that was displayed by the leader of
the village choir.
For two years following this time this lady was
almost nightly subject to somnambulic manifestations.
At timZes she would sing, and at others she would engage in oratorical delivery; and on one occasion  lbhe
was discovered reinactin, a tragic scene she had a
short time before witnessed at a theatrical performTnce     w
There was something eremarkable in these sleeping




D)r. D.. K:ELLOGG.            143
p'rformaances of Susan Packard.  Her ideas appeared
to be elevated; still she never undertook to do anything different from  what she had seen others do. She
sang the most difficult pieces performed by the village
choir, but in no instance did she undertake common
music; also her oratorical deliveries were always imitations of the very finest addresses to which she had
listened. Evidently she only gave expression to her
own innate ideas; for if such had not been the case,
she would at times undoubtedly have performed something she had not before heard or witnessed.  Still,
she performed things of which she was absolutely incapable when in her ordinary condition; and this incapacity was probably owing to the operations of her
nervous organism.
I have so far considered somnambulism only as a
natural phenomena, merely to show how closely it is
allied to the phenomena of hypnotism, or -miagnetic
solnambulism.     I do not believe that a natural somnambule ever expresses an idea foreign to his own
mind; while at the same time I am  forced to admit
that they often display most wonderfll powers. But
I believe that this unusual display of intelligence by
somnamlbules is in consequence of mental emancipation fi'om organic thraldom, instead of any influx of
foreign intelligence.
That somnam1bulisn caused by magnetic processes,
differs friom the natural phenomena sufficiently to cause
medium-is to be capable of receiving andc imparting
foreign intelligence, is flilly proven by the hypnotic




144              AUTOBIOGliRAPIVY OF
pheno1 mena, so illustratecd by MBri. Broidl; who by experiment found  that persons subject to magnetic somnaTmbulism were susceptible to an increase of intellectual powers while in that condition.  Mr. Broid tried
lls hypnotic experiments on persons of different degrees of intelli0gen1ce, but invariably founnld that the
normal capacity of a subject made no difference in the
result. A girl from one of the work-houses of Manchester (England), who was ignorant of the grammar
of her own languag e when awake, was found when in
a condition of magnetic somnalnbulisnn to be capable
of accompanying any one in singing songs in any
language, giving both notes and words correctly. This
wonderful feat she was altogether incompetent of performing in her natural or waking condition.
On one occasion this girl was tested by the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind, who tried her somnambulie  powers to the utmost.  Jenny sanng a continual
strain of the most difficult'roulatcles and cccenzasC6, including some of her extrxaordinary sostenzuto notes,
with all their inflections, from  picnzzissi2ro to fortecrescendo / bnt ii all these fantastic tricks and displays
of vocal genius she was so closely followed and accurately imitated by the solmnambulist, that at times it
was imlpossible to tell, merely by hearing, that there
were two individualls singing.  L'r. Broid's hypnotized
subjects would, when in proper magnetic condition,
accurately repeat what another individual was reading
in a separate room, word for wordl, and although they
eou.ld not hlear then], their pronulnciation would be




DOR. D. 1B. KELLOGGo            1 4 
simultaneous with the reader, and correspond with
their inflections and variations of sound.
Hypnotic somnambulists are simply mediums of
foreign intelligence —a sort of spout through which
flows ideas emanating from  other minds than their
ownr. They have no recollection of what they do or
say; nor do their manifestations of intelligence in any
way influence their waking thoughts.  When under
the influence of certain persons they simply reiterate
what they express; and during all these performances
their nervous system is in a condition of complete
dormancy, every sense is inactive, and though they
repeat only what is vocally expressed by those under
whose control they may at the time be, they appear to
make no use of the organs of hearing, while at the
same time they are unable to give expression to unuttered thoughts.  Apparently the same power that
causes vocal expression in the operator by magnetic
power sets in motion the vocal organs of the somn ambule.
This hypnotic phenomena is in principle synonymons to the somnambulic manifestations of modern
spiritual mecdiums.  The medium, who, in a state of
unconsciousness, gives utterance to foreign intelligence, is simply a hypnotic somnambulist, and nothintg
more. They give utterance to the expressed thoughts
of an invisible, though actual intelligence, and like
the hypnotic subject, they are simply machines, operated by a foreign power.   latagnetic somnambulisnl
and the phenomena of hypnotisl may be considered




146             AUITOBi30GRAPHIY OF
as the second degree of human magnetism, or higher
phase of magnetic art.  No particular difference in
fundamental principles is involved in these tried phlases
of mesmerism; for somnnambulisml is the natural result of continued induction of a magnetic current.
But while the principles are the same, the effects are
widely different.  For in simple mesmerism  the subject loses only the powers of sense; but in this second,
or somnamnbulic degree, he loses not only these, but
the conscious powers of mind.  Any person who can
be thrown into a somnalabulic state by a living operator, can become a trance speaker, or hypnotic operator
and spiritual medium.
I have said that somnambulisml  was not clairvoyance; still the two phenomena are closely allied. The
mind of the natural sonlnambule at times, as we have
seen, appears to be exalted; while in other instances,
where the phenomena has been superinduced by magnetic power, it is like the senses, deadened or reduced
to an unconscious and inoperative condition; from
which state, if' the magnetic current be continued
properly, it will enter into the third magnetic degree,
which is clairvoyance.
Clairvoyance is a French term, meaning "' clear
vision," and is by Webster defined as " the power of
discerning objects not visible to the senses, by magnetic influence."' But while the term  ilmplies clear
periception of things beyond the power of bodily vision, it does not imply an understanding of' the thinegsobserved.  A  passable good clairvoyant may be a




]Dr. D. B. IKELLO-GG.          147
ready observer of things, and yet be incapable of rendering a definite description of what he sees.  I have
known good clairvoyants, with vision perfectly clear,
who could see diseases in the human body; who could
discern distant objects; -and yet their understandings
were so undeveloped that they were incapable of denominating the disease, or discovering proper remedies,
or even describing the objects which they saw.  This
fact will not surprise us when we recollect that clairvoyance means simply clear vision, without reference
whatever to the state of the understanding.  1-lene,
the reason why sonme apparently good clairvoyants
fail to impart a clear and accurate idea of what they
distinctly see, is owing to the limitations of their intellects and descriptive powers.  Thus the errors
which are often comnmitted by clairvoyants is not
owing to a design to deceive on their part, nor influx
of deception from evil spirits-which sonle superstitious sectarians affirm1 to be the case-but is solely in
consequence of a lack of' comprehension on the part
of' the subject.  Let the reader remember the independent clairvoyant receives no influx of intelligence.
from ibreign sources-that he relies upon his own lnatural abilities of comprehension, and that he receives
no exaltation of intellectual power, farther than an
exaltation of the powers of perception. Keeping these
facts in mind, we can easily comprehend the truth,
that the clairvoyant state is not one which puts the
subject in possession of boundless wisdom, but a condition, properly speaking, in which the mind has a




1 4 8           AUITOBIOGIRAPTIr- 01'
clear vision, independent of the external senses; and
that the inferences of the subject is always in proportion to their inate understanding, or interior development of mind.
The phenomena of clairvoyance can be elucidated
or philosophically accounted  for, by logical conclusions, deduced from the hypothesis of nervous quality
alone.  If man is not a two-fold being then the phenomena of clairvoyance cannot exist; for if the external organs of sight sre the only means of vision, it
would be simply impossible for the rniTd to discern
objects whien the orbs of sight were obstructed. But
if there is a quality of vision, an external and internal
power of actual perception, clairvoyance is, to say the
least, possible.  I think there is no one who will doubt
the idea of human quality; for to deny it is synonymous to a denial of spirit existence.  If man is not
a two-fold being, the organic faculties are the -ulltra
limit of existence; or, in other words, sense and mind
are one and the same.  Blut the ftct that man has
memory and powers of reason, combined with the
innate belief of a separate mental existence hereafter,
when the external organs of sense shall have motuldered back to their elementary level, clearly demonstrates to every one whose mind is not hampered by
the foolish theories of materialism, that man, here in
his primary condition, is a dual being, endowed with
spiritual and organic powers. Hence, if man is twofold, it is but common sense to inler that the outer
organs of' vision, like all the other senses, are bat the




_l. DT.  B. I.ELLOGrC                  f 4t
externial forms of' interior prhin~eiples corlreponding- to
lthem; and  that while thle eye refleets objects, it is the
mind alone that comprehenods.
FThe clairvoyant is berelft of the extrelrllM  powers of
vision —that is, the or)l;anie faculty of siglht has lost
its positive and negative principle of equilibrium  by
aingnetic  disturtbance of' the'italic mediuln of sef sation is perverted.  The mind now  fiilly spiritualized
or dL senthr.aled, retains all its 1ior1  all po-wers of active
iiitleetualety.  y'le miYnd  natually visually discerns
objects by means of the organs of sigt; which orga-ns
are exxactly sited to the convolving circu n    stantcees of
ordinairy li-feo  They are thle inl teial  enses,  and are
perf ectly a'rapted to material hi e but. are iniadequate
to the spiritual.)oviers of the  -mlind.    (-1n o seinsation of
a spiritual naturn  ea.. penetrate t1he lhighern  ieulies of
the mind throonuh these muaterial oi          n1 o or 0 b th;an
the air or iany etherial element cai- nQa7?ke a visille i.n.pression upon the optic nerves.   ClairvIToyancee sees
things iwith tile Internal orlgals of sifl.ht as clearly  as
th,-e rmind discerns objects that a-re reflected upon tihe
organic eye; and this phenomne-la is in consequeniee of
direct m agnetic  onnection  bet;ween tile  object discerned atd the spiritual or inner man.    i'he natural
eyoe is but a medium  of' sigh.t- - C sort of material m1achine or anpptratuas capable of reflection, or, to use a
commnion plhrafftse, the eye is the'" window  of the soulo"
Stil_ tihe power~r  ofl vision does not consist alone in trhe
power of tlhe visual organs, for the  eye may reflect
withtountl be'ing au,y impression to the mind.   There
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150             \AUTOBIOGIAtPlI  OF
is, in fact, another power besides the reflective capacity of the orbs of vision; and that power is the
all-pervading, vitalizing medium  of sensation, m,aynetism.  Therefore, magnetic connection is the fundamental principle of mnentall discernment.  When the
inherent organ of' vision is clairvoyant, it is, as I have
said, in direct magnetic connection with whatever object is discerned, and the inagnetic powers of the
mind, the spiritual being, is in sympathy with the
same elements existing in otlher bodies.  No person
can be a clairvoyant while the organs of sense remain
active; for these organs being, as they are, adapted
to material wants alone, hold the mind subject to material impressions.  But when these organis are sealed
by the indLction of a positive magnetic force, the
mind becomles spiritualized.  The soul is then the individual disenthralled power; freed ti-om the demands
of' sensuous lif, it revels in the fieedom  of magnetic
connection, which is the basis or underlying principle
of "clear vision."  The clairvoyant sees things as we
will all see them when our souls are by death freed
from the controlling powers of' material sense.
No person can become a clairvoyant whose m.ind
is actuated by mercenary designs, for this power is
truly natural, and irrevocably opposed to everything
that is low, selfish, or evil.  Therefore, any person
who is susceptible to magnetic somlnambulism may
become a clairvoyant, providing they seek the condition with a mind perfectly free fiom  mercenary I1o



DR. De B. KELLOGG.               151
tiVeS.  From  personal experience I know  this to be
true; for I never arrived at this condition, this third
mnagnetic degree, when any low, evil, or mercenary
object was sought; though I have frequently endeavored to do so.




1 52?,)            AIUTO BIO GIAPHil Y  I F'
TIItE DULALITY OF  AAN.
I.        FOiE  ealterir.og' into  a consdleration  of liman,is' piritual i natue    d  power, it is highl-y 1neces-ary
or usI to fu.lly comprehendi his duality  of org'Tan.II
ization.   i  haTIe Bo e:.Loe said that man ivwas a twio-!olct
being; tjlhai beside his phlysica;l o0ga-inization hle was
enldoeLT with-  a sqJ1.itw-ul1 or divine priinuiple.   This
spirituai principle is t;le positive power of the i         iUM, o-nall
oroganism;  hence, it Is 4the  vitalizinl   acind  amein-nol;h'
force, as  o I ell as tIhe; rttcu6'9-i-  powe~ b,Ti   o    n a wVordT
t!)e.sp'i' —-t,1te soul —-tlle  imtmortal  part ot0' manllr  mray
be co isicedoted as the bu ild1er of th Le organic sl-ructure.o
The entire plhysical otgaulnism  is pelrfecty       a   apted  to
the conditions an3d inicflueles of materrial li-feo   It is
constructed with especial adaptations to tue r-udiJmren —
ta    ants of' t he spirit. o!:l short, the plhysical oranilismn is silhily   a-n enc(asc-t elet of the interl'ior or spirituall
prinoiplt e  nnd i! -n oraiic    menis of allspirit:-mif estation.  IlT].r'y m,.ovemlant is a:nauifestation of spirit
n-)wer' mant( illiuecen    as well as interior li-te.   The
breat1h of li]e ih not in ille spirit or soul; for t;l.e souil
is 4k.                       )"f- di-'i (l',:ti,? Noro$ is t'fle physia    i




De 1),o B. KEL:OGG-,o                  t 5 3
az  in leapencloent livingo principle.  God  -madXe  mzc, o-  f
tell" d aSt of t he o?ound, thlen brea-thed- into his nostrils
tile  jeaith of 0 ihi aild main         a cccoe a h liwng soul, Ac
cordli-g'-c- o tli's acount of I'Loses,   in  regard  to the
creatio, of 1 man,5 we see that God did  not create the
life pminiple out of' the dust  of- the gro uand.   e only
crea ted  the  physical organisinl  and  into  this  he
breatihed th'e breatl.  of life, by wlhiclh  act " mulllan became a ibviir' son]."   Heree te dumity of man) is iiluse
t'atod  Cfor o: AdaCmi the p       iAl rurn  wias combin d
with a vici-alizing principle  of lifleA, anld this life principloe rb ecolme a lii ng soul o  Spirits
i cai.not im nagi3o  how ali ny mn  cau  suppose that
the pAhysical o, —auisin-  and tihe  life   rincliple are the
same; and ai t'11e saune time entertaini a belief i -futul e
exist;ence; f;' if llhe ph.ysical man is thie basis of' anilmate  eoxist.'e,0)  -  certainly  must be the supreme
powver of life  and if it is thoe sup-ieme power of rudiilmeniital l1fe1' it is subject to  (leath, on the occasion of
physical dissolution, for orgai ic  per fect iLon  is necessary to orl)anic life.  Do0 oot inisconlstruie iny imeaning.
Tlherea are -mt-any  able investli.tors  +ho  belitve thl;t
the physIical org'anism  is the cr at'ive1 n    p( oeT'am ith e p0osative force, ancd  that the mnindL Or spiits is the oil;Tprilb
of' sens; he nce,.egative to the organic functionas.
INow~v I nIobI,-f t;his   is the  c sc0,  a physicala  oralnzatioll ii~ Y:eco-s'-    to t he exis t ne oiiio,  si litp hm0nCea
6>1't pfloskca.~,l,3ath tltch m-"ind or ~ orpiit    m-ust  die~
ut  t i;aI9  tiiheor,    oi' orga'dc sipioty ifs -1o only
a surd,   bul; is insu pportted.  rHe ph no     n       o pflo n   lb



1 54             AUTOBIOGRiAPHY OF
man psychology proves beyond a doubtl,, that the mnidcd,
will, or spirit, is the positive pOiwerI in tlle hlLumanl organism.  Every well informed individual is f amiliar
with the influene of the mind upon the body in disease.  Whenever a fatial epidemic prevails in a community it is not an uncom-n-on  thing to see impressible
persons psychologized byfear.  I believe that I speak
the trulth, when I say that one-half of the victims of
the Asiatic cholera, die solely in cotnsequenue of psychological influence.  In these instances fear disturhs
the proper eqlilibrium  of tihe mind.  One faicuitythat is the filculty of fear-absorbs all the powers of
tile mind; every other facuillty is mn-orbidly inactive.
There is no power to coimbat the epidemic.  The organ of combativeness is robbed of the vitalizing mediuln by the orgain of fear; and thus, an avenue is
thrown wide open to the admission and possession of
the enemy.  The poet W~ordsworth, in his poem of
Goody Blakle, and Harry Gill, gives a good illustration of psychological action of mind upon the body.
Poor Goody, the stern, harcI-hearted, HI-arry Gill rmiglt
never again be warm.  This simple prayer lcad a powerf'ul psychological effect upon Hlarry's poor superstitious mind.  The next dcay, he complained of being
cold; and although lhe covered himself with  many
blankets, still hle could not get Yvarml; and all this
dreadftll arrlay of sufnftering was in consequence of one
psychological impression.  For fear of cold airl this
man kept his bed for twenty yeals, and at last died a
victim to this one insalise idea.




DR. D. B. KELLOGG.                155
The whole secret of this horrid effect is revealed
when we comprehend the psychological povwer of the
huma n mind.
In psychology, every thing that disturbs the equilibrium  of the mental forces is capable of destroying
the unity of mental action; and w-he-n this unity is
destroyed some one facilty preponderates over all the
other.  Thus-when fear has gained a preponderance
of power over the other faculties of the mind, that
ficulty is, for the time being, the supreme motive
power.  Every physical manifestation reveals what
power of mind is in the ascendancy.  If it is fear, or
caution, that pre?onderatLes,, we behold a tremnblino,
cringing,  plysical demonstration of frioht.  If' the organa of combativeness holds the balance of power, we
see a blustering demonstration of bravado.  And so
there is a physical demonlstration for all the varying
phases of the huma.n mind.  These external lanifestations, ever varyinlg, as t'hey are, prove tlhat there is
an internal force, or internal power, wshich is independ -
ant of the orgjanic function.  This power we terni
spirit, and by this term  we mean, the life principle,
the immortal part, the reasoning, thinking, comprehlending, and animating portion of the human organism.  This principle is also the positive force and thle
controling agent.  The physical organism is the slave
of thle mind, or spirit; for every voluntary nmotion is
the result of' spirit power.  It is by thie ponwer of the
sp)ilit that iwe accomplish nmusclar action.  He-lce,
the spirit is the cause, and the physical organism the




150                  AU t:O nIO  OAIItPlHY  OF
means  of  ma.nr.ifstationo   Sltill the  spirit imay  act
withoit m ani' c an3y  Imaterial or physical demon stration. Wet 3'    tdhik  withou tt   anif1stingC  or tlougnl:ir ts,
but we Casiinnot m1ai;ke c volult'Lary  IttsiuAilr li()Clovelmnt
withonut th  aid of tie will power.  hL wha    e Co  lchice,
that th1e d1 ual y of ani',   cosist of Iman pil ysial,  and
man  SIih'iturdS..o  r:?' 16  s t, is the  nml~nto'rin  orggnis-in
thle last, is tile div.il e priciple.    i le physic:id man  is
of th1e oer-ih a e t,:y.;  Tie spiriitual man is the an imat-'nu, contielu in'  VitliiZi, Ig,  i nterior   life principlet
I- 1 minai i  a tw Uo-fbold being, ellclndoIed    i ith  a  posei
tire, FspWirit powe, -i:i, l controls tle  orgC1ailism,           oor
p!;ysiCeil lman, lit~at (spi-uit in4Ust be:.in ienlif;iedc    jilino-e
plc, and if'  it      iilan uidoiiited prinilp:le  c:apablo  of in
depeiideis1t seoat ioil  a  i   e  11may  res isonnably  suppose
its  1Cidctllet t       ori in divid ual  existence to be eterinal.
Farther,  i'i'  1is  tie  positive  controli n-g   power  of the
natecrial organism1, thLt'J powver is as muiich a  spower, iii
one slhere of existeuce:       s in  another.
If t',1'ese p ositionso     ar;e correct, then  the phenoml uia
of' iod'n, s pilit   i:ril  stat-ions  can be i-)Iilosophically
aecooounlecl'':. f  But "i thaie reverse  consclusion  is correct, ut    is,  is i  the pysim     organism-, is thl  c-ase  of
physica   r, o:'                 controling powel'I tneln the
whole'helnomenla is simply delusion    or -,e aiill klnow
that aft'er cl'eath  toe Ibody is an inactitve  ass1 of matieria1,  1 ttLe(rly f ICevi(;  o  int 1i'elgoene.'-Y1 hold   1 til fL         P 1,'cer'ropositio.  is  1t; rct    and i 
ll.iis   orn t: 1 at 5;tidioti, proceed  to iilustrate-  the
philenoC)mlena  o fa   -ore0i0  spir-witnalism.




DR. D. B. KELLOGG.                I.57
Taking it fbr granted that my readers believe in
the immortality of the spirit, or eternal identified existance of the life principle, i will at once enter upon
a consideration of spirit powe:r.
Remembering the duality of man; let us investigate the means employed by the spirit to produce the
phenomena of mluscular action; while, in rudimenta1
connection with the body; which is the first sphlere of
spirit existence.
To move one's hand is a simple act; but how the
hand is moved by the will power of the spirit, is a
question of great importance; for it involves the
whole phenomena of spirit's rudimental or primary
powers.
I hTave in one of the preceeding chapters, stated
that I believe the brain to be a reservoir of electric
forces, and that this electric force was generated by
the chemical action of the blood.  Evidently this generated electricity is the agent of the mind, and instrument of spirit power; or rather, this electric fluid is
the medium between the immortal and divine principle and the material organism.  When the mind wills
the hand to move, the brain —which may be considered as the body-servant of the mind -throws its concentrated, electric force into the muscles of the arm
in a quantity just safficient to accomplish the movement commanded by the superior power.  The first
cause of every voluntary muscular movement has its
origin in the supreme or spirit power.  The means to
accomlplislh this muscular movement, has its origin in




158              AUTOBIOGGRAPIIY OF
the brainz; and the means or agent which I have said
was geonerated by the brain from  the electric properties of the blood, is doubtless some modification of
the well known element, electricity.
From the above it will be seen that the spirit in
order to produce the phenomena of muscular motion,
must necessary bring into requisition some material
element.  If the brain was robbed of its chemical
powers, or denied its quota of blood; or if the blood
was despoiled of its electric prodnucing constituelits,
the divine principle or will would have no means of
action.  Still, this robbing it of material means of
manifestation would inl nlo way destroy its innate powers of action, no more tllan the severing  of a te!egraphic wire would destroy the innate power of a voltaic battery.  The spirit is ain independent priinciple,
so far as existence is concerned; btnt is dependent
upon material organism for the means of inanifesting
that existence.  Without the spirit, t;he physical orgranlism  of man is a mass of' ineurt material.  The
physical organs have no  blrce or spring of action
within themselves, but dcerive all their energies from
some external force.  No single organ, or function, is
self-acting.  It must be set in action by influences outside of itself.  Thus the lungs, perfect in their structure, cannot act without the air.  The delicately constlruted ear, cannot perform its function without the
necessary vibrationl  of the atmosphlere.  Nor is the
brain any morel self aclting than any other organ; for
like the others it requires an agenlt outside of itself;




DPL  D. B. KELLOGG.               159
and that agent is electriicity, or some modification of
that element.  The brain, like all other organs of ouse,
is but material substance, and is the operative means
of spirit manifestation.  Tlrre brain is not the spirit,
nor is it the direct medium  between the finite and the
infinite, the spiritual anld physical; but is simply the
power that collects and arr:nges the lnaterial Ahich
is the vehicle of thought, sensation, and intelligence.
The particles of- matter of which thle brain is comnposed may be weighed, tested, analyzed, tortured in a
thousand ways; but no observation from  the outside
will ever reveal the mystery of spirit power, or comprehend the essence of mind.  WTe may analyze the
brain and determine its function; but the infinite
spirit, the great positive power of human existence is
still beyond our comprehension.  We can know  the
attributes of mind oilly by its outward or material
manifestation.  We have no means of ascertaining
whether it be material or immaterial; to us the
spirit must ever be considered a principle.
3But though we cannot analyze the spirit, or even
determine its structure, w\ve can comprehend its means
of manifestation; for these mleans are material in
their nature, and are th'ierefore capable of analytic
comrnpIeleulsion.




1 60               AiUTOBIOG;A&PIIY OF'
CHAPTER XVII.
SPIRIT MEAN, OF PHYSICAL CONTROL.
T HEAVE  in the preceding chapter, considered the
J]  spirit as the positivs  euontrolling power.  It is
j  likewise the o:-ganizin2; powelr an(d permanent, individual principle ol eternal identified existence.  Organized imatter, cannot, from its natutre, be presistento
But the power —which is the spirit —that org:anizes
and re-organizes the physical structure is al':ne permnanent.
In the humnan st;ructre the organizing life-force or
spirit is co-equal to tihe death action, and by its power
we preserve our' bodily forim  and physicail identity
throuigh a long series of years.  B3ut this identity of
matter, as a body, does not constitute identity of person; for healthi is continuously undergoing change.
The material of otur bolies, thoughi ours to-daly, may
to-morrow, be in part the slave of an'other individual
spirit or organic forcee.   Hence, in speakling of humanl
identity, I do not ref er to the lmatelrial organisml   or
plRysical formi; but to the organizinlg 1orce that lies
back of organization itself.  It is this fobrce which
constitutes individutal identity; for it is the sell  ol




DR. 1). I. ].EllO(nG.               61
existence and(  primary cause of material form.  In
short, as I have befobre said, the spirit is the real man;
the physical orgoanism being only a material means of
spirit, realfi-estation, adapted to materiatl wists.'1The Lgreat Apostle alludes to this scien-tifie trutli
Awhen teachinr the sublime doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.t  in answer to the momentous   question, how are the dead raised? and, with what body
do they come?  He tau;rlit: that the identity of matter did not constitute the identity of man; but that
there was ba:ck of the miaterial organism, atn individual, self-consclous, invisible life-force; which  was a
real, identified, eternally existing' principiet
We have seen that thel spirit or organizing force
is in material life, or prim.ary existence, the positive
cause of material action; and that this poxrwer is innate
force or underived capability.'Yet, like the spirit or
principle of power, is in the body; it cannot mlanifest
existence only by brincging into requisition a material
element as a medciu.mn. or means of demonstration.
That elemlent, we have considered as being  some
modification of electricity.
5~e m-ay reasonably- suppose thiatl diseinbodied
spirits retaini al1 the power of spirits in the body; for
if they are the positive or organizing atd mnanifesting power ini the body, they must be, when disenibodied, or else in somre w-tay be dependent upon matter
for power as well as lme.uns'to act; and it we admit
this, we deny the absolute identity of' the spirit; and
in reality provie ourselves to he simply materialists, for
~,




I 3 ~~             A.UTOBIOGRAiP'HY OkF'
like them  Nwe admit thle spirit to be notlling but a concentration of' refined imaterial forces, whlose very  existence  depend&s  upon the existence of tile physical
Taking it for granted tlhat my rac'tdes believe in
thie immnlnotallty of the spirit, and that the spirit or
life prin-cipe is tie positive cause os  miaterial manifestatios and real principa.al of existencee whbile in the
body; I will at once enter into a consider1aio-on of the.
phelnonlena oc' moder 11n o C'Spi~ritualism.
Disemrnbodied si. lrit' manifbstation  fi'st attracted
public attentio:' at H-yIdesvilie, N. ".,  in 148; and
there first  iemlonsrat0io11ns  consisted  of "ral)s," or
rather electric sounds; which vwere  a)pliwrently c;used
by some mysterilous a gency, through the mediminship
of certain Inemnbers of tile Fox  I5a-mily.  Sinrie that
date, tohe phenomenail  kntownn  as the 6 rapls," has bec:ome -   p — onwerf;l meuans of' spirit communicalll tion, as
Iwell,  s t, le ba:sis of a w-(rl  rIe-vlutionizing philosophy.  Still, tco many ind-ividnuals, these simple' r1aps r 9
-tre but ait astoundirnc effect of some hidden andll  iyste-rilous  nasess,      beyondc tihe eomprenensionl of m laterial
sensie  orI  worldly     reaso.  B:any ryecognize tllem as the
-material mm.nifestat ons of spilit power   yet are unable to (letermini e in wha, t manner they  ire produced.
To tlies, the question often arises —'" uponl whlat principl's  or  conditions  are spiritunld  cemmlunications
made?   land low  narle these im-iani-fiestation's acompilseO?    0To the first quuery, investigation enables me
to r eply, that a good mnoital or intellectual state is not




i1. 1). B. KtELLOGG.  63
a prereqisite  o. diion on.) the part o f the individ,nal
or individuals whio constitute the mediumsr, for electrical int-rcourse with disembodied spirits by mleans
of the              7':as'hi"s, at the first glan1e, setems a
strange ineonstlstencv.   But wheni we consider that
the spirits who communicate to the earth's inhabitants
in this electriid manner, do nof, as a general principle,
allow their tllhoghts to flow into the mind of the medil'lm, and thenc.e by pronuncia-ti-otl to thle individual
with whom they ciscourse; but, on the contrary, that
tlIe spirits impart what they desire to communica-te
througlh  electrical. vibrations alphabetically.   I say,
when we consider all this, it ceases to be a nmysteriious
inconsistency, that good moral and initellectual conditions are not required(.  If these spitritual c'ailJ.: i''ations were made through the mninds of nmedilumsn  as
through  spiritually illumninated seers, prophets, and
clairvoyants, thlen  constitutional iharmony, combined
with fine moral and intellectual tendenileies, would,ec
the indispensible condclitions; but,s these manif estations of mnateri-l controlC are not condclucted  through
the mediatorial agency of the mind, we miust neceso
sarily conclude, that as far as thle medium  (or person)
is concerled, some piysical condition  is alone  req ui'ed.  This snpp)os'ititio is (correet.'\We lhave seen -. d'   i no one will doubt te
positiolln-that the splhit, or  litld  maifests pow       er
and intelligenice wlile in the body, by meanls of an
electric fluid; which, as an elemient is so refilled and
antenuated, thlat the most exquisitely constructed elee



1 6 4            AUTO'BIOGRPAPHtY OF
tro-meter is incapable of detecting its presence.  It is
but common sense to infer, that if the spirit employs
a material substance as ain agent of material nmanifestation while in the body, that it would employ the
same acsent to manifest power when  disembodied.
Htence, in order for a person to become a spiritual
mnediuml it is necessalry that there sl-ould be an emanation of' vital electricity fi'rom  their physicial organism, in a quanlltity sufficient not only to periorm  the
function of thoirl owvn mlind; but, at th!e saie time
brm - coninection, electrical, betweecl their organisml,
and the controllling disembodied spirit power.   I have
concluded, after mnuch investigation, of the )hlenomena
of spirit intlercourse that the.ecans iof commnumnication all emanate from  the mrediumn.  Thiat is, that the
mnediumrn   s the battery, that fairllishes the electric connection; for, if such was not the case, I can see no
reasoil whly disembodied  spirits could  not manifest
intelligence, without a muedium  as well as with; nor
wrhy they cailnot communic-ate throug h on e individual
as well as another.
We niow  coC)li to a consideration of thei( seecond
inquiry, which is, how do disembodied spirits cominrunimate with man in  his p1rimary condition?  As I have
onlly referred to one species of manifestations, namely
-tihe phenomena of' the 1' raps  --- I will confine  nyself to an elucidation of those mysterious mnanifestations of spirit power.  The principles involved in
these demon strations are simple, and physical, phiosophical, and rational; because tthey  are no more




DR. D. B.KELLOGG(.               t (3)5
wonderful or complicated than t}he principles upon
wbhich cthe mgnetic telegraph is daily operatilg alonlg
our great commercial avenues.  In fact, the i)'inciple
involved in both phenomrenas, are alike; and there is
even a similarity in the two elemlentary   aeoents empioyrd. ~ Ve all know  that electricity is the transmiittiin nagent in all telegraph operations; or, in other
words, electricity is in the art oft  magnaetic telegraphing employed as a vehicle of intclligernce.  No comilamnication can be transmlSitted until therel is an electric
connection between the poinlt of recieving intelligence
and lthe place fronm whence the intelligence emanates;
and this connection must consist of a continuous
thread of electric flaid.  The fact that there is a material connection between two points by means of a
wire or cable, is no sign that there is a natural electric connection of power sur ficent to transmit intelligence, or even electric sound.  This power, or rather
tlis continuous line of' electric fluid, must be superinduced by bringing into requisition the decomposing
powers of a voltaic battery; hence we conclude that
the real vehicle of power in telegraphing is an electric
current, foreign to that contained in the wiire when in
normnal condition.  The wire is simply a means of
support-a material pathway, along which this more
refined element is extended-capable of retaining the
induced current in an unbroken chain fr'om  o:ie terimlinius to the other, and this electric current is the real
nlediuni employed in magnetic telegraphinog.
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spirits, the same principles are involved.   Apollos
inn, who w-as deep in the pl1ilosophy of spirit intercourse by electrical sounds, says:
" In order to perceive the analogy between the
Ppiritnal and the natural worlds by electrical. rappings,
and the mode of communicatino' betwieen  distant
places by magnetice telegraph, let it first be understood
that each created thling sustains certain electrical relations to all other thiings; that all Ligoher Iolrms of'
developnment sustairn positive relations to all lower
forms —as the vegetable to the mineral, the animnal to
thlle vegetable, and ~maq to all the lower kino;doms in
nattre.  Ascending still further in the scale of progression, the rule will hold good; aild hence it is evident that the spirit world sustains a positive electrical
relation to the natural world, of wlhich it is a higher
formn-a further and more perfect development. 5When
spi)rits leave the body the transition causes them noloss
of intelligence or power. On the conitrary, as every step
iln their history while, in the body, is marked by that
law of progression which developes knowledge and
po-wer in exact ratio withl the refinement of the spirit,
it is reasonable to suppose that thleir power over the
refined elements in nature, and their knowledge of the
laws that govern bthem,+lilI be grently increased by
their immediate asimilation with the re:Afinement and
knowledge which pervade the second sphere of' bumlau
existence.  They cannot, it is true, come in imnl-mediate
contact with gross substances, but they can, andc do,
act tupon thenmR  with powerful effect throl'lU  the agency




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of magnetisnm  and electricity.   Thul.s, it cannot be
diS)pute&!,  adilittini.g tant t he sp4it progres:ses hlereafter,
thlat the inhabit-ants of the spirit-w orld  have the power,
wien ilatuaL.ua conditions are complied with, to communiicate electricity with tleir fiiends in the body.
Vh}cen nature,  by her coinstant movement toward the
refinemnent of matter, developes mediums through
whom communications can be made, the spirits will
be found ready to respond to ou'r desires.  These -nediums are sometL-ies filrnished by, certain localities,
usually designated as "L haunted houses," where the
electricity fi'oron certtain causes has become so rare and
refined tlhat spirits can there manifest thleir power and
presence in various ways.  The younu  ladies of' the
Fox family, and hundrleds of' other individuals through
whlom spirits comnltluncae,  are mediiulls, because the
electrical atmosphere which emanates fromln their systems cnt ains but little gross electricity.  The spirits
sustainin' positive relations to uts are enabled through
these imediumns or conductors to attract and move articles of firaniture,  vibrate the wires of a musical instrumcienut,  ac-nd by dischargling, by the power of tleir
wrill, curlrents of' m.gtnetism, they can, anid do produce
rappinis, like the mnagetic telegraplh, correspondilng
to letters of tile alph;-Lbet."
Vital electricity is, without doubt, the prominent
ageet em:ployed by spirits in produling the phenomena of electric sounds, and this agent, aus I have said,
emanaltes Pi'oni the mediuim.  A spirit, though it does
not possess 5any of the grossness of the earthly form,




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is yet an organized power, with  functions precisely
like those possessed by the spirit in the body; and
when it desires to produce a mnaiifestation it brings
its own mazanetic and positive powers in electric connection with the vital electricity emnanatino froem  the
medium.r  WThen the connection has been formed the
spirit by its will power causes electrical concussions
upon soIme material substance, throug'h the intermediate agencies of spirit magnetism  and org'anic electricity.
The m,'odlus opercltndi of those phenomena- is in detail beyond present investigation; but that spirits Cdo
come in contact or raplport with organic and material
snblstances through electrical agencies, is proven by
every mnan's experience.  Beinig the self of existence,
it is the spirit alone that thinks, feels, loves, and reasons; by its power railroads an d steamboats are made
and managed; it is by the power of the spirit through
the medinilmship of vital electricity that every kind of
labor is performed.  If you desire to lift a certain
weight, it is thle spirit or will powerl that sets in operation the various organic agencies natural to the pllhysical organism.   The first  of the agents is vital
electricity, the second, spirit magnetism, the thircd, the
nervocus struicture, the fourth, the physical muscles,
and thle fifth is the bones, which by acting in concert
with the other rnamied agents, succeeds in raising  thle
vweight.  Each and all of these agents are pownerless
to periform an act, unless mnalaged, controlled:and set
in operation by the spirit or interior power.   When




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disembodied spirits find a person whose mind is sufficiently p:assive, and wlho is a conductor of vital electriclity —which is the primary agent-they can proJduce
to a limited extent, results like those proclu:e(ld by thel
sopirt while in the body.
There are but few individuals in the United States
at thIle present time that are not personally acquai'nted
withl persons who are spirit electric imediumas, and
thronulh thiem they hI:ve wvitnessed some phlase of electric nmanifetatAtion, such as thie laps, table-tipping, or
some other material demonstration; and these individuals kn1ow full -well thalt th!e majority of these manifest3ations are emanations fioim  some power gifted
with intlligence..  But the question arises,-what
proof is there that these novel expressions of intelligence do not emLanate friom local agencies? Now this
is an exceedingly  difficult quer-y to answer satisfiactorily.  Still, thele is logical proof that these nmanifestations do come fi'om spirits, or some source other
than ilnmecliate local agencies.  All purported spirit
conm-munications are foundc, on enquiry, to be claimed
by disembodied spirits, who announce themselves to
be identified powers of intelligence.  Now  if these
coammunications, which are invariably claimed as emanations of spirit knowledge, are in reality but emanations of intelligence, imperceptibly and unconsciously flowing fromr the m-inds of individuals who may be
in maygnetic relation with the medium througnh w hich
thle intelligence flows; I say, if such is the case,, I can
see no philosophical reason why the commaiuication




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shotld purport to come Ironm spirits, fbr it is reasonable to infer that thle sanme power that, could inalperceptibly and unconsciously impart 1an intelligent id-ea
by electric sounds alplhabetically wonld, witrithl equnal
unconsciousness of act, clamnI authorship.   Beside
this, there are other reasons for doubting the idea that
these imanifestatilons of intelligence proceed dfr1om the
human mind.   Often communicaiions are  received
whicih are in direct opposition to all the preconceived
ideas entertained by those who happen to be in 1moognetic r~appo::rt with the mediurm of intelligence;  hence
if these commu:nications come fro-n the minds of those
who are in magnetic connection withl the medium,
they inust, of necessity, be imperceptible ideas.  But
here we find oarselves engag:ed in comnbat with an
undeniable truth; ior it is utterly ilmpossible for a inman
to be in possession of an idea or thought, and at the
samie tiame, while in normal condition, be unconscious
of' such possession; but even if \we admCit that lie could
unconsciously possess a thought, still we are no better
ofl; for lie certailly. could not give  exp'ression to a
thought in language, without bh,-eing conscious of the
thought at the time of utterance, for we all knowt hat
it is impossible for an individual to express an idea,
either vocally or otherwise, until after such idea has
been mentally arranged.  Therefre, if thiese material
manifestations of intelligence are not imperceptible
ideas emanating froiom the humain mind, they 7l;must be,
either the offspring of spirit intelligence or preconceived ideas perceptibly emanating friom so-ne individ



li. TD. B. KELLOGG.              17 1
tal human organism,  or local founitain of intelligence.
If the latter suppositiol is correct there could be no
intelligence imparted by electrlcal sound that was not
already a recognized idea by at least one member of
a magnetic circle.
Miy own personal experience proves this supposition to be an absurdity.  The reader will remember
th'at i am daily influenced by an Indian Doctor, and
that it is not an uncommon occurrence for hinm to express his ideas in his native language through me as
a mnedium.   (This plhenomena has been repeatedly
tested by competent persons who understood the language spoken, hence I confidelntly assert that I do,
when in a conldition of somnambulism, speak in the
Indian dialect.)  Not one of a thousand who hear me
talking this language     understands a single word of
what I express;  nor can I when in a normal condition
speak half a dozen words in the Indian tongue.  Still
there is hardly a day beut what I talk tmorie or less in
this dialect when under influence, and that too when.
there is no possibility of' there being a magnetic connection between myself as a medium, and any individual understanding the Indian language.  In this
case, local emanation of intelligence is literally imapossible; hence it beconmes necessary for us to look
elsew here for a cause of the eflect.
These communanications claim  to elanate froomi the
identified spirit of an Indian, and as they are decidedly
Indiiian in their character, the claim is, to say the least,
wsortihy of consideration.  Bosides, to what other




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power can we attrikute them?  We callnot say that
it is a concentration of chaotic or disorganized intelligence, floating in the atinosphere, because all inteliigence is simply a manifestation of spirit power. Dis
organized intelligence is an absurdity-a supposed
something that really does not exist-in fact, cannot
exist independent of the spirit, no more than sunlight
can exist i!ndependent of the sun.
I thXlk that   o one wvho wvilL impartialay investlgate
the phenomena of spirit comminunications will fail to
recognize them as manifestations of spirit powerl; for
it is the only philosophical elucidation of the mystery
that does not clash with logical reasonings.




CHAPTER XVIII.
HOW SPIRITS COMMIUNICATE.
N PURSUING our investigation of the subject
of spirit communication, we must rememnber that
all manifestations of' spirit power and intelligence
depends for means of accomplishment upon vital electricity alone; and that this is an imperative means or
auxilliary of spirit power, whether embodied or disembodied, to manifest identity.
W e may think, but we cannot make our thoughts
known without bringing into requisition this material
agent. Disembodied spirits may, through sympathy,
manifest their intelligence to one another without
bringing to their aid this element; but without it they,
can. make no material demonstration.  We in the
body can think, but the moment we manifest our
thoughts —whether by speaking, by writing, or by
pantomimic action-we are forced to bring into requisition this material element as a medium  of power.
Hence, we conclude that all spirit manifestation or
material demonstration of spirit intelligence, are dependent upon this same agent for means of accomplishment. We have considered the raps to be simply




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electric vibrations catused by the will power of disemnbodied spirits, operating upon a current of' vital
electricity enmanating friom the physical organism  of
the medium.  But this simple phase of spirit deronstration does not comprehend the extent of spirit
modes of' manifestation.  Still every different phase
is dependent upon this one element for. means.  All
material sp-irit manifestations, such as the'raps,'" table-tipping, playing' on musical instruments; as well
as the mystic phenomena displayed by spirits by
means of metallic rings. or by tying and untying cifficult entanglements of strings, ropes, etc., are, in fact,
but different phases of the sanme power.  In either
manifestation the whole means employed is the natural
product of the mediulm; the spirits mnerely operate
through the vital electricity which naturally emanates
from the physical org'anism  of the medium  aloneproviding that the mediums during the manifestations retain their normalpowers of mind.... But when
the mredirum loses selfeconsciousness and becomes soimnalmbulic he is simply a conductor of electricity emanating from surrounding bodies.
We have seen in our investigation of somnambulism that magnetic coma was the result of stupefaction
of organic sense, superinducecl by a continual induction of vital electricity, and that when the physical
organisim was in this forced condition, the subject's
mind was incapable of action or organic demonstration of power, and that the physical organism  of a
hypnotized subject was subject to the will power of a




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separate or organically dlisconnected mind. The question now arises —iowY cal a spirit or minld manifest
its power or its intelligence tlhrouglh a separate or organically disconnected organism?'
Before entering into a discussion of this phenomena, let ime repeat a fbrmer assertion, which is that
the manifestations of' hypnotized subjects is in principle synonymous to the soinnambulic manifestations of
modern sprlimua!  mediums. Mi ediums who, in a condition of -magnetic unconsciousness, give utterance to
fobeign inttelligence, arc simply hypnotic somnambulists, whlo are hypnotized, not by spirits, but by voluatary absorption of vital electricity.  I amn aware
that many suppose that somnamnbulic spirit mediums
(meaning by this term those mediums who, while they
are instruments of spirit power, are magnetically rendered unconscious,) are magnetized by spirits —that is,
that the element which causes magnetic coma emanates wholly from  thenm.  This idea I consider to be
utterly incorrect, from the simplne fact that it does not
correspond to imperative rules of medial development.
The advanced investigator of medial powers knows
fill well that development depends wholly upon material auxillitries.  Hence the necessity of circles and
other material appurtenances.  These material substances are inevitable perquisites to medial development, and without theml  a person cannot become an
unconscious or hypnotized spirit medilum, and the reason why they cannot is because the power to produce
magnetic sleep emanates alone from surrounding material organizations.




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A person who designs to become a somnambulic
Imedium of spirit intelligence, must., QOt'am   kkxex
necessity, be naturally a conductor of vitat electricity.
Alllmaterial organizations when in natural condltion emit a current of electric fluid;  but bodies which
are undergoing decomposition th'row off b)y far glreater
quantities of vital. electricity tthan do bodies undergoing the natural organic chitanges of life.  Also,  beinlgs of intelligence catn, by the will pow'er of the
spirit, increase the volume of electricity beyond its
natural or unforced enmanation.  All emanations of
this vital fluid, 7when thrown from one body immediately seek to cause 6r effect an equilibrium elsewhere;
and for this purpose certain properties, and even persons, are used as condlctors-  Thus, an individual
who is a natural conductor, or even absorbent, of electric fluid, becomes a center or magnetic focus upon
which all imrmediate emanations or exhalations of vital
electricity concentrate.  Now if the will power of such
individual is brought to a passive condition, so as not
to exert a counteracting influence, this continued concentration of electric fluid will naturally produce magnetic slumber; for this power or element is, as I have
repeatedly asserted, the direct agent of the mind, and
is only exhausted through the activity of the mental
powers.  Hence, during the cessation of mental operations this element, which is positive to all other
functions of the physical organism, hold the organic
functions in subjection. But, you ask, how can the
mind of a medium be rendered inoperative by this




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agent of the mind?  I answer, by destroying the
equi-lbrium naturalIy existing between the two.  WVe
a1. know` that the nind is naturally the positive power,
ani th>at it controls with perfect ease every action of
the mnsculhar organistri. W\e move the lhancd by means
of this vital electricity governed by the will power of
the spirit.  In this phenomella the sp)iiit is the positive
power, and the electric flnid, which is the means, is
the negative; and between thern there exists a perfct equilibrium, or positive aIld negative adaptation
to material exigencies.  Vowxv were we to ictroduce a
powerful increase of electricity by means of a chemical battery, the relative position of the two powers
would be changed, the mind would be the negative,
and the vital electricity the positive; and while the
two powers were  in this condition the mind could
neither produce nor prohibit mnuscular motion, and if
there was any such demonstration it would be the
direct result of some foreign power.
One has only to take hold of the poles of any ordinary electrical machine when in operation, to fully
comprehend this phenonmena   of reversion of powers,
and those who may have experienced an artificial induction of electricity know that the portion of physical
olrga.nism artificially charged with Ibreign electricity,
is, for the time being, or during such induction ungovernable by the will power of their own nind.
Artificial introduction of a powerful current of
electricity causes involuntary contraction and expansion of cords and muscles in the same manner that the




i 7J8             aIUTOBIOGAPH IY OJF
min-nc causes the same phenomena, through the agency
of the vital electricity generated by the brain.  Buti
while the means to produce the phenomena are in
both cases al ke, the manifest appearances of tlhe result are widely different. iMotion caused by thle will
power of the spirit is-except in cases of inrsanitya controlled mnanifestation of intelligence but all other
physical mioveinents, caused by electric power, are
simply manDifestations of power, perfectly aimless and
devoid of inteliioent limitation or result; and their
very aimlessness  and fantastic appearances is proof of
their positiveness to the will power of the spirit.
Thus, in. consideration of these electric phenomena
we may reasonably infer that the spirit, which is nat;
urally the positive power, may, by the superior power
existing in quantity over nature's limit, be forced into
a neg(-'ative position to vital electricity, which by this
increase in quantity, becomes the positive.
H-laving comprehended the possibility of the will
power becomit-ng negative to its natural agent of manifestation-vital electricity, we are prepared to continue our investigation of the phenomena of spiritualb
ism, as displayed by somntambulic mediums.
I have said that there is from all bodies a continuous emanation of vital electricity, which, when
thrown friom one body, seeks to effect an equilibrium
elsewhere, and that certain bodies and even persons
were natnurla conductors of tlis fluid.
We have  no means of ascertaining the exact
amount of vital electricity that the human organism




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is capable of absorbing.  Still we are positive that
this element of power in the physical organization is
subject to natural exhaustion, and if it is naturally
liable to exhaustion or decrease in'quantity, we may
reasonably infer that there is a natural process of recuperation.  In fact, we may reasonably assert that
the human organism is subject to ever-varying supplies
of this element. We all know that continued physical
activity causes, not only muscular fatigue, but exhaustion of force to act. Now the force which is thus exhausted by long continued activity, is none other than
the immediate agent of the will power, and the
primary material cause of physical movement. Every
movement of the hand, every word vocally utteredin short, every voluntary physical action causes a decrease in the quantity of vital electricity generated by
the brain, which is, as I have before stated, the natural reservoir of this power. Hence, we conclude the
will power or spirit, to be the first or primary cause of
electric exhaustion.  We are positive that, during
mental and physical quietude, this exhaustion of vital
force ceases; and in view of the fact that the human
organism recovers its exhausted force of powers by
rest or inactivity, we logically infer that the physical
organism undergoes a process of vitalic recuperation.
Therefore, the human organism  may be considered
as being alternately attractive and repulsive to this
vitalic element of power. When the mind ceases its
manifestations by outward or physical action, the
physical organism becomes a magnet, which attracts




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from other organisms their ejections of vital electricity. Thus we see why it is necessary for persons
who desire magnetic influence to become not only
mentally passive, but physically quiet.
There are various ways and means employed by
mediums in producing the phenomena of magnetic
somnambulism; but there is no process by which it
can be produced without the subject or medium coming in contact organically, with some electric producing organization. The idea that an individual can
by his own will power, enter into a magnetic condition
of unconsciousness, is perfectly erroneous.  As well
might we argue that one can, by a simple exertion of
the will power, cause his own physical death, or stop
the circulation of blood in some one portion of his
physical organization. The will or spirit has no other
duty to perform in producing magnetic slumber than
it has in producing ordinary sleep. In either case the
mind has only to become passive and allow the physical organism to become quiet.
Some mediums require more electric power to produce magnetic slumber than do others. I have known
individuals who could not enter into this unconscious
state without the assistance of a powerful magnetizer;
others of my acquaintance are obliged to always sit
in circles of certain electric power, in order to receive
influence; and there is still another class of mediums
who have only to rest their hands upon some organic
substance, in order to be bourne into this mystic
slumber.




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These varizations are in consequence of a difference
in) the physical conditions of the subjects.  A person
with a super-amount of animal life, combined with a
restless spirit, lmust not expect to elasily become a magnetic somnambulist, for such an individual-though
they may be a magnet to vital electricity —-will resist
the influence by an almost unconscious operation of
the mind,  Restless minds are hard to subdue in any
case, but when they are continually manifesting their
restlessness through the physical organistns, as in cases
of nervous temperament, it is next to impossible for
even the most powerful magnetizer to cause upon such
organisms anly mag1netic effect.
All persolns, when somnambulists, are rendered unconscious by an induction of vital electricity emanating:from some contignous material organization, or conmbination of organic bodies.  The productive power in
every instance is the same; but at the same time there
may be distinct emanations.  Thus oine individual
who is easily influenced, may be magnetized by simply
restinog their hands upon a commnon table, or any other
organic body which is undergoing decomposition, or
they may be placed in the same condition by an intelligent -manipulating process, or by grasping a magnetic
cord.  In short, there are various ways to produce this
effect, but in every instance of magnetic somnamibulismn, organic connection between t}he subject and the
organic universe is an imperative necessity.  I have
found by experiment that when a somnambulic medium was completely insulated firom organic connection




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that it was imn!po-sible for them to receive a nmagnetic
infiuence; and it is in view of tilis ftact that I conclude
that the mneans of spirits' manifestation of intelligence
are wholly the product of organic electricity, antl that
disembodied  spirits are of themselves incapable of
causling 1nmagnetic comna.
But you ask how-if spirits do not cause the magnetic influence they can commlunicate throug'h a hypnotized or somnaumbulic medium?  I have in another
chapter  of this work, referred to the )heno-lenia of
hypnotic so-mnambulism as (lemonstrated by 1Mr. BrI.id,
and the reader will remember that one of his subjects
was, on one occasion, lunrder the intelligent control of
Jenny Lind,1.  This subject, at this time was neither
hyptonized by Jenny nor by Mr. Braid, but wa s (according to an article published  at the time, in tihe
Mi:anchester LCourier,) renIdered somnambulic in the
same manner that thousands of spirit mnediums ar e at
the present day, namely: by resting her hands upon
a center-table, and.at the Same  time concentrating her
gaze upon a piece of silver lying be-fore her.  In this
case the magnetic power —which caused the subject
to beconme unlconscious-emanated firom  ilnanimate
mraterial orga!linms;  while the manifestation of intelligence comle from a distinctly different source.'Now
there is but one intelligent way to Iaccount for this
phentomena1 in a reasonable manner.  This subject was
nmagtetizecd before the manifestatioll commenced acnd
even after the manifestation ceased she-the somnarabulist-remained unconscious, or under magnetic in



fiueace.  N1o part of the element cautsinc tZhis sleep
coulld be suppoFecd to emn:nate from Miss Lid;i but
thie initellige-nce manifested undoubtedly did.  The
sutj ect sang when she sang, and a ns abn accompantist,
ga-e  both-   k not-es and words siillctaetou'sly with hler.
E-vidently the -will power of the Swedish Nigohtling ale
caused the vocal organs of the subject to act in illitation of  ler own, through the means of vital electricity.
The umediumt had been mnaglnet-ized by a voluntary
absorption of' vital electricity, emaunating firom  contiguous organlizations.  Ifer mind had forom voluntary
passivenless, been reduced to a negative position by a
continued inluction of' electric power, and had thlereby lost its operatiive or organic clontrolling force, and
this result was simply in consequence of the vital
eiectricity of tlhe brain being overpowe-red by an induction of the sante elemeint froml other sources.
But notwithstanding her own mind was rendered
iicapable of' causing her own organs to act; those
organs dcid act, and their actions were manifestations
of intelligence, and the intelligence which was manifested was the product of the intelligent mind of
Jenny Lind, who was organicaliy a separate and distinctlv identified being.
Now comes the question —how  did the Swardish
Nightingale manifest her intelligence through this
sepata-te org alism    I answer, by means of' an electric
connection between her mllid or spirit, and the margnetizel physical organs of the sullbject, in a manner
corresponding to the process of mechanical electric




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telegraphing.   The connection was formed by the
will pow-el of Jenny Lind. I-er spirit was the nms gnet.
She earinestly desired to test the somlrla-mbulic powers
of tlhis medium, and that desire caused'her mind to
be positive to the entire electric power concentrated
upon the subject; and, as all positive povwerls attract
their negatives, her mind, being i-Athe positive, attracted
the negative, or vital electricity, foml tihe physical
orgoanization of the subject to her owln orga-nismn. All
the other minds, or identified intellig-ences in that
assembly, on that occasion, were in unison with hers,
for they all desired to witness the manifestation. Had
this harmtony not existed, or, in other wo-rds, had there
been a confliction of poweirs, or contrary desires of
equal fobrce exerted by those present, there would have
been. no manifestation throuogh thle mediuln  for there
would have been two distinct electric conluections, and
two distinct operative powers, with only one set of
organs to operate through.
I spealk of this to show the itnperative necessity of
complete harmony among individuals who may congregate for the purpose of testing this, or the phetnomnena of spirit communication.  Whelme two, or more,
electric connections forlned betwveen a nmedium  and
designing to communicate by pronunciation, the result would be like what would follow in case of a con1centration of distinct messages, of dif-erent natures,
upon one telegraphic apparatus at the same time. Otne
message would be so intermingled with the other, that
the whole would be rendered unintelligible.




DiP  ) Bh, I i. ELLOG(           1S85
After a perfect electric connectionhllas bleen formed
between a medium and a sqpirit designing to comniunicate, the plienomena of the mianifestation is no more
complicated or woTondertlful, than thle phenomena of
physical m:ni-festation of Iluman intelligence.  While
the spirit is connected with the body in the earth-life5
it demonstrates thiought, by nmeans of an electric connection, and. it is by the sanme means that disembodied
spirits cause material demonstration  of intellience
througnh the oretans of hypnotic mediuams.
We, in the form, are beinlgs of syr;pathy; but this
sympatihy is not thle result of physical consanginity9
but of spirit afinity.  WTe nmay be attracted by a physical form, or at lea;t suppose that thlerein lies the
mLeans of awakeninog our sympathy; but were we to
closely investigate the cause of our being thus attractedc, we would Afind that the real power or first cause of
our sympathy enavnated from  the spirit enshrined in
the body.  Hence, symplthy, being a concomnitant of
the spirit, we infer t:hat it is a principle as eternal in existence as is the spirit.  Love, sociability, and kindly
regard are the o-ffspring of spirit symplathy, and the
more intelligent and refined the spirit is, tile more fervent are these adjuncts of the principle of' nmental synipathetic consang'uinity.   Syimpathy creates a desire
for reciprocal exchangre of senthlment, and thereby man
becomesi  a soci.,alb!heing.  \ e love, because in tihe object
of onur iove, our sptli  tfi n  Sa iaffil:niy alnd af lties wils
inevitably seek to coc 0nmingi e witi oine another; hence,
so long as sentihments are in affinity between mind and




86                MJAUTOBIOGRAPU1Y OF
mind,  so long a desire fbo' sympathetic intercourse iwtill
rel:..'iand tlhough one mind  imay be in the realms    of
spirits,   t.tOe doeire w1il 11 ti   exist.   I anm  aware   thG:nmanyr believe tla-t the spirit wherin f~reed fr om thle tlira ldolm  of thle physical fml lrm0,1 loses its syplat ly -to t{.llogs
bterestriali  but-I- if s5uh i s hs the case,  then the  spi it  at
deathl loses its identity, ort rather its indiv 1(  lit v.'* Vknow tile lmaa by  is outwardi formi; but we kniow the
spirit by its manifestaltions alone.  AiWe cannot see it,
even with our mirndm's eye; hece, if' its imanifeist-aeion1  s
arle entirely chal-ng ed in the spirit world, its identity to,ts must be certanlIy f ast.   But if' its maniestations
are  ncthan!led  its npower to cause manifestations nmiust
rem  pin, and not only its powers, but its'desirl, remains
to derlonstrat:   to its former friendcs its  unchanged
symp::thly and aflinity of thotght and a  letion.  Will
the aheet-eniionnte wlife believe  that hler dearly loved
bosom collpnion wl eo has goine before ler to the ifadeless " summerr-landc h1as ceased to appreciate thie holy
bond of spirit; sympa1thy, that through  ife m:lade tlhec
as one il senii lent 7C'  ]o0! her whole n-ature  revolts
at the b1are suipposition  of such  an  unnattural i'r;esult.
What is lilfe wx ithout spirit affility?  Nothing bhut an
empty, meaniiinglets susce.   aihat use wviuld thlere be
ti  cn hTllatin;     te ili o' aspirations of the soul, if those
aspiratnous aile to be lost wihen we   pss beyo-lid the
con:ines of mortl llii-?   [ answer, noine.  Ifthe spirit
on the  evYent of' piysical  death, undergoes stuc   a
change that it loses its aff-ity for, and syampathly rwith
the things appelritaing, to this life, then all the plans




d) Rt.  B. B.  -KEL  () C.          1 87
of salvat;oln are delusions, and all moral requirements
are iectitious Iabsurdities.  In  sholrt  if the spirit is
ro(3l-ed of all its ea.,rthly chlrac(teristics  l whell sepac
ra.ted fromn the body by what we term deat'l, it is no
lownger the same spirit, but a new one no w-ya like the
old.  But if it is the samne spirit in the celestial eallms,
th1at once animated a form  of clay, that  spilrit must
retain all its innate powers for material maniftistationl
that chl:.acterized it while in the body; hence, when
it comies in contact with the means which nature has
adapted to its use, it can communicate its intelligence
withl the sam11e ease it could whvile in the body.
The spirit, whille in the body, usually communicates
its though1ts through the insliramentality o f the vocal
organs.  A portion of the powers necessary to vocal
utterance lare fairnished'by the involuntary "irces  of'
our nature, and over these the spirit has no control.
The air inhlaled and exhaled by the lungs is one imeans
of vocal expression,  a proper development of the organs of speech  is anotherl; but, though there existsi
these perfect qualLfications, the result or manifestaltion
of intelligence- depends wholly uponl the power of theo
mind to produce  regulated  sonnd; and  the spi-rit
causes such sound by means of -ital electricity —in
somtethinlg tilte same manner thLat-. the imag'netic telegraphl oCpeator proc'lces aI   intel'gent sounld up')on a
distant electrically con:nected aparatus of propelr con
structicon.
39Disemf'sbodied, spirits find in +1the umaginetic sonmunambulist a peifect means of manifestation.  If they de



188.'JUTOB OG)RAhPII'Y O)F
sire to collilmicate by pronuLnciation, ilthey find in the
somnzzanmbule all necessary lqualifications.  Tile lungls
are  performing tie.il ti'funtions by ca.i ilnatlurai respiration of air, as well datrining   algnnetic slumber as
while the subject is in anormal concldition. The orgT(:,s
of speech lose none of th-eir lnecessary  developmlent,
cduringo magnetic infllence.
The imagnetic power of the spirit desiring to conimunicate, draws from the over -harged organisim of the
inagnetizedl subject a eni renint of vital electricity,  whlich
when concentrated nlon the orfan's of speechl, causes
them  to vibrate in accorda    nlce with their (the spirits')
intelligence and willpo'wir.   -n  in tlhis manner, and
through these rmeans, all thle varying forms of spirit
communicatioins allid manifstations are accomplished.
The whole phenomena is in accordance with the great
universal law of demancl aitcl supply.    lhere are mLany
processes of communication, but in all the wide universe thliere is but one means, and that means is what
some terilrm  CG tlhe mediinum  of sensation   othcrs, "' vital
energy,"   elemuent of sympathy"' anll vital electricity.
I -ave made uase u of the latter term, becaiuse I believe
it best comprehends the idea designed.




1DIL D. B, KELLOGG.              I 9
CTHAPTEiR XIX.
HOW TO FORM CIRCLES SO AS TO GET COM13M-UNICATIONS.
4E WKLL now proceed to consiler how  circlesc
should be formed, so as -to develop nmediulns,
and avoid misapprehension and discord. I have
found that in order to obtain a'ood and noble cornlunications, it is positively necessary that our thoughts
and aspirations be also good and elevated.  We must
be child-like, simple-hearted, manly, open, and freeminded; and these qualificcations must be combined
with an honest love for truth.  ioreover, it is essential that the circles be always organized upon positive
and negative principles.  Suppose twelve individuals
design to form a circle: it is necessary that six of these
should be positive and the remaining six negative;
and the surest way to arrive at this positive and negative equilibrium is for the twelve to consist of six
males and six females.  This distinction of male and
female is not so essential to be observecl, with regard
to sex; but six of the number should possess the feminine tem-npenament and attributes of elaracter-whiich
are negative and affectionate —and the otlhers Ehould
be decidedly  laseuli.ne, having the positive and intel



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lectual temlperament predlomluinnt. M.i e and fematle
are positive an(d negerative principles; hut the ternms
shoutld not be applied  and confined  exclusively to
mere or-ganization, for some individuals who wear the
physical vestui'e of thle male, a.le, in, their chlaracters
and temperaments, female, and vice vr.-sa.
It mlatters not how few nor how Imany are connected with a circle, but whatever anumber there may be,
the principle of positive aidcl neg'ative attributes munst
be regarded in order to receive intellige-t communication.  Circles formed upon this principle of equilibrium
of power will generally result in ma:terial manifest:tions, such as the "raps," table-tipping, and moving
of ponderable bodies, and every negative imember is
unconsciously a medium.
In forming a circle for individual improvement, or
develoepment of some individual as a somnambuliec
medium, it is necessary that certain rules be adhered
to.  First, the person designing to become a medium
must be negative to all the other members of the circle.  (A negative temperament is generally indicated
by a warm, moist hand, whlile peisuons with habitually
cold han-lds are positive.)  The medium must be mentally willing to enter the condition soungilt, in order to
attract the maicglletic e'ement oflowing firom the others.
They should sit at [1he headc of the table, with their
hands resting upon it, the pilmns downa-ind.  Th-e
remaining melmbers of the circle must occupy positions
corresponding to their temperanments.  Those whose
positive conditions are indicated by cold hands, should




DR. D. B. KiELLOGG.               191
take their position on the right of the meeditrm, and
the negative principle.G on the left.  All these like the
lmedium should rest their hands upon the table.'Havinme abided by these rules, it is necessary that those
persons who do not desire to be influenced shoutld energleticaily will that some other individual shall becoime
a medium; and as harmony is imperatively essential
to thle production of an effect, the individual whlo is
expecte d to become the medium mnust be designated,
and such designation must be recognized by every
member of the circle.
After the medium has been rendered somrnamlbulie
by the above means, it is necessary it order to receive
communications fri'om disembodied spirits, that perfect
harmony should continue to prevail —not only among
the members of the circle, but all the assembly as well.
There must prevail a unanimity of purpose, in order
to avoid a confliction of desires.  (I have elsewhere
illustrated the )robable consequence in such a< case.)
After it is manifest that the spirits have formed a connection with the mediuLm, the most positive of tlhe
circle should make the first demand for communication or manifestation,  and this duty should involve
upon him in order to avoid the danger of his exerting
a counter-inflnence.  Personus wo connect themselves
with circles should be temperate in all their habits;
and it is absolutely necessary that they should be friee
firom all intoxicating or stimulatilng beverages, for a
person who is under thle influence of inebriating drinks
is a powerfiul magnet and absorbent of vital magnet



1.92             AUTOBIOOx.I.iAPHY OF
ism, and such an individual being present in a circle
nmust necessarily greatly retard progress.  In ikct, I
have known the presence of such persons to cause
good mrediums to be incapable of receivingj influence
during -their stays and this incapabiiity was in consequence of their absorption of the vital element necessary to cause the mlagnetic coma of the imedium.
The sessions of circles should not be very frequent
in occurrence, because those things which becomie too
fahmiliar are thereby deprived of their sanctity, and
hence, also, of their power to benefit the assembled
individuals.  The mlasses do not always associate respect with faimiliarity.  For this reason it is good for
imost people that;'angels' visits are few  and far between," becaune were thiley of frequent occurrence,
and as common as sunlight, many minds, I reg'ret to
say, would not only fall into a state of ingratitude,
but they would neglect to properly appreciate the perpetual blessings flo-wing  thlerefronm.   Therefore, it is
necessary to avoid a too great intimacy.
These sessions should be conducted with perfect
dignity and harmony; but these conditions should not
be allowed to prohibit a genial flow of appropriate
conversation, or cheerful, intelligent mirth.  Harmonis.l music is a great benefit to a circle, inasmuch as it
banishes discord.  These assemblages, to be successfu!l must be indeed, and in sentiment, harmonial circles, entirely devoid of jarring discord.  Caprry not
into themn an y ulnid;! feelings, inor sensations of envy
orjealousy.  Let no feelings of unforgiveness aigainst




D R. D. D.   E ILOGiW,              03
a fellow being nmar the spotless beaufty;  of your soul.
But, above all, renmemnb er that the mlinl, the soul, the
spirit, has no particular Sunday hab'iliminelt —tlat you
cannot  adorn it -with a clean, shiing vessture  as you0
may the boldy-but as you clothe it foi1 every-day  life,
so will it go ftadorlned to th:e sanctulary of spirit intercourse.
The roonls where the circles meet shloultd, as much
as possible, be retired fronm   IIl discordant noise and
ilnterruption; and it is also a cgrleat  benefit to lhave the
rooms darkened, so that the persons present, not havihng their mlinds attracted  inod (diverted by external
things, may the more easily concei-tlate their thoughts
upon the object for which tihey have met together.
The above is the usual mode of developing nediums; but beside these means there are others wYhich
may be employed with good effect.  For instance, a
simple magnetic cord has been f,1und to be a most
powerful assistant to nedial developmlent.  There are
many kinds of these in use, but the simplest, cheapest,
aind to my mind the best, is emade and used in tile fI1lowing man-ner:    Get a piece of half inch rope some
five yards in lencgrth and cover it with cotton velvet;
take this rope thus prepau red, and wind around it, parallel with; each other, two wires, one of zinc or steel,
and the ot-her of silver or cooper; these wires should
be wound so as to be about a quarter of an inch apart.
The circle should sit uniformly aroundc the table, and
let the magnetic cord lie on their laps, their hands
upon or grasping it.  The person who is t~he most pos-.~




] 94            AUTOBIOGRIAPIHY OF
itive shoultd grasp one end of the cord firmly in his
]eft halld, and the one 1whio is designed to become thcb
mledium should sit on his left and next to him, with!
the other end of' the cord grasped in his right handle
Another way is to only rest one hand upon the cord,,
while the other rests upon tile table.  If these rules
are complied with, it iwill not be long before the pers-on designaed to be influenced —if he or she are constitutionally susceptible to magnetic influx —will feel
a throbbing in the hands, and ultimately, by repeated
trials, they will in all probability be rendered somnambulic, and if their organism is sufficiently refined,
and their mental powers appropriately balanced, they
may ev en become clairvoyants.
Proper manipulations will greatly augment the
mesmeric tendency of an impressible subject. In fact,.
I have known persons to be developed as spiritual
mnediumns by these manipulating processes alone.
The m'Iodu6 ojpe'acndi of developing mediums is so
well known at the present time, that it is hardly necessary to refer to the subject at all.  The reason why
mediunms are not more readily developed is owing
much to the erroneous idea that disembodied spirits
have the power of producing magnetic influence. Let
impressible individuals remember that the means of
spirit communication  all emanate fiom  terrestrial
sources-from surrounding organisms, and let them
act in accordance with these facts, and they will find
that the desired end will be more easily accomplished,
Many suppose that all are capable of becoming aedi



bgPt., T. I. Ig~:LO9CCri!9
ums, but I consider this supposition in part to be incorrect.  I estimate that, by the employn:ent of
ordinary means, one in fifty can become mediums;.and that one in five hundred of these, who may be
mediums, can, by persistent endeavors become somnambulists; and of these one in a thousand may be
clairvoyants or seers.
This estimate as regards somnambulic mediumns,
may be too low, or at least, may be so considered by
the careless observer.  There are many who claim to
be somnambulic mediums, who in reality are not.
The communications received through such mediums
(meaning those who really are not somnambulists,) will
invariably betray a local origin, and their expressions
of intelligence generally correspond to their preconceived ideas.  Such mediums need development, and
the only way to develop them is to increase the magnetic influence sufficiently to render them  mentally
uinconscious.
It has not been my design to prove that spirits do
communicate (for of the facts of such occurrences
thousands are already convinced by unimpeachable
evidence), but to furnish a philosophical explanation
of the manner in which they do communicate. Hence
I have sought no individual's testimonies, because the
manifestations now before the world constitute one
grand living demonstration that spirits do communicate with mankind.
There are two distinct kinds of communication
received fromx spirits.  First, such as emanate fronm




I 9.1            AUTOBIOCRAPtlY Or,
spirits who 1\,ave in the circle relatives, according to
the law  of natural consanguinity.  These are generally messags of af ectionate remlembrance and regard,
they are characteristically li.ke the lfrien'dly intercourse
between relatives ill the body; hence, to the fortuitous
and inappreciative observer they ofitimes appear childlike and insipid.  But they are none the less genuine
inanifestations of spirit intelligence, for being displays
of intellectual medriocity.  Spirits vary inl knowledge
as well as men.  If they are infinite then they are
equal to God; but; if they are not infinite, then they
are subject to the law of gradation the same as man;
and if they are subject to the law  of gradation, why
should we wonder at their display of intellectlual frivolty any more than- we do thle intellectual and moral
fiivolties of man.  Perhaps you n:avy say that spirits
have something better to emtlov  tbhe-mselves withsome occupation above these apparently ivapid manifestationF.  I do not doubt but what tohey  lave.   So
has the manu  of extended knowledcge a nobler field o'f
operation, yet we ofien fiund him engaged in a~n almost
vapid display of intellectual ti'ivoltv..Dignity is no sirn
of intelleetuality. Tihe trully intellectual ofttimes betray
the greatest siaplicity of manner.  Spirits are beings
of affettion, who are subject to thle law  of' sympathy
the same as man in the body.  Sympathy is the main
spring of social inl:ercourlse, and without it, heaven
would be a hell.
The second class of'spirits who communicate with
mankind are those who -design the aggrandizement of




Dr1. 1). B3. KELLOGWGI.           I 7
the whole human family.  Their missions are to wage
war against the superstitions of ignorance, the fanaticisms of creed.lbound mortals, and the bigotry  of
sanctimonious, self-righteous subjects of eternal progress.  To come in coRmmunicative rapport with these
spirits of intelligence, the circles formed should press
fbrward to the attainmnents of knowlecdge; no fetters
of creed and doctrine should stay their steps in progression.  Truth will lead. them into the broad fields
of infinitude-into the illimitable expanse of nature.
If we would advance in knowledge we must not weary
in our investigations, nor let the hot shots of bigotry
and superstition arrest the minds for searching after
God.  We must not clasp  close the clasps of our
Bibles, and say thus far will I go, and no farther, in
my search after truth.  Nor must we. rest contented.V th mere words; for they are but the drapery of
truths, the shrouds which'ldarkeneth counsel."' W~ords
cannot set bounds to thought, nor can creeds satisfy
the longings of' a progressive mind.  The undying
soul shall be taught forever from the everlasting volumes of Nature, as one after another they unfold to
its growing capacity.  Nature is the ever open pages
of God's eternal word; it is a book which is never
closed, never "clasped with a clasp,'" and from  this
book spirits would teach us the ways of life, and the
certainty of immortal existence.
MIany imagine that spiritualism is opposed to the
true religion of' Christ; but such is not the case.  It
only opposes the bigotry of the Church, the fanaticism




1 98             AUTOBIOGRTPH~ OY 
and illiberality of creeds.  It endeavors to tear away
the mask of Superstition, which for past ages has enveloped like a shroud, the beauty and simplicity of
the Chlristian religion. It wages wrar against the blasphemous and absurd doctrine of moral degradation.
ft teaches us that man is by nature pure-by education
vile.  It teahees us to properly appreciate every endowmnent of our nature, both spiritual and physical.
We are taught by spirlits the reasonable doctrine of
eternal progression; and that a perfect physical organization is necessary to spirit advancement here in
rudinental  l tt, and that if we would grow  in grace,
we must obey all the laws of our being.  In short, it
teaches us that this earth-this primary existence-is
the spiit's first sphere of action —tle beginning of
eternity, and if we are in harmony with the laws of
our exisience, it is the all-sufficient though  progressive
heaven prepared by the Almighty Giver of good gifts
alone.  Spirits teach us that physical death is the beginning of a purer spiritual life.
These arei' a few of the great lessons the angels
come to teach us.  Let those who have hitherto looked upon death as a dark abyss —as the termination of
personal identification, come and behold the beautiful
light that now illumines those once supposed impenetrable deptahs.  Spirits by their teachings have literally
robbed the grave of its gloom.  So those who love
life need grieve no m1ore, when the years of life fly
past them; l: let thel no:more be saddened when they
are gone; let thena not cling to those years as the




a). D. BD.  KELLOGG,               199
drowning mariner grasps at a board, because they are
life to us, and that life is to be cherished.   To the
spiritualist, the darkness of death is made luminous;
light, radiant light, to-day penetrates the un-fthomiable darkness of religion and mythology; the black
pall of ignorance is being lifted from, mortall visionthe briglht sun of heaven. drives away the thick mists
of past ages, and now tlhe soul can look far, far illto
eternity, and behold that to the spirit there is no death.
By the increasing light of spiritualism  the human
mind penetrates deeper, and deeper into the forever
extending future-into the innumerable abysses of the
universe, and sees everywhere the glowing g'iem1s of
truth; nor do the boundless riches which it contemplates cause it to reject one, even the least, of those
which it once gathered frior  the years of past experience.  Nay, for they too were jewels, given by the
hand of the Almighty, and are therefore -imperishable.
Nothing of all God's trelasury can be lost; hence we
need not fear that a single truth will ever be cast
away, or that aught that is in the fuiture can be destroyed.  Aye, the beautiful truths of spiritualism reveal to us the glorious fact that fi'om  everlsthing, to
everlasting, we are the children of GODr, and ever objects of Divine love.
It is often remarked that this modern pheoionlena
of spiritualism is only a novel phase of the art of magnetism.  This remark is literally correct.  The art of
magnetism furnishes the means of spilrit conmmiunication; for it is the main spring of spirit manifestation.




200    AUTOBIOGRAPHY~ O  DR. D. B. KELLOGG.
Therefbre, to properly'appreciate this truly natural
phenomena, it is necessary for us to make deep research into the mysteries of nature's universal mlediunl
of sensation and agent of sympathetic connection"c magnetism."  A perfect knowle(dge of the attributes
of this element of vital power will furnish a magic
key to unlock nature's store-house of' mystery.  The
Almighty manifests His will by means of this agent,
and we have seen that it was this that gave the spirit
of man control of physical nature; by this agent the
spiritmanifests its existence, both in the body and
out.  Ti'hus we ma1le spiritualism a science.




CHAPTER I.
PAGE,
BIPRTH, IPARENT1AGE, AND EARLY R-ECOLLECTIONS........  5
CHAPTER II.
BEING AN ACcOUNT OF NTERTOUS PECULIARITIES IN ]JEARLY
LIFE, AND INCIPIEI3T 1MANIFESTATIONS OF CLAIlVOYANCE,...............I..................   19
CHAPTER III.
A~f FIRST SORROW-, AND MY FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WmITH
MIAGANETISI..............................   26
CHAPTER ITV.
MIY FIRST INFLUENCE AS A SPIRIT 1MEDIUM,........... 8-5
CHAPTER V.
iY ENTREE INTO THE THIRD MtAGNETIC DEEE......  42
CHAPTER VI.
MZISUNDERSTANDING OF MY GIFTS................. 49




202                     INDEX.
CHAPTER VIIT
PAGe,.
DOU3BTS3 AL"ND MSGSlIINGS.-WHLY I W-,AS DIFFEk TENT lFROlM
OT rE0 —Xs,................. 7........... 57
CHAPTE'R VIIT.
DIFinuEqNT VIEWS OF SPIRITUALISM-:WHAT IT IS.......6
CHAPTER IX.
A',2HAPT I-E. OF  MYSTMIES,............................   75 
CHAPTER X.
MORE M YSTERIES.................................. 85
CHAPTER X.E
MY PaRO-GRESS AS A PHYSICIAN....94.....................  94
CHAPTER XII.'IN WHICH I ATM VICTIMIZED.-A SAMPLE OF CORRESPONDENcCE.-THE TRIALS OF CLAIRVOYANCE,............ 102
CHAPTER XIII.
A CtHAN 3GE OF RESIDENCE, AND A CIANGE OF SUBJECT,.. 111
CHAPTER XIV.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF iMAGNETISM, AND ITS RELATION TO
ORDINARY SLEEP AND THE SCIENCE OF SPIRIrTUALsaM.........................11....................  5
CHAPTER XV.
SOM()NAMuLISI AND CLAIRVOYANCE EXPLAINED,........ 134




~K-DRX.                      2891
C HAPTEmR XVI.
PAGIE.
Ti  D UvarJY O  ATAA,............................. 5
CHAPTER XVII.
P.RIT 3 MEANS (OF PHYSICAL CONTROL.................   
CHAPTER XVIII.
HOW SPIRITS COAMIIUNICATE'.....................      *..... 173
CHAPTER XIX.
Tdow no  "ORM C(IRCLES SO AS TO GEjT CoMMUNICATIONTS;  1.83