L. Lewes.
As much as has been said with regard to spiritualism in these pages,
the subject has by no means the prominence that it really possessed in
the studies and conversations of both Professor and Mrs. Stowe.
Professor Stowe's very remarkable psychological development, and the
exceptional experiences of his early life, were sources of
conversation of unfailing interest and study to both.
Professor Stowe had made an elaborate and valuable collection of the
literature of the subject, and was, as Mrs. Stowe writes, "over head
and ears in _diablerie_."
It is only just to give Mrs. Stowe's views on this perplexing theme
more at length, and as the mature reflection of many years has caused
them to take form.
In reference to professional mediums, and spirits that peep, rap, and
mutter, she writes:--
"Each friend takes away a portion of ourselves. There was some part of
our being related to him as to no other, and we had things to say to
him which no other would understand or appreciate. A portion of our
thoughts has become useless and burdensome, and again and again, with
involuntary yearning, we turn to the stone at the door of the
sepulchre. We lean against the cold, silent marble, but there is no
answer,--no voice, neither any that regardeth.
"There are those who would have us think that in _our_ day this
doom is reversed; that there are those who have the power to restore
to us the communion of our lost ones.
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