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EXPERIMENT IN DREAM IMPRESSION.

DIARY OF H. B. T.

ST JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 19, 1895.

EXPERIMENT.

C. G. impressed by H. B. T. Object being Golden Cross. Time and place of impression, small lake near

ject is to dream on the night of Aug. 19. H. B. T. on following day.

THE DREAM-RESULT.

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Dream to be related to

Related by C. G. to H. B. T. C. and companion are walking along 17th Street, and presently when they come to Edmond Street, they see a large magnificent church-a temple. Its massive construction is decidedly foreign and apparently most ancient. The workmanship is perfect. Is made of smooth stone of dark gray hue. Large steps in front. Heavy massive door, upon which is carved in relief a LARGE CROSS. Upon the large altar inside is also another golden cross. Priest is preaching from a pulpit. He has a large book in front of him. They leave the church and they are hindered in the exit by a confused heap of symbols piled upon each other near the door. From the pile shines forth three large golden crosses. An old man with long white hair and dressed in long black robe now mounts the pile of symbols, and presents C. with a large cross. C. now for first time recognizes his companion. It is H. B. T., to whom he now presents this same golden cross.

COMMENT ON DREAM EXPERIMENT.

Method of procedure.-I (H. B.T.) impress the subject (C. G.) in the evening, without hypnotism or any external means or contact. In the objective consciousness he knows nothing of the impression which I have sent. That night he dreams and remembers very vividly what

he has dreamed. I have written upon a paper the object or scene of impression. Next morning I see C. G. He first relates his dream, and we then compare with my written statement. The whole procedure is so extremely accurate and vivid that one simple trial would convince the greatest skeptic.

IMPRESSION

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 23, 1895.

RECEIVED BY C. G. AT ABOUT 8:20 P. M.

We were sitting together conversing on the evening of July 23, when suddenly Chas. G., who has clairvoyant powers, became quiet and held his hand over his eyes. He remained in a passive state a few minutes-presently awoke and exclaimed: "Harry, the young lady whon you impressed last night received the impression. I know it. I have just seen her. She was standing on her front steps talking rather excitedly. It was about you. She was speaking to a young girl friend of about her own build. I think you know her. E. is relating to her friend the experience she had last night. She received your thought image and was conscious of the sender. The impression, I think, was perfect. They were on the porch-I could see them plainly. They became very much interested the visitor being not the least so. I could not then hear what they were saying, but I am perfectly conscious that they were speaking of the late experience, and that their thoughts were mainly of you. I am receptive to the thoughts only; the words are empty to me."

Here I interrupted C. G., saying that I would now impress the young lady. I then placed C. G. in a passive state, commanding him to transmit mentally a thought picture to the young lady. I afterwards learned from the young lady herself that she had received the two impressions, but in the last one she was not conscious of the sender. This was a more complex experiment, and for some time proved sort of a sphinx to me. I must here relate, however, that my friend has a fine sensitive and receptive nature, which, together with partial clairvoyant powers, makes him naturally an excellent subject. have tried the same experiments with other subjects and have not had nearly equal success. There exists a very strong tie of sympathy, will, and faith between C. G. and myself, which no doubt assists us materially.

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The examination of the above phenomena will, with most psychologists, no doubt find a suitable explanation in Hudson's hypotheses. However, there are a few points in relation to my actual demonstration which seem to contradict his deductions from the series of phenomena connected with his own research. The above is a plain account of actual facts, utterly devoid of technical or scientific verbiage, a simple statement of facts.

DELINEATION OF CHARACTER FROM SOLAR BIOLOGY.

This column is exclusively intended to aid in their attainments those who are studying Esoteric methods. We receive a great many letters from parties who are not subscribers, and who, we have reason to believe, are not especially interested in the Esoteric work; and, as our space is too limited to give more than a small number of the delineations asked for, we must exclude all but those whose names are found upon our subscription list, and members of their families who are striv ing for the attainments. This is our only means of discerning who is entitled to our time and to space in this column.

In writing for Delineation of Character from Solar Biology, always send hour and place of birth, also state sex.

We have introduced the Greek letter as the character indicating "the rising sign."

M. J. P. Aug. 18, 1844. Wayland, Mass.

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You have unusually good planetary positions. Born in the spirit of love and emotion, your mind is led out through the psychic percep tion, which opens to you the workings of the life and mind currents of the people. Saturn gives you great order and harmony, expressed. as you are, through Jupiter and Venus in Virgo. You would be happy and harmonious in the regenerate life. Have a great fountain of vitality. While you have the power of expression, yet I am under the impression that you are very much shut up within yourself, misunderstood by family and associates. Have lived in an ideal world and sought for it in this world, but have never found it. This has been true in your case to a remarkable degree. You have been comparatively fortunate in everything but in the love life. If you give your life in dedication to God and to the establishment of his kingdom on earth. you will find in it the ideal that has ever lived in your imagination. While you may lack patience to live in and wait for it, yet you have the capacity to cultivate the patience.--in fact, your whole life has been largely made up of the cultivation of patience, and you will soon obtain the knowledges that belong to the invisible world. W. T. A. Oct. 4. 1842. Place not given.

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You are a man governed by reason and psychic perception. Your success in this world is intermittent, for the moneyed interests are your natural enemy. You are liable to extremes, and at times to be called erratic. It is very difficult for you to deal with the minutiæ of anything; your mind deals entirely with generals, and not with spe

eials. The only specialty wherein you could meet with any degree of success would be the medical profession. If you would reach high degrees in the Esoteric life you must cultivate a great deal of patience and perseverance; you are inclined to look for something which you can do and by means of which you can attain a high degree in a very short time. In default of this you become discouraged and start off in other directions. You should continually bear in mind that all atAs Jesus tainment is a matter of growth and unremitting effort. rode triumphantly into Jerusalem upon an ass, so must you reach your triumph by the slow, plodding, enduring nature manifest in that animal. Your motto should be "Patience and perseverance." The times of especial danger will be when the moon is in Libra, or Capricorn, and the hours when these signs are rising. Be on your guard when the moon is in Cancer or when Cancer is rising.

H. F. C.

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March 16, 1863, 6 p. m. Iowa.

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You have a restless nature, and are slow to make decisions. A feeling of uncertainty continually adds to the restless tendency. In regard to business, you have the qualifications for a surgeon, physician or electrician. You are adapted to the natural sciences, particularly biological studies. Unless you study methods for the mental control Avoid morbid of the digestion, you will have dyspeptic difficulties. imaginations, or borrowing trouble, as the colloquial phrase has it. You have within you the elements of success in whatever you undertake. Have an orderly mind; high-spirited. with generous impulses. You feel the mental conditions of the people, and are very much open to the public mind. In order to overcome this, your mind should be firmly centralized upon the higher spiritual. A special effort should be made to prevent the mind from being occupied in unprofitable directions. It will be very difficult for you to overcome self sufficiently to dedicate your life, with all your hopes and desires, to God, partially because you set too much value upon the things of this world. In the regeneration the chief difficulties will arise when the moon is in Virgo, Aquarius, or Pisces, and the hours when these signs are rising.

S. E. A. Jan. 9, 1843, 9.45 a. m.

Manchester, England.

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You are a man of active mind, with love of home and family and all the interests relating thereto. We are under the impression, however, that your physical organism has not always been as strong as the demands upon it. You should have plenty of physical exercise and muscular development. You should take especial pains

to open up and develop lung power. If you would reach the highest goal of attainment, it will be necessary that you overcome an inherent pride of position and association. Guard well the combative tendency of your nature. Try to keep a harmonious mean under all circumstances, and put no more thoughtless energy into what you do than is necessary for its accomplishment; by this course you will avoid nervous exhaustion, for such a condition has a direct effect upon the mind and upon the spiritual nature. It is necessary that you practice stoicism, and that you centralize your entire life in the cause world; for we think you have in you conditions that make your domestic and home life very disturbing, and the probable cause of many losses. The times of danger of loss of the vital fluid are when the moon is in Pisces, Capricorn, Aries, or Leo-especially when Mercury is in Leo: and the hours when these signs are rising.

J. H. W. Aug. 29, 1869.

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There is much uncertainty in the delineation of your character, as, not having the hour of birth, we do not know whether the moon is in Taurus or Gemini; then, again, we do not know the sign governing the body. The earth, controlling the intuitions, and three positions of Taurus-possibly four, ally you directly to the currents of nature, the creative currents. which make you very fortunate in whatever you undertake, and with a life of moderation, careful study, and persistence, you would be successful in almost any department into which your mind may lead you. Have good ideas of order, of form. and of method. From the data we have we can see very little that relates you to a covenant with God or to a regenerate life; not but what you have unusual power over the life currents and the sex nature generally, but the difficulty will be to get the disposition to live the life. In order to attain success and happiness you must suppress arrogance and an inherent love of domination. You have a vitality almost unlimited, and should be careful in regard to your eating, so that you may keep the vitality in harmonious balance with the demands upon it. If there are times of danger it will be when the moon is in Virgo or Taurus, and when these signs rise.

W. S. Aug. 10, 1878, 1.10 p. m.

Leeds, England.

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A wide-awake nature, with a good strong body, and a mind well adapted to business pursuits. While you have a gentle, loving disposition, yet the mind is predominant. Your intuitions are clear, and you have enough self-esteem to keep you above the common level. In giving your mind to the higher spiritual, it must be governed by