CHAPTER VI

SPIRITISM ANCIENT AND MODERN
General Remarks. — Proofs That It is Demonism. — Who Are These Spirits Which Personate the Dead? — Obsession at the First Advent. — Modern Spiritism and Its Tendencies. — Warnings from a Spiritist and Sweden- borgian. — Many Possessed of Devils Today. — Spiritism Reviving. — Spirits Now Organize Churches. — "In the Secret Chamber." — "We Are Not Ignorant of His Devices." — Satanic Powers Malific. — "Be Not High- Minded, but Fear." — These Are the Strong Delusions. — Hypnotism and Telepathy Modern Demonism. — Communication with the Dead. — Rev. I. K. Funk, D.D., "Touched." — Rev. R. Heber Newton's Views. — Suggestive Facts Noted. — Experiences in Spiritualism. — Of an Irrelevant Character. — The Spirits Betray Their Evil Intention. — A Remarkable Vision. — "Why He Had Been Summoned to Me." — Arrest the Progress of Evil. — The Triumph and Defeat of Satan. — Physically Healed. — Preaching to the Dead. — Preaching to the Spirits in Prison. — Spirits Once Disobedient. — In Chains of Darkness. — Once Disobedient — Still Disobedient. — Fight- ing Against God. — Through Mediums and Obsessions. — "Know Ye Not That the Saints Shall Judge Angels?" — How Jesus Preached in Death. 10.