COMMUNICATIONS
REFLECT THE MEDIUM
It has been observed that
communications of each have a tone or color
as though all came from his or her
brain, or from one control.
The musical instrument impresses its
imperfections and character on the
performance of the player. He may be a Mozart, yet will the broken
strings, the badly-tuned instrument,
disturb his finest passages. Were other
great performers to follow, the same
characteristics would appear. In short, the character of the instrument
would appear in all. Ole Bull, given the most crude violin, would play
better than anyone else, but for his best would have the finest cremonas
that skill could put together and the years bring into harmony.
The instrument gives its coloring,
and under the most skillful hands, the
piano, the organ, the violin, the
mandolin each has a character distinctly its own. Whoever
may be the performer, he cannot
transcend their capabilities. The mandolin, if touched by the hand of a
Paganini or a Mozart, will not give the tones of a violin or organ, but
will color every performance with its own peculiarities.
We expect this, and would think it
folly to suppose that Mozart would be able to give the grand tones of the
organ from the strings of a guitar, yet we are perplexed when a medium
impresses his character on the communications given.
The more perfectly the character of the
medium agrees with that of the spirit, the more perfect the communications
given. The elimination of the influence of the medium should engross the most thoughtful care.
The influence of a member of the circle
on the manifestations and on the
medium are often exceedingly marked, and certain ones boast that nothing
can be given in their presence. It is true that there are organizations
which assist, while others retard and obstruct. This is equally true of
spirits who are present at a circle, or come into the sphere of the
medium. They may prevent or
pervert communication, unintentionally or purposely.
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