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A New Prophet. The Sanctuary Of Spiritua...
the veil from our eyes and enable us to " view creation face to face , " it is natural that M . Cahagnet should have made the experiment on a variety of persons ; and the records of these experiments occupy a great part of this volume . The most cursory inspection of them will convince the reader of the author ' s naivete . If veridical , they are interesting , as account s of effects producible by an opiate ; but the utter want of connection between them and the " revelations" of M . Cahagnet is a little singular . We extract the seventh ecstasy .
» " On the 15 th of August , 1848 , M . Duteil , member of the Magnetological Society of Paris , takes three grammes ofhaschich . Two hours afterwards , its effects are manifested by a feeling of intoxication , and a desire to laugh , followed by a sensation of happiness ¦ which so completely paralyses all hia limbs , that my friend , in spite of violent efforts , cannot move his legs . . He looks at a small mirror , with a view to facilitate the passing into a state of vision , as is my custom to direct under similar circumstances . He
sees a punchinello 'which , makes him laugh heartily ; his sensations appear to overpower the visions ; tears of happiness without ceasing bathe hia visage ; he cannot depict the state of beatitude in which he finds himself . A gentle , sweet , lukewarm atmosphere surrounds him—overpowers and penetrates him with pleasure . He desires to obtain a solution relative to the philosopher ' s stone , having certain notions concerning hermetical science . He receives an answer by means of tableaux , wholly in favour of my way of thinking on this point , and in no respect conformable to his own . Thus he perceives a globe representing the earth , which seems to be covered
with a matter of which we have already spoken , and in which he does not b < lieve . He sees springing from it a light at which he cannot gaze steadily , so dazzling are its brilliancy and whiteness . He is very much astonished at this definition , which can be of no value , except to the devotees of this science . He afterwards sees all terrestrial creation represented by pictures full of significance . Desiring likewise to see the consort whom God destines for him in a future state , he then enters into the full state of ecstasy , and perceives an immense horizon adorned with the brightest colours . He cannot doubt but that it is the spiritual atmosphere in which he is bathing , and
exanimals of all kinds , by whose importunate presence the perceptions of M . Roustan were incessantly fettered . " With regard to the question of politics , the answer was given in a view of a terrible hurricane , carrying away heaps of straw , followed by an innumerable host of warriors , traversing " with the rapidity of lightning a mountain , which barred their passage , and halting in a vast space strewed with blocks of freestone . " . . , One more extract and we have done . Mile . Picard , a somnambulist , is troubled , it appears , with a worm in her body , which absorbs the magnetic fluid and prevents the development of her lucidity ; of this M . Cahagnet says : —
" I owe some explanation respecting this terrible animal , the stumbling-block of medicine , of magnetism , and somnambulism . Ten clairvoyants , at least , after celebrated physicians have been consulted , have prescribed remedies more or less severe , and have only succeeded in causing the dislodgment of vast quantities of this hideous worm , which is of the tcenia species ( said to be solitary ) , but of a wholly peculiar character . Here for fifteen years this unfortunate creature had taken remedies ; she has
ended by habituating her stomach to digest arsenic , and calomel in doses of four grammes , without any effect . Such as she depicts it , it must be at least a hundred metres in length ; no clairvoyante is able to describe it , so terrified are they at it . Adele has been afraid of being thrown into convulsions by it , and all agree in predicting that she alone , when in a lucid state , will discover a suitable remedy . Thus this worm , being once reduced to powder , she will have the power of destroying masses of them , being itself the king of these monsters . "
It would be ludicrous , were it not sad , to think that such miserable drivel as this gains its believers !
periencing the most agreeable sensations . His spouse then appears to him like a lightning-flash , regarding him with a seducing smile ; he begs us to make no noise . He tranquilly enjoys a most delicious ecstasy , which is , however , interrupted by the sound of the bells of the neighbouring church ; this has a pleasing effect on his nerves , indicating a perfect harmony existing in his body , which , he says , nppears as if transformed into a stringed instrument . Each of his nerves and fibres seems to him an harmonious chord
¦ w hich corresponds with these strings , and gives forth a tone which , blended with a vast multitude of others of which that of the bells is the motive power , leaves upon his senses a musical impression as complicated as it is agreeable . He finds himspJf at once the musician , the music , and the listener . The following morning my friend finds his nerves slightly affected , u sensation which , he attributes to the incomprehensible music by which he was acted upon . After three hours passed in this happy state , he resumes the use of his external senses , regretting only that the earth
does not yield sensations as sweet . " The ninth ecstasy will cause a smile : — " M . KOUSTANT , AVATCHMAICKH . 41 This gentlemanjtakes the ordinary dose of haschich i \ t half-past eleven o ' clock ; they would have amounted to nothing if I had not given him a dose of my somnambulic liqueur . Thia gentleman had prepared a number of questions , the « olution of which he wished to obtain while in thia state ; but he could not thus succeed in his purpose . Tableaux , more or less harmonised , presented themselves to his view , and did iiot aluHiys a / ford an answer to his questions , which
may be divided into throe classes — psychological , relig ious , and political ; the psychological questions M' «« to learn whether wo were bom materially . seve ral times on earth . M . Roustan believed in the affirmative , on the ; faith of bin somnambulist ! * , who had aHSurod him that he had already lived materially several times ! he believes ho has been the child ol Noah , the good thief , & e . Jle desires to know whether this is true : the reply was in the form of an allegorical picture representing throe globe * , one of others then then
which was brighter than the ; ; appears before him an immense crowd of houIh , of the usual height , form , and colour , panning into a state of obscurity , diirkness , and death , and next , rejM . ssing into their lirst condition , and neeming to m ; ik < : thei-ircuit of an inle , and losing themselves in it . n ¦ windings . This response will be categorical to those who give credence to the revelation on thin he > id , ( on-1 . lined in the iiiHt volume of The Hc . c . re . ts ; but it failed to destroy tho belief thnt M . RouHtan entertains ot having appeared several tiines on earth .
• ' The icligiou . s question wan embodied in various pictures representing Christ and tho Virgin , jih well on the cross an on a high mouutmn , and dithrent allegorier * of ( Scripture ; the whole intermingled with
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New Music. A Lay For The Church. Avords ...
NEW MUSIC . A Lay for the Church . AVords by Andrew Park , Esq . Music by 11 . Macpherson . Z . T . Purday . This is called a " Song of the Reformation . " It would be more correctly termed a song of the Papal Aggression . The words , intended to be very com > plimentary to the Church of England , are a paraphrase of " The Brave Old Oak / ' and the music , though marked " Maestoso / ' has not even the dignity of a jig . The author and composer must have a singular notion of the Church . The singing of " Old King Cole" from the pulpit would be not a whit more incongruous than this " Lay . " 1 . Freedom Arise . Poetry by H . J . Slack . 2 . The Meeting of the Nations . Words by Charlotte Young . 3 . The People ?* Anthem . Poetry by JSbcnezcr Elliott . Music by William Thorold Wood . J . Shepherd . No . 1 is a Prayer for the downfall of Russo-Austrian tyranny . The words are exceedingly spirited . The movements consist of a quartette , semi-chorus , and chorus . The work has not a fair chance in the way in which it is printed . The four
parts , written on two staves , give the whole an appearance of confusion . The music is very effective ; the phrase " We join their heavenward prayer , " being singularly expressive and well worked up . The D flat on the same page , bar 3 , should be C sharp . The song for the Great Exhibition of Industry is , both in words and music , unworthy of the time or the writers .
Elliott ' s exquisite words have nearly found a musical interpretation : the composition loses its force by its elaborateness . We would advise Mr . Thorold against the habit of publishing fourpart music on the two staves ; it is an economy which defeats itself , and is most unpleasant to the reader . The People ' s Chant Booh : Jl Collection of Secular Music for the Use of / Schools . jMliU-d l » y Jium . 'H Tilloard . J . A . Novcilo . A . collection of twenty-four single and twenty-four double chants , by celebrated composers , with a pianoforte or organ accompaniment , printed in a cheap and portable form for the use of congregations and schools .
Praise" will rank ' with any cantata that has hitherto been written ; and his " As the Hart Pants" is from end to end a lovely specimen of part writing .
tions . Some of the large houses , who held a ki i ~~ vested interest in the old editions of the orat looked with extreme jealousy on Mr . Novello ' s nTr ' cattions . We think they were entirely at fault in ? £ So far from injuring the sale of their works , thesmii editions add to it . Those accustomed to 1 pianoforte scores look upon the small edition ^* advantageous superfluities ; while those who n * chase them will seldom be content to form a lib ? of them , but will go on to the large standard ep tions—just as a pocket edition of Shakespeare win frequently lead to the ambition of possessing th best edition extant . Of Handel ' Oratorios it u , unnecessary to speak . Mendelssohn ' s *• Hymn r
I lie secular music is a collection of rounds , Gf leen , and madrigals , adapted to young wingers . Half of them have been selected from English composers , and tho remainder from Foreign nources . They are admirably adapted for school and family uho . II mulct's Oratorios , " Solomon , " " Joshua . " MenUeUsohn ' s " Hymn of Praise" " , ln the Hurt pants . " Mr . Novello deserves thanks at the hands of every lover of music for hist spirited attempt to place the highest class of compositions within the reach of all who can appreciate them . For a lew shillings , the most magnificent works may bo obtained , in a portable form , giving a zest to the enjoyment of oratorios unknown in the days of the great folio edi-
Books On Our Table. Essays, Lectures, An...
BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Essays , Lectures , and Orations . By Ralph Waldo Emerson W S . Orr . This volume of the celebrated essayist contains all his prose writings—the two series of Essays- —Nature —Representative Men—Lectures for the Times-Orations and Addresses . An Essay on Emerson and his Writings is prefixed . The book is well printed in small hut legible type . The Saint ' s Tragedy ; or , the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary . By Charles Kinsley , jun . With a Preface by Pro . lessor Maurice . Second Edition . J . W . Parker . A cheap pocket edition of this vigorous piece of writing was needed . Here it is , in appearance resembling Moxon ' s cheap editions of Leigh Hunt , Taylor , Barry Cornwall , & c . As the work which first announced the author of Alton Locke it is enough to secure attention—its own strong manly pathos and fine dramatic sentiment will do the rest . On the Reformation of Society , and how all Classes may contribute to it . A Lecture . By the . Reverend Professor Maurice . T . Tupling The Working Tailors associated in Southampton invited Professor Maurice to deliver them this lecture , wherein he eloquently and cogently advocates the principle of cooperation as opposed to the destructive selfishness of the present system . It should be widely circulated by all who are interested in the
cause . Hurry-Graphs ; or , Sketches of Scenery , Celebrities , and Society taken from Life . By N . P . Willis . ( Bohn ' s Cheap Series . ) H . G . Bohn . The absurd combination of English and Greek in the title of this book is not excused by any excellence in the matter . Hurry-Graphs are simply reprints of articles which appeared in the journal of which Willis was editor , but which would gain admittance into no journal of reputation here . They are trashy , flippant , and not amusing .
An Introduction to Geoloqy and its Associate Sciences , Mineralogy . Fossil Botany , Conchology , and Palaeontology . By the late G . F . Richardson , i ' . G . S . A new edition , revised and considerably enlarged , liy Thomas Wright , M . D . ( Bohn ' s Scientific Library . ) II . G . Bohn . This was a popular book , Dr . "Wright has made it a correct book . The late Mr . Richardson had the art of popular exposition ; and now that his facts have been carefully revised and enlarged by the
insertion of a new chapter on Palaeontology , the book become as trustworthy as it is agreeable . By trustworthy we mean that its facts are such as the best authorities accept ; the opinions are frequently controvertible . It is gratuitously absurd to say , for oxample , in the present state of science that the " records of Scripture are completely confirmed by the evidence of physical fact "—nothing but the most disingenuous quibbling can make the Scriptures even appear to accord with fact .
Temper.—Bad Temper Is Oftener The Result...
Temper . —Bad temper is oftener the result of unhappy circumstances than of an unhappy organization ; it frequently , however , has a physical cause , and a peevish child often needs dieting more than correcting . Some children are more prone to show temper than others , and sometimes on accou of qualities which are valuable in themselves . F ° instance , a child of active temperament , sensitive feeling , and eager purpose , is more likely to meet with constant jars and rubs than a dull passive child , and irritation is
if he is of an open nature , his inward immediatel y shown in bursts of passion . 1 * voU repress these ebullitions by scolding and punishm , you only increase the evil , by changing pa asion into HulkincHB . A cheerful , good-tempered tone of y oU ^ own , a sympathy with his trouble , whenever tho trouble * has arisen from no ill conduct on his part , ar < - tho best antidotes ; but it would bo better 8 tiH t 0 prevent beforehand , na much na possible , all source s of annoyance . Never leur spoiling children by making them too happy . Happiness is the atmoventm
sphere in which all good affections grow—tho some warmth necessary to make the heartbjoo circulate healthily and freely : unhappineas the chilling pressure which produced hero an inflammation ' there an excrescence , and , worst of all , " the n * " . green and yellow nicknesH — ill-temper . "— lidwsatioi of tho Faolhiffs , by ( 'harlcs Drey .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1851, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28061851/page/16/
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