“The world is evidently more complex than we are accustomed to think it, the absolute ‘world ground’ in particular being farther off than we are wont to think it.” Mrs. Piper is reported to have said: “Of what occurs after I enter the trance period I remember nothing—nothing of what I said or what was said to me. I am but a passive agent in the hands of powers that control me. I can give no account of what becomes of me during a trance. The wisdom and inspired eloquence which of late has been conveyed to Dr. Hodgson through my mediumship is entirely beyond my understanding. I do not pretend to understand it, and can give no explanation—I simply know that I have the power of going into a trance when I wish.” Professor James says: “The Piper phenomena are the most absolutely baffling thing I know.” Professor Hudson, Ph.D., LL.D., author of “The Law of Psychic Phenomena,” comes as near giving an explanation of “spiritualism,” so called, as any one. He begins by saying: “All things considered, Mrs. Piper is probably the best ‘psychic’ now before the public for the scientific investigation of spiritualism and it must be admitted that if her alleged communications from discarnate spirits cannot be traced to any other source, the claims of spiritism have been confirmed.” Then he goes on: “A few words, however, will make it clear to the scientific mind that her phenomena can be easily accounted for on purely psychological principles, thus: “Man is endowed with a dual mind, or two minds, or states of consciousness, designated, respectively, as the objective and the subjective. The objective mind is normally unconscious of the content of the subjective mind. The latter is constantly amenable to control by suggestion, and it is exclusively endowed with the faculty of telepathy. “An entranced psychic is dominated exclusively by her subjective mind, and reason is in abeyance. Hence she is controlled by suggestion, and, consequently, is compelled to believe herself to be a spirit, good or bad, if that suggestion is in any way imparted to her, and she automatically acts accordingly. “She is in no sense responsible for the vagaries of a Phinuit, for that eccentric personality is the creation of suggestion. But she is also in the condition which enables her to read the subjective minds of others. Hence her supernormal knowledge of the affairs of her sitters. What he knows, or has ever known, consciously or unconsciously (subjective memory being perfect), is easily within her reach. “Thus far no intelligent psychical researcher will gainsay what I have said. But it sometimes happens that the psychic obtains information that neither she nor the sitter could ever have consciously possessed. Does it necessarily follow that discarnate spirits gave her the information? Spiritists say ‘yes,’ for this is the ‘last ditch’ of spiritism.