Doctor Muhr.

Died in Cairo, on June 4, 1857. – Evoked at the request of Mr. Jobard. In life, the latter said, he was a very elevated Spirit; a homeopathic physician; a true Spiritist apostle; he must be, at the least, on Jupiter.

(Summary)

Evocation of Dr. Muhr, disincarnated in June 1857 in Cairo.

Dr. Muhr and his belief in gnomes? (6 to 11)

Considering that in life you were a homeopath, what do you now think of Homeopathy?

Evocation.

Answer. – I am here.

Would you have the kindness to tell us where you are?

Answer. – I am wandering.

Was it on June 4 of this year that you died?

Answer. – Of last year.

Do you remember your friend, Mr. Jobard?

Answer. – Yes; I am often near him.

When I convey this answer to him he will be pleased, for he always had great affection for you.

Answer. – I know it; he is one of the Spirits most congenial to me.

When alive, what did you understand by gnomes?

Answer. – I regarded them as beings who could materialize and take on fantastic forms.

Do you still believe in that?

Answer. – More than ever; now I am certain; but gnome is a word that seems to have much of magic about it; I now prefer to say Spirit, instead of gnome. Remark: When alive, he believed in Spirits and in their manifestations; he merely designated them under the name of gnomes, whereas now he makes use of the more generic expression of Spirit.

Do you still believe that those Spirits, whom in life you called gnomes, can assume fantastic material forms?

Answer. – Yes, but I know that this does not happen often; there are people who could go mad if they saw the appearances that such Spirits can take on.

What appearances would those be?

Answer. – Animals and devils.

Is it a matter of a material, tangible appearance, or is it similar to that which we perceive in dreams and in visions?

Answer. – A little more material than in dreams; the apparitions that could frighten us cannot be tangible; God would not permit it.

Was the apparition of the Spirit of Bergzabern, in the form of a man or of an animal, of that nature?

Answer. – Yes, it is of that kind.

Remark. – We did not know whether he, when alive, believed that Spirits could take on a tangible form; but it is evident that he now refers to the vaporous and impalpable form of apparitions.

Do you believe that you will go to Jupiter when you reincarnate?

Answer. – I will go to a world that does not yet equal Jupiter.

Is it by your own will that you will go to a world inferior to Jupiter, or because you do not yet deserve to inhabit that planet? Answer. – I prefer to believe that I do not deserve it and to fulfill a mission in a less advanced world. I know that I will reach perfection, and that is what leads me to be modest. Remark. – This answer is a proof of the superiority of this Spirit. It agrees with what Father Ambrose told us: that it is more meritorious to ask for a mission in an inferior world than to wish to advance too rapidly on a superior planet.

Mr. Jobard begs us to ask you whether you are satisfied with the obituary article that he wrote about you.

Answer. – In writing that, Jobard gave me a new proof of sympathy; I thank him greatly and desire that the portrait, somewhat exaggerated, that he made of my virtues and talents, may serve as an example to those among you who walk the paths of progress.

Considering that in life you were a homeopath, what do you now think of Homeopathy?

Answer. – Homeopathy is the beginning of the discoveries of latent fluids. Many others will be made, equally precious, forming a harmonious whole that will lead your globe to perfection.

What merit do you attribute to your book Le Médecin du peuple? n Answer. – It is the workman's stone that I brought to the edifice.

Remark. – This Spirit's answer regarding Homeopathy comes to corroborate the idea of latent fluids, already provided by the Spirit of Mr. Badet, with respect to his photographed image. From this it would follow that there are fluids whose properties are unknown to us or escape our notice, because their action is not ostensible; nevertheless, it is no less real for that. Humanity enriches itself with new knowledge as circumstances make its properties known to it. [1] [The physician of the people — Benoît Jules Mure, Freschi (Doctor.)]