The electricity of thought

I will speak of the strange phenomenon that takes place in assemblies, whatever their character. I wish to speak of the electricity of thought, which spreads, as if by enchantment, into the minds least prepared to receive it. By itself this fact could confirm magnetism in the eyes of the most incredulous. What surprises me, above all, is the coexistence of the phenomena and the manner in which they reciprocally confirm one another. No doubt you will say: Spiritism explains them all, for it gives the reason for the facts, until now relegated to the domain of superstition. One must believe in what it teaches you, because it transforms the stone into a diamond, that is, it incessantly elevates the souls that apply themselves to understanding it and gives them, on this Earth, the patience to bear evils, providing them, in Heaven, with the glorious elevation that draws near to the Creator. I return to the point of departure, from which I have strayed a little: the electricity that unites the Spirits of men in a gathering, and makes them understand, all at the same time, the same idea. This electricity will one day be employed as efficaciously among men as it already is now for distant communications. I draw your attention to this idea; one day I will develop it, for it is very fruitful. Preserve calm in your labors and count on the benevolence of the good Spirits to assist you.

I am going to conclude my thought, incomplete in the last communication. I was speaking of the electricity of thought and saying that one day it would be employed as is its sister, physical electricity. In effect, when gathered, men release a fluid that transmits to them, with the rapidity of lightning, the slightest impressions. Why has one never thought of employing this means, for example, to discover a criminal, or to make the masses understand the truths of religion or of Spiritism? In the great criminal or political trials, all the spectators of the judicial dramas were able to observe the magnetic current that, little by little, forced the persons most interested in concealing their thought to reveal it, even to accuse themselves, because they could no longer bear the electric pressure that, despite themselves, made the truth spring forth, not from their conscience, but from their heart. Setting aside these great emotions, the same phenomenon reproduces itself in intellectual ideas, which are communicated from mind to mind. The means, therefore, has already been found; it is a matter of applying it: to gather in a single center men of conviction, or instructed men, and to oppose to them ignorance or vice. These experiments must be made conscientiously, and they are more important than the useless debates carried on over words. Delphine de Girardin. n [1]

[see: Delphine de Girardin.]