On the works of the Society

I shall speak of the necessity of observing greater regularity in your sessions, that is, of avoiding all confusion, all divergence of ideas. Divergence favors the substitution of good Spirits by evil ones, and almost always it is the latter who first take hold of the questions asked. On the other hand, in a gathering composed of diverse elements, unknown to one another, how can one avoid contradictory ideas, distractions, or, worse still, a vague and mocking indifference? I should like to find an efficacious and certain means for this. Perhaps it lies in the concentration of the fluids spread around the mediums. They alone, especially those who are loved, retain the good Spirits in the session. Their influence is sufficient to dissipate the throng of frivolous Spirits. The work of examining the communications is excellent. It would not be too much to go deeply into the questions and, above all, the answers. Error is easy, even for the Spirits animated by the best intentions. The slowness of writing, during which the Spirit turns away from the subject, which it exhausts as soon as it conceives it; the immobility and indifference toward certain conventional forms — all these reasons and many others should lead you only to a limited confidence, and always subordinate to examination; even when it is a matter of the most authentic communications. This said, may God take under His holy protection all true Spiritists.

GEORGES. (Familiar Spirit.)