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plentiful are the materials�察�we will content ourselves with enumerating a 

few instances�察�all taken from Bozzano's   Des Phenomenes   premonitoires。 

We   read   there   of   a   funeral   procession   seen   on   a   high´road   several   days 

before it actually passed that way�察�or�察�again�察�of a young mechanic who�察�in 

the beginning of November�察�dreamt that he came home at half´past five in 

the afternoon and saw his sister's little girl run over by a tram´car while 

crossing the street in front of the house。 He told his dream�察�in great distress�察�

and�察�on the 13th of the same month�察�in spite of all the precautions that had 



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been taken�察�the child was run over by the tram´car and killed at the hour 

named。   We   find   the   ghost�察  �the   phantom   animal   or   the   mysterious   noise 

which�察  �in   certain   families�察  �is   the   traditional   herald   of   a   death   or   of   an 

imminent   catastrophe。   We   find   the   celebrated   vision   which   the   painter 

Segantini   had       thirteen   days    before    his   decease�察   �every   detail    of   which 

remained in his mind and was represented in his last picture�察�Death。 We 

find the Messina disaster dearly foreseen�察�twice over�察�by a little girl who 

perished under the ruins of the ill´fated city�察�and we read of a dream which�察�

three months   before the  French invasion of Russia�察 �foretold to   Countess 

Toutschkoff   that   her   husband   would   fall   at   Borodino�察  �a   village   so   little 

known at the time that those interested in the dream looked in vain for its 

name   on   the   maps。   Until   now   we   have   spoken   only   of   the   spontaneous 

manifestations   of   the   future。   It   would   seem   as   though   coming   events�察�

gathered      in   front   of   our   lives�察  �bear    with    crushing     weight     upon    the 

uncertain   and   deceptive   dike   of   the   present�察  �which   is   no   longer   able   to 

contain them。 They ooze through�察�they seek a crevice by which to reach us。 

But�察    �side    by   side    with    these    passive�察    �independent       and     intractable 

premonitions�察  �which   are   but   so   many   vagrant   and   furtive   emanations   of 

the unknown�察�are others which do yield to entreaty�察�allow themselves to be 

directed   into   channels�察  �are   more   or   less   obedient   to   our   orders   and   will 

sometimes reply to the questions which we put to them。 They come from 

the same   inaccessible   reservoir�察 �are   no less   mysterious�察�but   yet   appear   a 

little   more   human   than the   others�察  �and�察 �without drugging   ourselves   with 

puerile   or   dangerous   illusions�察  �we   may   be   permitted   to   hope   that�察  �if   we 

follow them and study them attentively�察�they will one day open to us the 

hidden paths that join that which is no more to that which is not yet。 

     It   is   true   that   here�察  �where   we   must   needs   mix   with   the   somewhat 

lawless world of professional mystery´mongers�察�we have to increase our 

caution and walk with measured steps on very suspicious ground。 But in 

this   region   of   pitfalls   we   glean   a   certain   number   of   facts   that   cannot 

reasonably   be   contested。   It   will   be   enough   to   recall�察  �for   instance�察  �the 

symbolic premonitions of the famous ;seeress of Prevorst�察─�Frau Hauffe�察�

whose      prophetic      spirit  was    awakened       by    soap    bubbles�察    �crystals    and 

mirrors�撮�1�А�the clairvoyant who�察�eighteen years before the event�察�foretold 



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the death of a girl by the hand of her rival in 1907�察�in a written prophecy 

which was presented to the court by the mother of the murdered girl�撮�1�А�A。 

J。   C。   Kerner�此  �Die   Scherin   von   Prevorst   141   ��1�А  �the   gypsy   who�察  �also   in 

writing�察�foretold all the events in Miss Isabel Arundel's life�察�including the 

name   of   her   husband�察  �Burton�察  �the   famous   explorer�撮�2�А  �the   sealed   letter 

addressed   to   M。   Morin�察  �vice´president   of   the   Societe   du   Mesmerisme�察�

describing the most unexpected circumstances of a death that occurred a 

month      later�撮�3�А  �the   famous     ;Marmontel       prediction�察─    �obtained     by   Mrs。 

Verrall's cross´correspondences�察 �which gives  a vision�察�two months   and   a 

half   before   their   accomplishment�察  �of   the   most   insignificant   actions   of   a 

traveller in an hotel bedroom�撮�4�А�and many others。 

     ��1�А�Light�察�1907�察�p。 219。 The crime was committed in Paris and made a 

great stir at the time。 

     ��2�А�Lady Burton�此�The Life of Captain Sir Richd。 F。 Burton�察�K。C。M。G。�察�

vol。i。�察�p。253。 

     ��3�А�Journal of the Society for Psychical Research�察�vol。 ix。�察�p。 15。 

     ��4�А�Proceedings�察�vol。 xx。�察�p。 331。 

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     I   will   not   review   the   various   and   very   often   grotesque   methods   of 

interrogating   the   future   that   are   most   frequently   practised   to´day�此  �cards�察�

palmistry�察�crystal´gazing�察�fortune´telling by means of coffee´grounds�察�tea´ 

leaves�察�magnetic needles and white of egg�察�graphology�察�astrology and the 

rest。   These   methods�察  �as   I   have   already   said�察  �are   worth   exactly   what   the 

medium who employs them is worth。 They have no other object than to 

arouse   the   medium's   subconsciousness   and   to   bring   it   into   relation   with 

that   of   the   person   questioning   him。 As   a   matter   of   fact�察  �all   these   purely 

empirical       processes     are   but    so   many�察    �often   puerile     forms    of   self´ 

manifestation adopted by the undeniable gift which is known as intuition�察�

clairvoyance or�察�in certain cases�察�psychometry。 I have spoken at sufficient 

length of this last faculty not to linger over it now。 All that we have still to 

do is to consider it for a moment in its relations with the foretelling of the 

future。 A large number of investigations�察�notably those conducted by  M。 

Duchatel and Dr。 Osty�察�show that�察�in psychometry�察�the notion of time�察�as 

Dr。 Joseph Maxwell observes�察�is very loose�察�that is to say�察�the past�察�present 



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and future nearly always overlap。 Most of the clairvoyant or psychometric 

subjects�察�when they are honest�察�do not know�察 �do not feel�察─�as M。 Duchatel 

very ably remarks�察 �what the future is。 They do not distinguish it from the 

other    tenses�察   �and   consequently      they    succeed    in   being    prophets�察   �but 

unconscious prophets。; In a wordand this is a very important indication 

from the point of view of the probable coexistence of the three tensesit 

appears that they see that which is not yet with the same clearness and on 

the same plane as that which is no more�察�but are incapable of separating 

the two visions and picking out the future which alone interests us。 For a 

still stronger reason�察�it is impossible for them to state dates with precision。 

Nevertheless�察�the fact remains that�察�when we take the trouble to sift their 

evidence and have the patience to await the realization of certain events 

which are sometimes not due for a long time to come�察�the future is fairly 

often perceived by some of these strange soothsayers。 

     There are psychometers�察�however�察�and notably Mme。 M�察�Dr。 Osty's 

favorite   medium�察  �who   never   confuse   the   future   and   the   past。   Mme。   M 

places her visions in time according to the position which they occupy in 

space。 Thus she sees the future in front of her�察�the past behind her and the 

present   beside   her。   But�察  �notwithstanding   these   distinctly´graded   visions�察�

she also is incapable of

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