Psyche dominates matter (translated) E-Book

Ernesto Bozzano

• Herausgeber: anna ruggieri
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

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- This edition is unique;
- The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS;
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In the chronicles of all times and in the traditions of all peoples, whether civilised, barbarous or savage, there are constant accounts of strange events, according to which, during the period of the pre-agonal crisis, or shortly after death, there are often unexplored physical phenomena which - among civilised peoples - consist mostly of pictures falling spontaneously, clocks stopping at the precise hour of death, mirrors cracking, bells ringing out, and so on. Now, as it is undoubtedly the case that such events are repeated with relative frequency in civil society, to the extent that there are very few who do not remember examples of them in their personal experience, any objection regarding the reality of the events themselves is excluded; hence the opportunity to investigate them systematically, applying to them the methods of scientific investigation of "comparative analysis" and "convergence of the evidence", with the aim of somehow clarifying their genesis. And if the hypothesis of "chance coincidences" were to be ruled out, then such manifestations, despite their banal appearance, would assume a high theoretical value in the spiritualist sense. This is due to a number of considerations, the chief of which is this: that the physical action exercised in such contingencies is without limit of distance, and consequently cannot be considered of a purely mechanical nature, all the more so since it is very often exercised over a designated object, which could not take place without the concurrence of a directing will; or, in other words, without the presence, or the intervention in any other factual manner, of the spiritual entity involved; or, without the presence, or the factual intervention at a distance, of extrinsic spiritual entities; which should be inferred in circumstances where phenomena of this kind precede the event of death by several days, assuming a premonitory character. This monograph was first published in the journal Luce e Ombra, 1922, and comprised 46 pages of text. It was then updated by the author and it is in this final draft that the monograph is now presented. The title of The Phenomena of Telekinesis in Relation to Death Events, being too technical and suitable only for Metapsychic scholars, was changed to the more generic but more comprehensive Psyche Dominates Matter. For, as has been said, the phenomena in question - whether clocks that stop or start in relation to death events, or bells that ring, or pictures that fall, or objects that move - represent an aspect of that fundamental truth, highlighted by metapsychics, that Psyche dominates Matter. From his examination of the case histories, the author arrives at general conclusions, demonstrating how even a fairly common class of phenomena leads us to conclude that the human person survives.

Leseprobe

INDEX

INTRODUCTION

CATEGORY I

PAINTINGS THAT FALL IN RELATION TO A DEATH EVENT.

CATEGORY II

CLOCKS THAT STOP, OR START UP AGAIN, IN RELATION TO DEATH EVENTS.

CATEGORY III

VARIOUS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH EVENTS

CONCLUSIONS

Biographical notes on Ernesto Bozzano

Psyche dominates matter

Ernesto Bozzano

Edition and translation 2021 Ale. Mar.

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PROLOGUE

This monograph was first published in Luce e Ombra, 1922, and comprised 46 pages of text. It was then updated by the author in the course of the last war and it is in this final draft that the monograph is now presented. The title of The Phenomena of Telekinesis in Relation to Death Events, being too technical and suitable only for Metapsychic scholars, was changed to the more generic but more comprehensive Psyche Dominates Matter. For the phenomena in question - clocks that stop or start in relation to death events, bells that ring, pictures that fall, or objects that move - represent an aspect of the fundamental truth, highlighted by metapsychics, that Psyche dominates Matter. From his examination of the case histories, the author arrives at general conclusions, showing how even a fairly common class of phenomena leads us to conclude that the human person survives.

REMEMBER:

1. If you love men and all things, then only you truly love God.

2. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Do the best you can and leave the rest to God.

3. Return to you what starts with you: sow good and you will reap love.

4. Know how to will: the will is the most powerful means for those who know how to use it.

5. What you think comes true. So think of what is constructive and what improves you. Do not be a victim of imaginary evils.

6. Thought must go with your words and words with actions.

7. Nothing is worse than depression. Welcome whatever happens to you with a smiling face.

8. This world is like a mirror: if you smile, it smiles at you; if you look at it sullenly and diffidently, with the same sullen and diffident face it will look at you

9. If you are among those who want to reform the world, begin by reforming yourself: be ready to act always for the good. Overcome all antipathies. Live as a Volunteer of Good and you will be a blessing to all.

10. If you want to learn a higher life, faithfully follow these words: be good, frank and simple. Be courteous, serene and confident.

INTRODUCTION

In the chronicles of all times, and in the traditions of all peoples, civilised, barbarous, and savage, there are constantly narratives of strange events, according to which, during the period of preagonal crisis, or shortly after death, there are often unexplored physical phenomena, which, among civilised peoples, consist mostly of pictures falling spontaneously, clocks stopping at the precise hour of death, mirrors splitting, bells ringing, and so on. Now, as it is undoubtedly the case that such events are repeated with relative frequency in civil society, to the point that there are very few who do not remember examples of them in their personal experience, any objection regarding the reality of the events themselves is excluded; hence the opportunity to investigate them systematically, applying to them the methods of scientific investigation of "comparative analysis" and "convergence of the evidence", with the aim of somehow clarifying their genesis. And if the hypothesis of "chance coincidences" were to be ruled out, then such manifestations, despite their banal appearance, would assume a high theoretical value in the spiritualist sense. This is due to a number of considerations, the chief of which is this: that the physical action exercised in such contingencies is without limit of distance, and consequently cannot be considered of a purely mechanical nature, all the more so since it is very often exercised over a designated object, which could not take place without the concurrence of a directing will; or, in other words, without the presence, or the intervention in any other factual manner, of the spiritual entity involved; or, without the presence, or the factual intervention at a distance of extrinsic spiritual entities; which should be inferred in circumstances where phenomena of this kind precede the event of death by several days, assuming a premonitory character. It follows that the phenomena of "telekinesis at the moment of death" contribute to provide excellent evidence in favour of the independence of the spirit from the corporeal organism. I also observe that the phenomena under consideration lend themselves to a better definition of the telepathic hypothesis, because they are sometimes manifested over great distances, and also because they are preserved with telepathic manifestations; which logically leads to identical conclusions as to the genesis of both categories of phenomena. Hence it should be said that if the phenomena of telekinesis at great distances, because of their mode of manifestation proving the existence of a directing will, cannot be elucidated except by admitting the spiritual presence on the spot of the dying or deceased in connection with the facts, then the same would have to be conceded for that part of the telepathic phenomena which is manifested as telekinesis, just as it would have to be conceded for all the others from which the existence of an intentionality directing the manifestations and present on the spot is evident. It follows that if such conclusions were accepted, then the telepathic hypothesis, understood in the sense of action at a distance between brain and brain, would have to be assigned to the narrow field in which "thought-transmission" properly so called is exercised; which would be in accordance with the physical law of the inverse square of distances, from which the vibrations of thought could not escape. If we do not wish to confine their action to such a short range, then there is no other way of solving the question except by admitting that the case-law known under the generic name of "telepathy" includes in reality manifestations of a different order, which, when they take place at a short distance, are identifiable with the transmission of thought (understood in the classical sense of a system of psychic vibrations propagated by concentric waves from brain to brain); In this case they could still be called telepathic, but no longer in the "vibratory" sense, but in that of "direct communion between spirit and spirit". Finally, one would have to recognise that in both categories of manifestations one may find episodes which, although similar in every respect to telepathic manifestations, belong instead to the class of spirit manifestations proper (implying the presence on the spot of the recently disembodied spirit, or a phenomenon of telepathic-spiritic communication between a deceased person and the living); and sometimes they belong to the class of phenomena of "bilocation" (implying the presence on the spot of the spirit of a living person, at that moment immersed in natural or induced sleep). The above considerations demonstrate the theoretical value of the phenomena of telekinesis in their spontaneous form of extrinsicisation at the deathbed. Nevertheless, they are among the most neglected of the metapsychic casuistry; which is presumably due to the circumstance that, if we consider them from the scientific point of view, they do not present sufficiently complex modalities of extrinsicity to be considered real facts; considering that the objection of "fortuitous coincidences" could hardly be eliminated. I hasten to observe, however, that this objection would appear to be well-founded only in the absurd hypothesis that they were to be discussed case by case. But since this is not admissible, then it must be concluded that if it is true that a fallen portrait, or a stopped clock in correspondence with a death event, prove absolutely nothing apart from the case of fortuitous coincidence, it is equally true that if such sort of coincidences are repeated a hundred times in connection with a hundred cases of death, then by virtue of the accumulation of these coincidences, the proof of a relation of cause and effect between the two events emerges indubitably. Finally, it should be added that there are cases in which details are contained that are irreconcilable with the hypothesis of fortuitous coincidences, as when there is the precedent of a promise made in life by the deceased, according to which he would have done so in the house of a certain person in order to prove to him that the spirit survives the death of the body. It is therefore to be hoped that in the future the theoretical value of the "phenomena of telekinesis at the moment of death" will be recognised, and consequently that an abundance of factual material will be accumulated, more than sufficient to scientifically and (definitively) validate its existence, material which is presently scarce because books and metapsychic journals rarely accept it. However, I repeat that phenomena of this nature have always occupied a conspicuous place in the traditions of peoples, while it is known to all that they occur in civil society with highly suggestive frequency; and doctors, priests, nurses, and all those who by professional necessity often find themselves in relation to events of death, know this. A funeral director wrote to the editor of Light: "Having been for many years a funeral director, and therefore familiar with the events connected with death, I transmit to you my observations on the subject, which may be of some interest to your readers. "Clocks that stop, especially pendulum clocks, at the moment of death, are a very frequent phenomenon, and form the subject of conversations and enquiries in many families visited by misfortune. "The falling portraits, the bells and musical instruments which ring spontaneously at the time of death events, come next in frequency. "Much less frequent are the cases in which a watch long neglected to have broken down, suddenly starts up again at the time of a death in the family. "Such incidents happen so often that they become familiar to funeral directors. For my own part I could give many examples of clocks that have stopped in connection with deaths, but I will refrain from doing so at present, so as not to encroach upon your columns. (Light, 1898, p. 107). * * * I said that the raw material of the facts is at present scarce in the journals and books of metapsychics, which appears to be shown by my classifications in which there are in all about a hundred such cases. However, they are already sufficient to justify the intention of submitting them to the methods of scientific investigation. This I am disposed to do, warning that in order to avoid the monotony of too many literally identical cases, I propose to report only a selection of the most suggestive ones, limiting myself to cite the sources of the remaining ones in the service of future investigators. Having explained this, I now move on to the presentation of the cases.

CATEGORY I

PAINTINGS THAT FALL IN RELATION TO A DEATH EVENT.