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Spiritist Magazine \u2014 Journal of Psychological Studies \u2014 1858 > June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Morrison, Monomaniac<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last March, an English newspaper reported the following concerning Mr. Morrison, recently deceased in England, leaving a fortune of one hundred million francs. According to that newspaper, in the last two years of his life he was prey to a singular monomania. He imagined himself reduced to extreme poverty and had to earn his daily bread with manual work. Family and friends had recognized the futility of efforts to get it out of his head. He was poor, didn't have a penny and had to work for a living: that was his conviction. Every morning they put a hoe in his hands and sent him to work in his own gardens. In a little while they came to look for him, for the task was completed; they paid him a modest salary for the work done and he was content. His spirit was tranquil and his mania satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they had thwarted him, he would have been the most unhappy of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u2500 I ask Almighty God to allow the Spirit of Morrison, recently deceased in England, to communicate with us, leaving a considerable fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Here he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. \u2500 Do you remember the state you were in during the last two years of your corporeal existence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 It is always the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. \u2500 After death, did your spirit resent the aberration of faculties during your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Louis completes the answer, spontaneously saying: \u201cDetached from the body, the Spirit feels, for a while, the compression of its bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. So, after death, did not your Spirit immediately recover the fullness of its faculties?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. \u2500 Where are you now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Behind Ermance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. \u2500 Are you happy or unhappy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Something is missing\u2026 I don\u2019t know what\u2026 I\u2019m looking for\u2026 Yes, I suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. \u2500 Why do you suffer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 He suffers for the good he has not done. (Reply from St. Louis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \u2500 Why this mania of considering himself poor, when he had such a great fortune?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 I was. Truly, rich is he who has no needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. \u2500 Where did this idea come from that you had to work for a living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 I was crazy and I still am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. \u2500 How did this madness come to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 What does it matter? I had chosen that atonement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. \u2500 What is the origin of your fortune?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 What do you care?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. \u2500 However, wasn't your invention aimed at relieving Humanity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 And enrich me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. \u2500 What use did you make of your fortune when you enjoyed the fullness of reason?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 None. I think I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. \u2500 Why would God have given him fortune, since he was not to use it usefully for others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 I had chosen the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. \u2500 Is not one who enjoys a fortune acquired in work more excusable for clinging to it than one who was born in the bosom of opulence and never knew the need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Louis adds: \u201cHe knows pain, but does not relieve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"monomaniac\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The monomaniac remembers his past life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

16. \u2500 Do you remember your existence before the one you just left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. \u2500 What were you then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 A worker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. \u2500 You told us that you are unhappy. Do you see a term for your suffering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Louis adds: \u201cIt is too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. \u2500 Who does this depend on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 From me. So the one who is there told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. \u2500 Do you know the one who is there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 You call him Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21. \u2500 Do you know what he was like in France in the 13th century?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 No\u2026 I know him through you\u2026 I thank you for what you taught me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22. \u2500 Do you believe in another corporeal existence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23. \u2500 If you must be reborn in corporeal life, on whom will your future social position depend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Me, I suppose. So many times I have chosen that this can only depend on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: The words so many times I chose<\/em> are features. His current state proves that, despite numerous existences, he has progressed little, and that for him, it is always a fresh start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24. \u2500 What social position would you choose if you could start over?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Low. Move forward more safely. You are only in charge of yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25. \u2500 (To Saint Louis): Isn't there a feeling of selfishness in choosing a humble position, in which one should only be responsible for oneself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 Nowhere are you burdened only with yourself. Man is responsible for those around him and not only for the souls whose education has been entrusted to him, but also for others. The example does all the harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26. - (To Morrison): We thank you for the kindness with which you answered us and we pray that God gives you the strength to endure new trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2500 You relieved me. I learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OBSERVATION: The moral state of the Spirit is easily recognized in the above answers. They are short and, when not monosyllabic, have something dark and vague about them. A melancholy madman would not speak otherwise. This persistence of the aberration of ideas after death is a remarkable fact, but it is not constant, or that sometimes presents a completely different character. We will have occasion to cite several other examples, where the different forms of madness are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The question below from The Spirits' Book talks about greed and other trials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

261. Should the spirit, in the trials to which it must submit to reach perfection, experience all kinds of temptations?<\/strong> Must he go through all the circumstances that might excite pride, jealousy, avarice, sensuality, etc.? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spirits respond:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly not, since you know that there are those who, from the beginning, take a path that frees them from many trials; but he who lets himself be led astray runs all the dangers of this road. For example, a spirit may ask for wealth and it may be granted; then, according to his character, he can become greedy or prodigal, selfish or generous, or else he can indulge in all the pleasures of sensuality; this, however, does not mean that you must necessarily experience all these tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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