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Certainly not as to fraud, and coincidence is totally out of the question.
Nor do I think the theory of the subconscious self can explain this incident. Subconscious self is a theory only, and not only not proved, but quite as difficult to prove as the action of spirits, and more improbable.
To me the hypothesis of spirit communication is not only possible, but the only probable solution.
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP7250.8451)]
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