Athothis : a satire on modern medicine / by Thomas C. Minor.

human hands/' murmured Paulus Androcydes, in spirit- ual amazement. " This is a marvelous performance, and evidently Professor Diabolus is doing nothing except to invoke these manifestations with heart-rending groans." " He is a passive tool in the hands of Set," remarked Athothis, in a tone of contempt. " He has bartered away his chances for eternal life, and is used by these demons in their wicked practices. His mind is already affected, inasmuch as he deems himself a controller of ghosts, when in fact he is a mere slavish subject of lost angels. His shall be mental torment hereafter. For know, mortal, that these false angels, personating the good and true among the loved and departed, fill the world with despair by giving bad advice, and are the vilest of liars in the Court of the Prince of Darkness, the cursed Set." " Yet, these mortals are evidently pleased by the mes- sages sent," said Paulus Androcydes ; " although, it is true, the medium seems to be the mouthpiece through which all communications are transmitted. Bat, see ! that beautiful girl in the circle is speaking to the shadow standing by Professor Diabolus. Her mouth is wreathed in smiles as she looks at the face of her dead mother and whispers, 6 My clear mamma! you have made me so happy by coming here again to-night; and I no longer doubt a future existence, and know that we shall meet again. Oh ! mamma, have you nothing to say?'' " The spirit says her name in this life was Gertrude Posey," groaned the medium, " and desires to advise her daughter to avoid the person of whom she is thinking, if she desires to be happy." "Professor Diabolus is a villain!" cried Paulus An- drocydes, indignantly. " This young lady was thinking