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Trance speaking illusion
Eloquence re-echoes the strains of Truth and Love. It is due to inspiration rather than to erudition. It shows the possibilities derived from divine Mind, though it is said to be a gift whose endowment is obtained from books or received from the impulsion of departed spirits. When eloquence proceeds from the belief that a departed spirit is speaking, who
Destroy her belief in outside aid, and her eloquence disappears. The former limits of her belief return. She says, " I am incapable of words that glow, for I am un- educated." This familiar instance reaffirms the Scrip- tural word concerning a man, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." If one believes that he cannot be an orator with- out study or a superinduced condition, the body responds to this belief, and the tongue grows mute which before was eloquent.
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