John Tyndall, England (1820 – 1893)
Summary in English
The essay represents the relationship between science and the spirits where the scientific methods of inquiry dealing with natural truth can be also applied to the "spiritual phenomena." The writer says that many people have the beliefs on the existence of spirits still in the modern world. The essay rightly claims that the séances to spread illusions about the existence of ghosts or spirits have been going on.
John Tyndall receives an invitation to attend a dinner party where a séance is being held. Tyndall tries to apply his scientific training to investigate the feasibility of communication with spirits. He finds out different natures of people in the party. Some people claim that they can have communication with the spirits. Out of them, one silly man claims that he has supernatural power so that he can read the minds of people. Tyndall recently asks him what is in his mind but he can't reply.
In the party, every people who claim about supernatural power that gets failed pass by simply empirical tests. Although Tyndall proves that the alleged messages originate from some of the participants but all most all participants believe on their interaction with the spirits. So, the majority of human beings on this planet believe in spirits-both their own spiritual aspect and the existence of non-physical spirits.
Similarly, in the evening time, the table and candles of the table begin to shake. Many people believe that it is because of the power of spirits. Immediately, Tyndall observes what happened but finds some people sitting under the table shaking it. Likewise, one woman claims that she has the supernatural power having the effect of magnet. But when Tyndall observes her, she becomes talkless and indifferent. From all these observation, the writer comes to the conclusion that people believe on spirits without any truth and scientific observation.
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