Moïse. “Yes.”
Spook. “Silly. What about the stars?”
Moïse. “You are right! I understand now!”
Spook. “Time is an artificial division. All time is one. Do you understand?”
Moïse. “I know.”
Spook. “Past, present, and future all co-exist.”
Moïse. “Yes.”
Spook. “You do not know all the past—why? Because you have not yet discovered the—there is no word for it—call it the ‘telechronistic ray.’ You do not know all the future, for the same reason. Do you understand?”
Moïse. “Give further explanation, please.”
Spook. “As you have seen, light rays and sound rays can preserve the past for your ears and eyes. The mathematical sense can know the future. In the same way the telechronistic rays preserve both the past and the future, for those who can develop the faculty to get into touch with the rays. This is what I am aiming at with the mediums. To-night I shall test them. They will trance-talk if I am successful, and the simple food and solitude have had the desired effect. It must be done after dark. You must not interrupt or touch the mediums. The unfortunate thing is that as regards the past it is always possible for what you call a spirit to interpose between the mediums and the ray, like a man standing between you and a candle; but as regards the future, it is harder to interfere because the future ray is strong, and single, and distant like the sun. Do you understand?”