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IN reply to Dr. Tillyard's letter in NATURE of October 23, I cannot see that ‘catalytic agent’ is in any way a better simile for a medium than is the word ‘instrument,’ for catalysts, equally with instruments, are not possessed of any form of consciousness, or of motives. Moreover, how can we be sure, as Dr. Tillyard states, that a medium is not actively a participant in the experiment? Trances can be simulated, and anyway, what is to prevent the subconscious mind being affected by motives, just as may be the case in the fully conscious mind?
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SWINTON, A. Science and Psychical Research. Nature 118, 692–693 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118692c0
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