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Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951

"A Prisoner in Fairyland"

Thought-currents rush everywhere
about the world, affecting every one more or less, and--er--
particularly lodging in minds receptive to them.'
'Thought is dynamic, then, they hold?'
'An actual force, yes; as actual as electricity, and as little
understood,' returned the secretary, proud that he had read these
theories and remembered them. 'With every real thought a definite
force goes forth from you that modifies every single person, and
probably every single object as well, in the entire world. Thought is
creative according to its intensity. It links everybody in the world
with everybody else---'
'Objects too, you say?' Rogers questioned.
Minks glanced up to make sure there was no levity in the question, but
only desire for knowledge.
'Objects too,' he replied, apparently satisfied, 'for science tells us
that the movement of a body here affects the farthest star. A
continuous medium--ether--transmits the vibrations without friction--
and thought-force is doubtless similarly transmitted--er---'
'So that if I think of a flower or a star, my thought leaps into them
and affects them?' the other interrupted again.
'More, Mr. Rogers,' was the reply, 'for your thought, being creative,
enriches the world with images of beauty which may float into another
mind across the sea, distance no obstacle at all.


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