Her knowledge was derived directly through one set of her own senses, and therefore she was able to speak of, and apparently did speak simply and truthfully of, persons and scenes which her inner organs of sense had cognized.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
A spirit thus attendant on a mortal may be either good, bad, or indifferent, and may be cognized by those persons whose constitution and development are such that their inner senses can report to their external consciousness.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
A broad survey of mediumistic phenomena raises the question, whether the inner powers of mediums-now in this life, and daily-see, hear, and learn any more of spiritual things than do the inner powers of others, or whether the chief difference between the mediumistic and others is that the inner faculties of mediums are enabled, in consequence of some peculiarity in relative strength between the outer and inner or in the attachments between the two sets of organs, to report to the outer consciousness, and thus let their outer faculties perceive and report what the inner have cognized, while in the mass of mankind such process is not cognized.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam