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	Below the precipitation H.P.B. wrote the following message: "Result of half an hour's "Trying" in the dark room. Presented to her kind friend Epes Sergeant by H.P. Blavatsky."		Below the precipitation H.P.B. wrote the following message: "Result of half an hour's "Trying" in the dark room. Presented to her kind friend Epes Sergeant by H.P. Blavatsky."

	She read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. ~~Lippett~~ on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:		She read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. Lippitt on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:
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	Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>		Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>

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			[[File:Drawing by H. Blavatsky.jpg\|right\|250px\|thumb\|Drawing by H. P. Blavatsky]]
	[[File:HPB by spiritualist photographer.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Photo of Madame Blavatsky inscribed to Epes Sargent]]		[[File:HPB by spiritualist photographer.jpg\|right\|230px\|thumb\|Photo of Madame Blavatsky inscribed to Epes Sargent]]
	== Involvement with Madame Blavatsky ==		== Involvement with Madame Blavatsky ==

	~~Around 1875~~, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] ~~(HPB)~~ read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. Lippett on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:		In 1874, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] became acquainted with Epes Sargent. She gave him a drawing made in the dark by means of [[precipitation]], purportedly in March 1874.

			A message was written on the right side of the drawing by an unknown hand:
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			This unfinished pencil sketch was drawn by a lady of distinction, but utterly ignorant concerning the art hereon expressed, at Union Square, New York, in the presence of several persons and within a period of not exceeding 30 minutes. This was done on March 1874, more than a year prior to this note of it and has meanwhile been treated as valueless paste-board.
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			Below the precipitation H.P.B. wrote the following message: "Result of half an hour's "Trying" in the dark room. Presented to her kind friend Epes Sergeant by H.P. Blavatsky."

			She read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. Lippett on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:
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	Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>		Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>

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	'''Epes Sargent''' (September 27, 1813– December 30, 1880) of Boston was an American editor, poet and playwright. He was very interested in [[spiritualism]] and was acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]].		'''Epes Sargent''' ([[September 27]], 1813– [[December 30]] 1880) of Boston was an American editor, poet and playwright. He was very interested in [[spiritualism]] and was acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]].

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	[[Category:Playwrights\|Sargent]]		[[Category:Playwrights\|Sargent]]
	[[Category:Nationality American\|Sargent]]		[[Category:Nationality American\|Sargent]]
	[[Category:Spiritualists\|Sargent]]		[[Category:Spiritualists\|Sargent]]
	[[Category:Associates of HPB\|Sargent]]		[[Category:Associates of HPB\|Sargent]]
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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

	Epes Sargent was born September 27, 1813 as the son of a Gloucester, Massachusetts sea captain.		Epes Sargent was born [[September 27]], 1813 as the son of a Gloucester, Massachusetts sea captain.

			He died on [[December 30]], 1880.

	== Literary career ==		== Literary career ==
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	In letters to Professor Corson, HPB referred to Sargent as an "earnest, honest" spiritualist, and to several instances when she used Sargent as a messenger to [[Elbridge Gerry Brown]].<ref>Blavatsky letter to Corson #6 in [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/corson/cors-lt1.htm ''Some Unpublished Letters of H. P. Blavatsky''] by comp. E. R. Corson. Made available by Theosophical University Press.</ref>		In letters to Professor Corson, HPB referred to Sargent as an "earnest, honest" spiritualist, and to several instances when she used Sargent as a messenger to [[Elbridge Gerry Brown]].<ref>Blavatsky letter to Corson #6 in [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/corson/cors-lt1.htm ''Some Unpublished Letters of H. P. Blavatsky''] by comp. E. R. Corson. Made available by Theosophical University Press.</ref>

	~~== Additional resources ==~~
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epes_Sargent_(poet) Epes Sargent (poet)] in Wikipedia.

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			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epes_Sargent_(poet) Epes Sargent (poet)] in Wikipedia.

	* [http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/spiritualist/spiritualist_v14_n19_may_9_1879.pdf "A Biographical Sketch of Mr. Epes Sargent"], ''The Spiritualist'' 14.19 (May 9, 1879), 217.		* [http://www.iapsop.com/archive/materials/spiritualist/spiritualist_v14_n19_may_9_1879.pdf "A Biographical Sketch of Mr. Epes Sargent"], ''The Spiritualist'' 14.19 (May 9, 1879), 217.

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	* '''''Velasco: a Tragedy in Five Act'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1839. Available at [https://archive.org/details/velascotragedyin00sargiala/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Velasco: a Tragedy in Five Act'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1839. Available at [https://archive.org/details/velascotragedyin00sargiala/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay'''''. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lifepublicservi00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''Song of the Sea and Other Poems'''''. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1847. Available at [https://archive.org/details/songsofseawithot00sarg/page/n14/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Song of the Sea and Other Poems'''''. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1847. Available at [https://archive.org/details/songsofseawithot00sarg/page/n14/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The ~~Woman Who Dared'''''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Available at [https~~:~~//archive.org/details/womenwho00sargrich/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive].~~		* '''''The Standard Speaker: Exercises in Prose and Poetry'''''. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1852. Exercises in elocution and declamation. Available at [https://archive.org/details/standardspeaker02sarggoog/page/n11/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''Arctic Adventure by Land and ~~Sea~~'''''. ~~Boston~~: ~~Phillips~~, ~~Sampson~~, and ~~Company, 1887~~. Available at[https://archive.org/details/~~cihm_34888~~/page/~~n19~~/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The Intermediate Standard Speaker'''''. Philadelphia: Charles deSilver, 1857. Available to [https://archive.org/details/intermediatestan00sarg/page/n6/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''The Intermediate Standard Speaker'''''. Philadelphia: Charles deSilver, 1857. Available to [https://archive.org/details/intermediatestan00sarg/page/n6/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The ~~Testimony of the Poets~~'''''. Boston: ~~Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.~~, ~~1884~~. Available at [https://archive.org/details/~~testimonyofpoets00sarg~~/page/n8/mode/2up Internet ~~Archives~~].		* '''''The Woman Who Dared'''''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Available at [https://archive.org/details/womenwho00sargrich/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''~~The Standard Speaker: Exercises in Prose and Poetry~~'''''. ~~Philadelphia~~: ~~Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co~~., ~~1852. Exercises in elocution and declamation~~. Available at [https://archive.org/details/~~standardspeaker02sarggoog~~/page/~~n11~~/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''A Pronouncing Spelling-Book for Beginners'''''. Boston: John L. Shorey, 1874. Available at [https://archive.org/details/pronouncingspell00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1881. Available at [https://archive.org/details/harperscyclopd00sargrich/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1881. Available at [https://archive.org/details/harperscyclopd00sargrich/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The ~~Life and Public Services~~ of ~~Henry Clay~~'''''. ~~New York~~: ~~Greeley~~ & ~~McElrath~~, ~~1844~~. Available at [https://archive.org/details/~~lifepublicservi00sarg~~/page/n4/mode/2up Internet ~~Archive~~].		* '''''The Testimony of the Poets'''''. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1884. Available at [https://archive.org/details/testimonyofpoets00sarg/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archives].

	* '''''~~'A Pronouncing Spelling-Book for Beginners~~'''''. Boston: ~~John L. Shorey~~, ~~1874~~. Available at [https://archive.org/details/~~pronouncingspell00sarg~~/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Arctic Adventure by Land and Sea'''''. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1887. Available at [https://archive.org/details/cihm_34888/page/n19/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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 * '''''Velasco: a Tragedy in Five Act'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1839. Available at [https://archive.org/details/velascotragedyin00sargiala/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].
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 * '''''The Standard Speaker: Exercises in Prose and Poetry'''''. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1852. Exercises in elocution and declamation. Available at [https://archive.org/details/standardspeaker02sarggoog/page/n11/mode/2up Internet Archive].
 * '''''The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay'''''. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lifepublicservi00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].
 * ''''''A Pronouncing Spelling-Book for Beginners'''''. Boston: John L. Shorey, 1874. Available at [https://archive.org/details/pronouncingspell00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].
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			* '''''Velasco: a Tragedy in Five Act'''''. New York: Harper & Bros., 1839. Available at [https://archive.org/details/velascotragedyin00sargiala/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''Song of the Sea and Other Poems'''''. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1847. Available at [https://archive.org/details/songsofseawithot00sarg/page/n14/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Song of the Sea and Other Poems'''''. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1847. Available at [https://archive.org/details/songsofseawithot00sarg/page/n14/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The Woman Who Dared'''''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Available at [https://archive.org/details/womenwho00sargrich/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''The Woman Who Dared'''''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Available at [https://archive.org/details/womenwho00sargrich/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''Arctic Adventure by Land and Sea'''''. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1887. Available at[https://archive.org/details/cihm_34888/page/n19/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''The Intermediate Standard Speaker'''''. Philadelphia: Charles deSilver, 1857. Available to [https://archive.org/details/intermediatestan00sarg/page/n6/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The Testimony of the Poets'''''. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1884. Available at [https://archive.org/details/testimonyofpoets00sarg/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archives].		* '''''The Testimony of the Poets'''''. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1884. Available at [https://archive.org/details/testimonyofpoets00sarg/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archives].
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	* '''''Planchette, or the Despair of Science'''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. Available at [https://archive.org/details/planchetteordes01sarggoog/page/n13/mode/2up Internet Archive].		* '''''Planchette, or the Despair of Science'''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. Available at [https://archive.org/details/planchetteordes01sarggoog/page/n13/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* ''''''A Pronouncing Spelling-Book for Beginners'''''. Boston: John L. Shorey, 1874. Available at [https://archive.org/details/pronouncingspell00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition'''''. New York: Carleton, 1889. Available at [https://archive.org/details/peculiartaleofgr00sarg_0/page/n6/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1881, 1887. [His final work.]		* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1881, 1887. [His final work.]

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	* '''''Proof Palpable of Immortality'''''.		* '''''Song of the Sea and Other Poems'''''. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1847. Available at [https://archive.org/details/songsofseawithot00sarg/page/n14/mode/2up Internet Archive].
	* '''''Planchette'''.
			* '''''The Woman Who Dared'''''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Available at [https://archive.org/details/womenwho00sargrich/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''The Testimony of the Poets'''''. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1884. Available at [https://archive.org/details/testimonyofpoets00sarg/page/n8/mode/2up Internet Archives].

			* '''''The Standard Speaker: Exercises in Prose and Poetry'''''. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1852. Exercises in elocution and declamation. Available at [https://archive.org/details/standardspeaker02sarggoog/page/n11/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay'''''. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. Available at [https://archive.org/details/lifepublicservi00sarg/page/n4/mode/2up Internet Archive].

			* '''''Proof Palpable of Immortality'''''. Boston: Colby & Rich, 1876. Available at [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;q1=Spiritualism;rgn=subject;idno=acm4197.0001.001;didno=ACM4197.0001.001;view=image;seq=6;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset University of Michigan Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/proofpalpableofi00sarg/page/n10/mode/2up Internet Archive], and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100127382 Hathitrust}.

			* '''''Planchette, or the Despair of Science'''. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869. Available at [https://archive.org/details/planchetteordes01sarggoog/page/n13/mode/2up Internet Archive].

	* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1881, 1887. [His final work.]		* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1881, 1887. [His final work.]

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	Around 1875, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] (HPB)read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. Lippett on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:		Around 1875, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] (HPB) read Sargent's ''Proof Palpable of Immortality'', and wrote of it to F. J. Lippett on March 7, 1875.<ref>Blavatsky, H. P., ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky: Volume 1 1861-1879''. John Algeo, editor. (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 124-125.</ref> She devoted a long paragraph to Sargent in [[Isis Unveiled (book)\|''Isis Unveiled'']], Volume I:
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	Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>		Perhaps, among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day, not one is held in higher esteem for character, education, sincerity, and ability, than Epes Sargent, of Boston, Massachusetts. His monograph entitled The Proof Palpable of Immortality, deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject. With every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena, Mr. Sargent is still compelled to use the following language: "The power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life, suggests the question — How far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit, let the tests be what they may? We have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry. . . . There is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits." As to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena, Mr. Sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge, and he says, "the great majority, as in this world, are of the unintellectual sort." If it is a fair question, we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence, if they are human spirits? Either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize, or, the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence, and, therefore, by Mr. Sargent's own showing, they may just as well be "elementary" spirits, who have ceased to be human altogether, or those demons, which, according to the Persian Magi and Plato, hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Isis Unveiled'' Volume I, page 220.</ref>

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	* '''''Proof Palpable of Immortality'''''.		* '''''Proof Palpable of Immortality'''''.
	* '''''Planchette'''.		* '''''Planchette'''.
	* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1887. His final work.		* '''''The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism'''''. 1881, 1887. [His final work.]

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	'''Epes Sargent''' (September 27, 1813– December 30, 1880) of Boston was an American editor, poet and playwright. He was very interested in [[spiritualism]] and was acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]].		'''Epes Sargent''' ([[September 27]], 1813– [[December 30]] 1880) of Boston was an American editor, poet and playwright. He was very interested in [[spiritualism]] and was acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]].

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