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P A R T I . - D Y B T A M I C S .BIO LO G Y.— T H E ORIGIN OF DISEASE.

Mbs. Tappan ’s Oration at Cavendish Rooms,Sunday Evening, N ov. 29th , 1874.

Invocation.Oar Father! Thou divine and perfect Soul 1 Thou Spirit o f all

life 1 i Thou that from all eternity art the same! we praise Thee. Thtf eatf¥ «nd the heaven alike declare t%> glory ; and there is no vwifierin the song of birds, in the murmuring o f waters, in the rbttrihgi’Jof the: • winds and the waves tbat doth not tell o f thy ^owet ^d.gQodUess. There is no light and no darkness, no begin- ning andtno ending o f created things, no winter'and no summer- tijn&ithat'is not in accordance .with the law$ that Thou hast' feflhiijned.": W e praise Thee for the beginning o f life and for that ■^Hictfinleni'call ddathi W e praise Thee fo r the light and the d a ifk n ^ 'b o th being equal in th y sight/ W e praise Thee for those things; w hioh. are good and those things which seemingly Wft ev il/ye t which Thou convertestto thy goodneB8._ W e praise

; T ie ’e 'for stages o f life that are balled groWth,in^whibh.. imperfect ‘ thifipfs’fittain to perfection, and those thatnate dninfancy attain the 8tatui$ o f m em and those that, are bab^ •'in jspitit'becom e fall- growriisoulBi • We.prdise 'Thfietfor :all the’ 6t$i&’necessary to human* life, Vev6ni;those-forms .that seem dark, since out o f the darkness com ett the'dawnj and men turn; to goodly ways from that'w hibbis' evil, and perceive in it that w hiehia highest and best. O liv ibg Sou l! as Thy light shihethin 'the m idst'o f darkness, as theoarth ^loweth/. age: Mter o g e ,'in perfection? and strength, and as the IworldBlperfect themselves in accordance with Thy law, bo may man -iwhis foebleness/ in'his darkneas, in his"imperfections, in his pain,• bebome lea l and'bright ahd « perfect, throdgh the life o f Thy love abd troth. > 0 G od, th e healing o f the'nations shall come by Thyi life and love, and the promise t&at Thou 'MatJ given shalt be ful­filled; the iworldi'ihafriioiif i s : filled ;;with3 anguish shall1 -lift itself lietilbret o f ioyrandfof peace ■ tad'thablregiving'prevail 'when 'tbe ! Spirit- shall ■ be' known am bngthe- childten p f m enATherefore do we praise T hee; therefore d o Thy children la ­the midst o f sorrow give thanksgiving; bnd they that mourn,'and they that weep for the dead, and they that bewail the darknesS-of earth will lift up their voices and praise Thee. Oh that'Thou wouldst send a comforter, even the Spirit o f Truth I 1 ‘ Q . 1. I gather from the previous lectures that every created

thing on earth contains-within it some partible o f the divine essence; 1 that man, animal, trfee,; (ind rock are acted upon by sbme psychfc force.1 in ' combinitions pf inaghetic and pjecitfb'. motion. :The'j'sycliic fo^ce-in man is said to proceed frOmwitKiri. himself by the action of- vblition j w,hence dbes‘ th[b^ps|cM^OTM, Spf other animals, o f treeB and': rifclfS' ? ••r-A.^The premises o f thbqiiBhtiorffiisked ia^onStiMatiVely cor3^ - - tbatr all substances upon 'ibft eartji aiid 6f_’y/Hipn: JtBie em th'i posed are. pervaded 1 Mentioned— magnetic1 trdllefd by-the inriervchaanbli been deiiedj h ow ler, tlialf' anitnilB! are also controlled by1 [ a Bimiliar but less perfect yolitiiri;' but'ttie Volitioir differsi ‘in Im'ari to4 he- eitent o f ila?bein'k- a' co'mf

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spirit and the general'spirit or life, t^ajt pfn’va^es the material world. 0 ; i ."t ,

Q. 2. Is not spirit the result of the,.a8sp9i®t?Qji matter*, and is not inind the sole' mode q f „ fl>y,t|rQ.soul, when in this'spiritual state P— A . [Spirit ifj[ ^ofyw e ,'re$pt .of association of soul'with matter, hut sa int is {Kej.tngi^mpr.essibn, Q ^ ou lj H jjd is the result of the association otibu l with inattorJ

spirit, m th e ' term that we emplby-icj*r » ....

___ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ x _ , u expj£sfflp;n.pfsoul in its varjbd forms arid in eyery dir4pitiQiQ. 31 Jfciid^.liqij^over, in its form, is the'result qf[the connectiop;pfsQujiV.]th' iiaattejr. :viblatfoh r e s u l t ih g ^ ^ ^ t ^ e ^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^ ^ e jm d ^ b t in g , on spirit. mind, andjmatter?— A . Mpkt a s s u r e ^ ; , ;but .the questioner only aaks what nas^oeen stated in the lecture.-,

,Q,4. 'Is not. life dependent upon the' jjbnt|nflbust ,actipnr(jf jtjie soul through spirit on matter PtttA. Iiife; in ' t|ejbpp,ior[ty^rcal. body, is dependerit upon the ' continued .[action g£ ^ (.rourthfbugh spirit or. matter ; bdt\primarily.life,, S b.far-ilfTt^of..spirit; is[ cpn- Cerned, is notde^idenluJioU any siifthiactipn. v ‘. j

Q. 5. Are we ndt ad pften led’to thinl? [ajid'/act pVcQhseqiience. of the example or in^uence o f our sjirribunijiii'gs '.as"bj[[the action, of the. impulse o f the soul P-r-A.' This qdesti^n;,bffcourse, goes very profo’indly into .the primal impulses .of ther[soul* f I t has been stated that there' are jnota? pe^ons t^at^V.MV riu^ly; haye a primal iippulse, that a re . copstantlj. cpn'trbUedi s||raundj^ig' circumstaiices, whose soul hfesical ortotiisaUon, and Vhose1 acuons rtnd( tlipu]fhts jt\. pally ,li)’e ) [depend.largely'upon the vibrStipn o f thqjif&t or- jinii|d;of)'jHbse with whom'inose,persons 'cpme--in Conljact, In the njoye'iniperfpct developikents of humanity tins is almost ntirely .the case-^'bi^^a1 the soul combs more and more into-perfect cp[flt^|i.andjJpojitxpl with the body, the volition b^omes centralised, prid the mdividwl. express^' his or her primal , impulses inStekd b f thb'remote se­

condary impulses that surround him ot her |n.daily life. .Q.»t);’ Doea,the control faiean us/to;under8feuid,tb9t no ance^ietic

icati^^UBed1;that'w ill; dp'the':p^Tt 'o f a.'^ise nie&/ne^er^Rff':the ^questioner hli^een'toldi'tfiat thele is P— A . T b ^ a i 'e -aiffisthbtics >tbeit'a e & d .iphysiblogically the purpose o f tHeb j a properly directed mine!.'. In* thkt iase '^e '& d^ im SK ret-* itaking the case o f the wup[ mesmeriser— ^will. esta|)l^i[,’iluiou^h ;thbran8esth'etic a 'suitablejliaesiiaeric condition; but,•*ht£out[thifl itbere can be no anffistjfiat E, that can t^kb the plaiee'~[6ft,(7i8e:'and judicious inesmeric pbw r. ’ .' ’t '... -

Qi 7. T(ib questioner w ip e s tp ask the bontrol wlBtner-a.prpper •an'^^$tf6^ii5ttid8teM ''iiiiidw '[8pe^---8i8^& (dofe'4ot-,^B^,4& ' amelidrate p'iiii, and consequently.to bring about ,a 'm ore speedy, 'cct^valescerice. 1 Familial anre&thetics,. the questioner supposes,; does not impty that ah.dntestlietic'Ciinnot be^sed^thkt would [ti\ke the part of thb‘iudicioqs mesmerisbrr&cij as me9tion.ed lM\Sun.d,tty; evening.— AJ. "The question was answered in the'aaiwer p^Yio[flS.,

mariiirialsa'pbrtibA-dnly of VohprpA^is’ exerala ijion .' W hen tte le6tmes-feH&l-liaverpr6'ce6'di0'd

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: iwting upon-the functiensiof the brain producing1 minute vibration. There is no sub8tance;of thou^bt> 'but.only; a vibration .of ihougiit.

Q , 9. In last' Sunday eveningB-di^ouree you spoke-of the inig^ netio poles of-the viscera b e b ^ i|lated in different ;ppirtS Qf ;the b'pdy, viz,-j the magnetic polerof'the,lunga beio^ the cheeks,-that’o f the stomach being the inner portion' o f tho .arms, &c. How. are these several organs connected: with .their magnetic poles P— A.. B y the magnetic currents,of xcurse. • Every magnetic centre implies

A y ai, circle. ; Youiar'e familiar.Tvith the fact that for every; magnetic’ 1 or electric circleiupon the earth, or even in the body, or even ni tliiB 1 !pqlansatipn\of ljfefit’, there must be a centre or a pole: : The; v itd

. the centre ;< and if; you 1 will make the• oentare o f a circle, and di’aw repeated circles.. f ppa°pu )^ ^ ;jJ i^ th Q ii you w ill flndvfli®' exact, location o f every

vital pole in the human system j\ tile litae o f the circle willijross in. its varioua: jartrf-the Jtecieo pole that belongs; to the'vital organ through.which the other portion of the -line jjasses, This is the result o f the fact^tfiat Nature ill,her,angles or portions'of circles, as well as in-the circles themselves, always describes certain lines, and in a, perfect magnetic, and healthful condition• the human sys­tem is through tiiem a ^ t i| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ u ^ ^ p 5 e ib v . i t h e m a^ p jf^u iT en ts that createsystem, producing sympathetically m the pole or from the pole o f the yitol;ciB^€f ftn,afctii)n,’ instead of iupoh. the vital'- centre^ itself; and as a sympathetic action is known to take place between one member that is afllictedandanother, as between the two eyes when one is afflicted, or Ijptween'two ears whiiii either is .afflicted, or between similar seta o f nerves in the limbs, so, when the vital centre is affected, .the pole of that vital centre which, o f course, sympathises with the current carried along the nervous system, responds more immediately with the vital centre, or, perhaps, I may adct, with - the inner; structure o f the nervous .system;, and those that heard the suggestions previously made in a discourse that the nervous 'system cdnveys the variousmagnetic and electric vibrations to that the magnetic and electriccurrehfejrapjljr ti^e pciianly o f these members.I Q. 10. A rethe disadvantages attending the aggregation o f dis- leases in hospitals' not counterbalanced by the facility o f extending Iskilfvd.aid and treatment, and of prosecuting the study of pathology f under' those circuinkkncesP— A . Technically, yes; in a humani­

tarian sense, no. The aggregate amount o f suffering may add to thetechnical knowledge and tne technical methods of applying that knowledge to the treatment o f disease; and when knowledge is so far extended, and when diseases are so far understood that the application o fth e treatment o f them shall not be in the aggregate, but in proportion to the individual needs and requirements o f the suffering person, then these disadvantages will be contfdered as just so many inducements to the acquirement o f technical knowledge, since, o f course, itos to the advantageof those studying any depart­ment o f human ^Bering to have every facility for doing so.

Q. 1 1 . I f the bam magnetic position of repose be from north to south, would not tne opposite condition for electric persons be from east to west, or west to east, instead o f south to north, as stated, as all electric force is; manifested at right angles to the magnetic P— A. Certainly n o t; since what the electric person requires is Mow-action, instead of action. ; And as the temperament o f the electric person causes too great tendency of the-particles to the brain, so the posi­tion from east to west would rob the brain of vital warmth, pro­ducing a lack bf healthful life. Therefore, the true position is for the electrip from «oWA io '

Q. 12. By what characteristics' may the magnetic and electric temperaments be discriminated, to the end of availing o f the best conditions ?— A . Sbme suggestions were given in a discourse upon that subject. Usually mapietic persons are known as. bilious in temperament, possessing aarK hair and eves, and a certain degree ot^noienc** or bilious temperament. Jout this is not at ill

and ^ y e thew by ^rodfice^-weaknessj debjlityj and-finally death.A ll forms o f . m e M c h ^ iponomania;,andi hypochondria belong to that class o f disease in connection with-volition, 'By ■Volition, or pow erM ' control over : ^ 0 bb5 y,;-there-iano:doubt?the:indlv?dua^ could stispendjcit will the respiration of the vital cireleB Kttd cause ■the witH^rawal o f the spirit from the body. I t Jias been done 'in the case o f ‘mMtvrs, and of'persons; subjeioted'to:impriBonm.ent:andj CTUelty1. ' The^ have preferred .this. method-'ofedeath.toHh^long1 method bf torture inflicted, for "instance, By(:the'lnquisition,;orby other methods. . i . ^ ^ ’ V " j ,

Q. 14. Inthe, Medium: it,say^that-the'‘comple^a6ntary toyellow is blue. Is not that a m is^ e ll^ -A ,,' No'fty ; ,r ’ ’ 1

The Chairm an : As anopticitm I Can eifdotta ttiatrABDBESS. Y r ■£

I need n ot say|frjehds, that the questions:.have given: me■mubi;^, sasure; bediauset whereithere is etoi|iiiw,tKere is shie fo T » osperi1y<,: origin o f Disease,” ' 4 | j| p ’were a’ theologilfi^-'twould 'B a ^ i^ ^ '^ ig in o f jE v U ;”

I am hot :a"th!eQlo|iM,'a4 d d o M i ^ o f the physician, I ^ ] ^ sayf|Cfi|^6ngin begin at the

times ari';"iMlUUtfl,olli' There'; are tejnp&ramenij ' b u t ' in ,such with an UnuisUal amount of physical or vital

magnetio persons of opposite cases they are persons endowed

life. Eleotricfterspiis are generi^v"faiir 'and'' nervous, characterised bv a ligm zoftlilt&ion—frot norid' Or' red,-•Mt' very lig b t . These personi

_ t. By electric, but sometimes are not so under special conditions, whi|e( :.the sanguine or vital temperament is either niapmetio-'or eleiifaac. according ta -the degree of vital circu- ktion ipLthe nerves. Iversons can determine when their systemis^ latjively7m agnetic or electric by watching, the fluids or co^dim hs'flf. the atmosphere, ,Y ™ ™ ^nnditinnw hekrtlfe^ an g^ .'o fifte ia tm ospE ere a @ ct y ou ; if a

irm approaches and ybU i'tiel op|^saed.df‘llljltvy, and have pain ftu^ljorfion -ot ttl(S boavr.especiallV, 111, the head. You are, in

EftM-wiien the atmospliere does not afl'ect you. Y oil are in' an electric condition when high altltudM ‘ Httects yoty producing too mucb stimulus and causing sleeplessness at n%ht. Toii S »,in ftmifowtir. eniiditimvrolim high altitude affects

| yod’ sd .as to induce a ..desire to sleep. .You are in an electric condition when, at 'the sea-side, the atmosphere of the ocean induces sfe*-- — - ------ l - **-- —

wiU be able to understand it., Ci.13., May hunmn yplition withdraw life from its own physical

"n?sm, in the dbnse and to the extent that a man can kill him- i>« <80 ^ do?— A . ;To a.very great.extentit has.

or|se;_ _Keen'done

-knowledge. There - I:< Ttlus volition,

but"thp ^ e , .liaidngiSufficieht finowledge*so :td"doj imser

B inner-meal55ng

i t are attributed particularly to physical causes, and those forms ‘ suffering that aretattribute| especially to^gifental causes. . I find

vestigate all forms*of uniafi sufferin^fii^>^e most. I find ny dividing, linn hetween men disease: ! find1 no dividmg ilne' Between ttat are attribut o f suffering thatnothing, to lead me tb supposl that disease kas a positive, ag^i’es sive, distinguishing feature of existence, or is a primal condition i o f mankind, or is anything but a negative* 'condition—the result | o f the imperfect action of the mind upon ttie human organism and surrounding circumstances. To the investigator pf nature'matter has filled all things upon the earth, and ev^ry or^anise'dfbbdy is in a state of transition or growth. Nothing is complete, nothing final. W hatever belongs to the future development of the planet, the present is not what it was ages aa o ; andim every organised or i created thing there is a parnetual and continuous change. This is why I have denominatea thls portion o f thfl.subipc};. dynamic; be­cause, notwithstanding the somewhat fixed nature or matter, really matter is the only movable substance in the ^prldi I (consider, therefore, that disease ia.tljat nonditiop nf rnwtTnJi wliipli intervenes before ‘perfection is obtained. I cbtialftfrr diseabe to be eTther negative or positive in its cause. I consider it to be either the result o f a lack of that vital force which I have endeavoured i to define in preceding lectures, or a superabundance of that vital I iorce; and I consider that all diseases may be classified into these/ two forms— not even excepting diseases that are considered'talla-' rious and contagious, ^ believe that matter unaided.1 uninhabited.

! 1 11 ‘ ‘ is.di8ease itseH; i consider that spirit is life and..herever mind br spirit inhabits matter, it must , contend

with it, and until matter becomes fairly and finally subjected, spirit, must be aggravated and annoyed by matter. A ll the elements of nar ture, every substance that has organised form and shape, is struggling: against tins aggressiveness of matter. Mind; however Joeing; aggies-; sive, gradually vanquishes matter, so that the earth-—theanost anfciefit o f all sufferers with which you have any knowledge,1 groaning and. travailing in pain, yields every age to the renovation which that ~iain and suffering has wrought by renewed conquests o f mind./ dy friend, Dr. Franklin, in watching the magnetic andelectrid

currents of the earth, declares that if the earth were animated by a living spirit o f an identified form, it could not more fully typify the individual sufferings of man than it now doea,isince its various- stages o f growth, o f geological development, the feubliinity o f .its wonderful conquests, amount to the struggle which the ’soul-has with the body to shape its thought.

And perhaps in those discourses in w hich we shall; treat upon the spiritual nature apart, from the mere, organism that ybu- call yourselves, there shall De ideas that shall give to you'goma know-* ledge o f the surpassing effort' and potfer o lfap iiit oveii ihatter,' unaided by the temporal foribs Which clothe humanity.on earthJ Disease; w hich in its nature in ancient days was' considered primal is now known to be secondary; and all forms o f disease: are, relatively compared to health, merely as darkness is tp light,; or as cold is to heat. Since the vital forces are kept up by tvyhat, isri known in medical sciflnr.ft.flji flinp.pi ■ h^t.-hna ifaihpigSn iin.and also Cauges the proper distribution ofi the blood andi o f .the electric and vital action upon the blood* ahd since a superabundance o f heat produces fever, and a superabundance o f cold, or a negative condition produces its opposite, then I may define disease either as the too great prevalence of magnetic or electric particles in the1, human system, and the lack of proper distribution o f those particles through the nervous portion, or through the various distributing elements o f which human life is composed. W e have met and vanquished many evils which, in andient days, were considered incurable, and various forms of-malady that were the result o f

measures.o f an evil spirit, it is now known to be simply the lack of knpw-l ledge concerning the vital elements which surround man, and o ff which he has the primal control i f he will.

I assert that no disfease is so insidious that it may not, by proper training, be warded off, and that which js termed disease is pnlyjso. • because o f the negative .condition- o l the-human spirit and-ite-laek'—' o f knowledge and thought upon ihat-eub je s t . -%ter,-air^ftfe-,"Sre ." destructive elements in nature, but the.prim al motors o f ■ lifer/giving and life-distributing elements. These, taken into .the system:

encourage and invite disease. Taken iftto the

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oVeir extefn'aisilb&'tanfcSs/ 1 liefi’the&.^'m B &fe^^aHd"^qa,flotipe^l6ct,br ab'itfie "fcHem; 'This1 .jftliat ( fire M is ’ag^essiv# beiiiig rem'b'ved from 'the m ild consti- es one qfthp , chief and most continuing1 tiowers over all fbrm/bf '’-ffisufferiiig.1 I r fM f^ 'it i i i i is 'o f iu W to ity there are two forWs

ie or too much energy within ive to disease, have-in their

iiplaints, are afflicted with] tni

. i'; is iie^ative, and therefore in its' fliasi»t4lricfe with it, or that which is p'obi-LliL1 >b:i- i __ i. ,_____________

ie nervous arel i f e di 'th e ir ’laWK ^'ifeM & ance |o the particles that t«St

sjitiem. • Those persons that are !cted''witnl!f^y^ f f i f r 'foMftiKKftiiy diseases are so afflicted u se f

^ytiSjis'not'allbWed^ eBc^.-^'-Purt oxygen coming in c6tt t WtH'the vital 'cUrreilt of th’b'tto'dy and giving it life, is exhaled j'forii 'oi cSrliofiic 'atid g^MlilJ^Jiliis^can be generated more

jltaii it ^ ' be ^khaled it'jroduces of coarse a poisonous f t^ o n the sfetemi arid'disintegrates the vital particles which ' i i ' wntinue!to,’ giye'Jblobd.' . Those distributing functions, cli are carri'e'd on regularly and promptly when the mind and iip Qper te to dbimeiitibn ■witii the outward nature, are carried

ItlSnprafecfly’^h'eii, itt 6hy direction, there is injudicious use .e' of'wiei strength ‘with. 'Whteli Nature stores us, tind which the d itself mp,y acquirq the power o f storing up in the laboratory fte uinan system; ' 1t is said that'disease and deatli were introduced into the Garden

i in aflciejot diiys throiigh the -Serpent. It may bb 'that this ei- meaning than1 tnod^rn -thought or rationalism ascribes

t; sihije'iffie ctaHtig o f the mind to acquire knowledge tempts ^eydnd the power of physical’ endurance, merely for the sake

® i $ n ’g knowledge;: "A H dif ‘there be a Garden df Eden, and if I h £ serpent in that Garden o f Eden to-day; it is that tetnp- bn'WMbJi' prqiri^ts the spirit to imagine that the body can life everything for the sake o f acquiring the knowledge whichSpirit is fbr ever'stnvillg. to acquire. The primal reason for all M inadequ&bies'iii ;bblfcaii6b thfere is no judgment in the spirit in usual sense o f .that term— that is, there is nothing by which spirit ban jmfiMure^iir^hing except itself; and since it debs not ~ j and does pdt'bBcbme einaiisted, and has no need of rest, and ’ is itself no rtst, i t i s inost difficult for the spirit to accustom It tb a mebte^sifr'tb&t'becbmes weary and must needs wear out mployed cdnStently in tlie sferViCe o f the mind.ii-il'-iii— ‘i / j - ‘J.L._ _u. _r

i’ jp jS t 'M d ' tne lack of power derate iiex tip tin g after'thb Spirit has inhabited the body many re; 'The pursuit o f fame or knowledge, the daily routine of , tjie extravagant exertions which people make with reference ny particular inental aim or object, the lack o f consideration ’"lb 11 or member when fatigued, the unceasing labour'and that'! is given’ to the nervbus system' without thinking that " ’ tire and require sleep, the lack of knowledge on the subject

W1 rays o f light upon the vision, b f “the action of polarised on. the nervous structure, all lead 'to the introduction of

ous and constant encroachments of disease. But here is spirit endowed^ with all faculties o f power and o f thought, - 7 avStities for expression, restless, for ever on the alert,

a mechanism over Which it ' has the almost entire control; ,'m itself, owiiig' to the indb&ructible nature of sod , is the

1 cause o f tHer introduction o f diSeasb into the world; and a it shall become the special object o f human knowledge to

precisely the. amount df light, bf heat, of nourishment, isely the quality o f food, o f air. o f clothing, that are 'y adapiei|tp t& ^ S rtiftt te ^ rrr i 'o f the’huaaa body which sp iritihM its, th& b'w ill':tlietr bb a conipletb boiiqUest’ oVer

'%'■ W b 'dhief and'priHial-thitig t o ’be considered is that the ofts system is b delicate in its struoiure and nature that long re disease makes any appearance upon the face or frame the ons structure is wearing Out. The primal thing to.be con- ted is that the' point where the spirit and body meet is so cate and fine a point in substance and in matter that the hteat breath affects it, and sympathetically -affects the whole cture of the body.have treated of mental maladies somewhat; I shall go deeper ight, and declare that the point o f origin of all disease is not re any known form of matter takes its place in the human cture, but in those ultimate and finer particles which the htest variation or temperature or the least change in the electric nts of the earth affect The slightest change in the emotions of

mind produce immediately either pain or pleasure, life or death certain innumerable atoms connected with the psychic and! ous forces. An emotion, o f anp^er. sw^eniii^ nmi- tha Imman m. dflabnya in flTnrlBBltlttiie a ccu iW ated vitality oftw entv-four

a. current of joy sweeping over.tiie Jiuman system supplies, nes, the life* that has been gradually waning for years,

is because the encroachments o f sorrow and o f any emotion onistic to vital life produce a gradual depolarisation of those

ttte particles that convey the life-current along the human 3j and these less and less w ill respond to any thought or wish

of'the-'ihinidi ilktili'at'ilMt’ tHe':n e m u sv 's tr a c to 6giv%S?itiy>^h,fl! i ' bodyand tile mind'take ■ rilarmy and the -physiciiaiiis! cpte® i»ui jEjtoM

dii'bction of p'tesion'or^leaSuM’de&troys'tEe‘fttality which 'mbiyfcha caiinbt restore,' and who asks his patients to remember body is not' tbe'spirit, and calnnot endure everything. TJidjchildl that is gorged with food is taken violently ill ; the < chill, that .ia allowed to play in-the neighbourhood of miasms absorbs those miasms, the thought1 not being accustomed-to control the body. The child that iB d l the time hampered and in fear: becomes thei recipient of disease because o f its negative condition; but the! healthful, buoyant, active child, breatMng a right proportion of free air and taking proper food,' would' never become ill until t h e , encroachments o f the spirit made study or pleasure cause the nervous system' to give way. -There is . no -such thing iln the great econonly df nature as a visitation by Divine Providence o f tdifieaae- foi- special and spfltific purposes as asserted by theologiansbut> f according to the Compensating law o f nature, as experience brinm r wisdom and sorrow belongs to experience, so thb: world riiay Db benefited by that which seems to be a great calamity.^ Justin proportion as sanitary‘ measures are adopted in mind and! body- disease departs from the world, and the plagues in Egypt are. no more a mystery than the pain in your finger. ■ Those countries and nations that have been periodically visited Nvith epidemics were Ubt under a special visitation, but they were so afflicted because certain conditions of atmosphere and soil emitted poisonous gases antagov nistic to man;,and when man achieves the wonderful knowledge o f dispersing'those poisonous antagonistic particles, he ; then : becomes master of the desert and the plain, o f the morass and the wilderness, of the swamp and of all places that seem !to destroy, his physical life. Not only is this true, but if eaoh special- individual malady could be traced either from am ante-natal caiifle, or from a cause that has grown out of continued neglectful;

.practices connected with the nervous or muscular system, then the 1 pesired object would be attained. But as the muscles are least Sensitive, so the nervous and psychic globules of the body are most .sensitive; and just in proportion as the-organ o f the body is sensitive, so is it connected with the minuter fabric o f the nervous system. Thsre are persons who use their eyes in a minute occupa­tion for eight, ten, or twelve hours every day. This may not produce at first any palpable disease to the eye or any diminution o f the power of vision, but as the eye is the most directly in contact with the nervous system of any organ of the body, so, wherever the eye is fixed for a longer period of time than can be healthfully maintained, the whole nervous system must suffer. The gradual and<constantly increasing and baneful habit o f reading and writing arid performing mental labour by artificial light, the various and almost multitudinous abuses in this direonoi would alone account for nine-tenths of the nervous maladies ol mankind.

The air is not more important— not so important in its various proportions o f oxygen and vitalising gases— than the kind of light

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in which men live. Various experiments have been tried, by which certain divisions and kinds of light become important in the cul­ture o f plants and animals. I f human beings would study this, they would find that i f a shade of gr»a" ”-"d repose tothe system, and a shade o f red lignt, irritates nnd aggravates the nervous system, so a shade of violet light, subdued about the room you constantly inhabit, would give a healthful growth to the ner­vous system, and a vitalising strength to those that are suffering from nervous diseases. By the application of this treatment,'..those ininute particles of matter which surround every individuaLwanldi be restored or polarised to their original condition without the tervention of any grosser form of medical treatment.' But if, in this one direction, so much can be said, what shall be said o f the food you eat and the clothing you wear. Each particle nf- food hearing with' it nutrition or poison, t.lm hntnn.n .Abstain--, and each ultimate globule of that particle being e l i W antagonistic or acceptable to the struoture of tne nervdus system, is distributed - through the blood. W hy, there is more disease and -suffering i the world from over-eatingand improper food than-from starvatiqn'jpW- There is more’ suffering even than from that greater aggrava­tion of evil— intoxicating liquors, because this evil is general, is universal. The mind, regardless o f the body, imagines that every- - thing which it desires-for the sake of curiosity or novelty, o r . change, to investigate, oan with impunity be taken into the stomach. . The epicure prides himself upon the number mid variety o f dishes- - he can endure, instead o f taking only what his system requires for— - nourishment; so that) with the improvement that has taken place*' in culinary art, there has come also to be a baneful inflaence of - constant and educated poisons gradually encroaohing upon, the human structure, and taking away its power of resisting-disease.I f the amount of care and toil that is given to the surplus food of / the human body were bestowed upon the study of the human!! structure and its various organs, thousands that groan in servitude! and die benesrth their weight and the burden of toil would be f npHfiyl. T . npfltfc»|ilMM because primarily that food which is ■ taken* into the system comes into most direct contact with the vital functions. Of course, a well-regulated or well-balanced1 mind refoses or rejects a surplus, o f ! food, as it does a surplus- of anything, but those Who are n o t ‘Ciiltured in mental power, a n d ^ , w ho have not learned the art o f controlling the physical b o i $ f gradually allow tiie body— which is an excrescence when it thus ' contrCrli'ffie'roint—to control and dictate the occupation o f nearly every hour ox fhe twenty-four.

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I thfri 'contains a 'veiy great amount of (heat; and: should ake:i|iEjtead rfood'thatisMfldTOw^daand cooliflgsuljstanceajiwbaeelect^oiMMonB'shotdd inyariaDly.t^ei aa jmuch car'bon .in their, food :laa r ■ >»- )TTBtiTO. ,TVitmiftt i ^ lflTflniifl Rhouldjive. almost entirely

...... ....................* - ........... - ,halt.treat in other•n fruit aa ' a 'iwtalismgjelement o f l i fe . shall : treat in other d i^ u W s ofi these thip'gsi'but;I: only.suggest them now to show that eabh jerson arid' type of .person nndfliupon the earth that whioh is'adaptea tJo'thia or iherorgahisation. * Instead of: selecting from the superabundance o f what nature: has given,: persons imagine ihafthey'xnust partake o f the same kind' aud quality, o f viands as rSosfe'ojfopposite : temperaments. ' The magnetio and the electric, tHeUsSn^ume imdi the lymphatic feed upon the same food, and & pebt to l)B nourished, while it is w ell‘ known that that which is vitSliaingtolsome is'poisonous to others. •. Take, for instance, the im ^ & r t ic le o f cheeBe, which, tb the .epicure, forms so important alpart 'o f 4iet, and :which, in certain sta^es, conveys into his, system - more tM h, is required for a'otual itality— the .magnetic p0i^n.;flhbuld ®ever; partake o f itr the; electric person very rarely, ttk q the ftuita that-grow in such abundance upon the earth, and wjhiol the^hitenidg saijs o f the ships* o f every, nation can . waft to-ydufrom everyrclitae. : These are rejected, and animal food is, in s t ^ /t a k e i in'such'abundance as to produce fen undue amount o f> heat inrtbe system, and .nitrogen is taken into the muscular structure of-those who would require carbon instead.

I f eveiy article 'of: food ’ were; subject to chemical analysis, and the structure o f every humanbeing known and studied ohemically, then the food would be decided, upon , which would be most suit­able; andi thanbs to the power which the spirit still holds overthe badyVthete are. those that, always know, when they partake o f food, Wtiidh' isiiinuriou8. It-then becomes a moral question that they Bf^iesponsiblefor and must account for, i f they can, to their own w ueitncttb 'I ..Then I would say as to the matter of dress that those things W hichare most, useful are either rejected because' they are not sufficiently, splendid* or are not understood beoause of their texture ofjquality. > For. every,specific form o f temperament and constitu- tion1 there is ai'speciflc form' o f clothing required. '

' I n s p e c t to apparel, I have only to say that some persons wear clothingcthat is w the time producing a weight ana load upon them) even1 though it be not heavy, inviting disease; whereas, if they were clad in a suitable raiment, any disease in the atmosphere would not, in certain conditions, be so readily absorbed into their

stem, i jMjagnetic <people should always jgnflv ,«ilk next to their 'persons ; electric peopieisnouia wear woollen fabric next to their persons,>and so array, themselves as ii possible * to invite those ele- ments'which’are most deficient in their systems. As a magnetic

iperson requires to retain all the electricity in his system, he must \pveverit hny o f it -eacaping by wearing a fabric which is a non-

vConductor; as an electric person must always retain;the magnetism i&ithe.particles, and-receive aa much more as possible, so wool, which is magnetic, should be worn next the person; and, bp for ns tliffcostume will allow, each individual or person should clothe himself .or herself with a view to their health. I have nothing to suggest as to the'form o f raiment, and as to the. quality and the quantity o f it . Each individual,can in this respect choose for him­self blr herself, i Y oum ay, however, notice that when your clothing takes off. more electricity and magnetism, than vpu can possibly feceivB from .the atmoepneire, you may be exhausted by wearing a Superabundance o f clothing, which is too nearly like the magnetic state of-your own system,:and from which.you receive no vitality! nnd nd strength, I will, .however, now enter upon that other portionI o f 'my subject, which is, o f course, more intimately connected with!

.'spirit itself. I-Iisayithat primarily all ;disease.and malady— and in this I in i

Ifclude moral aa wellias phpibftlii disease— have th^ir origin in £he HerBCjretaanfc' o f the particl9S:whBrewi,th the mind immediately acts | upqnlthe body. Ana'I.state/dlso,!that;for.all‘moral diseases there

ik^.a^i^'TO iA edies^as.theie are. for physical diseases. Since in natrae.ithereiiis n o *acid without its cctmplemelitary alkali, since tb'erBjis no poison without its adequate antidote, m d no disease |wdflijJut.i{8iBpSoific remedy, so in the morplilttturo tbere is no lack ofiipbweranano disease without its adequate and efficient and ap­plicable <p».'In tem perance, the greatest maladyiOf this century — partaking o f the nature o f mentals and-physical alike— has its specific:ana-distinct remedy, ae.easilyappliedand aa readily under-j stobd-flBthesolutionof thesimplest.problem. Y et fin this great lapdieolightetied' age there are none bold enough and daring enough to fiug^eBt the; remedy* Each 'individual afflicted with, either, an ftatfrnat^ot hereditary tendency,or-aLCliltlvflted tendency, to tbis disease imust -be, and .should, be,, immediately remqved from all cdotact with .-the',tempting spirits. , There are asylilms for the cure o f intemperatejpersons, in which efficient and successful measures tt»adopted. Ir a lhan isblindy.he willingly avails himself o f tbe peaifcd ftcure jjO rJ f his aim, is. broken he accepts willingly the S|eUer4of.ithe nearest hdapital. i But if he bo* infirm -in- this one direction, , he .does not willingly, place himself under treatment, tecjatise* as it-is the ibfine of fhunta; society,' it ;w ill be considered a ciimeor'a'^ice^instflad-ola?diseafie. ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^ s ^ a d i s M s e , andishbifld be;treated as' such^shouldjbe^mpaMlonated as' s'uch; a id all who'are intemperata ai'eiasfmnch subjecte.fbr medical treat- aientuftsnthe; man. who js stiffering frbm: a'jtheuitiatism or from

’ , stfiatica. . (You. fiympathise: With .yo.ur'friend that has a headache," y(»tf'may,:pityi and 'conumserate, the drunkardj. b u t you. still) turn ■f B ^ onsthe p h a r^ ca l/id e a ithiat ' h e -k in? some •>ways culpable. ' ‘SoiiB itne.one that;has the headache. -, I f jthere is responsibility in i or(e Case, there is in the,, other. Eithflr'flll?diflMflfl:ia‘ f.riniB ( g a l l !^ ^ !"' ■ .1 .)<i .

any j places open in pppuloufl (citiea , where prusaic acid ;coul4 obtainedwithoutlstintjorwhere!anyform ,of''injuripu8'8ubste were, held free o f access to jall who' cbuld purbh^e ^ moraland social influence:ofvthecoinm unitywbuldjrise.up in tin d ila t io n against it. B u t here; is , something >hat is1 as insidious i poison, as injurious as a mor^.peatilericey and. aa 'fa^al, yet the cannot touch i t ; and the leajlers o f the spuitual; welfare o f ^ people turn their backs upon it. . „ ' ’ i

I f a man, has grown weak by laok o f poyvei1, either before c after his entrance into earth ly life ,itia the duty o f :the communil to strengthen him, by provimng crutches.for the pne that'-is lam a staff for him that is blindj ,apd a guide las.^well,; and the doo; that swing on gilded hinges, should, be ,closed ifb^ e-fifth orth fifths of the community cannot pass them without entering. j ; They say it must be a matter o f indiyidual refbrination. ‘ So 1

must; but if there is a precipice, here, you mifst .warn people 1 the danger, and gradually they will,accustom thepiBelyes to avol it ; you do not allow them to learn the danger by falling into tif pit.

I speak o f this evil because it combines the m ord and physics aspects o f disease in the opinion of ,the world. I do not con8id j it any more combines them.tban apy f p w , o f .disease that afiecl mankind, than,those disea^sormenteJ maladies.JhatfiUour gaJ and penitentiaries.., ^ ^ L g r i m e ^ i s ^ M d o not se.e that theMf any other word to e x p r e s ^ lS l l s ^ E ^ e i a , s p ^ c .iiii,the moil

I world for every deviation from that ^ m ch is, healthful, and rigid as there is a specific in the jpaterial world. j,and^.the .diseases tb afflict the mind and. take away the moral .consciousness,, and lea the world morally and php’fijcally. blind, seem to me far more j tense and insidious in they:, .workings than even the physical

‘ eases against which so much science and learning and erudi&j have been brought to bear.

But where is the professor o f psychological disease that will vet ture to point out the causes andTnalmre, o f these mental maladiej1 Cholera can be traced in its epidemic and even ifs sporadic forma'

certain forms o f growth in vegetable or animal life waerQ it #nds s p n n c e . Typhoid fever can be trwed to,the pecuUar cpTJjuptions i

iform,of animalculaa that cannot decompose m.substances; l>iit'wl (has ever.told o f the anLmalculee of intemperance, or the peculiar foi lo f moral insect that flutters around the dens in jq u r crowded cities |Who has ever told o f the certain kind o f atpm that is inctircer^!: in the infant germ o f him who shall be the murderer o f his U

ilAs ambition is one o f the forms o f disease that lead to whole? |(murder, so the homicide has his specific form or origin in t‘ ((diseased functions of the mind.

Lopldng upon the world from this standpoint, I say that the £ passiop and ,cpme of the world, traced to it , primal source,,! comes the subject o f profoundest scrutiny and philosophy in I mipd of the; true physician; and the tinie shall come when ! healer of mind shall take his place beside, the healer o f the bo< and the,,poor y i(^ m ,jh ^ k m g jiw a y ^ in ' consumption, w ith ! hectic flush on the cheek/shall ;B^pund^^to.cpntain the germs ol mental malady that, perhaps, [long years ^ o , p k ^talfHold of f nervous --system. The man of the world who is stricken down \' paralysis ere he reaches m iddle age, is, the viptim of .a consjin flam-j that drives four-fifths of the world to madness—a kind madness that Christ himself saw and revealed and pealed. .. (Mt y., 27 apd 28.) There is no greater disease than that which, S preya upon the thought and imagination of the, misguided mind connection with the physical w orld.'. The disease already nam: more than any other, makes the appetites. ;control-; th e . syete vitiates the control o f the spirit upon .the fcoay, and blurs • blots out finally the lusti'e o f tbe soul that ?s made, tp adpm ' beautify the earth. ■ , v ! • . ? . / % 9' He is the true-physician that looks upon. the .Cfimiiial; in ' pngeon«cell and the; man in the::agonies,of ,physicalrsi}fferi: talike with a feeling ,eye, and says, lo the one, as ,to the ott “ Thou art the victim of a misguided w ill, o f a l a d o f kno^vld iipon the most vital elements o f, life.” » .,

W ith this knowledge shall copie the healing balm and panacea. I state, therefore, that all. these auction s to which n Kind have been told,that they are heirs m a j be swayed, goverr Controlled, uprooted -by the primal knowledge o f tne .relation the spirit to the body; and so may the will hold sway and gov? so that he who is diseased, he who is sinful, and he who is II with what the world may,'call orim e,can be healed when! Master Spirit, who possesses,all knowledge and all gifts, shall ad tbe earth and clothe the world,with his life and healing.

' POEM.' 1 “ I will plant the Tree of -Life," '

Said God, “ in the garden.of earth; ■I will water it with my love;

And the eoul that, alive from ita birth, Shall enkindle the roots of the tree,Shall be my divinity."And. the Tree of Life it grew,

And-Us roots ran deep in the ground, And its trunk contained all-strength,

And its branches above Bnd around dCEffre p perfect.and fruitful tree,

God jfloffiel, with cfivifiit^""'0 wbnderful Tree of Life!

, ,That bear6th the fruitage of death, Thou’life and thoa deat& of the soul,

Holding,each in' thy wonderful breath; W ho made us.the tree that its,leaves 1 ,May bold life and death;in its sheaves?,

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d physici j conaide tiat afteo I ,our gat latthere ,ihe inqn ; arid rigl jeaaes " and leai

r moraii tysical ^I eruditioit will TOipaladiei

ic forms, i t puds bd lptionsai 9 j but'wl culiarfoi rdedcitia icarcerat f tiisMn j wholea gin in t!it theg source, iphy in 3 when I >f the hoi i, , with I i germs ohota oftdownm

. consumj —a hind 3d.. (Ms rhich, dti led mind idy nam ;he, sjefe ■ hlura adpm i

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1 ■ 0 beautiful Tree of- XnfeiTkoufat' nourished, frpfn'blood arid ;froihlteaft,

lit r - Fro^ihegrqjuiB o f ; o f ' ^ e a r B ’j ■ ' ’. ,) ■' PawfTi vnntn'WTifl fW triim,- havnm-nwrVflfrrmr*'■

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And ;.thy leaved ar 6 the prayers <And, thy blossomi areblood-redns wine,

AM^thy n^ttt'th^itbatfe anid'their hope,, Aiid all blessings arid.cursings are thine.

0 d u t ifu l Tree of Life I - Thou.dost o’erarqh the earth with thy green,

.And within thy. whispering boughs ■, .Theform of,0weet;,beautyi8 seen. And.hftthit*»<$.^hjppered a peace

And a prpmi.Be to all the drear world,A subtle, a sure swift release?

0 beautiful leaflets uncurled,That bear in your, breathing the balm,That shall,give the world its sweet calm.Life and’death it has planted on earth,

And it grofreth with growth of its soul. When the storm and the tempest it rideB,

And’ its power has'Subtle oontrol.OaBt overheard that the dove

And the Serpent in spirit are one,

U&tet di«J> Si;itT.i-iiM oirqlS, ■ qrgamaw ore nataitfUf«®epfe a7 modification_■ * -i- j . .,o^ .jifa(| j:jspir»bthe medium/ jffh,ONQW-.u » .....l^tVrtlia apirit.is, alt{^ m F oo jw * .

terpw ' hars<been.-oo.n4«o)i <;bjr-.* Sm ine; all ..the, moral .parts arid! intelligen oe M l ' have- belonged ,ttt th# ;to the m'anifestotron'. ‘ In fact; oneinll'have.been talking withffj&hn : •King ’’ o r ll Katip,’*' while> only WilliamB.pr.JIips Cook. htw;e '

Wbat remains to be studied is, then* the law of the. double, whiohil the kejr to the phenomenon. *tnis faoulty appears to.be. one of;our attri­butes, independent of the actual phenomena of apparitions.

F. CliAVAIBOi. •

MATERIALISATION AT NEWCASTLE, To the Editor.—Dear Sir,— .. in this town, I thought^

would attendat the Spiritualist Sobiety;s robins aha see what they1' werei having at their 7 p.m. meetings. When I arrived. there I fbijri^ a; Wfiupj had gathered, all strangers' to me'stive Jlr. Blake and the mWiuriv Mis/ Fairlamb. In course of eonversation'itr waB 'Suggistfed; that w i BDOtildj j eit for materialisations of the spirit-form, if such could beobtained; this was accordingly agreed to by all, and of what I saw and heard I m il ■ now give you

TUB ACCOUNT. " 'Eleven persons (three of whom were females) formed themselves into

a quarter- oirole, reaching from' one' ei)d to the side of the room in front, ana distant about eight feet fromthebabinet, whijOh was in the’ corner we had thus closed.in, and was constructed by a bow. stretoliing'from one side to the other of the coVner' of the, room about , eighteen inphes below the oeiling, from which hung dark-col'oured drapery;; inside -the oabiiiet was a small pillow n'o larger than a sofa cushion^and tjhe same shape, about ten inohes in diameter and two feet six inohes,long,'alao a mattress; tbese were for the mbdium toreoline on.,Thereappeared nothing to oause a doubt in the mind of a stranger save a Lirgedoor at the baok or rather side of the cabinet, which I thought might lead to another-rpom or staircase-landtag, but I then said nothing' about;(it, simply intending to observe closely all that ooburred. The ‘medium entered the cabinet, the gaslight was turned downshift \iras ptillhigh enough for 'ine to see the. time by my watch, we took holcl o f bands and oommenoed singing, during intervals of which we received communica­tions by rappings inside the cabinet and through the medium entranced, who spoke, all of whioh purported to be from the spirits who' were, at work to give us some palpable evidence of their presence. One message through the medium'from “ Cissy” (her guide), was’ uddrewed

- Arid its pulses beat slowly and sweet;It ib death when the winepress alone

Is trod with the thom-pieroed feet.- 0 earth! thou shalt grow glad and strong

: ’Neath this wonderful, beautiful tree,As God’s soul hathpromised so long,

’Tis his image—Divinity. 1

THB PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRIT-F0RM9. •To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—The Medium is a tribunal where all honest

QpinioDS are fraternally admitted, and this principle, in its extended spplisation, tends to give it that stamp of impartiality which oannot 'foil to increase the conndenee of those who seek the truth without pre­judice, I hope, then, tbat you will accept the reflections which I submit to your readeiB. , , , .

e discuision with regard to the ,materialiBation of spirits is warm,. ‘ ........................................................... ........ ' Miss

to ’Mr. Blake, and referred to a wish Bhe Baid he had' expre'ved at the ' morning meeting, to see the spirit-form' (and medium both at tbe same time, which evidence she said she would try arid'let u*

4UO DVtUUyi(fVp IflV, nwwiimuw* w UIUVVIVl;lll|OUIUUUU IIU9 DCVlOl/ VI u u o

.eniguia, wnile others less absolute, finding it difficult to give a soientifiof uanation to such phenomena, consider it wiser to oonfine themselves

their^tatements pf facts without committing themselves to the bypo- [tlieses, more or less plausible, which are offered in explanation, I think *nl;h them that .the comparison of a great number of. facts wfill throw light on the subject. , It is .only by tha multiplicity of examples that one is able to oorreotly classify one s facts; and it is only in comparing all itbe apparitions, in carefully noting all particulars, in remarking all the Incidents, that we arrive at the knowledge of the law which produces ;them,,whphoe a classification oan be made. , , vt Ab yet we are but on the threshold of our subject, but every day fur­bishes us with some fresh detail. It would be unwise, if not rash, to . asoribe to our facta a positive oause or a soientifio modus operandi. We are nevertheless in possession of some precious data, and perhaps the ' thread, however thin it may be, will lead us by some unforeseen route to a knowledge o f the truth.. For examples it cannot be denied (although ;Iejn not aware that Boienoe has explained this, any more than it has tbe 'Other phenomena) that our soul bas tbe faculty of reproducing its image 'momentarily, outside of the oase through whioh it usually manifests j^elf, . .Examples of this are so numerous that I should be abusing the 'ilipace'you, grant me were I to quote them. On these ocoasions the body is in a state of partial catalepsy, or lethargic prostration, more rarely of

^ordinary sleep, while the soul causes the entire individual to appear : {(often at.a considerable distanoe) alive, moving and talking... There is,: then.'a('double, for one part of the person.is actually lying down asleep, jwhere everyone oan B e him, while tne other, part of tbe same individual is just as really,Visible elsewhere; thus forming, in appearance, two per- feotly distinot entities. The link whioh unites them, we are told,, is a fluidio co^d. by meanB of whioh the .soul sustains life in its ordiriary

^envelope, wtnlotempo,rarily materialising its perisprit, or interior spiri- tiwVbody.itoarjies.itB aotionbeyond its usual sphere, and thus performs iUieful oct? pfteVnecessary to its miBsion. .We have inoont^stable proof jof the faculty whioh the soul' has of noting upon matter, ^nd forming a concretion beyond its ordinary property. t. It is, then, not jmposeible tbat .the soul o( the medium, .using a power w)iioh is developed under spiri- jtpal infl ienpe, may be capable of produqjng^he phenomenon of the (double;.with all the gradations of condensation and .dissolution, notioed in the'experiments hitherto made. But it is quite, as logical to believe that the spirit who uses the organs of the medium (whether moohanioally or intuitively) to give his thoughts,' can make use of these same organs for the purpose of a superior manifestation. This would at onoe aooount for the resemblance, inasmuch as the image presented must necessarily recall that of the medium, since the fluidio interior body is tbe purified oopy of the exterior envelope, which 'serves as a mould. This interior bodyis nothing more than an instrument ii the hands o f the spirit,'but it is fltill the medium’s body, and this is why •* Jobn King ’’ * resembles Williams, “ Katie” Miss Cook, and “ Floretibe ” Miss Showers.' It is none the less the spirits'of “ John' King;” “ Katie,” and “ Florenoe M aplew ho converse'with the circle,andwhopriduce tlie pheriobietia,i for they have bnly taken from the me'diuiri ihe substance neoessary

-for thO manifestatton.: The dissimilarity' cattj'also‘be explained. The ' spirits are not satisfibd With borrowing fropA'.the’medium the elemerifs nacesBary for their rnamTeBtatiori; they draw largel^ upon thei, or|aBiBin.

have now if she could. This announcement was received with subdued but intense applauso by all present, or a majority of them, for who (joes not know that-'everybody wants to see the medium and’spirit1 at. the s'ame time at‘this kind'of seance. Presently a small white form presented itself, nioved; about olose to the cabinet, and retired, to return spetdil^, oarrying the medium, whose head was'projected forward' through an opening in tbe ourtains, about three feet from the floor, with hiiir pann­ing down and face uppermost. In this position! she was ldwered t'o'tha floor two or thrfe times, once resting a while, with the light bf the' gals et shining full upon her face, which was distinctly recognisable, anatib make it doubly sure she wap coughing and breathing heavily, as though convulsed with shivering, distressing symptoms raoking .her' fraifye throughout,'the small white figure standing by the side of her all the while this' was being'done, and open to the gaze of all present. ' Thin medium and figure withdrew into the cabinet again, and after a while we heard her speak, still entranoed. I asked her how was it tbat l ooiild not see any head on!the figure?' She replied, “ It was because I (the spirit “ Cissy ") oould not fully materialise my head while a light,was shining on tbat of the' medium, tbbugh it tfai partially materialised.” It was not distinct enough to be seen by all of us. ' 11' ' ' '

After the medium oame put pfthe trance state and the oabiriet, I sought the first opportunity to enter the cabinet (which I bad never, loBt sight of), threw baok the ourtains, opened the door at the back to see where the door I bad observed at the back led to. I found it to be ’simply a closet witb a few shelves in ; three briok walls and tbe door fbrinea the four sideB, with oeiling and floor, firm and fixed as any other.1 This account is understated and brief, in order that it may be attested td by witnesses present as well as tnyself, who must have seen and! heard what I relate.—I remain, jours f<fr truth, Q-. E. Hikde,

Newcastle-on-Tynef November 30th, 1874. , ' *'•We, tbe undersigned, hereby testify that tbe above: letter is' a'oorrcct

though brief acoount of what ocourred, and was witnessed by us all.(Signed)

Fenwick Pickop, Sons CbtTiiA it, Miss Coltman, Mrs. Fairlaub, Mbs. Pickup,

'IE . J . B dakh, Jo s . N icdOmow, J ob. D onai/d,T . W right,W u. A emsteong.

* Note of translatur,—" John Ktng",lU4 bia drapery consists of tbe sott muslin that is only'mado'ln India.

of a Hindoo,:

, VANISHING OF MATERIALISED FORMS. ' . ’i .To. ,the,Editor.—Dear Sir,—Will you oblige by inserting the follow­

ing brief .account; of a Beance held at the residenoe of Mr. Petty,‘injthis town, ft, f^\j dw? ago. The seance was held in a room fourteen! feet long, twelve and a half feet broad; the recess*whioh was soreened off ,by twp dark, curtains' as a onbinet, is three feet nine inohes .lorigjbnd a ourved iron qod whioh supporty the curtains extended from thefedga of the reoess next the:fireplace to the architrave of- the windowj whioh is fpur -feet from the wt>ll.-of.the recess; the whole 8oreened rerfes8is therefore very small, and waa oarefully examined prior .to the Beance;•'“ ^Ehere1 Were^r^sept ati the"aeance, sitting in.a.curveroppoiite-the recess.and. holding, hands, .thefolJoWingladies and geritjiemen/anranged in.,the order,iu whioh they are enumeratedj.oommenoingjat theleft;— 'Miss.F. Petty. Mr; .'Hare, Mrs. Etare,- Mr. Miller*'Mrj Petty, Mr.'Bltkfe, i^iBa PettyJ Mr.,MQwbrayJ Mri'Scott. Mn Barkas.iarid M ri’Amitrtnfc. Ther? mot. b e ip g lrp o^ :fp r^ $ tio^ v oh w S iw ;oP b tty in ju ^ ;!-u & lttaster JoB. Petty were behind tbe oirole. Mrs. Pettj^ ynt; medium,

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dress.:. Her

.anoh^-oP'thoiktaot, Itf 'til t6ifpSiWe! .-uii(;io,‘aiid relie1 (ftptknpts Jinli'&iiabtly; the I rarSfidiftt,a distlinob

w i i o ' j j i t e ' s e f i t 1 'e^mmpd'/tiie jttnd1' foti^id^thbm;'6*it0tly 'Jin 1 tiio' ooi ditiiqn, ^'WKefl’iffB.'Pettyejiters^^thi ■y' esBi’t;'The.-me3itiiiVj^y; piiVrug, ^ithher^©ad‘aipoii«tt'>'Spifl6W'biia:’''th^,th¥ead through her eaif; I hropght 'the •t^ad'dbng'TOe^aide 'p f ffie- roorij and m ind thVohair of fay righthand neighbBuf/'l&Jl'iiinfltr6Dg): andheld tho bobbin on- ^iioh the thfead-Vtia tolled in my right hand, During the whole sitting there was ■ not the slightest strain on'the thread. When our arrangements were made, afldife: iitMBhadtaketi their sedts btid taken hold of eaoh P^ffei^n^ .tJi^ ja^^Jight^^ju -reduoediibut. goodiiillummation

i,$$er,MUpg^^piiili'jeigat- minutes, white ftrtmsi began to

I y^nishing,. Thp forma yaried in height from two feet$ « W l S 1? .-omii^We human figure was notvisible. Frequently a bodilesa hand and' arm appeared waving at aheight of five feet; the hand.and,arm,also vaniBned. A small”child­like figure appeared promoting well from the oentral opening of .the

'TW/^fera .wfflj defined, .janSijt Ijiad appeared o& previous 'O’cliasibns l olierfcd the small psyo^io, a neoklaoe. of beads, and pimped ffiett ’oti'a' otaiit'Bbdyt’ tfwo 'feljt from the ourtmnB. . It put out its bapd ! t ^ lrembWd'theibekdS, andratfled thein/joyfully behind the, onrtaips. l/aSkM'tt’t^ jjut ‘them1 on ' its .neck and show us them; it immediately did io, a^d'pWBeiited itself wearitfg the beads. It then took a small 61afefciri; iuBibal doll’ from the, hand of Mrs. Hare, and removipg it jwithin theMri^lns played with it also. This ohild-form shook hands wiffi'iSd feiojBraced Miss F, Petty. The two little ohildren, embodied

l. vj «— sLi — j •• « other for a few, . , , but the beads and

........ A partially-formed large figure then appealed,drew'a yaeant ofiair towards' the ourtains, and outside of, the ourtains wrote o n ’th'e&per whioli lay On the ohair the following words:—

’ ' “ I' will over remember thee, our mother.—M, Hare.”Two minutes after this ’ the ourtains'were opened and the medium was foundiii a trance on the fiobr, with the thread in her ear exaotly as I M itt^ W rd i an liOu*1before.

Venlj^ if pebple wiU not believe these facts on evidence suoh as this, they “ tfiir n6t believe though one rose from the dead.”—I am, dear Sir.yburs, &o., T. P. Babkas.

Ntfaicostle-on-Tyne, November 30th, 1874.

DOXY.W e often hear from heterodoxy what orthodoxy is.plfni La aoaiIam «* O Iff. aal> _ !_. . , Can anyone tell

what heterodoxy is ? We $,&);, because orthodoxy in the spiritualistio weejdypapera seems tp say so little against heterodoxy, but neterodoxy neva? wp^,pMs,7^ o u t , using the whipoord. Soaroelya lecture M repQrted, scarcely an article apart from personal matters, but display ,the qo^ara’s instinct, of thrashing the unresisting. Men scarcely out o f their teens, seem to know all,about Moses and the prophets—know $iaii Ac(am_ never,liyed.. There never was a first man. Adam did not ^at.Jpe,.apple; it.,was a fig. Eve was protoplasm—was a beautiful awjfjno,jtiE-b.it;. ,tho poor, woman is now “ azure blue.” Tbe Moses, Aarop, e^d ®agioi_an mirages never took place, they were impossible; thereiorje the. historical ^nd law-giving narratives are fables. Ghosts! Tftere aw none. Devils! There are none. Ghosts there are, hut not evil j ^only nn-devel-oped spirits. Milk and water ghosts there are; ignorant ghosts there are, and we are qualified to teach them. The physipajl and mental world is a sink of mistakes. I see how this, that, apdp}e(loth?r oould bp better. God! There cannot be a God. All life is merely jelly so condensed by position and squeeze, as to beoome “ A ll^ iv e Q !” .If He existed, he would not permit, evil, would keep m,e riqh, would not permit siokness and death. All that orthodoxy tells me o f a loving G'od: is absurd. There is no God. There is a God, but BJe is, so great that no attention oan possibly be direoted towards man; no help, f^om him ppsuble. Man, must ohanoe it. Man must rub on, afldriilp,,put'into ofiaps.

1 ^eterodo^y!, Wiiat areyo^? What is your physioal and mental sl^pe, Are you human f. ,Qrthodoxy we know, but who are you? Stand out froip the shadows, and let us see your so-called symmetrical proportions. As the octopus comes out, so doeB heterodoxy, but being iw^.ap,, a voioe replies, Lpok! . I have a body filled with educational instincts, hut I am nineteen-headed—human-headed; nineteen-faoed, nineteen sets of phrenological organs; nineteen mouths to utter the instincts of the body. Look at us; we vary, and develop accordingly. One has a younjj moustache, one has more hair from the jaws than on the head, showing ‘externally wliere the eleotrioal power lies; one is bald- headed -shining; another is blear-eyed; one is colour blind, another is short-sighted.^ AB J.Jpok, really the iong-neoked beads wriggle SO queerly. tbat heterodoxy is felt tb be unfolding its instinots, wben it declares,’ “ We are as one mind, when orthodoxy , is before ,us, but, stipnge to say,; our phrenolb^toBu4Aps;4re'stv diverse, that when We oan We assail eaoh, ottos'* Wifanglejtopposd by, look and voioe. We have appetites, e ad it is;

fOOlyiPi^bDdbiyjthatgive^us theifoodiweallTelish. Oh, when our nine- te6nt)?ipii3eaiijoitt«in chorus,.wis1 give out soiind against yon twentieth: (giafetipower.torthOdo^. . ■ 1 .i.inQuieflysobBervingi through domimentary lens, I find tbat heterodoxy ,dpe8.'in'eailyianithe heotorihg^and,brth6doxy nearly',&ll tbe ministering. Wljjkipgothroughi the lists ofjBnppartorB of jhospitials/of infltifiutiohs toPfiltiBVftimA'hltllfi. tllO <nHn)iA IfkA tfilbtniia

®{gl^;‘^t^dis^fidej ^

w m bat .5-.1C .sloi'ib vjo7/ vWc'l

moiijfamili-

They differ only in minor mtters,'iwifl,oipa][lyo r g a n i s a t i o n . t h e y breat'pure and good; .btit^h^ mingles tit, that «eontomed tothe air ot trait for •"infant man, as he dpps ^d f Jjjj

Having thus b li^ itly ,.^ fj^ ^ t^ o^ .B g t^ rp a p x y j'T v ith its nine teen-faced it is ; I)0S"Spiritualist, know no doxy, neither Indian Mojiamedan, Greek, Romat nor Protestant. I desire the union'’of-Wl’ thp 'idt)jd^S''iti( the world, i revolutionise tho human1 mind^dii'tlibl tw& grtat'iksii&S'.for humanity Life after physical f'S’ormulate^r“ our oreea,” thus— 1 st. Aknbwledgp'tliatman! 4sisc« didot his body, living, intelligent aabttaiioeb,;' 2 l^ >JXlM iil&d^r(jii^tlttIdoli(lltioiu — - ■uohoanand do v i s i i i - a m d , ' a a a t f d i e t the fa they are oonneoted with by ties'df1'toriticffi'.''™,: '■ -•

Ab a Spiritualist, I denounba''bpth' OBfaodofcy.Btid''hbtprodoxy—as* Spiritualist I know no!th'eol%(Btd,ra o r f .i iiti^ir6Vi^g,’tS^hebereavei millions of Great Britain antf ’ilSeWhere,1 •the’t^Ij'f'ilndsSiental facU we have, during the twenty-six y firs .r.emai.ning.of-thisiflentury mor than enough to engage our.tim?t Q|Mvei}ergi??jt aqd./our affectiom. Sooieties, institutions there aro, for pbyajp^l.,aila^|itst ,a»d their sup­porters throw their lives i^.thpBe .brpsohfiitQ^gpoct/.irrespective oi oreed. Church and theologicEd dissent give pf their money-abundancs; sit at the same oommittee each in hjjsphere, for the good of htimamt^. Jjet' tli;''SpiMtiifeilM do the same. Let us put down the dOxV wranglers, ''Let'iisV^bl^jbur lieart-thoughti to the spread of Spirftualisfiti ]iu¥b find wrktilS j'S id fot ttflse of us who

atneologicaldoxy'fl haveion^.hpe'Ht te bilr ’l^biei and in out ohurches. As --i*-^ is. .»i. —platform or itmemory, the creed of Spiritualists) and 'nobly Work while it is day, beoause the night of physical death is rapidly floating; in od us. Letiu, with visible bead and shoulders,ibft.busy and*piiergetio; giving to our heart-feelings vent, as a thank-offering, tjo, “ our. Father,”/ God.

Enmore Park, S.E. . J . Enmore Joses,

SPIEIT.PHOTOGBAPHY AT THE EAST: AND WEST OF LONDON. • ■■ 1

I again Bat for my likeness to:MT.'!Fi lI;'Pairk&, No. 6, Gaypes Part Terrace, Grove Boad, Bow; E., frto has nowfcbmmenced business as a spirit-photographer, and on the plate1 beih^tfeViloped a female form appeared' in addition to my liketoesS. ‘ This 'pibttire ■Wm takeii inder themost strict test conditions, as f o l l o w s I nailed up a rtitigfi woollen blanket to form a baok ground; sb.that’ tneW&illd'be' no1 painting ofanv aanpinfSnn trtaiKla n* ir»TTaiV\lQJ ♦rv'htit aa 'a PdrtV avi Tany description, visible or in^sible; { o ’biWse 'ari effeot on the piotnre. I carefully examined the oame'ra, abd1 cleaned, m'arked,1 and iollddioniaed

'the plate myself, handed it to the operator,'atid* sav him plunge it into the bath; then stepping out o f the daik'tobhi I;looked'through s ooloured glass to see all that trimspired inside, wafehing the operation of removing the plate from the bath atid putting it into tne dart ohamber, followed the operator to the'camWa, and, 1 after the1 likeness was taken, returned with him into the dark 'room, so that it was im­possible for him, without my perceiving it, to ditaw the slide and expose the plate to the light with a dummy in front of'it Before'of sifter taking the likeness, so as to oause the appearanOe o fa bogus'spirit-form. StiU intently watohing the plate being ta^ed'froih the'dark chamber, and the developer poured on it, I saw two flgiires' sWft!,out ;in' the ubUbI way, but, singular to relate, the spirit-picture’ wks twibe as'dense as 'mf por­trait; therefore, under tbesd conditions, it' was iinpbssible' that the slightest suspicion of triokery cOuld exist in my mind,'

Muoh has been said about the reappearance Of th^: image of washed- out plateB by the application of eledtricdfcy. I thihk that COllld not be effected if I ‘were allowed to olean the plates. The plate l usfed on this occasion w a B , however, a new one,'therefore that objection in this case is worthless. ' ' . ■

In Frederiok Hardwick's “ Manual of Photographio • Chemistry," published in 1856, the following passage occurs, page 3 9 “ A phe­nomenon, at first sight rediarkable, itf spokpW of in whioh the photo-mnvnViav An dafffilnninff iha nUta oooa *rv' UTd'onvnMaa1 fwn {mbma at-nwf

------- - -—>!W—J *S I “ »• *V-MVIV»by washing; had nevertheleis modified; the' Burface,iif‘'t1 ie''glass' bo as to fiffect the layer o f ' iodide of silver, andif the glass, HSd "been'breathed upon before%gain coating it With collodion, there is every1 reason to.sup­pose that the outlines of the accidental iniBge Vould have been seen,”

I have heard of a photographer that could not develop a platje free from disfigurement for two’ years, and was in consequent obliged to employ an operator. When I was on'a visit to PreBtoii; in La'riOflshire,I heard of a photographer Who Was obliged to give lip his busitieas inAAflAAMItAW AA' A ',AiMAMd>A M AAmA M a'*M 'am li • 1 *1 ‘ * 1 I- H — ... 'Jconsequence of strange appearances on hi^hegatiVes. "His patroiissaid it Was plain that he was liot up to his work, bo he left the town in despair. On examining' one of those phptb’s, I perceived at once that it was a spirit-pioture. It is rather singular tjut ft line Of 'omnibuses running east and west through London' should teripinate at the ends of the streets where the spirit-photogrkpher'B reside, M*. Hudson in the west and Mr. Parkes in the east. I f ' inJ praotioil photojgrapher can point out any hoous-poouB whereby I might have been deceived, I should be extremely grateful. ' " " ' W .W iiLA C E.

105, Carlton Eoad, November 24th, 1874.

Rochdale.—Dear ^r,r-Weliad( two excellent tranoe orations through Our friepdMrs. Sqattergood, at Aoorflgton, bn^unday.isst Though the meetings proved a. loss, to | the j ex^hequbv, V.6. consider .that they: will

, prbye gobd'gam uppn.the,Spirit)jal',eiae of ttie.ledgier.; The wdiepoes

subje^'^j'w^King ome^feee Rtir.jidl^in^'thp^iri.tpfpjjffi^.etings.

nbld a few BeanceBatEgohaalei cd '.... ..... ..T ..ilicanon.ti.... ..... rwsu, on application to me.—Yours truly, James. Soichffb,

. t i f 'i i l ';.r.O i i -c m u i u j : M » •...;! 1, tisfe u i iu

771

.... ....qf Great "Britain,

(fcsti^'j^eiUgWiat: 'jSTprthlefliOhr-T . sopajljjjnfiv.qn th? gotsiypld HiUb ife?i -jT|9hn, Hitpfynai^j Esq.’,1 ,bf 'Ee^f^-

M p^jpgag^Jnffjid^ 'a^^;pa|tf% ,‘1 iQ^ me^hant,'$a!. The , aiibieotdarper'sqmewhat mpre’ tndn

Tpfaif UBiwl‘'m^ii<^'0dUMei_6f "that'Say,'l>y't ^ ^ f f iV f W « i l ‘^pp^iifici»top ,‘ With' a pfoiintry general rfraot’itiOnei', fbr’tiie1 ‘BficJo'ffTof ’ffteyem, during wi)idh time hb enjoyed (?) abundant '<*ripoirtUnitiea/iri- h’e midifcof a large agfieultural popiilationr of bleeding, •blist'arm^ Baliyhtih’g, bbrie-Wtting, vacoinating—in short, attesting the Tirtues^di^Vides^nob' improbably both) of regular, legitimate, orthodox praoticej'either;called, or inisoalled, medioal and.surgioal “ soienoe” ! It muBtinot be forgotten, hdwBTer, that in this Bade “ Northleaoh ” there is an exoellent free grammar school, or oollegiate institution ofLatin, %ee^, $ud fflj^bematios, by, attendance upon whioh the future Epleotio phyai9i£^:be?ame entitled (after oucoessfully piping the requisite qlsBsi- c»l eiamipatiqn),io a valuable exhibition or scholarship at Pembroke 0 11p et.ij0xfd^,it^pab)e for four-years, at ,£80 per annum. Young

, priBdners,although 'NQrtmeifibh is blessed with one of the most magnificent churohes (vieweQ in thii’Sense of Gothio arohiteoture) to be found in old England, or elsewhere,'as'well as the Townsend scholarship; belonging to West- wood/Cbllege;!it‘possesses not only a poor-law bastile, but a tread-mill, applied to'the: igrinding of oorn, whioh constitutes the “ hard labour” to .whioh Her. [Majesty's refraotory subjects, in this particular neigh­bourhood, /ftiteinot infrequently aubjeoted by way of condign punish­ment for diyera, kinds of immorality and breaohes of the peace!

" 1 ■ Searching fo b K nowledge.From thence he went, as a lover of psychology, to Fairford Asylum

for1 'the Iii&ane, an establishment of acknowledged reputation lor the car el and curb of’ lunatics of both sexes, •• Subsequently he entered as a perpetual pupil of Guy’s Hospital, London! where he remained for up­wards of three Jears, and having passed the Royal College of Surgeons of? England,. be-.beoame medioal officer of Cirenoester poor-law union and Burgeon to the workhouse infirmary for a period of seven years— meanwhile pontimiing to leoture occasionally, in London and the pro­vinces, On “ homoeopathy,” “ hydropathy,” “ Turkish baths,” “ botanic praotioe ”—in sljbrt, Eclecticism in medicine, witb not a few publio de­bates and journalistic controversies, from 1841 to 1871, inclusive.

Dr. Hitchman. having visited the chief continental universities in Holland, France, and Germany, ultimately graduated in the year 1841, as a dootor of medicine, at the well-known Protestant University of BaVarit),lobatedat Erlangen.t His practical knowledge of the various specialities pertaining to medicine, Burgery, and the obstetric art has been acquired by.personal attendance in ;the wards o f some of the most distinguished institutions now set apart for suoh purposes, both at home and abroad. Hi> oareer as a medioal reformer, scientific author, and last, but not least, genial philanthropist, has been most appropriately reoorded by "The Age we Lire I n ” and the leading organs of the Liverpool press.

In oonoluding this slight biographical sketch of our English brother it is but just to add that, quite independently of the aeveral volumes already mentioned, viz., on “ inflammation,” “ consumption,” and “ philosophy of mind,” he is the author of numerous letters, leadinj articles, and miscellaneous essays, scientific paperi, &o., in British an( foreign periodicals, more particularly in connection with those numer­ous aoaaimies of soienoe'and belles lettres, in Europe, of whioh, for the past quarter of a century, he has been an aotive “ c Jrresponding ” and.working member—sufficient literary matter, in truth, to occupy half- a dozen royal ootavos, and more than adequate to ahow an active part in the great and,good drama of human life.—From “ Transactions of the Eclectic Medical Society of the State of New York," 1871-2.

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been present in addi ng£“ ;Whe:cutoff.” Ui'L.'i.;:! i

After-puzzling the stranger for. some, time,.the,,controlling JuitelliT genoe deolared his' name to^be. “ Samuelirv.aoid’i ie igpptleinaii was (Jjp; covered to be Dr. Monok; who had beeiidirepted to attflncl.the oirole quite unexpectedly, explained that the lady waa an entire stranger to him, and that^VSimuel’' was his own spirit-guide, who had’neyerbefo're, to hia knowledge, controlled1 any other medium.: ’ H el;eiplsihedf<fu]rther that he'had that afternoon been engaged with a friend in'gerfe'dtingf anovel teat spirit-telegraph, and one of the lege being lqp?Bi;hB,ha^i had i| cut off. The gentleman whose guest Dr. Monok is; being prpsenfebonfirmed tbis, and said it was impossible for any otberperson tb:.haTtt'ft;know­ledge of the faot, as they had come direot tq the leanoe after. t^ e /d ie - Beotion," and desiring to remain unknown, had conversed vrl& nql ;qpe. Raps were now again heard plentifully, sometimes six on eight yarjli distant from the Doctor, I should here state that all this ocourred m gaslight. It was proposed to sit in darkness.’but Dr. MpnpVobjedted, and left the room for a few minutes. On his return, with, thq gM*i»s before—not a full light, but turned down—the cqmmunibatiqn' “ raps" was oontinued with inoreased power, "Samuel” being tne chief spokesman. One of the sitters was somewhat startled by a spirit- hand touching him and pulling his ooat-sieeve. During this Dr. Mondk’s hands were resting on the table in full view. I believe this great medium has been directed by his “ guides” to visit the various oirolea in London to do all the good he can in developing mediumistio persona &c., &o. I am sure every Spiritualist will earnestly say, “ God bless and belp him in a work so important and holy!” Our cirole iaindebted’ to him for hia opportune visit. Through his mediumship may very many realise the blessedness of spirit-communion!—Yours truly,

Chas. J. Hunt.

d r . Mo n c k a t m a r y l e b o n e .- To the Editor.—Dear Sir,— Perhaps you will oblige by finding space

in the Medium for the following:—Every person who has the conduct in gof.a semi-public seance, knows how difficult it is to find persons whose mediumship is sufficiently developed to sit with strangers, who sometimes appear quite disappointed if some wonderful phenomena does not oodiir. At our weekly seancea we have to depend on looal mediums who ate. very kind .in attending, &c., whenever they can. At our^oircle

i on the 17th inst, Mrs. SViehold vfae too unwell to be present, and some ;of,.upfplt spmewljat $ad, as we had no medium on which to depend. H oover, wp atlpngth oommenced, nearly thirty person's being present. Onr glpomy % ebodings soon gave place to farjqifferent feelings; instead of being’without mediums it was soon discovered we w e favoured witl* the presenoe of several. 5ne of our lady, friends was controlled by an interesting, chatty little Indian girl, who gave tbe name of “ Rainbow.” A very significant test was at orice given to a stranger. Next to thelady medium sat a gentleman, also a stranger, who frequently removed his hands from off the table, stating tbat the power was very great. “ Rain bow,” id a aomewhat amusing manner, repeatedly directed him to keep hie hands on tbe table in the “ orthodox fashion.” He did ao, and many were aurprised to hear loud raps, whioh oontinued to increaae in powet and in rapidity, in different parts of the room, as well as near the stranger alluded tp. At the suggestion of this gentleman the rest of tbe company formed an outer circle; a young lady soon' gave evidenoe of control and strove hard to apeak, but iu vain,-until the stranger plaoed- his finger on her throat, saying, “ Friend, reoeive the power 0 spepoh.” When the spirit at once commenced speaking.and gave a niline which he reoognised. Aoother spirit then controlled the lady, and after‘'thp

* This anoient manorial residence las been the se%t of John or William Hitchman (Hvchman as formerly spelt) for more than five hundred yeara. The1. Hon. William HitohmanvoflHewiifork city, is a descendant ofthe:samefamily.;

DR. MONCK’S PUBLIC SEANCES*To the Editor.— Dear Sir,—Your oorreapondent " 0 .” alluded to Dr.

Monck’s publio sitting at the Spiritual Institution on Wednesday even­ing, November 18th, in last week’s Medium, apparently for the oppor­tunity of abusing his privilege in employing your columns, by making certain extraordinary statements respecting the lifelong opinions, asser­tions, and behaviour of a greatly offending “ aoeptic eo-oaUed, who assisted upon that oooasion.

Your readers will doubtless permit a word of expostulation, simply in the interest of all truth, and not of personal feeling, on behalf of said sceptio, with whioh miserable man I confess, with oonfusion of face, it is my disgrace to be identified. My friend “ 0.” kindly records that “ I insisted that whenever the so-oalled physioal phenomena of the day reaohed a point not oapable of being explained by the word im­posture, it was simply tbe work of satanic agency by devilish spirits.” Not to put too fine a point upon it, I regret tq be obliged to oharaoterise this as tbe most deliberate and utter falsehood, suoh words as “ impos­ture,” “ satanic,” “ devilish,” or similar ones, or the most distant al­lusion to such a preposterous theory, never having passed my lips on that or any other oocasion in relation to Spiritualism. My friend is also good enough to say that I “ had entertained opinions for most of a lifetime mos*; violently hostile to the following nappy theory, &o.,” whioh remarkable statement, considering that I had not the honour of divulging my opinions to him or others, I must regard as pure inven­tion ; but I trust at leaBt I may be too wise to be “ violently hostile ” to any “ theory,” or even gross misrepresentation and insult. Allow nie to assure my friend—whose cautious signature drives me to your pages —that I am no novioe in these investigations, [and I can readily under­stand how, having simply insisted upon the oonditions imposed by the medium himself beiDg striotly complied with, he should deplore that “ not a fifth of what might have oocurred didooour,” “ and that so,” as he pathetically puts it, “ the entertainment of thirteen innooent persons, who had never done him any harm, was greatly marred by his mere presence alone.” Be tbis aa it may, the medium, at the close of the sitting, immediately Bought an introduction to me, and, expressing pleasure at meeting, which I respeotfully beg to reciprocate, he and hie host kindly invited me to their private house. This highly-appreoiated oourtesy was the most satisfactory manifestation of a good spirit vouch­safed to me during the evening.

I am utterly at a Iobs to acoount for these and other statements of my friend “ C,” which I regard with breathless astonishment, except upon tbe hypothesis that there exist fanatical Spiritualists, I trust only a few, who denounoe, misrepresent, and label as “ soeptic,” any enquirer more soientifio, systematic, or oonsoientious than themselves.—I have tha honour to be, Sir,—that “ soeptio,” W alteb Harms Coffin.

3rd Deoember, 1874.

GERALD MASSEY AND HIS MOTHER/S SPIRIT.While Mr. Massey was in America last winter he had a sitting .with

Maud E. Lord. The Banner of Light thus reports the circumstance:— “ In the oourse of the seance Gerald Massey, who was present, received a remarkable proof o f continued existence beyond death, from the spirit of his mother. At a previous sitting with Mrs. Lord, the medium desoribed a spirit-lady, old and grey, who appeared near him. ■ He saw by the word-portraiture that it must be his mother, but said he was not yet aware tbat she was dead, a letter received by him from England having informed him, however, that his aged parent waB so reducediby sickness that the next account he received would probably be that of .her decease. The spirits also wrote on the slate at Mra. Hardy’s materialisa­tion Beance (held the previous Wednesday evening),' Yours shall meet you and speE k soon,’ and upon his question as to '■ When ?’ the answer was written 1 Next Saturday night.’ Wliile sitting iit the circle on this the foretold Saturday night, Mr. Massey became consoious of.the pressure of bqnds familiar in. their touob, and whioh he at pnee reoognispi as.his mother’s , s a i d nothing.till she spoke to hjpMri an audible vpio.e^'It is.ajlole^r^biiie now.’

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' OUR PATIENT.It gives me very great pleasure in being able to announce to tbe

readers pf the r Medium that Mr. Sums is.recovering, although slow ly, froin hiMeTOre illnesS." 'Stenifel, and physical prostration

and'.those who are acquainted with':the “ f f i thaliiesH 'ispeir t o ”. w ill readily, realise the grave' situation~C —L ‘ J : ±lJ± qijjgo fb u r ,-r.lJ-Tr„ _____ __________________ _D. ____ _______________;crisi8, fhpye,yer,,|s patrt, and h e m a y now be considered out of .dapger, J udb,it ’wall tie some time before.,his system recovers the severe stock to which itshas been subjected. , j .' Those kwhbj‘like myself, are in ; the habit o f seeing him almost

dapy/know fu ll well his untiring zeal and great activity in every,- thiQ^>that'relates to Spirituilism .« These were .-two of;the<m ost Btnkmg'CharaCteristics' o f James Burns. I f he has a defect it is Ms iflabilityltb'sby!<,'No.’’ 'His^'utter disregard for his ow nper-

.'soM'cbrive^enfeiand cbmfort to' serve the cause of Spiritualism is too weU'known to' need'any comment at my hands. 1

' I t w S 'b u t a few weeks sihce that he lectured at Sheffield'. H e.s fo& d ^o^Ijojjdjo 'n , by the Wednesday afternoon train, arrived'

;^-*5—,'i-rr.-pf?"J W fi*i,vu u w m v uw vuv y u WWl/U'ittitb^-^ibjjiingj d i d f o r t y .winks ” in his boots, began to revise ;probf(Sh$'et8'o f thb: M edium for the publishing day, and then pro-.• ceededjwith)his daily avocations! This-is no isolated case,-.but ' bftraihis^wefeklyTOutine, and shoVs his untiring activity o f mind and-b8dy'iri'thb; Cause o f Spiritualism. I am personally cognisant

■"•of’his gi'Stttf exertions,' and it is not a matter of surprise that his ' over-worked1 systbm has tempbrarily succumbed to the storm.’ Every Spiritualist will rejoice that our esteemed brother is re­covering. ;. ' ■ G. W . T hom son .

T H E R E i Ie A SE O F ,B IG /!fiA G L E ''’ “ } '[•'; lit tvas-our intention to accompany .the ,touching nteative , and

nbw supply. ’lIri‘ tlid .’firat place w e 4 eaire.to;'mentibn that the«Mef:-'waa(j ni § -'£r bS fal£p«e8eiiAr'

from , thb editor o f ;th d Banner of X tjA i'.tb ' the editor' o f 't h e ten iu it'by ..the hand, o f;o u r 'mtttualv'an^/MucKiiefepilBted fu e n i Gerald.Mtasey, ;on i is r.etjivn spring..of'^intenutnoiialbrings' distant continents; into clqsej p r o x m ^ o f vast nations. in p ftruth andthe prbinotibniof thekingdombfKe^eli.upoa.’ ^W p thank our American friends' fo'r/thfeir.-lrindxdct^imd-we ’libperjto 'See such more'ftequently reciprocated'in'the ifutiiiu'e.,’i-' J « / w » r i . : The narrativejgives a glimpse at the'pepdiiij^nediumBhipioft thti red racedf^the K ir W est .'.1 It wbi^d' app^ar' tte t with-them'icoii- munion'with the Great Spint is ’ alinost^^iiveVsklly recogniaed. W hat wonder is 'it tiwt Spil'itualisni! fifef. iiiauif^sted itself in' .the land of a people who had been‘ 'S^inti^istS^fqi' untold jUg^P .Going to tne other extreme o f .A m p o r a ^ c $ | ^ ^ .(u n .1 ^ ^ ]^ ^ r ' the.narrative tha,t in the palace of',j£be Ruler at^Washing^on^M in the wigwam of the s a v ^ i n the W est^SM itudism is Aypractim fact. 1 Mr. Lincoln was a Spiritualist, and’ the extent, to which .tbis doctrine permeates the American people ; is ,■well indicated ;in the article quoted last week. W e may . here i observe , that in i Human Nature for -December a spirit-photbgraph byM um ler k given, >in which Mis- Lincoln is the sitter, and ner spirit-husbtmd and soh appear standing behind her. This well-attested phbtograph carries with it a peculiar .interest when associated with the acts which led tb the release qf Big Eagle. ,

^Lastly, we would brie fly ;touch upon the .valuable services rendeied by such weariless workers as the Banner ' of . Light- folks and their excellent medium Mrs. Conant. The public cannot 'estimate the many hours that are consumed from business in the ‘service o f the spirits. Such places as the ;2?a»Mer office are; riot mere ti’ading concern's, but [are great mibsioil ' stations/ between humanity and the World o f spirits; effefetiiig lihitoid :lifenfefit,,;to thousands,' and oftentimes .at the expenBB ofHhbse who' MVe to undertake; the work. ..But it wpula :4pii?a):.;tha|;, instead, o f

. 1 ‘ .11.!, \1 .(i : r . .1- I V INSTITUTION W E E K .-It was .Out. intention not to say one single word more upon this

‘ subjectj 'but^ quietly to wait- for the -result. - Circumstances have, 'hb^ey6iys8®isei-which necessitate breaking through this hard and ' fa^linef,^iTiib:l‘feCen1; severe • illness of Mr; James Bums has forcibly

but_iqn,oijrablej and ,just that the ‘ man \vho Jias worked ’ ^0 hard, so long, and so perseveringly should have his exertions recpgpised in some slight degree; and the way. it is proposed "to do this js, with the, a id jo ftth jstfjn i^ to ; c a ^ :\o%i^oreieffect)ia|ly( the^designs of •the S ^ itu r i l^Btitutipn w ith .less'trquwe; care, and anxiety, both pecjiaiajy' and ottiei^ise,^tHte,att|ie jrel^ iii'iipm ent exists.' fPKft *Mn«rftmnni ^AAiviMnMnAn a « ’ ''O i ! l i 1 It.i' 1 D lL . ' 3 Hl _

I f our jfriendsrv ^ l . o p fc ;takeji:,little; trouble, success w ill ;crown'their efforts^{ ;;Uh'equebinay.:be.'Ci'0S8dd Union Bank, and P.C_____;)andP.O. ordersmadepay-vable;t-tbsthe(:Nlondrary' secretaiy,'! Mr. Thomson, 8, Brunswick :CreBcfentj$old'’Harbbur Lane, Camberwell, Londom• 'U \ ’t -i.it li. r% t-.a-'l' ,;j..: . ,1 .. ~el'J jl» MR,;Bjj | ; VISIT. TO ,Bl$fiOP AUCKLAND.

thanks these unpaid toilers ,are often' viBited, with 'slander and .abuse, as a recompense for their labours.' Such‘, it seem8, has been the fate of Mrs. Conant, and it .w ill afford pleasure to everv Spiritualist . t o observe that she is so ably and generously supported by her co-workers. • m t :

No one o f us is perfect: “ There is none righteous, no, not one.” Public people are.not worte than ‘ others^, bufy living as they do, almost constantly in the blaze of public o^ervation, uieir habits and actions are observed and '-'noted.’; whereas the Much grosser indulgences o f private individuals’ are liid fro'in observation. “ He that is without sin among jjpu, let him first cast a stone.” A ll are pu tted "1 by the same biiSsh. of pksorial'infirmity ‘and hereditary obliquity, which it should be our chief cai'e, i s practical Spiritualists, to remove ,from ourselyes and from others as we bave.opportunity. One thing is certain: foul as”.we are G.o.d makes use o f us to carry, out the behests o f his divine provi­dence. His radiant messengers, deign- to make us, frail humans as we are, their-deputies to carry out their < beneficent plans of salvation on earth, and surely if these high-and holy powers can tolerate our weaknesses and make use. or our infantile strength, we may follow their example, and do the same, forgetting the frailty which is daily exhausting itself, but calling into view the divine capabilities o f our nature, which are destined to conquer and to live and develop for ever.

TH E “ MORSE N U M B E R ” OF TH E MEDIUM.W e are now prepared to mako positive announcement o f the

early appearance o f a fine engraving of Mr. Morse- ini the M edium , accompanied by a comprehensive autobiography. This w ill be one

-present sfty on which' week^hfese m'atte’rs 'm ll appeal, ’all' ( _ _ _ oInpon the' speed^ of the, enpiie^r; biit most certainly the ^ Moree Number!’ -w;iy be ^iven before the close o f the year. W e hiave opened a list to receive subscribers for extra quantities. It wi|l|te a first-rate doqjiment $>r universal circulation, and as the engraving w ill entail a. heavy expense, we must contrive to sell a few thou­sands extra to meet it. The price w ill be 9s. per 100, or 4s. 6 d. for 60 copies, carriage extra.< ' v :

Ifs. B ubns, though improving in health, j s still unable to leave his room, so that,ftll Cprresp&ndqnce, ^p., i^u inng his sup,ervision will have to. be.laid.aside until- he has recovered.

; in town, looking and feeling wpll. He ii hereonbuBineBa cpnneqfed mthhis forthcoming Siptbry of Travel in Foreign

.Lfads," i j o o t that onght to, and undoubtedly will, have an extensive Btle^Bannaiof IAgM? November 2 1 ,' 18?i.j-D a .1 Ji ®*^EWToir, ipow- onv hifi, return from iCaliforttia^ ia, atithe

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . remaining severaiaibtitfes,

without meaioine. 'Boom 25,' St, Louii{Weinesd.tj) Noreinfer 1^18^4.

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iher ;'prof^Bsionolly.; ..For seyertfl: yearslM Vniinlltf' <iA*M«4nn! trrlfft 'kntrA ■ vnnnlin/1:

• W e: himself, aa a spirit,. _\this'‘gorfd gentleman; and;a manner.as to ; cbnstitute their labour an '1 act of'inartytdbift.

; • Parke?, who for ;y t o s n a d /f6r .'fe&Sns fthich! J e t e f t . p j n e . d - ' l o r e , t 6 keep'his npihe'itijthe llacligr^imfJ.' 'As 'in other forms o f mediumship, no two spint- ,phottf^phers:can. toq'fpjind who operate exactly, alike, pi] produce.

.In tne case o f JJj.,,Parkes these , S is .pictures, being entirely the

w ork ..oK ^viW ^ft^ )-.1i!M giti,b’e'.fi3 5 ected tq belong tq a school o fth e irow n i'ftn d eo they do, most emphatically. Quaint and shadowym_appearance,they are eminently spirituelle, and amongst the quantity ; tbat have:,been taken many indisputable likenesses o f departed persons hare bean obtained. But this is not all. 'l&^P^rkes W not'give^,:a! sitting till ’after he has given his bodily conditions hours or preparation,’ and after the picture is taken he feels(so prostrated that $i& .mediumship is really the hardest work trfla^namfi/ 'A :'dridlarfdrain is made ujpon the vitaJic resources of Mrs.; Parkes; andf as tlus.gifted couple have been importuned for a i i i i ^ e r ' i b ^ ^ r ^ i l p o ^ constantly, to give sittings,'it is easy td calculate wfiat & ahipiiht o f inconvenience and personal suffering they must have experienced. Moreover, photography is attended with heavy expenses, and ap the. spirits would not allow them to take pay for tjieir services, the tax upon resources of all kinds became, very grievoiis. ' ,

Ii; appearsjthit'M r.; Parkes has now passed through his pro- bationajy sevvico, ani'that his spirit-guides are willinjg^thathe take somd reqq^pense for Sis. labours. This he has most reluctantly consented tq^dqiatthe vrjypnt entreaty o f numerous friends. Like all medijuniM r. ;Parkes.isivery sensitive, and it was only after he had beenconvinped that this step was an act o f justice to himself and an absolute necessity that he could bo at all induced to listen to its adoption.

W e have' no doubt but now that the Rubicon has been crossed Mr.’ Paries iHll find hW sittings less exhausting, and that his self- assurance Will iijcr'ease. W e wish him much success in his new Vocation, and'trust' he w ill receive as many applications for sittings as his strqn^tji ffrill enable him to undertake. . Mr. Parkes has announced liis, terms, &'c.j in our advertising columns,

I l f S T I T F T l O i T W E E K .i a•dsY.'

! I t j & m m ,Sunday, Dec. 6 th.— M f. Ghapm'an; seance atfiS/Crom taell'Rpad,' - ' ^ e t e r b p r i i S M ; - Monday/ “c alipe,

Institution, 15,^ Southampton. R ow , Holborn, ; jttt <;8 p.m.; Admission, 2 s.,6di ' , . . ! f " , X ) t w o ” ,

Tuesday,,Dec..8 th.— Mr. C, ,E. Williams, seance at k61, ijJaptys Conduit Street, Holboro, at 8 p.m. -Admission,j2sMjJd., n

Wednesday, Dec. 9th,— Mr. Heme, light and matenalieationseance at the Spiritual Institution, at 8 p.m. precisely. ' Tickets(limited in number) 5s. each. 1 > ■ vi. i

Thursday, DecilOth.-^-Mrs. Olive (clairvoyante- medium),BeanCe, at the Spiritual Institution at 8 p.m. ,AdmiQBioii; &sl'6 di"

Friday, Dec. 11th.— Messrs; Wallace^ and OaIdw6U/B6ance at the Institution at 8 'p j& ;''^ inw |E oa). 3g.'„ well-known ' cl&rvbyant medium, ancl^Mr. Caldwell is specially reputed for test com^vmicaiaons;’ (Mrs. . Bullock, seance at her private residence, Gloucester Street, at 8 p.m. Admission, Is.

3aturday, Dec. 12th.—rMeBera, Peck and Sadler, physical mediums, seance at 126, Oowbridge Road, Canton, Cardiff, at 8 p.m, Admission, Is. " 1 .

Tickets for all or any o f the above seances canbe obtained o f the honorary secretary, Mr. Thomson, pr at the Spiritual IhStitjitjbn,

M E. HERNE’S LIGHT AND MATERIALISATION SBANOB,It affords us considerable pleasure ia being able to announce that’Mr.

Herne has kindly offered bis 'services 'for a light atid :materialisation seanoe, in aid of Institution Week, on Wednesday next/at tbe Spiritual Institution. His former 'spirit-guides have M u roed .'T be full signifi­cance o f this'remark will be more fatly appreciated’ by M rf Herne’s friends, but to others a word of explanation is neoessary.' The guides who formerly controlled Mr. Herne for this speoial phase of manifesta­tion have, for some time past, withheld 'their influence, but the power has now returned, and, under the new conditions, Mr. Herne will give the seance above indicated. ,

Tiokets, five shillings eaoh, which can be obtained from the honorary seoretary, or at the Institution.

Early application should be made, as it has been decided to issue a limited number only. The seance will oommenoe at eigbt o’olook pre­cisely. 'v

DR. MONCK’S W EEKLY SEANCE AT THE INSTITUTION.Dr. iMonck was unable to hold his weekly seanoe at the Spiritual

Institution last Wednesday evening, but purposes giving one on Wednes­day, 16th December, tit the usual hour. Those friends who were dis­appointed ou Wednesday, and wish to seoure tickets for the coming

should send in their names at onoe. Dr, .Monck has now been

; T H E PH R E N O L O G IC A L SEANOES.For the last tw o weeks, on account o f Mr. Burns’s illness, these

meetingis have' been very effectually conducted by Mr. Macdonnell, who is an'’ exipferiericeir phrenologist, and well understands the subject. Tuesday evening the subject of the lecture was,

|« The Tqacjunga o f P henology ,” when many popular views were ' tested by th^^hMnqlbgical hypothesis, and shown to be in error by their,ipisappretensioii pf a,true system o f metaphysics, which this science satisfactorily taught. The early development o f a higher r& ceo f man, as .far superior to the Anglo-Saxon as he stands above the negro race, was forcibly urged, and a rational and pleasing sketch o f the com ing “ kingdom” concluded the address. Two well-marked heads wero then delineated, and the characters given verified by their owners.

' Announcement is hereby made, that the present series terminated on the evening of Tuesday last, and that the seances w ill not he resumed till after the' New Year, when it is expected some new features w ill be introduced.

M ISS K E E V E S A T D O U G H T Y H A L L .On Sunday evening Miss Keeves w ill give an address, in the

trance state, at the Free Gospel meetings. This is the first time this popular medium has Wan heard in' tnat part of London, and it js hoped she will be welcomed by a‘ full meeting at Doughty Hall, 14, JBedford Row, Holborn, at 7 o ’clock.

Tub rumour'that Mrs. I^ardipge-Britten is about to visit England has givearise.toinquirieB.frpni all parts.•' Human. Nature for:Deoember is somewhat delayed, on aocount of Mr. Burns beingtaken ill just as it was* going through Press. Tbere will be presented gratis to every purchaser a photograph, on a fine mount, the sitter being Mrs. Linooln, with the Spirits of Mr. Linooln and his Bon behind her. < 1

M sssbb, P e c k Ann S a d le r visited tbe SpiritualistB of Sowerby Bridge on Monday, November 30, and gavo one of their dark seanoes at the low oharge of'one shilling eaoh. There were thirty persons present, twenty-five is tbo nUmber acoonling to conditions, The order to put puttheligh tambourine panying part twas very plain, and some of the sitters were touohed by request in different parts of the body, sometimes on tbe head, other times on the arm. Buf, owing, to the damp state o f the room, the Conditions .were

' not bo good as they would have been if the building had been freefrom 'damp. , The .power was exhausted.after it reaohed the fifth or'sixth sitt£r'iii rotation. I got some exoellent tests, and so did' otherSithat

1 T T m k m l l n A n ra n A m i f t i t V f t n r l T ia nine. ’ Umbrellas were put up and handed to the .sitters b^ the spirit-friends. 1 Sb.meJbf the audifenOj!vh^d' rather been, touohed. hut^it 6'ould not be' ’done;'''Thu? ’ended'tlib Beanoe, arid l oan' with 'oonfideti’ce

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holding seances at private residences- for some weeks, and so popular have they beoome that he has been obliged to give as many as three seanoes a day. Last Friday night he sat for several hours at Brixton, when the manifestations, were of an unusually extraordinary kind* and afterwards he became bo exhausted by this inoessant strain on bis strength that he felt it prudent to go into the oountry to recruit, and had to postpone a number o f private engagements in order to do bo. He hopes to be baok in town in a day or two, and may be addressed at 26, West Square, St. George’s Road, S., where he will receive investiga­tors every morning, from ten to twelve o’olock, or later by appointment, the fee for a seance being one guinea for.four.persons and under, and 5b. .extra for eaoh person beyond four and up to eight Those* who desire to retain his servioes for seanoes at thfir;ownreBidence'B shotdd acquaint him with their wishes some days beforehand, bo that a mutually convenient day may be fixed on. Dr. Moriok'hits been unable, as yet, to seoure suitable seanoe rooms near the Institution, but there is a prospeot of this being done in a few days. .Friends to whom time js an objeot oan have private Beances in theroom B of the Institution, .which we hare placed at 'the service of Dr, Monok for the purpose. Tickets (6a. each) for the publio seanoe on Wednesday night, sb'ould be’ obtained, as early as possible, aa none oan be iBsued after Tuesday. Tho m son why Dr. Monok’s seance is postponed until the 16th inst. is beoause next week is Institution Week.

*were n&iri spirit-frien could'tioti

' reoommend; Messrs. 'Pebk;and men,

fn in d s '^ ^ n g ig e ’W m , i s tlie^ toe worthy o f 1 Btipp6rt.-f$rom yours truly,H ehby L qb d, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, " 11 ’ " J *

r 'to' Spintualists as ‘ hpneSt^yqiing as such wherever tbey .ap, and! I

Nbxt Sunday being the first of tbe month tbe young mediums will have .the opportunity of appearing before the publio at Mr. Cogmaq’s Rooms, 15, St. Peter’s Road, Mild End Road/E.

Mr. Wallace’s new work is in a forward state of oOmpletion, and will be published soon. ' Part III. of Mr. Crookes's “ Researches” ib also nearly ready.

. N e x t week being Institution W eek, Mrs. Bullock haa offered to give a seance at ner own home, 54, Gloucester Street,. Queen Square, on behalf o f the cause, on Friday, the 11th inst. Admis­sion, I s . ; commence at eight'o’clock.

A lderm an.— An egg from a mayor’s nest.— “ Ab full o f wisdom as an egg is full of meat.”—Old Proverb.—Etymology unoertain. Some derive it from Alder, in allusion to wooden head; but the’ alder is Blim and graceful—proBabl^ from Elder-inan, tl$y'being bld'bird’s who have feathered their, nest and are not to be.oaifght' with ohaff.

Bisno.p 1 - - - - - lL:- - i - —~ iand MrB.,

** &t — _ __formation afforded Jiir.‘ prdbabif taielpiace ‘ Before again' g6;'.tp'rtre8B/, aQnouncement 1J iilalinaf AJ,akiawmdd.ha shealth rendered it ornot, “Wetrfe|

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To the Editor.—Dear Sir,— Being on old ' Spiritualist I take tfoj liberty o f answering the questions put by Mr. Foster in No. 242 of!

idiom, p a g e -iU . vTiUii/< ; ('H -il.j.the Med

be spirit: :es many

' tf/lF l& e?. s n l ^ flcte fD the operating spirit:

JMiWeiomg & the!a . i p U l t y t h b c o h t r o U i n g .-‘ UiiB Blibj^bt4ire;UK6 a tkwa

attempts; .before the person,, oaij play.^tfynir eorreotlv: therefore --»<tai9lhreib|i^iDdfiaittid^titov^^wmite*{fo> ^fofoapO&iBbUoUsaudienoe;ahd'ritardiadirflloptnbnt,1

*86 aamd'oatuir ,fcjfjAiiThe.’fbtiwAof.tbBjm iild o f ' thei iopeirator,: iwhen the subjeot is

- merely (olairvoyant, you cannot alwayB! distinguish j .bub iwben the Y W M ^ '8W $*& ka,; flSSTClW&ft iba.i8ith9nibeypAditbe:inflv!eTi,i)0.o f the

op^atpr, a^djif 4ft $>® naj^B o f (the. Bpirit and under qpiritrjnfluenoe.% ^ ? ^ r m ,;b u t . ! ‘ B pirit^uW ” is

oaip gjye it. , The’ spirits teU^tbi^BubBtaneeor w|ueri.09 jsjo .flne'and so'au^tlp as to be.beyoftd the qoijaprejjjjnBion of

’'mor^s-^'MediuhiB'BpmetimeS debit. laavf it pidy once; it was more like a cloud, and jfat'-'I ’obuld^ee'the'flne'tnreads. i' This is'tlie element

'(ffiS^iriy uBe inlgetting ^ with the spirit o f the medium. Itis deli&te and subtle, and at ;the beginning: o f lUediumship is easily diatutbedf; but when tbe; spirit, comes in full rapport with the spirit

.ofl^bp jnedlutDj'.flnd/ithere sis! perfeot .harmony between them, and the two spirits work together or in cpnoert, then there are np mistakes m de., W b.epM j? ^kjwfleld, o f( Boston, submitted to the, u ^ i r (tests

'W ijthough he was wonderful for tlie ti$pp,but' iirtially deVdloped, and made many mistakes. To-day

Mr. Mansfield could meet an army of professors face to faoe, and under a i ^ ‘ffieW{%ittoiit ;tadking'. as taistake, simply beoanse the oontrol is ,oqS5plete. ,]jled\uroB,.a^pye aU others, muBt remember to grow in graoe, ,si in ! opgejiiaC ooinp^pjr, aQ,d. riot he impatient ; give t^MpiritB, their

' * * small .favours. Yoljir guwdian ' plEibHia , oi.ng'-mB: pepfj There is a great deal o f rubbish in the best ,ot''f&£a^4 it musti'.oe displaced. Then, when everything is ready, they

^refullyv examine every nerve and every faculty in ub., the d^gprpiis time o f mediumship. Be very careful, and do, 1 t 1 bm it'to apy testa Vyitb, sqeptios; many mediums of. great promise .'ii^vS this, period. In Spjritualiam you

muBi begtri at tbe beginning: learn your A B O well, tben learn the, gppjling part( ipf;it; tbjs wiU be. very important, to you in after-life.

•l'hen)Jwhen you' oan react and' write in it, and .ypji are fully developed, you must oome put and fjaoe the devil i f oalled upon.

' ! V ' Donald Ke.nnbdt.‘[In answer to the Bixth question, “ The iihrary of Mesmerism,” 15s.,

is a good work; also “ The Manual of Mesmerism,” in the press, 2s., and Jaakflon’a work on 11 Mesmerism, and Popular Superstition,” Is. 5&e'reader will alib find niuch valuable information in Prpfessor • Gregory's "‘ Letters on-Magnetism,” about tb be reprinted. On self- -mdsme'rism and the theory of a' fluid; read Dr. FanneBtock’s “ Statu- ■volonce,” 6b. There are SIbo'many other works on the subject, to be

r had, front the: Progressive Library by any one wishing to read them, on paying, Bubsoriptidn.—Ed.,M.]

attitude;he space bet^en.fhe, e y ^ 'mbit .motip:le meditates dA .'TboO N im iiaof BuddM&m . i tl % etate'of'edstas or'tranca'i^Tne de-

•Tot !iil^rejEiar6BfeMd'-^8»<db •3Wil|B 5vd ^ lto l«gB•imroBwiflv•MB>■l ,ll®® collectedi and abstaining' itself Ifromialliextirnal :Benaatioiu.f Orie.fpdJjijg is; iXoBtiaCtftr. anotlier,5, < ,tUi,.ig8rfeQ6; ap&tty ibeijig > attftitoe j jhe.iS§f>ai\!g£?}5e hi^^hftS.eMidd Btalteii.- •: ii .iJhI , O r * «!. Itodc jete^aSxjr-a^t,ptrap,t .dly,jOn ,a B!naUj r,ightJ_pJ)je^,Bi^9p^ajg^ftbdft^fl^^>J?^^9^^0ftjif, the Derspn; is susceptible, tpata]tagay jajjsUpa.,ai.de bv tbe j>rass • biittpii' being 'lj^0ij’gh| pli^er ffijm' nfifa, juf1

e c s ^ f be.turned to acopHnt^ 4 P « i ^ g ' ; ^ emind o f tb'e pregnant womin iiipaifts thel!feaMi,e8l,6r defeofe Of knjrfyie she « fltruok with to the:fffitus;'so, d$!tl$'.edstati6 s^td/'tHSiga^ing^t ■beautiful pictures, statues, orpersdnsihayihi^art'i^dVfedtiOntftob.ne'd'Belf. ;In like1 manner, • Bounds 'whioh’ set1 Qie'-’teith’ ’on ed^eV the :&ij»ht 'o f haila^bitten to the quiok/'tbe.looking down a'p^eoipioe^the hp^rors ofioarrionand pqtrefaotion, and all abhorrentiensations may affect,/moreicjr less, persons acoording to; theif seriBihilityj ■ . i ■, Jt is ti»erted that a pdrBon, reading;in a newspajigrjftid.dcspripydn ;pfa death from the bite pramad.dpg, ^ . ^ ! ! ! ^ : Tftflltaken to a hospital, where he died- <■ h ,, "

L cataleptici girl, being treated paesmpricaiUy ffiT, »er c o m p ^ t , , ^ able to mesmerise heraelf, :

Mrs. i£. oan oure her own headaobe just above her brow, on eaoh aide, and

tips o f her fldgera haiid dow.nwiVa.;

J:'M.

lay say, that we received aoftie. very good, nd as many more' thSit'^ere 'feitner'faHBj' Or

SELF-MESMEEISM.!•• ^Ih-aiiByfer to a question put in MemcH No. 242, Page 742, Dr - EutUerford sayB ;“ Ev6ry individual possesses more or less the power of ''aidiiigithe evolution of the brain, which is'the result of rigid obedience

to^hymolo'gioal laws; Mental aotion is thus ennobled, and the in­dividual takes'a, higher place. It is therefore one ofthe greateat of our

■dutieai not only to avoid everything that tends to reverse this progress 'and dogmde -brain fevolution, but also to cultivate everything that can

■' aidiiit, no tbat there: may- bo- a oontinual elevation of the individual.■ Thef'eydlutioli'ofthd brain goes on long after the evolution of the other ' parts ims^ceaaedj and- man has this power, to a large extent, in his ' ow4;handBi” -' A: tnystio is one who oloses all the avenueB of BPnse, and thereby

. ,giyeS''the 80uV'frCeddm to unite itself with the DiVine.' He is, in some i-.B^Beii avBelf-mesPDerisor, In thia state, it is said; the frontal sinus '■eitjjsndrffrdm.the rootof the noae tmd draws itself up'towardB the apex

< l'bf>'tWheid(' ; : ' ‘ I •' !ni;» I-i^ah 'V tap Cardan, “ Icpme outof my body, so as

to $el noBenaation v?hatever,BB if I were in eoBtaBy. ‘ When I enter tbiB-'Btatej or/ more properly speaking, when I plunge myself into ecstasy, I feel my soul issuing out of my heart, and, as it-were, quitting it, as well as the rest of my body, through a small aperture formed at

J r s t ja fe o .ib ^ iand.ip^rtwulariy in theiice^ebellum. This aperture;^.^oJj'junia^W iiftg. jBpinal ioolutnn,^^.jonly be, kept open- by wlTfgreat efforts. In tfiis sjtijation I faeLnothing hut tha bare (joaBtsiousntss

tniBBtawneourea himself o f gout, preaoribed remedies, saw at a dW’ taij(!e,an<J bprrept]y predioted future events. ,

' ' ‘j^^e^dll^wiD^'VfaB^ttie formula;:b.fl;tbe mbnkis: df Mount Athos:— u'^^raeft!thfail Sfl:''aldHe'‘ib tby celll'Bbut thySfllf itf a comer, rdfs'e 'thy -^Wibd'aboVtfair things' ivainiBlld transitory, 'incline iftijf beard and chin

upon thy breast, turn tbine eyed arid thPUghtsitowBrds the middle of tby Cflbj?llyi'jt;hej,/e5|Qn;,of-the<nfty£j'r,aiifti?earfih!tlb6 >plac.e'of the, heart, tbe ' H j t o y i j^ s M . 4 ^ j j l l i p i M and.cbm fcirto, but.if tJt»ou ei ineffable joyyftpd.no, BP,oner, . , & M l s o ^ ^iSMVTO .ftSiPWKSlnWR b^rfe t b w it ia.iqyplvi-d.W a

fffP'W’Sb-VV! n -nj: blit: .

ON T iB L E MANIFESTiTIOBfS. ,To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—Some time ago yw» tad a large number

of communioatiouB from various parts of.fjve co^try, arguing the gueB- tion as to how far it U deeirahle to 1 pMV confldence in table communi- oationa. On seeing your invitation td (iihtifib^fott u^otf that’ subject, I fully expected to have had sbmd light' thrown'‘u' bn. Bdine Ydry-atraiige conlmunioatiofis that we reoeived hy thait 'ieanB ait' ttte- commencement pf our investigations. In this, however, I was disappointed; nor haive I seen or heard tell of any of the same style, although I ihave' attended a great.number of birdies during the last.three'years. Withiiyoiir per­mission, I will lay before your readers a few of the .oomnjuiucationa, and also the manner by which we received them, ab that,li.Siay/,per­haps, be-able to learn whether any of them, have j seen apytbing'pf ;the kind before. The system appears to )ke qjiite a new one,;pnd, BpfVfp, in one way, to clear up what we are tOo apt to term “ lying communica­tions.”

Through the table, I may truthful communications, and aB many i were very imperfectly given. After having. Bat for something like Bix months, at two oircles for table CbmmihWatiinBSaion&JwB began to have spelled out some very ourious wordsTTfSfprd thaJi w^.oould, a,ttyib,ijte to no language whatever ; and this continued for. B9 lopg|^ ti.tpe that.BOme of the sitters became very impatient, and,wiwf;d .to,;,gi,ye, up the table altogether, and go oh sitting for trancerBpp^p,g aijd .writing as pur otber oircles were doing. One evening, however,1 after having hajd.,a number Of these ourio'ys words gpdt oi^TO ej.-M pw ^.'W w n^it the rest: "W yuw z”—one pf the oirole TOB.fod’denty impressed that these words, ourious as they were, ^ere intended for BomfetbJ^grsb‘v(e asked,

Q. Have those words really some mddniiig?^A. Yes. "Q. Are tho letters whioh yoU give ih foHn o f ai word to be. read

symbolically?—A. Yes.Q. Does each of these letters represent a word ?-r-A. Y es,:Q. W ill you pldase give us tbe nunibdr of .lettera contained in each

word represented by the letters in the Symbolio tfprd:?—A.- Yes.Q.- What number of letters are tbftre in the yrord commef)|iing /vith

" W,” tbe ilrst,letter in the sypbolic word “ .^Tyuwz ” ?-tt-A, ,yive.Q. Wbat nuihber in the Beoopd?—A. Four, ^In this way we went through the Whole, of ^he word, which, j^hen we .

had finished, stood as follows: I give tbe letters' with {heir cOrre-6 4 5 1 4sponding numbers plaoed overthem, W ^ywn-fW -!44. . We were next ordered tp get a dictionary, and select those worcjs commep^ng with W , coiitaiping only flvp tet^rsj the table, rapping id the affirn^tiye as we came uppn the rightrwqr^, ati4- ‘ b, on with the rdW^jndex., Tbe followipg is the pentenpe yhioh jiame oitl of tbe abpve :—

“ Watch yoU units vfith zeal.”—F. . ’ i, 1! ,I give you below a few out of mdftfe1 of OothmiinidationB‘obtained Mj

the above means :—1. “ Death vanish; ills and care end tfith the1 Lord."2. “ Here, though we maynothaTe gone, yet upward we'Bhall go.

It is ignoble to overlook .the grand, array .of Ithe, ever-aspiring and bfaqtiful in the.oelestial heaven. , A ll are not applicable to that state, but in the abstract they are so," ■. • •., „« - , • •.. ., 3, Upite with ;your vision all your pdtwersif.Mttatory oapabilitifB,

and eventually you shall be correct, independent of all. w anonymous. Coniing before {hem i? another; who ^ill.be ,^ithtyjfu .^y^laBtijngiy ”

i. '^p ii.pugijlto use' Abao.us to, B ^ e yo^M.ijn a9Q9 pg.t)ffligpt, ^nd 'be gufdjd by tne ^.bba, ^he.qnly. Abba; he .will PQt. letjoiu abatg.', ?ou bfiva'bflflj irripm ^.boukir, one who ca,t e .pithber deep alkgoricalneaa and your feeble effo.rta a.t allocation, yp.vi were not tben.^llpwed tp see yhlat you .wi f y^t am(ws if you pniy persdyer^/’

6.' “.Jou'nrast go undpjr tjj^ treatment of.vvat^i.fpr you afd nuaWe(,*° sep ^ w , iinclean.all pf you a^e, . .It (s vncpjfi.mon to com.mutop^t byxerogi^p^yi bu have l/.i^'tiuder^buf'jwiji, sfeW’yo.u

W BtrMigeiga jn.fou must not care;V, , a » m » T r . l (T'T'Fxr-

'flnder,inwe,^Jor it is.yery .uqriepfijin,]ap.^ipth^g, i??b., thap.abdm^naple, 'to 0(tber^ an^td ,W M h^& ^lii$gl^9.t yp,ua ow^,”— yf. s

■j, 7.' “ '1,'panflo np|pi^fc^it^9.u,m ‘ L 1pp^p to asflat.m iplhis

.1 <: <:ili ,7’1'T =

m ■ime^lvestliatl for-

TuoifAfl Wilbo'h.will ma^e it known.—Tours truly,,Ji ;:] f j lihfon'-UitSer-IArie, Nor. 21,1874.

' SPJMIJUALISM AMONGST THE NORTHUMBERLAND'm^SS;

! di&ueion qf Spfritu$s|n; ju thipdiitnpihM oalleii^ forth' opposition,; hpth from the Orthpdp;i preapbpr

‘ l^ e .^ y * jo/ppl* Martin, of. Plyth,. 'gn»% ta t^ e o n f o i t i w ^ on]^pyeijiWl7!>

^ ;Npj(jfcii^‘qi>^ay> He' oommenoed his lecture, hy saying.'tHkt some MnjL^efld hfi<l posted him a' Mbdidm aljput pine months’ ago. He 'Jpii^.iV^ iiM l^appan’s discourses and other.matt’ers irate ageumst his pr^d / HPfWrpte ^ome qtitioism^an^ senlj tHem to th e(editor of the MEpipu fbr jnsertionj but they diil not appear,, He evidently, fpfgot that oharity should begin at home. W ould the Methodist editors admit a defenoeof Spiritualism in their journals? However, he said he believed in ghosts and apparjtions, and did not dispute that Spiritualists had discovered a future state. But the spirits were evil beoause they taught' thihgB contrary to his interpretation of the Bible. He said the devil1 had1 tnorS power over this World than many would admit. He dSnouticed'‘thoSe who tried to stiok Spiritualism on to Christianity, to wit, W. Howitt, Dr. Seitbn, and the like.: Dis)Mtoibti was invited at the olose. Five Spiritualists offered some remarks'itt'opposition to what had heen advanced, and stated that they had found something in Spiritualism whioh they sought for in vain in 'Ohnsttahity'; They also stated thafr if Spiritualism made people kind and happy and took away the fear of death, whioh it did, they had no objection toench spirit-teaohing. Is nbt the orthodox devil, if he has a real existence at alt, as muoh a good oreature of God’s, aB orthodox preaohers and the like?

Mrs. Law hss given two, leotures on the same subjeot, one at Bed- lingtoa on. November 7, and the other at Seghill on Npvember 18. Sbe iraa opppaed at eaoh lecture. There was nothing in these lectures but 80p|ii|(trjjand burlesque. She denounced some public mediums as though she wee#!an angel of light herself. Poor woman’.

It;hwbwn truly amusing to me to hear the prpaoher talking about the devil producing the manifestations, and the atheistical leoturer asoribing tbflPJ itQf eleotrjcity, &o. ' It was olearly manifest that both of those parties ffierq biassed in tbeir judgments. Why should the religious man obieqt;,to God ruling his own world in his own way ? W hy Bhould the athieBi};objeot to the evidence of his, senses ? Has he not been olamour- ing. for this sense-knowledge all along ?

By the way, the Rev. John Guttridge (Methodist preacher) delivered a leoture at Seghill on November 21, in whioh he stated that one of his son’s on hiB death-bed distinctly saw his mother, who had preceded him to the spirit-world. He asked the question, “ Are they (the spirits of man) not all ministering Bpirits, sent forth to minister to the sons of men?” / , ;

Perhaps the rev. gentleman will not object to the statement bf a man who affirms that he has Been a spirit while in health and strength, in preference to the statement of a child twelve years of age lying on a death-bed, djing from the effects of a .fever.

Whether this Spiritualism is a superstition or not, it is oertain that it is making an inroad upon the opinions of hundreds of thousands. I ' iok i£ to bp.a glorious truth,. Moreover, a revelation from, a human

fajfypbre i^tjelligible than a'pjretenjjed revejation from a personal Gfod direct. 1 can understand a human personality better than any other. As Spiritualism is a truth, let us have it. “ He whom the truth makes free, is free, indeed, and all are slaves beside.”—I am dear Sir, yours truly, G eorge F o rs te r .

Seghill, November 23,1874.

WESLEYANISM AND SPIRITUALISM." To the Editor of the “ Auckland Times and Herald.”SJr,—In your-issue of the 20th instant, a report appears pf a. speoial

religiougjiemoe, held in the Wesleyau Chapel, in ih i* town, at .whioh some extifcotsfroiia the Rev. Mr. Talmage were read by a conductor of

-thttMFfke, One eitraot referred “ among other forms Df error, ijo 'BpjgKf^BGr^-W^ffithe reader said trap tfiptly deffiiecTby Kr.Jfalmage ••'ttiptOTs^PBeyilisih.” ' ' ■

I am not BP intimate with Devilism as this reader and the reverend Aijwrjpn gentleman appear to be, but being^am^Minted with the^other

adherent's from uhchari tableness arid coarseness Sfiapefioh. .I "l»im that these remarks ai$ justified from iie fpot tljat Spiritual

ara aa into^gent jasptj&zto*-. tiTe6,Weileyap. oOMOPiP'mijnity. '

It is reoorded that the Wesley family had theri* Spiritualistic manifes­tations, and the founder of Ch^ti^nity hjnuplf distinctly sanctioned communion with the BO-callecl d ead- Hp^. strange; it is, then, to find their professed followers raising a fooligli “ scare ” $ t£,e expense of thosew h o s e m e m o ry t h e y p rp fe s S lto .r^ .vq |:eh i3f t a i ) i i ,a 1d p M . . ■

“ The head and front of our offending is, that this Spiritualism in­terferes with the pet foibles bf cettain .peopk,, who; thereupon set to work “ to mop the oceap,’. with njorevigour than dippretion. i

The words of the- lawyer “ Gamaliel^ appw efl; to., nje to apply herej with muoh force,-r-‘,l IEtiia.eouTi8el:or.thbiWlwfel)9 pt.nien, it will oome1 to nought; but if it be of God ye oannot overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found to fight zealots.— ;Tours truly, «*•■"* • ‘■'Hu KuiBDeh, Juhb. .

Nor. 24th, 1874. ' " U A

MRS. B U L L O ^ s«O^E^^T.jG,OS]||1LI. HALL.', ,Qn., Thujsfjay/ pvening p ., , §lihr, ^was, giy if, at GopwpJJ Hall

pnMrs BuUppjfobphiM,!'.tjpgother oyWE thyiito dfifieijfor-.h 'pM B i yMjpBV Mrj.Barbejiprefid.edjMd;! QBPWJg WlMWof ,Mcs, £u]lpok),&n(li; polled upqn l r.opiiwte jtior .mpy.erturl R; Ijjffl. jmmp. ,Mr,. i;kfe,,thei miflsionaw/^iwj the,liberty and .feepdom pfaccount bearing .testimony to, j l r i B u ^ ^ ’^cagapyifaes'^.'l n)^i}im(j: he had had many sittings with, her, ^ni iflunications through her meiiiumship.1, •’jiiBr1 Skeates aooompapying.on the piano, Mr. ij, who was first brought to the knowledge of ^ tdeyeloped as, a , trance-medium by long paper, thanking her for her pa$ k in ^ W ^ entranoed, anc( made a very, good and alsooontrplled to sing two'sojigs, one in a foreignjlapguage.mva.a annir TW»» Woof, a ronifafinn Tho ftrtiaf "XXTnrlrlfl J! /VllT Mhijave a song, Mr,,West a re^i«biont. “liliss Ranger sang under spirit . , .....the. audience joining in with the chorus.. for a Bhort speech, and on risipg paid he was tipt. mppli, when he-was immediately cphtrolled, andand pffective spe.eoh, Bympnthising throughput withers. Bullookpad tpe work Bhe had taken in hand. Miss Eger, undert bo^rpVm ^ei^.s^rjt speeoh in sympathy with the oause. Master. Frpfieriok BuijpoK^pj^m- panied by Mr. Skeates on the piano, gave a song, ‘ ^The’,S^|fitual ■ Marseillaise,” which was joined in by the audietipe. Mr, Cjogman, mj^o an appropriate speech. Mr. and Mra. Demmon, under control, ^ang. a duet, Mr., Demmon at the same time acop>npapiyi,ng on the pianp|'.^The spirits asked the oompany to join them jn the.^hprus, wliiqh they did m. a very hearty manner. A lady (not a SpiritualiBt)i, accompanied Allen in a Bong, “ What are the wild waves.paying?” MieBKo.eves, under oontrol, made a very beautiful speech, ^nd.op^bludod with.fi,'|w lines of poetiy and with a hearty shake of the hand,to Mrs, Bttllpp . The ohairman then said' this beautiful speeoh lisd pre|)are.d the ]way fojr Mrs. Bullock to give an address. Mrs. Bullook row, andiUnder th^epop- trol of her guidea made a abort but very appropriate speeoh, thanking the audienoe for their kindly feeling and warm sympathy towards heh She was immediately oontrolled by a second spirit, 'who was pleased to see suoh a good oompany and their sympathetio feeling shown towards her. Under tbe influenoe of a third spirit Mrs. Bullock Bang a sotig. Mr. Owen made a short speeob, as did also Mr.* Barber, thanking Mrs. Bullook and Mr. Haxby for the hard work and their management of the Sunday-evening leotures. Mr. Haxby replied in a few words, anddosed by desiring the continued support of the friends attending, the Sunday- evening services. Mrs. Bullook also replied, thanking the Oompany for their sympathy and support. The meeting broke up at-a late hour; it was in every respeot a great success, and £4 were handei tO 'Mrs. Bullock, though but in a slight measure rewarding- her for her past endeavours in the spread of truth.

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DOUGHTY HALL.On Sunday evening last Mr. Cartwright, of Atwell House, Eeokbamr,

delivered a diBOOurse on "Pulpit Cookery,” taking for his-.text these words:—“ Children have ye any meat?” “ And.they gavehima.piece of broiled fish and of an honeycomb.” The discourse, which lasted<for nearly an hour, was listened to with deep and silent attention. iiMr. Cartwright haB promised to continue the aubjeot. The leoturer concluded bis discourse in the following manner:—And now, by. way of windrup, or what the parsons call application, let me warn the Spiritualists against unwholesome cookery. Spiritualism,—or that-, which, goes-.by that name—has oome to us in the same form that it ever haa done, wheft it has visited the sons of men—in humbleness and simplicity. The warnings of history have ever been the same, and more espeoially in the history contained in that book that wo Wive mado tho subject of our at­tention this evening—that whenever men1 have beobms discontented with that simplicity, and have hewn out unto themselves, bi-o&n 'and lSUSf cisterns, tbe spirit has departed. What a notable'instanoe in illustra­tion of this is the life of David! The shepherd'broughtdown the giant ; the King brought down nothing but a^ourfe upon-his hoilBS. There is a great deal of exertion among the Spiritualists to form them­selves into a sect, and however innooent the first form of the sobiety maybe, it is in every fespeiot the first Bteptowarda pulpit cookery.' Whenever presidents and counoils - begin to grow 'in anything1'tbatyiB professedly oonnected with man’s eternal interest; .waititiirtbey-’bBObitfe a tree, and you will always find plenty of hungry btrdi Toosting1 in -.the branches. : ‘

The spirit can oarry on its own work, and in its own 'wa^' It wants no presidential chair to assist its manifestations, it wants ncf(prbp or wheel-greasing; it.wants no. university to teapH it,thelir^ofgrSmr matical construction or soientifio analysis, ind it p ^ tMoli 'more'effi­ciently than any graduated logician. Be oatefiil o f j/our hoaWs^ntfyour ooiinoils; now it is time, and before you lose.the.sprit’and findn$h|tfg in its place but pulpit cookery. Above all things,! lpbk with''8n,e e,' 6f cautiousness upon all attempts to: introduce the'jiu^pifci.........

_ •__________ L' TTTLnL ii* A . ■.Mklnn i J {-nMyou; aim more at simplicity. What the prifest did for JudBiijBvjS/ith his coi5kery, that has,' he done for Christianity, arid that will lfe®8& fclr Spiritualism. The attempt to introduce the pulpit'info'Spirituilisiii'iB an hazardous experiment,’that I fear has self and Self-ihtWeStjlih'd^t- lying the whole movement. ' “ ,( (

^hhime not thp parson for his tone of the pulpit;: Hpj is^Wdj wtat he is ; he is taiight, he is trainpd. ie,U god of.his fp)jo’wei;s; and vfhen he, m sblemnvolumfe of impossible things, sileneft 'he is negotiating between an offended Creator aiid his of?ehdin£ orea- tures. A man so trained must find'it Imrd.wm* tb-^m^i;t|i8 fingers olean of the stain -and the odour 6f-pulpitcbbkot'y."',if-yOu:ynsli to-get rid ofisuoh dooks and such your driorfl,

jfH E i 'M M u m 'M : p Xy b r I&k . DeoemSer 4, 18|J;

{fto.i.r-i!t ,»sn«’ * In thelid' days’ 0Tepyjfl^g''s6e^atiri ti0n'il?ria^ej^;fa 6nal*Aa»ti lb 'WlwtAi «a:el[e(tfiIbcMJp£toei:8r2rifrlro i<94n£1ttbButi ity; -‘but tobbdpiae natioiiol.Webavd #btf '6Uy''iatto&alVabaaWiei,^.bnt Wro^jte)ioM^yenUbM'(forsbipVariatSorial Sdiirig Meh’B 'ehw6tiai>:i4B8p6iatioiii^M$$baift'of Tradp,nifion -Wiin' i-:SnMj{ir/*ili8'/fipM^w“ *‘’l'!N6thiii'g!ieejinB;'to,>bb

'Oigufi^dn"' -‘SDh#-m « t b o iw e l l :Knbwh?A-fpW pdbple ‘ in' an*obsdufevillage'sojioewhe're fcrm & e In the course of titae41,™ 'rynKlinlrl nf rvvpnv imnortAnt matter, :> They

people in-

-!Var!ouV^bii)iati6n(i,'fli^pfeii: that some ofthe id .il.-L- ■- - 1JJ Jl-- ’MnnnK^ onft/in '. QCtiV6 Ulihd 0OQ06iV6B.^jmneedawBOsfiibi^nd donoerted aolipn^'Sor ihe bf alt the Anti-I?ly-Speok Associations.It is be’ a(very fruitful theme.. Tbe'dls-

their names in the papelra, in ti that thiyarblieoonijn^ /ljmbua. ;TH8'greatlyinoreaSes the interest in ^ 'a is o ’i t iH o ^ ’ ’OiIi^*,^ m U o i i s andvmaiB-mectings are held; the great work’threads’to'other ;Btate&, and in a^hort time we have the, !ilatlOnd''eoi^^Udn''ioiijn< '9iitf'6i^Aiaeii3r and humbug is conducted ac­cording to ByBtem.^j'NaWbi^ lemslation is often Tequired at this stags*

: ^ndjtbe.Anti-Hy-'SjieckB mix with the throngs in the lobbies of'Congress. THIS t'endendyto' nationalise cannot; be cheoked, but we hove the privi- legdflf laughing’ atrit. Thd Government meets it with the equal folly of ’prpviding riation’iVgovernmental mophineryfornll sort# of things batter

• do/ie.by in'dividuals.or local governments. (A national Board of Health,, and a nHtiopal sy&tem of quarantine ore proposed; and the Government

Ig^ied'tbfprovlde a^natlonal' oommission, lot1 the purpose of inveail- gating .tte, ata6ifiti8d’1 an^v. etlitos of liquor-drinking. In short, there is spitting 80 contemptible that it moy not aspire to a national recognition in one w,ay or .the "other.— Quoted by the Banner of Light from the Boston ilerald. | ' ’ .

, . . . MBS. OLIVE. , ' _'Notwithstanding the miserable fog on .Monday afternoon,a few friends

g&theredround -Mra. Olive;; who were well rewarded by a very interest­ing Beance.-'It-is remarkable how littlp thp manifestations through this 'ttfediumare'influehcedby.the'weather,: if the oirole is only an harmoni- loua 'one the.iControls are sure to be good; vSunshine" waB again suoceisfuliinr tolling strangers about themselves, but her revelations ■boingprivate,are n otof a nature to be reported. >■; ''DrJForbea’s " medical assistance was . in request. He first made meflmerio! passes overa lady’s ohest to relieve the severe inflammation cauBedibyipatching cold, and tbe ladv exolaimfld atthe singular influence frbmhisnands/as ne passed one on the ohest and one on the spine between the shoulders; tha magnetism was in the first instance oold and in the second wann. He next magnetised a'gentleman, who said afterwards the “ Doctor” had immediately laid bis hand on the spot where the pain was felt. One of the oirole being ourious to know how the “ Doctolr '’.could judge what was the matter with'the internal organs, he gayie aii interesting-explanation to the effeot that when any part was affected*'tbere appeared over'it a cloud, making the. part appear some- wbat aBwdflse tiiOBunina fog, and from the quality and oolour of this olOud could he, as a Bpirit-dootor, judge.of the severity and type of the d i^ e i 'a n d what woiud bo an appropriate remedy j bo in making passes lie doiild soize nndthrow away this oloud,-very,often thereby destroying tbe diseasei and then afterwards, by,tbe.laying on ,’of his hands, he oould rdBtoreithe patiefit'B strength by importing-some o f his own, and so give power to reBist any further encroachment of the complaint.

MRS. SCATTEBGOOD’S TRANCE ADDRESSES.; In a letter -received a few days ago, Mr. Kershaw, of Oldham, Bpeaks

in tertns^of the higheBt praise of this lady. He Bays, “ Mrs. Scattergood is,yery!muofc respited in this distriot. t She and her husband seem to /llAveitll^%U8e,at;heart. The evening on which they last visited ub was, .i^inkf.tbptinoBt pIsaBant we have ever, spent together, and the friends

After,;the>Sundayrevening.leotur6 a number \Oifriend8oalletdat myhouse to, Bpendan Vour jn conversation. While

, . we,were’8itiging;and playing the piano Mrs. Scatte?good was; controlled i.byiftli^pjBpirit whom we-call “ Lilly Love,’’; w ho 'Bang and described . a number o f spirits, including two dose together standing by tbe Bide ofi,#ypi^g;mi»n;wh0iwa^ present.. The young man acknowledged theoor- reotness of the description, all of which Mrs. Scattergood knew nothing

> . rfin.h'^rnofti^Btatp. . Other testa were) glvpn.earlie^in the day..” Tbe iiw the foUpwing paragraph relative to Mrs. Soatter>

.......> “ On’SuUday^trMrs. Sca.ttorgood, o f Bradford, gave two addresses in

. .,fte trance^a^e at.theiTeinperance Stall, Horsedge Street. In the after­n o o n , t h e usual religious exercises, after

/.^hiohitheffledium'dffe^dup a short but beautiful invocation to the. nrMrpRR wna tinan * "R.ftvolA.tinn. Pftflfe

_ _ _ _ KBOM. DR; J. Bj'NBWTON.: ..' ■ , ' 7 ' - t 'i,i' :S! ' : > ■; j" 0: , ,’v{J .. '.., ij^Tejkfloyf our rewerB-wiUj^erpleas.uip, ,i^f perusing, ^p^ollowipgabputtb.oPmpence’ hiB, journey-Atlaijtip-jWard.^':Xbe; fiela jibr] ,; aaan|rpu}ftto!$ systemBeejnBlo^pjWpjdlyidxp^.,am^g"^e.p^0El6j^^.^Eiu|to ‘there <i8:,work for them alli., .We jfeel that the;ble!sing;ofs'ralieyed humanity,cannot, fail to follow. Dr..^Tewton as he travels .towards the East,’:, .i i/1 - ■ ’i ■■ i,1 1 :rv'■ i i -ii. ;n -

"T o the Editor of b J ^ 1J W ,'VI afew days, but on account of the near.approach bf winter,' I sball not go to N.pw York lUntil .Bpring, :bub pha)l sp.epd^tbe yintervepipg i.l imftjip St. Louisa Mo. I have now been :in, this State two years” Theurfltyear was devotedrto hard,labour in tiiis oity, where I treated from Beye^tvrflye to one Hundred’ patients'r'd^ilv; 'During 'tbe myself some recreation, travellirig in California 'ahd,Nevadti/aiid eijby- ing the fine scenery and genial dliinate of this woriderful’ country, prac­tising quietly, at intprvalB, in this oity and Sadrfitietjto.^p#'I Sin ready for work again, and shall comtiaence healing at the 'Southern! Hotel; St. Louis, the 16th inst. ' I have the assuranoe of healing even greater than ever before, and am ready as ever to UBe it for the benefit o f 1 Buffering humanity.' May God oontinueto bless the dear old Banner; I meet everywhere its warm friends and supporters. ‘ J. R. Newtok, M.D.

“ San Francisco," “

' OBITUARY;W e have reoeived a pretty lavender oard, with gilt letters, as foUows:

— "In sweet remembranoe.of-Lance Nioholaa, Inmnt Bpn of Bessie and Nioholas Kiibjirn„who paased away in. the evening of Monday, Novem­ber 9,1874, at NinefieldB, BiBhop Auokland, aged ten weeks.”

PaBBed on to sprit-life, on November. 11,187.4, at a quarter-past eight [>.m., Agnes. Howie, aged sixty-six years, reliot of Francis Barr, farmer, Boeaide, Beith.' Mrs. Barr was aunt to Mr. Burns.

Passed away, on November 18,1874, William Bone, Brighton, aged forty yeara.’

Eliza Fanny Morris, o f Hope Cottage, Malvern Link, passed onward to spirit-life on November 21, 1874.

Spiritualism nr Cohbtastinoplh.— Lately we Bent a paroel of Spiri­tualistic bookB with a bundle of Mediums to a friend in Constantinople. In searching the box for oontrabatad goods, the authorities, like' good Musselmen, searohed also for contraband theology. Not finding any­thing against the Prophet in the Hooks they were passed; but they eeem to have been affrighted at the Medioms, for they tore them' up forth­with. Now this was not reasonable in tho Bober Turks. :■ Perhaps there were some pious Chriatian’s among them! The Mahometan ohureh should study ub better before they treat ub in this way. I f they: sub­scribe, we will Bupply regularly, Had they used ue'up for wrapping (w) rapping purposes, we would have bebn content ; but like lionB to tear us in pieces, was unworthy the sons of the Prophet. Had they even utilised us by boiling their eoffee we would have'oeen pleased, for the Medium always Burns well. Alas, for Human Nature, had it fallen into their handB.

THE FREE GOSPEL OP SPIRITUALISM. ■

jSimira# Ctaning &eriji«s,■ - iT

DOUGHTY HALL/14, BEDFORD ROW, HOLBORN.O R D E R OF S E R V I C E .

Sunday Evening, December 6 , at 7 o’olook. Doors open at 6.30. HYMN No. 48 in the “ S p iritu al Lyee."

addreeB was upon . 1 Revelation, Past^ j| q i^ | i^ ^l^ .ilr ij^ .ibe .svtyeqt in an earnest and

..connected manner., ;Tbo addrcss altogether was an impressive ssrmon,c_-i*_ mi.. il .

■,tIurep pr;fou f verses.(ther mediumAde^lt. in a very impassioned manner J t b th|:; u t ifu l inepired langiiBge bithei great teacher. Dealing with

- the teachings o f -Jesus with regard to the' home beyond, the medium introduced the teadbinjgs^f spirit-oommunion, and snowed the'praotid-

CI'1 . -,D I *< 1 i ) i , i ’ ,„ E pdeet S. Peh?.— W e cannot answer your question.. ,

„ ,'Mr.' CABXWEianfj hasokindly eipresBed hiB willingnesB'to deliver ihis 'le c tu re o n '“ Sulp.it OPokery’iito any^Biooiationin'IjclndpnJ o rn ta t ;it 'tjhichinkyibfcable tomakothe.arrangemente.-dtrheil'eptuW.-deliT, 1L * ' 1!hmL X!m« . AM, :forthefirBttim eonSandayeveDib& ':£tt; Doughty,’Halli‘ gavd'5tuuoh! ©tiefaction. ' ‘

JOIiOOMBSJ. L.U. S. VTKBBK.

Thon, to whom in an-cienl time, The lyre of Hebrew bards were strung;

Whom kings a - dor'd in songs sublime, And prophets prais’ d with glowing tongue

2 Not now on Zion’s height aloneThy favoured worshipper may dwell;

Nor where, at aultiy 'noon, thy son Sat weary by the' patriarch’s well.

3 From every place below the skies,• The grateful aong, th6 fervent prayer—

Theinoensepfthc heart—maynse To heaven and find acceptance there,

4 .To thee ehailjage.withjnowy hair,• i .And. strength-and beauty bend the knee, A M childhood lisp, with reverent air,' ;

Ita praises and, its prayera to thee. ' '

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....BEADING- OF SGRIPTUBE."'"”j: ■'V'-,L. :■[ \r. ■; . ;■■' n. ’ .ii. ;■> /'l. ,!HYMN No. 80 in the “ Spibitcaii L ybb.”

3.7. (dble). . ;' Haydit.u_

A AA:> J=-t— I-

i' 1 I.*• -e. jd.

(Peace lie thine, the an-gels greet thee, Kindred, Bpi-rit! welcome here.) V In ' their bliss-M calm they meet thee—Shed a- broad their lor- ing sphere, f

=*^f=T -En - ter then, the sa-ored . por.tals.Here thy heart’s pnrehomage pay;

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f=F=F -rFor the bean-ti-ibl Xm - mor-tala Wor-eblp in oar midst to • day.

2 With us all the meek-voioed angels, 3 Oh! though Sorrow's ohain hath Reverent and adoring stand; bound u b ,

While wo hear divine evangels AH oiir grief shall pass away; [ubFrom the Soul’s great Father- • For theFather'shandbath crowned

land. In his glorious courts to-day.

I N Y O O A T I O N .HYMN No. 70 in the “ Spibitbal Ltbb."

BATIBBON. JT Jl.; ■ - rj==e=f ri-.d= : n r j —j:- =4==p ==nr ,t ; i 1; * “ ; r . : r r .

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U f t l l r 1— (— - I : . - - p ■ ±Wei-come, an - gels, pure and bright, Chil-dren of the liv - ing light,

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2 Weloome, messengers of God,Teaching not of auger's rod ;Love for all, earth's weary throngs.Is the burthen of your songs.

3 Oome ye from the realms of light, 5 Joyously we greet you here, Where the day knows not the night, Children of a brighter sphere; Where the gems of love alone Are around your spirits thrown,

4 Oh wo jov to feel you near, Spirits o f the loved and dear; Chains of love around us twine, Gems of beauty all divine.

Guide our feet to realms of love, To the courts of joy above.

TBANCE ADDRESS BY MISS KEEVES.HYMN No. 84 in the “ Spimtuai Ltbe.”

CEE8TBB. 8 78 7. /Von» ** Modbbit Ham,” by ptmiuioii.

Part in Peace I is day be - fore us? Praise his name for life and light;

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Are the sha- dows length’ning o’er us P Bless his care who guards the night.2 Fart in peaoe! with deep thanksgiving,

Bendering aa we homeward tread,Gracious service to the living,

Tranquil mem'ry to the dead.3 Fart in peaoe! suoh are the praisea

God, our Maker, loveth best;Such the worship that upraises ■ ■

Human hearts to heavenly rest.

A bd ication .— The voluntary resignation of a orown, — as a dog voluntarily leaves the room when he sees preparation making for kick­ing him out. Etymology, perhaps, from abdidti, he hid bimtelf, as abdicating monarohs generally conceal themselves. I f they did not hide themselves, their subjeots would hide them.

Mr. J. J. Morse.—Tbis widely-known English trance speaker, we are happy to announce, is receiving that welaome, on the part of the

. American spiritualists, whioh his high merit as a leoturer and man ren­ders him so riobly worthy of. He -will continue to speak at Lyoeum Hall, 69,W . Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md., on Sundays, morning and evening, during the month of November. He is to leoture in Philadelphia' during December^'and in Boston during January) 1875, excepting the first Sunday. Hemaybe addressed, Oare of-Levi Weaver, Esq., 220, Baltimore St., Baltimore, M d.-rBanner of Light,

Has engaged to Leoture in the following .Towns during tije. Winter Mid Spring, 1874-5 :•**• •

‘ . • r f!i;» * i ■* i 1/ * ‘ * • i-Meohanics’ InBtitutej.!M[AWOK,,Novi2ndtill:14t|i, <New Albert Hall; Midland Street, H c l v Not. 16th till Deo. 7th, ’ 1Musio Hall, Surrey Street,1 SnmiEtn) Dio.' 10th' till 2ith. ' 'Mechanics’ Institute, Bor/rorr (Lancashire), Jon. llth to 28th,' 1875. Publio Hall, W iqak, Feb. 1st till I4th„ , f,The Exchange, Blackburn, % b . 16th till #& 6th« .Peel Institute, Accbington, March'8th to S jO jfcV / . . 'Meohanics’ Institute,; B ubnlbt, Maroh 22ndtill April ;3rd. - >The Christmas Vaoation is from Deb. 25tH till'Jan^tfr;*■letters ahOuld1

be addressed to Mr. Wells, Pavilion Plaod, ■ Scaicbbrdyriduring the Yacatipn. . „ i ..> ..

April 7th to 15th, tbe address will be 15, Southampton Sow, Higtf ffolborn, London. ,

April 16th till May 10th, Hotel de Rouen, near the Bourse, FAhib)May 12th to 20th, at Beblut.June 1st'to Oot. 16th, at Pavilion Place, Scabbobo’.

WITCHCRAFT IN INDIA.The Pioneer Mail gives'the following recent instance of " witchoraft '*

in India:— ■ ; rThe 'last W e of wifohcraft officially reported to the Goyeinment o f

India, took plaoe in 1872 in tbe Bbeel oountry, and the ciroum«tanc'es were as follows:—A bunniah of Sooshulgurb, by .name Fatt?,.Tra8i!rBr ill, and he and his family fanoied he waB bewitched. The bunniah him- self believed that his liver was being devoured by the woman Chundop, described to be seventy to eighty years of age,’ whose'cattle he had pre­viously taken in satisfaction of a debt. He consequently summoned, from a neighbouring village', the witch-finder Yosta, who performed the usual inoantations called “ Kajlee,” and confirmed the .bunriiah’s sus­picions ; and Badria Tarree, one of the Bbeels present, recommended that Chundoo sbonld be swung. Chundoo was sent , for, taken to thp kotwallee, and confined there.- After'an interval bf a few days some Bheels were summoned and paid to swing Chundoo os d witoh at .a little distance outside the city. The poor woman was taken'to a banyan-tree and swung from her wrists; her eyes, as is outtomary on such occasions, being bandaged with red ohillies. The swinging was oarried out und6r the direction of AUi Eotwal, the Bhopa being also present on eaoh day* to obtain the witch’s confession. She refused to confess or exorois^ the bunniah, whom she upbraided for having taken her oattle. After swing­ing for four days tbe unfortunate oreature'died, and orders were given for the Bheels to bury her; The swinging of Qlle'g l witches was of oommon'ooourrence in the Bheel tracts before the * 'was raised at Ehorwarrab, but rarely happens nowadays. “ Tbe Bheel,” wrote a Hindoo student whom we quoted the otber-day, lrshoota you, and then throws your body into a ditch; By this you may know the Bheel.” But it appears that there arc other features in his character by whioh. if you oultivate his more intimate acquaintance, you' may1 know him with equal oertaiuty, . i >.

A Dbeau o f Death F u lfilled .—In the spring of this year a young married woman, residing in North Peokham, dreamt that she would die on the first anniversary of her wedding day. To her husband and her relatives she mentioned her .strange dream on several 'Osoasions; it seemed to prey upon her mind. At last the dreaded day Came— the 5th* of this mouth; and bo impressed was she tbat it would prove her last upon earth that she actually made a present to one of her friends of a- sum of money wherewith to purchase mourning. Strange to say, before’ midnight arrived the ppor woman was a corpse. It may.be mentioned that she had given birth' to a child, whioh is living and well, eleven days previously.— South London Press.

An effobt towards a reconciliation with Atheists and Theista.—The| primary law to be made known to mankind is the infinite, universal' triune—Love, light, life, as manifested in benefioence,' intelligence,1 omnipotence (under wbioh oategory all universal.principles, may bo* ranged). This triune law governs the uniterse^ by, means .ofkcqrtain modes and operations whioh scientists call.the lwj# of. naturcvor'the laws of tbe universe, or the laws of ore from titoe to time discovering world. '1 TheistB may call this grant tbe existence of tbis law the by both parties, if needful for harmonyupon this sketoh, if permitted by tbe e ^ r ,a r i^ 'in ^ iw .ly ,p l( fe m w ,

Mr. Burns.—Dear Sir,—Mr. W ood spoke twice lBst: SunSaynjat Oldham. In the afternoon he was’ controlled by the spirjjj Payne. His subject weg, “ Why was I sent in life?” , and ensopw^ui to a ' considerable length one of the most argiunenl^tiye^i^j^iei I tbinkl have liBteiied to for some time: (J Tiiere were, questions answered, at theolose o f thead.diseflsi- rTn'tne eye^ingOB^flS controlled bythe Bpirit o f Jobn Wesley! giving a ii(|le^^bf;hisie?perjenp^ showing that he believed in spirit-oommun'ion before be IeW; is ' ej(rthi The spirit said he must be brief in his address) as there were.ptheit spirits wishing to oontrol tbe medium. Afterwards . theVBpirit .ol Robert Burns took oontrol, and, speaking in the Sootoh di^eoti.g^T' one of his poems. A spirit who styled himself ^thp. |p)^.fri^ "^Mi controlled, and sang twice, the audienoe joining in dose we held another meeting for the purpose of'Meeting'officers but as the attendance was smpll 'the meeting Was a^joui-ned tp Sund^y Deoember 6th, at 6.30 p'm., when allparticularly requested to attend, as it is most impoi;t(uit' that trie .havf a good attendance of all those in sympathy with' the teachings o f Spiri tualism.. The retiring vice-president; S. Quarmby,' w n e ^J i ’ Ohadwiok, A. Sykes,'B. Emery. cdmui'ittce^—lirii'. Soattergp6a;\ stfnk; on DScember lS th .m the Co-operativo H aU .-^ ,'.fiM Str '•■Oldham, Deoember12n^1874. : . « »>

7 V ? "< t4ii i,i Ml hwi wjm w .

r+ '-m

A THIRD S E R I E S B y :

/ There will bo thirty-six Simday evenings, potn.-. mencing October“25tltf;itnd 1 ibrfdi%f ii£ Jutte1 iKit;' 'divided M o' w e e courses, ofrtvvpljej .Cavendish IR66ms* i71 i ' MbVtimer

v Street, ...open at. 6.3Q, !to- com-menoeat 7 p . m l / ,

* ' • » ' "s “ -01: ' ,;''' 'C/Oiijiit rEB .' i' ” .’ ”,- '.r : Alexander Chairman.

N/Fabvon Daffe','Es^‘?qi,tman Onambersj Portman, Square, W.

S.W/t, > ^e^tbl^n'de. tWImbledon Common, S.W.

-.j. , fK0ad>'M' -’W. .'

Norw°Qd' s 'e - .1 '>'r IktflV GijneBi s4.r4l ,&ray8 Inn Square, W.O. (Hon. Secretary

. n m ,9Bt«6«3«I M1 .•:' .!'•' •'••§•••<' • ’ ll . A subscriber of £ 5 will be entitled for the whole series to a reserved Beat for himself and p friend,, Tiokets to admit one persoa for aoourse of twelve leotures o n $ (® l'b e issued it 24b. and l!k eaoh. There will be a limited number of fid. seats.

3?ew&y?dSM tiB!6fiib1iKning'6MiH^Moulddome early.The byrans used in ,tbe servioe will be taken from the “ Spiritual

i y re;J{ 'aofdtsi' r "lebture, if handed to the Chairman in

W3tirig;;will’be &UB'wer6'a,6n:eaob night.•nuti ••!>: i ■'! ■'' •' '• ■“••■'u J . -.. ■■.I l)Ri SEXTON!S‘ ‘AEPOINTMENTS.

’6y|l;empeianbe! Hail, G-'rosvenor Street).. After- ;i' - all. Ages'apd .all doiintrieB.” Evening:' • afid Religion ; o Criticism of Mr. J. Stuart Mill’s

Wien f Work ! '' . •Ro t .8 (Temperanbe Hall): “ The Claims of Modem '1'“ ‘ Bmptt4w*,!UPbn Eiityio tention."

;^r^e|ionw jIl Vi«^,^i!qCnd in January. (1875). Applications for ;ljeoRui*ea?gp9'uld.! ,b‘e d«| , at, onoe to Dr. Sexton,. 17, . Trafalgar Road, Qlcl Kent Rpad.ionttoti, S.E.

? MRS. TAPPAN’S APPOINTMENTS.tyMlre. ^japan pw.ifloeiye. engagements for provincial towns between Sj^^s.^^^rqss,v ifo , Tappan, 15, -Southampton Row, London, W.C.

-.yr ■ 1 • ■ -'ii. >- - - - ■ ■? .K : ' T^''CbM?LEMS£pTART COLOURS.-iiTft the Jlditor.—rSirt—Initbe Mbdiom of the week before laet it stated

Tappaniin. her disoourse had said that blue wab the comple­ment to yellow. I sent up a slip last (Sunday evening to ask if thia statement was not a mistake. Mrs. Tappan’s reply was, “ No, there is no mistake.” This was no surprise to me, for tbe Bpirits recognise the siyifl^^b)u?.iWhioh in leatyy.is'a purple; and consequently she Was juki- i|j(j jn^aying^blue. iBjikwjjBfctffis my-surprise-when the chairmau got Upl{a^,8aj1d,,f‘J;4? aupp^oian,' I can endorse this statement." What! Ajl IiOaqigayfis^iat it is-a ubw^propoaibion tc( ibake a -primary oolour toibe.t^ocftwplemeutory colour to ftndthar primary.—Yours truly, jfi, r r ; .. ; A -Oompbehbksionist,ji Who bases his teaching on the Spectrum.

into Spiritualism, 6, Bland- ford:Bfeeeti'Baker-6'tre6t,‘ W.—This sooiety intends holding‘ . its . next, teial meeting, at the above address, on Monday evening, December 7tb, ktlffi'pM'TJ ftUI d|w p^ $ji8 friM b' arb inritsd to bb present, as

■tf mT«ri9i!k.(3n 'Siinday evening last a leoture was

h i i .ii.1. ---. 'IQ I.)f i.U.li. r"m H E L A N G U. A 6 ,3E, , 0 F N; 1 .-is r.T B y ! F i llW ^!so 'H ], « ' 11 -

E E ,A Se ieq of LECTURES, commgnpinghSecembei' the 12th, and/ao&tttn&iTA.■ ' — ............ ' * - ■jpg.’every . FRIDAY, At 5.80, ot^3, ltoman-Stree't,-0?tfbrd-Sti»et,..... 5 j -1

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*‘ Qo to Bleep,'Baby ■Darling.? Cradle Song.. A ohaste md, beautiful,1 1 md63y. Oai ’of tfib happiest efforts of thibCo^p.bsb^-1 ‘ 6r^pp^p6. (•

Set 2s. post free fbr stamps. To be had direct from the composer, *., . 20, Westbourne Park Boaa, W. : « -t “ til . w Xt «s *\ p ;

SEANOES AND MEETINGS 'DUBING THE WEEK, AT THB sfrlUlWAS EJBTETtmON, lS.SOUfHAjrPTON BOW. HOLBOHST.

Pbujat, Deo. 4, Mir. Caldwell,.Test Beonce for Invostigatora, U% ■ ? 'Bmdat, Dec. 6, Miss Keevea at Doughty Hall, 14, Bedford Bow, at T. Motoay, Dbo. T, Mis. Olive'at 3. Ad’misyon, 2a. 6d. - - ■

Mr.Herne,Phj^icalMsdium,at8. 'Sdmia^on,2s,6d,. v r- - ■» >>WebmebdAT, Deo; ®; Mr, HAiatS, Adtalss}01'! 2a. 6d. - • ». -

Husical'Prilotlce at 7. ®r. Monok’s Seance at 8, Admission. 5s. ’THUESDiTf, Deo. 10, Mr. Henfeat 8. Admission, 2g, 6d. v * - y

'I - ’ >8EASOH8 AND MEETINGS Itf LONDON DUBMfa THB WEBK.

Fbiday, Dec. 4, Mrs. Bullook, 54, Gloucester Bt., Queep Sq„ at 8. AdmMalo.n, la, ,Seance at 6, Blandford Street, Baker Street, W„ at 8 o’olook. Mr. Peaver. Trance, Teat. or Pantomlmlo Medium. Admlsalon, 6d,' , .

Satubdat, Deo. 5, Mr. Wlliiflnig. Bee advt.Sukpat, D-EO. 0, 'Mrs. Tappan af Oaveudiah Rooms, 71, Movtlmer Street, at 7.

Mrs. Bullock at Goswell Hall, at 7.Mr. Oogman’a, 16, St. Peter’s Boad, Mile End Boad, at T.

Monday, Dec. 1, Developing Oirole, at Mr, Opgman’i, 16, Bt. Peter’s Boad, Mile End Boad, at 8 o olook. 'Mr. Hooker’S Clrcl6 for Investigators, S3, Henry Btreet, St. John’s Wood, at 8.45; admission la.

•" tar.'WiBfiHfc: <6Wadvt. •••■>' . - , - ,Tuesday, Deo. 8, ra.JVieKolSi'-ffii^ng^d^irvajMit-Mbdiffin, t,t 8, Btad-

ford Street,-at 8. i^)s4OT_8i. tipay fdr the room.! ': r ■ .v ,..Wbdhessay, Deo. 9, Leoture at Mr. Cogman’s, 15,.Bt. Peter’s Boad, Mile End,

at 8 o’olook. •, ' *THtrasDAr. DEO. 10, Dalston Association of Inqntters lnto-.l ilrltnalUnl': A

Seance at their rooms, T4, Navarino Boad, DalBton, S.;St B p.td. Par­ticulars as to admission of visitors os application to the Seoretary.Mr. Williams. Bee advt.

SEANOES IN THE PBOYINOEB DUBING THB WEEK,Batubday, Dec. 5, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Old Freemasons’ Hall,

Street, at 7.30 for 8 o’oiqok, .- •Bibmmgham, Midland Spiritual Inatltuta, 58, Bntlblk Street, at 7. .

Botday, Dec. 6, Keishiey, 10.SO a.m. and 5.80 p.m. Messrs. Bhaokleton and Wright, Tranoe-Medluma. Children’ Progressive Iiyoeom tt 'B a.m. and 2 p.m.Bowebby Bbidse, Spiritualist Progressive Lyceum, Children’s Lypenm, 10a.m,and2 p.m. Publio Meeting, 6.80 p.m.Bowlins, BplritnaUsta’ Meeting Boom, 2.80 and 8 p.m. fikli'£aiie, 2 and 6 p.m. .Bowijhs, In Hartley’s Yard, near Ballway Station, Wakefield Boad; at 2.30and6o’olook.fliBMntSHAM, at Mr. Perks’s, 312, Bridge Btreet West, near Well .Street, Hoinkley, United Ohristian SpMtaalists at 6 o’cld<Sk;fOT'*neimbersrijilly. ' 11 Bacup, Service at 2.30 and 8 o’oloik p.m.Mabobesteb, Temperance Hall, Grosvenor Stu, A(18al t8,Al(2 0.Haufai Payohologleal Sodeh', Hall of Freedom, Back I ord Street, Lister Lane, at 2,80 aiid 6, ■ Children’s Lyceum.atIC/alini1Ngx$mQUAy,:Chnrchgate Lon; Pavement, Pnblio meeting at 6.80.p,ip;.....6ssEtt Common, Wakefield, at Mr. John Orane’s, at 2 and-6, p.m. Bishop AccEXAND.at Mr'. FbUWs, Waldion S&Mt, tt 6 oVlook.,-Nbtloe * is iSquiifcdfrom atrtogers. ' -<t- 4 -■ ' v *Newcastle-on-Tynb, at Freemasons’ Old Hall, Weir’s Oonrt, Newgate Street, at 8.30 for 7 p.m.; ' . '■a >» <•Livebpool, Publio Meetlnga at the Islington Assembly Booms, at*8 “ and 7 p.m. Tranoe-medinms froth all parts of England, £0.DAELisaToH Splrituallet Aasoplatton,- Free ASsembly-.^om, above Hinde Bros. Stores, Bldsdale Street, Yarm Boad. Pnblio Meetings at 10.30 ,m. and'630rp.mr " T," j ?,■ ' ~ — x .> kdUhS- iM iih. Sfi. danse < -

'! Th!B 'CifiE’o^ Me. 'Tnojiis1 Uiiis'.^-Th'b heialth of Mr. Emms .etill re- r „i£ suffloiently re-

[ to1' Ibo (iiien aft halfpaBt 7 preoisely.,.had of Mri Cogman, 15*

Sirs.Ma(n,’,32l, Bethnal Green Road, Ih ’C p a to r i 'S .^ n r ^ e r r Rbad, ' and ,Mr. $ & Smith,.

1 ^(arb Street, Hackney.. AU friends1 FS^iri^^iaraatod^truth^eWnS thsit' can ate1 -confidently expected-to

Rt/de, Isle of Wight, November 20tb, 1874) Hy, &. King.

Southsea.’ At Mrs; Stripe’s, 41, M ale S t e f LonsBBOBo’. Mrs. Sutteridgb, TrantSe-medlnm, Dene’s Yard, Pinfold Terrace, 4ti 8 o’ploolcj- “ ■ . w »Glasgow. Pnblio meetlljg,&.30p.m.) at 164, Trongflfe. *-Heckmohdwikb,serviced 8.30 atiiLower SearjeStHfete.Developing Oircle on Monday and Thursday, at 7.30i Ossett Spiritual Institution, 'Ossett Green (near tbe G. N. B. Station, Service at 2,30 and 6 p.m. John Kitson, medium.Mobley, Hall of Progress, at 6 80. Mrs. Butterfield and others.Halifax, Hall of Freedom, Baok Lord Street, Lister Lane, at 2.30 and 6. ’

Monday, Dec. 7, BiBMrNSHAM. • 88, Suffolk Street, at 8.Cabdiff. Messrs, Peck and .Sadler'a Seanoe at 128, Oowbrldge Boad Canton, at 8 o'clock,jadnilssldi ,18.; M q on Tiieiday and Saturday even­ings. On ThuradayeVening,4rs.6d,

ITO8DAY, Dec. 8, KElGHLEY. at the Lycenii. at 7.80 p.m., Trance-mediumB, Mrs. Lucas tnd Messrs. Wright and Bhaokleton.Stookton. Meeting at- Mr. Freund’s, 2, Silver Street, at 8.15.

WEDBXsnAT, Dec. 9,.Bowi.lj[a,Spiritualists’ Meeflng Boom, 8 pan, .. ,08Sett CoMMON. at Mr, John Crane’s,.‘ t 7-3p.,., ,BmmmlUlC, Midland BpUtnal Institute, 58, Sqfiblk Btreet, at 8.Mr. Perlu’s, 312, Bridge S&eet, at half-p^t seven,'for development. Livebpool'. Frirnworth 8treet L6oture-room, West llerby Boad;., Mrs. Ohlsen at 8. Admission freely ticket, of Mr. Chapman', 10, Dunkeld St. Mobley, Hall of Progress, at 7 o’clock, • !.

Thcbbday, ])eo. 10, Bowldio; Hall i^ae, 7.30 p.m.■ ' iBnfiOP. Accklakd, at MriFaudtfs, WaldrouStreet,; at *8 ’b’eloclc. Ndtlci . -, iB^ufitesd.fromstiangew. 1 1 " -i;:■>"! - ■ ' ' ’

N ^ cabtl&P^Tyse. jOld Freemssons’ Hall, . Weir's Court, Hewgata" fltreel;',Bean?e, at 7.89': for,-6. ., ,,, ..

1 ‘ ' BmMraOH . Dev’elotliig Oirile, at 7, Hyde Roacl, Ladywood, at i,. by^MlSsBakw.a'CaMwb^tiffidi’l^aSft.mtomfi;’ =" ; jSWiiDix,i'3KEb;iillf« tkfmp'odi'i *iWekl ! afefin(rfaaal,T^oe^Mai%,' at: * 1 the Islington Assepbly Bdonm. at 7.30 p.iht/ TtieOoUiniRtae'meetat 7.- -!. Noxtzbshau, Churofigate ljow Pavement,- Seanoe at t p.m. *

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TVTISS OHANDOS w il ' dofiimencey'afl'e^ Christmas, ,a M ES- IY I j ‘'.:MBRlCo>SE A®CE :W£eklfcifor,..theip.urppse ofi-,pyjtjnjixfRatirjj

, prctctlciUiJcWivvladr.d£ir iWsttteriani- nd»Elfiqtrpifsjpipgy*! aJi, 15, outu-tion concerning private inst^ction,&c., address Vaie'Cottdgei'Bamam, Surrey. . .5.0 v,W\ ' .vM'X -v^v, V,. i’l l , i

F[ •Kt’R E E S ,:'fS p & i 'f^ w s 'r : ■ pH O T ddB A SfiE B .-SIT T 00Si & la Seance by appointment, Mondays, We^es^ys^ftft&Wictijs.

Fee, One Guinea.—Addreffi#,\Gayne£P£^ Road,1 B6y . ^

IL C H A R L E S 1 jaemunviB a t w offle< „: to give Private Seances,^rom-l2 toT 5 p.m. . Private . Seances

attended ‘flt.lfce rhotoes^ttovMt^gatoia^^bUo S e ^ ^ sr>t#U-l4mVa jConduit : Sfi»el£ on 'Mbhday; n ih pV ^ m issionS 2^Ba:» ■ ^uiSday Svenings, 6s.;,andiS$turdajr:iey$nipgB)jlqr $piftftjp]fo£::Q$yi5Bi; at 8

•i“ ii'i.'./'dif. v !’ r.« sl'/V.ift'j’ 'J:5o wit!.-1.

E H . B R 1N L E Y , pM & rioai.. ‘H ouse DECOBATOByiGiiDEB,■ a t the lowest possible1 cost>^3l6,

Portohello Road, Notting Hill, Yf;’

MR . GEORGE C H A P M A N ,. T ean ce-M ed iu m , w ill- .g iv e a Publio Seance at Mr. Robert. CatBng’s;! 53; Cromwell; Road,'

Peterboro’, every Tuesday at 8. Admission, One Shilling.'

A D A M E GESTER, o f Paris, S o m n a m b u list by B p th , . and very lucid, can be CONSULTED for all Diseases, Researches, Sic.,

daily, at 529, Oxford Strpqt, froi» 1/till 4, or at consultipg parties’ own place at any other hour, b^ppointmept,—Very moderate charges.

PU R E V E G E T A B L E CH A R C O A L, the N E W C U R E lor Indigestion, Bawds and Lw ih 'GbtalAnras/' RECiM'foif jhfcpaw

tion and use, together witb trial box of GonceritratM Gharooal/Dia^s^ tion Pells, sent free on,, application—Enclose' stampedaddiaekto SBCBETAy, Sanitary Carbon'-Co1., Nottingham. ________ '

A S T R O L O G Y .—PRO FESSO R W IL S O N , the celebrated l i Astrologer, may be CONSULTED on the Events of Life at 103, Caledonian Road, King’s Cross.—Personal Consultations only from2 to 9 p.m. Fee, 2s. fli. Time of birth required.

QUESTIONS (Three) on the affairs o f Life, Diseases, &c., Astrologically CONSIDERED. Send exact time, date, and place of

birth, sex, whethermafried or single, and 2s. Od. to Philip Heydon, 8, Russell Place, Leeds, Yorks. Nativities Calculated. Term* on application.

TH E “ ST U R M B E R G ” PLA N C H E TT Emay now be had in Three Sizes from nearly

all respectable Fancy Dealers, or from J. Stormont,• 59, Constitution Hill, Birmingham, who is now the i solo'manufacturer. Full size, f o r ’four hands,

4s. 4d. post freesecond size, 2s. 9d. post free; third size, Is. 9d. post -free. Each complete in boix'with pentagraph wheels, pencil, and full directions.

R . J: X MORSE, I n s p i r a t io n a l T b a n c e S p e a k k b , is at present in the United States on a lecturing tour. He will return to

Englan<Lon,or. about Jijnajiext. , Letters sent to annexed nddr,e?s wjU be iofW ra0? « b 1hun 4ar liue cburse. Warwick Cottage, Old Ford Road, Bow,-London,E. \ 1

R . H U D SO N , S p ib it - P h o to g e a p h e e , 2 , Kensington P ark .''':B (^ :]W( lrotfciife'ttil!Gate, W.

DR A W IN G -R O O M ;'Fi^O OR to Let, F u b n ish e d , F a b e s to City by Train, or ’Bus, 2d. Pleasantly situated. 10s. a week;

references required. Further particulars on application to Mrs. Bohns,15, Southampton Row, W.C.

ARTHUR MALTBY,TAIL OB AND HABIT MAKER,

8, HANOVER PLACE,. PARK ROAD, REGENT’S PARK.Established 1833. ..

Orders fe?ecu&d bif tjle ^sjiortelt'j ntitic©. Workmanship and Fit guaranteed. . ; , , y M B ^ g iscoTOT fob cash.

F F U S E ' D A I j E , T ablob and D b a p eb , has a splendid i assortment of Pall and 'W inter Goods. An immense variety

of Scottih and West of "England TWEEDS. A perfect fit guaranteed. EvArythiiig'on hfod, Visitors parsing through. London supplied ‘with gbods oiii the shortest notice, at special prices for cash.—No. 8, South­ampton Rttfr;'High Holborn.-

i i iP ^ R .jQ E J 'E E ,AGE. JUST ISSUED, l i TiTtinnvvvms- OR, K E Y TO

J. v i-.ir.iA e - M - -.iira-.r-f/;JV-fliU'- •

I ISS L O T T IE F O W L E R , the G R E A T A M E R IC A N SOM-_ NAMBULIST; SPIRITUAL CLAmVOYANTE;'aM^ESTMgbItHr

NJBi—lifiBS PowiiaddeS iibt rdfceite any Visitors oh Sundays'.-f- Ttll

MRS. ' O L IV E ; . Tbance-M edium , 49, Belmottt Street,, iChafii . Farm Road, N.W.—Mrs. Olive’s specialities are,,Test,.Contmunica- tions, Medical, Business, and other Inquiries; also Healing by Spirit

M q sfje r ism ^ d Re -.Terms s,:Seance, (admission. fed.) oii 'TutedaV. Evenings,- at ‘f p.m',- 'at 'iltiava'-iiiJdrebs. Also-a'Public Seatacb' at* the' Sf>iritii4l IhstkutiJ)Ii>ri6,iS!&th- ampton Row, Holborn, on Mondays, at 3 p.m. Admission 12s. fldr r

SPEC IFIC REM ED IES for Neubai<c}ia, Skin .D iseases., Cqpohs, DiAiijBftCEA, N^BTqxrs. Debility,, &c. Thwe medicines,‘and

other applictttions,' ate. of -well-proved W&c&dy»’. itatv&b! Weir1' fnahSMl ioi several1 yeWs 6y iAfedif&l'Spirits -contiollintjr Mrs/:01iVO,lTrance Medium," and being iii Constant'use with-moBt satisfdctoty resnlts. Particulars on appucation, by letter, to H. Olive, 49, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road, London, K.W.

MRS. W OODFORDE, Teano^-M edium and MEbiCAL1 M bs-- hebist, will give Sittings for Development, ilnder _SpiritiControl,

in Writing, Drawing, Clairvoyance, Or auy fotih o f , MBdktmship.'- Dis­orderly influences removed. French spoken. At honie .Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdayb.; Private Stances attended. Address—41, Bernard Street, Russell Square, W.C.- ' ■ : ' - •' .....i- ..... ' : » j ';M R . F . H E R N E , Medium, giyes Public Seances1 at !thb Spiri- Jll;- tual Instdtutioh, 15, Sotithampton'Row, London; ad follows :—On Monday Evening, at 8 o’clock; on Wednesday AfterfloonJ at S 'o ’clock ; and bn Thureday Evening, at 8 o’clock. -Admission tb each seance, 2s. 6d. Mr. Hebne may be engaged for. private seances. Address— Herne’s Oak Villa, Rockmead Road, South Hackney, N.E.

THE- :T W 0 * D IS C O V E R IE S ; OR, K E Y TO P IN E ’SSPIRITUAL TELE,GrRAPH.?T-ThiB Key not only-unlocks the

abstruse labyrinths pf . mathematical science, but enables every person who values theljPriyiiegB, i», converse as freely in domestic retirement with friends in Spirit-Life when1 they wfere on Earth; and fcohtains a series'ofcbmmunications ofthe-mostintense in tetestjrecei vedby this nevf Invention i with. an Engraving of th® instrument. By Clement Pine. -

London: E. W. Allen, 11, Ave Maria Lane, and Stationers’ Hall Court, E.C.; also published by the autior at Bridgwater.

.. In substantial paper coveia, 152 pp. 8vo., price Is .; postage 2d. Stereotyped- and Copyright secured. _ : ,

The spiritual department contains the confessions and conditions of. eight spirit,.well knowiji to the author in earth-life, who had deviatjed' from the paj.li of duty j^lso the experiences or| as many more well known to him, who had. per&rmed their difty on e^th,a.rd;experience^ a happy entrance into theispirit-realm. The conditions of spirit-life, even their' Divine unions in Maraage* are completely exemplified by this new mode. The discovery in Mathematics increases the accuracy bf astro­nomical observations tenfold, by a process so simplified as to be adapted for the Public Schools.

The bett book for Inquirers,—Second Edition, price 3s.W H E R E A R E T H E D E A D ?

M, SPIRITUALISM EXPLAINED. B t Fetes. London i J. BtoKs; 15, Sonthaitiptbn Row, W.C.

TO, I N t e s M i ^ T O ^ S l - J . 0 . C A L K W E L L , M edium for ’ T^st CoM mm^iiossV'hai been' very siit^sfu l in getting:tests

of identity from!' SpiriirHeliitive's and; Fribnds- WjpriVate'dMles. He is open to aittend Invesb’gatoiB..at,their oven resrdenSss. Tenps, 5s. and expina^s. Address—£0, Thbifn^ adj'S^t^liafiiBSth'-RbEiaf S ^ . - ' ■'

MR .. CO G M AN S SP IR IT U A L IN STlTU TiO N i 15, S t . Peteb’s Road, Mile End.—Addresses in the'Trance-by Mr. CofeMi^;!’

or other Medium, every Sunday evening, at Seven o’clock; admission free, and voluntary contribution. ;

F YC H O PA TH IO INSTITUTION FO R T H E CU RE OF DISEASES, 2§4, MARYLEBONE ROAD. '

Efficient Healers in attendance from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. Healey sent ( to all parts; terms moderate. ■

JOSEPH ASHMAN, Principai

El e c t r o - m e d i c a l i n s t i t u t i o n , d b . p . a . d^sjabd in ; (—Speoial Treatment for Chronio'Maladies arid those toid to b e '

incurable. An English lady is attached to the Institutioh for the application of Eleotro-Magnetism to LadieB, Consultations every day. from 11 to 3, at 43, Euston Boad (opposite the St. !Paiioras Station),' and from 3 to 6 , at 3, Little Argyle Street; Regbnt Street; r atld1 at 'thet latter place also, from 8 to 10 p.m., every Monday, Thursday; arid 1

Saturday. ■ ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' " : ! ;MEDICAL-EItECTRIC-MAGNETIC INSTITUTION, ,

PROFESSOR SOOREY cures all Nerve and Muscular Cases. No consultation fee. Terais moderate, by arrangements Lessons

given: Clairvoyants [arid Mediums ^developed.—12, Whitchurch Villals; Mount Ararat Road, Richmond. ' '

Me s m e r i s m , e l e c t r o -b i o l o g y , f a s c i n a t i o n .—“ When the whole voluntary muscular system is influenced by the

normal downward magneto-electric currents of mesmerism a delightful, sfate of refreshed sensation follows. ’ If rigidity supSrvtask it* refreshes amazingly; as sound sleep gives new energy, to the wearytjrayeU^j-, so this magnetic muscular rigidity conquers the weariness of debility; and restores health to even the moat diseased subject.”— Ashbobneb.

Seven persons weraput. into, this state of catalepsy by M.Rigg, at his lastenterWMmOTW«9 B «toT O yM a& M r! ;'l- ■<

M. Riqo will receive, the nfimes of six ladies and gentlqmen who are,, well educated, to fohn'a'ctrcfe to ‘develop as Traric^Midlilmtfttoiii C14tfvoyants. ‘ pttl^saiiftbfi femperanients ca i ;be ^cepJedi'^MPbjM’will determine on the first interview. . ; /.II.

He can now take a few more Disease Casesin hand. ,Specia|atten®on given to cases of Insanity. Advice in all caies. For prospi&ls'wfi-' Pamphlet, send stamped ’envelope—M. Ric(3f 17,'PakenMni

MESSRS.-PECK and SA D L E R ,,,are open to Public or Private’En^emeiit- for SeanceS inM ypart;

of'the country. Terms as per ai^figeinents. Publio' SeanCBSltOii Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Satui’day, at Eight o’dook.-r+Address, 126, Cowbridge Road, Canton, Cardiff.

P.S.^A. SPECIAL SEANCE will be given by these gentjlpmen, on. Saturday, the 12th December next, in aid of the funds of the Spiritual Institution. Friends, please note.

capacity with., great, success, arernow open to ENfefACfEMfiNM1 for L&turibg,! &alditig -I)e-tfbl5pin| Cycles,: MedicatiKsgjO'nosis enclose lock, of Bair, stiitmg s e t and fflge of patient, Prescripjions

A tl _____ _ J - a __ J _____A n f U DanfABBnlt 1■nosis e n c l o s e lOCK'Ol u a i c , auu^D Wi.. WUI6UK.;carefuliy compounded, under spirit-control of u Professor Hare and. tne Jndian Chief -u Bla(!kha.Wk, , ; Mr. and JjSxati Qtpmi wiU g b d i o renew correspondence "with old friends*—Addresfl,- Marsh House, Brotherton^-

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