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Union Conference that my statements were " erroneous,” *tr* but I challenge him to prove that they were so in the Our Outlook Tower. slightest particular. I thank you for this opportunity of replying to Mr. PASCAL FORTHUNY ATTACKED BY E. W. Oaten’s stupidity, and remain as ever, Your devoted OATEN. PASCAL FORTHUNY. “ I HAND HIM BACK HIS WICKED ASPERSION/' IH E 29th Annual Conference of the Spirit­ THE PARLIAMENTARY FUND. T ualists' National Union was held at In the same report in the Two Worlds it is Portsmouth on July 4 and 5, and in a stated :— report of the proceedings in the Two Worlds of ’’ A delegate raised the question of a report appearing in the International Psychic Gazette con­ July 17, the following passage occurs :— cerning the funds of the Parliamentary Committee, " A delegate raised the question of an article and in reply Mr. Barbanell offered a pointed and by M. Forthuny which recently appeared in a emphatic denial to the statement. It was resolved Spiritualist journal. that a letter be sent to the Editor of the journal M " Mr. Oaten explained that many of them were asking him to justify his statement, or withdraw it.” familiar with the fact that there had been a quarrel If Mr. Barbanell did offer ” a pointed and emphatic s ■ between M. Meyer and the writer of the article, denial ” to the statement referred to, namely, that the and he thought it was cowardly on the part of the funds entrusted to the Parliamentary Committee had Scoti* writer to make a statement of this kind after a man’s been ” wickedly and wantonly misused ” he could only death which he would not have dared to make have done so with his tongue in his cheek, for it is true tnped e* had he been alive. that they were so misused, and that a paralysing blight " He believed it was true that M. Meyer’s family was thereby put on the movement for the adequate were taking steps to contest a settlement made by protection of mediums and for the alteration of the law. ^ M jj M. Meyer some four years before his death, but That blight has not yet been removed. otherwise the statement was erroneous.’’ The great wrong then done to the Cause would probably Monsieur Pascal Forthuny, having seen this never have been known had not an Official of the Spiritualists’ National Union at the time thought it report, has sent us the following reply :— his bounden duty to make it known, and called upon us 10 Avenue Frédéric Forthuny, to give us the information. Our references to the matter Soisy-sous-Montmorencv, France. were, moreover, publicly approved by Mrs. Jessy July 22, 1923. Greenwood, J.P., when she was President of the Spirit­ My Dear Sir ,— K indly do me the honour of publishing ualists’ National Union. It is therefore not a case for in die International Psychic Gazette my comment on a denials or coverings up, but for rectification and reparation, ROU paragraph that concerns me which appears in the and for placing the Fund and its administration in other tr the Two W orlds of Jnly 17, 1931 (page 451). hands, so that the original intentions of the subscribers I do not accord, either to Mr. E. W. Oaten, or to any shall at last be faithfully carried out. LUSTS «cher person whatsoever, the liberty to describe the Needless to say no letter has been received by us article I wrote in our review (June, 1931, page 138), after asking us to justify the statement or withdraw it I Will the death of M. Jean Meyer, as an act of cowardice. Mr. Barbanell now publish a certified account of the I did NOT await until M. Meyer died to say what I Parliamentary Fund, which the subscribers are entitled thought of him. I did so at once, at the time of our rup­ to see, and for which they have for so many years waited ture, before a public assemblage of 2,000 persons in Paris. in vain, and that will speak for itself ? )WE I then declared, and I repeat, that M. Meyer could not When mediums have been attacked by the police it claim to be a person in any sense sacrosanct, and that has been to this Gazette almost alone that they have IB be was entirely wrong, notwithstanding that he had looked for help or sympathy, for that was invariably atine. generously supported the cause of Spiritualism by his refused by the Parliamentary Committee with its £1,000, ©ON. money, in supposing that anyone who did not rally to more or less, subscribed for the purpose. As .everyone his narrow conceptions was an égaré and ought to be knows we have collected considerable sums at various excommunicated. My indignant protests were endorsed times from our generous readers to pay solicitors and by the entire audience with rounds of acclamation, and counsel engaged for the defence and to pay the,fines of .IS, at the conclusion about six hundred persons shook my mediums. In every case we have published a complete hand« in token of their sympathy and congratulation. list of subscribers with the amount of their donations, Persons belonging to M. Meyer's entourage were present, and have given detailed accounts showing how the iponey must have had a very disagreeable task in reporting has been spent. the outcome of this meeting to their chief 1 M. Meyer was equally wrong in de-baptising the M aison MR. MEAD’S DECISION. ■ des Spirites— whose name described quite well what it A King’s Bench Divisional Court on July 22 reversed ought to be— in order to dress it up with an epithet with the decision by Mr. Frederick Mead, of Marlborough yipn tifir. pretensions, which only disconcerted the Street, that a seller of sweepstake tickets could not be Spiritualists and made the scientists shrug their shoulders. convicted, and punished under the Vagrancy Act, unless M I disdain the insolence of Mr. Oaten, and in the matter he was " a rogue and vagabond ” in Jiis status or mode of life when committing the offence. of cowardice I invite anyone who cares to compare his The Lord Chief Justice, in giving judgment, said that war record with my own. I hand him back his wicked Section 41 of the Lotteries Act of 1823 provided that aspersion with my compliments for it is applicable neither if any person should sell tickets in any lottery not to myself nor to any of my relatives or mends, who all authorised by Parliament he .should forfeit ¿50,. and promptly obeyed their country's call in the hour of further be deemed a rogue and vagabond and punished naf f r danger and performed their patriotic duty as accordingly. It was not for the prosecution to prove mea, some of them, including my beloved son, sacrificing that the respondent had the mode of life of a rogue and I their lives. vagabond, but to prove the commission of the offence f f î t I d«ki the right to appreciate at their true valuation against the Lotteries Act, and hea was .then to be deemed M. Jean Meyer and his work, for he was a part of the a rogue and vagabond and punished as such. „ - history of Modern Spiritualism, especially in France, It is important that Spiritualists should carefully and it is sheer nonsense to say that he ought not to have note the reason for Mr. Mead's decision being reversed been discussed in my obituary notice. in this case. An offence had been committed under I 1 mentioned therein the fact that M. Meyer had oriented another Act which involved punishment under the his Kardecist Spiritualism towards what he thought Vagrancy Act without further question. to be scientific research, with the result that he had in In the case of Spiritualistic mediums there is no such certain notable cases disparaged genuine mediumship other Act affecting them, excepting the old Witchcraft lather than helped or encouraged it. Act, which is nowadays never invoked, That they are I also mentioned that M. Meyer, as Vice-President wrongfully tried and punished under the Vagrancy Act, of the Spiritualists’ International Federation, had publicly when they are good citizens and not rogues or vagabonds f riaimed to have converted all Anglo-Saxon Spiritualists in their status or mode of life, is still good law, for Lord to a belief in Reincarnation, though that was glaringly Young's decision in Smith v. Neilson in the Scottish untrue, as Mr. Oaten himself very well knows. High Court of J usticiary has never been revised or Teversed Mr. Oaten told his audience at the Spiritualists* National by any High Court. J, L, ,0,1. 1931 162 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. August, 193| The A Medium We Should Like to See in England APPORTS, LIGHTS, VOICES AND MATERIALISATIONS. Twtiv * » » « R. W IL L IA M L A K E , whose seances in THE MATERIALISATIONS. o f I In n d d ia ia * , <*# New York are described by Mr. John B. The materialisations are particularly fine:__ Mohammed#* " Within a few minutes after the lights were pm an opportut** MReimer, a member and patron of the out a very brilliant female figure, fully covered with S p ir itu a l Af* American Society for Psychical Research, in ectoplasm, appeared at the back of Lake. She and Yoga sy* " The Diary of a Spiritualist,” which he has swayed to and fro apparently rocking a baby. Lau with its devot' written and published for private circulation, was silhouetted against the luminous ectoplasm tn every .pro] is a medium we should like to see in England. The luminosity was so strong that I could distinctly several lonely see his features. personal atte* His sittings produce wonderful lights and fires, " Then a girl of about sixteen materialised in fan Himalaya* t! full form materialisations, faces innumerable, form. She was fully clothed, including stockings Jamna on tfl voices, apports, correct names, dates and numbers, and shoes. A second girl of about twelve now stood can even ma# and evidential messages full of astonishing at the back of Lake. She looked charming and one day at any beautiful and had a sweet passive face. Her long mystical land details. Never has our damp island climate curled hair was brought back over her shoulder articles is wort given us a medium possessing quite this wide and dropped over her chest. It was a full materiali­ for it gives the range of gifts, and not for a quarter of a century sation of flesh, blood and bone." o f S p ir it u a l P i " ME MAKE FIRE." have we had a medium of repute to give us, as (Continued ft Husk did, both voices and materialisations, " Sitting Bull,” not Mr. Lake’s guide, but the guide of one of the sitters— " a happy, cheerful and jolly spirit, E h a v e urn’ and to demonstrate the passage of matter through with a voice like a roaring bull ” — manifested at one of primary, at matter. If the means could be found to induce the seances and was asked if he could make a fire. " Sure, W on e thing Mr. Lake to come to London for a three months' me make fire for you, John," he answered, " me go out and find a can ” :— of Spiritual I )ov visit and give the public here the benefit of his " Within half a minute he returned, we saw and suspension of tin great gifts it would be an immense source of heard movements on the floor, a bright flash appeared, rationalising facul satisfaction to hundreds of men and women who and we saw a tin can on the floor within which have joined the movement since the war and a lively fire was blazing. The smoke gave off a in its stead the qu have never had the opportunity of seeing a pungent pine odour. I was both surprised and the Heart. The pleased, as my request for a fire was unpremeditated materialised spirit form. purposes, need not the wish had never been expressed to the medium, We h a v e seen that Mr. Lake was making no money out of the thirty or and the phenomenon was a good test. The fire forty sittings described by Mr. Reimer. He took only lasted about half a minute. in a flash. An ad enough from each sitter to pay for the room in which the " After a while I asked him if he could do it again. mind momentarily seances were held. Mr. Reimer says :— He cheerfully assented, saying ' Me make big fire get an in fin ity of i ” A peculiarity about Lake is his unbounded this time.’ This time it took him longer. I could any problem or e faith and confidence in his Spirit Friends. The next see his light darting to and fro between the can and month's rent never worries him, as he says his Friends the medium. After about five minutes the content» evid en tly possesses will take care of the situation in some way or other, of the can blazed out into flames and we had a real silent infection to n and they usually do. ' honest to goodness ’ fire, which lasted for a full The cultivation of " He also feels that his power is so sacred to him five minutes." Beginners in their fin that any attempt to buy or subsidise him or to secure A spirit with a gold tooth manifested at one sitting set hours to master tin especial consideration through money would be " He permitted us to feel it. His teeth were rather An adept requires to j indignantly rejected. On the other hand, he has small, but very uniform. I put my fingers in his is no need o t haste. a great sense of appreciation when anything is done mouth and felt his teeth, which were as solid as my surer. through worthy and sincere motives." own, his lips and face were soft and warm and his " The Pearl of Great He does not mind how long he sits. Indeed, with the beard, black in colour, was soft and silky. The tering of this secret p slightest encouragement he will sit all night. And he ladies did not feel his gold tooth as they evidently possession of many, is often awake throughout the seance, enjoying it all did not like the idea of putting their hands in the its acquisition, and net with the sitters. mouth of a " ghost,” although Lake laughingly with success. AN EAGLE AND A FISH BROUGHT. assured them that he would not bite. None of our The reason is not fat A t the first sitting Mr. Reimer attended it was stated seven sitters have the same shaped teeth as this was made of trying t< that an eagle would be brought into the room by an Indian materialisation, none of us have beards, and none nature—their sensatic spirit called " Black Eagle " :— of us have a gold front tooth." moral aims, their obje These are but a few of the wonders Mr. Reimer relates. the only thing Spiri " Thereupon began a rustling of feathers and In a letter to the Editor of this Gazette, which he sends cultivation of a new I flapping of wings in the centre of the room, the air with a copy of the book for review, he says :— " I published sciousness of reality ai was violently agitated and the breeze was distinctly my ' Diary ’ for distribution among my personal friends, for becoming One, ii felt by me. Some one said something about shooting, but should you so desire it might be mentioned that whereupon in the middle of the room, half way to Harmony of which w< should anyone care for a copy of the book it could be Attainment, if they r the ceiling there was a brilliant flash of spluttering obtained upon application to the author. His address is, only Mages or Magicia light, accompanied by a loud report, and the eagle Mr. John B. Reimer, President, Queen’s County Guarantee the Universal Harmon was gone." and Investment Corporation, 161 Jamaica Avenue, unhappiness. At another time Black Eagle appeared on the scene Jamaica, New York. A PURE REUt with a ten-horse-power voice— " Hello, everybody," and m y; when asked by an angler how the fishing was, said " Fine, The real and lasting plenty fish, trout, salmon, heap of wet. Next time I CONAN DOYLE COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE is reached only by a p\ bring fish, a live one." And next time, fulfilling his to the innermost love, promise, he brought along a luminous fish which flapped A t the Grotrian Hall, on Sunday, July & All for All of the Cosnicx its tail on the floor. the evening service was commemorative of the The mistake made As at Husk's, so at these seances, Cardinal Newman passing of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. forms of Religion, witl often manifests, and the sitters sing his hymn, " Lead Mrs. St. Clair Stobart spoke words of loving tribute disciplines and spirit ua Kindly Light.” Once, in response to a special request, to the late President of the Spiritualist Community, iw tions, and so forth, on he gave a very beautiful address. at her request, the audience stood for a moment in silt1’ fundamental error of «ii The medium, Mr. Reimer and a friend were smoking prayer. The hymns selected were those known to P ¡■he this and the that „ at one sitting, their cigar ends glowing and showing red favourites of Sir Arthur. Mrs. Stobart chose as M kewt, by » new compre U in the darkness :— Reading the last stanzas of Tennyson’s ” The Passing “ was those expe, ,lu " Suddenly I saw Lake's cigar leave his mouth and Arthur,” and pointed out, in a few well chosen won*-' zig-zag around. Once I followed its glow for a that as Tennyson’s Arthur slew his last enemy, the distance of about eight feet. It did this innumerable Modred, but in slaying him, was himself killed, so ^ times, darting back to his mouth with lightning-like Arthur, in slaying the Modred of false beliefs, was rapidity." sacrificed for Truth. She asked, ” May we not, contrari», «T i The spirit lights on the ceiling are also remarkable. Spiritualists, regard ourselves as Arthur's Knight*. " George," the control, says they are produced by spirit of the ’ Round Table,’ but of the Round Earth? electricians who are experimenting and showing them shall we not, in spite of the physical absence of oui 4 r n?" < ä what they can do. They produce any number of stars fight on bravely for the Cause in which he and a moon, " and make a brilliant, spectacular and life—the Cause of Truth, of Religion, of God ? beautiful sight equal on a small scale to any seen in our The collection at both morning and evening mU' natural heavens on exceptionally clear nights." was given to the Conan Doyle Memorial Fund. § g i g § A u g u s t, 1931. THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 163 I The Practice of Spiritual Development.—II. B y FREDERIC THURSTAN, M.A. Twelve years service in the Educational Department the blissful peace of inmost consciousness of union and of India, and as Tutor and Guardian to some illumination. Hence this was called Mohammedan Princes, has given Mr. Thurstan THE QUIETIST SCHOOL. an opportunity to enter sympathetically into the It was started by a distinguished lady at the Court of a Spiritual Mind of the East, studying its Vedic the glorious orthodox Louis Quatorze, called Madame % and Yoga systems on the spot in personal converse de Guyon. She published, in the seventies of the seven­ % with its devotees, visiting its sacred cities and districts teenth century, two manuals, entitled " A Short and in every province, and in his vacations making Easy Method of Prayer ” and " The Spiritual Torrent." sN i several lonely adventurous expeditions with but one She disclaimed the personal authorship of these two books. personal attendant into the innermost ranges of the •teh These are her own words :— Himalayas - the sacred sources of the Ganges and " In taking up the pen I did not know the first Jamna on the borders of Buddhist Thibet. He r > word of what I wanted to write. I began to write can even make the uncommon boast of having for not knowing how, and I found that my thoughts came one day at any rate entered the portals of that forbidden spontaneously, and also the exact expression of them m mystical land, of Spiritual Culture. This series of with a strange impetuosity, and what surprises articles is worthy of being read over and over again, me most was that they seemed to rise from I know for it gives the key to the very highest and rarest forms not where ; certainly not from my head. I wrote of Spiritual Development. the treatise in a sort of inward-quiet state, and I «Piiit (Continued from July Number, page 150.) kept going on and on without resting to the end, ? « without the trouble of formulating any sentence ; pita | E have arrived at the discovery that the so that I was not at all weary when I left off, and I goOM | primary, and as Jesus put it, " the only never had to re-write anything I had written in this W one thing necessary " for the Practice state.” of Spiritual Development, is the temporary It must be remembered that in her day the psychic ,w l*j faculty of automatic writing, now so common, was com­ >e*Hdi\ suspension of the Intellectual Process of the pletely unknown, though the spiritual inspiration of *bcii rationalising faculties of the Brain, and using 1 00 | Scriptures was acknowledged. Her words, therefore, are in its stead the quiet emotional apprehension of very interesting to modern psychic students. d anJ the Heart. The suspension, for ordinary These two books I have found most fascinating to study, litatej as she certainly seems to have been inspired by adepts odium purposes, need not be of any prolonged duration. of some of the Colleges of Eastern Spiritual Culture. be firs We have seen that Spiritual discernment cognises The books have been translated into English, but copies in a flash. An adept can suspend his objective now are scarce. The British Museum, of course, offers a mind momentarily at will, and in that moment chance to earnest seekers who go there. It is impossible in this short article to specialise on anything but the get an infinity of illumination or power to meet general method of prayer she advises in the first named any problem or emergency. That power was book, and the practical use of spiritual impulse and power evidently possessed by Jesus and imparted by which she advocated to her cost in the second one. silent infection to many of His disciples. She has also left us an interesting autobiography, The cultivation of the gift is like that of music. and from that we can follow the steps which gradually Beginners in their first practice have to devote regular led to her art of praying by the heart. Wedded to an set hours to master the difficulty of objective suppression. elderly and tyrannical husband, she was left much to her An adept requires to take no thought or trouble. There self, and consequently tried to find consolation by is no need of haste. All growth is slow—the slower the developing her inner life. For a long time she made the surer. usual mistake of trying to get the certainty of union " The Pearl of Great Price," as Jesus called it, the mas­ with the Celestial within by means of church services tering of this secret potency, has not as yet become the and acts of external charity—Martha’s method—but possession of many. N ot one in a million has attempted happiness failed to bless her. its acquisition, and not one in a million of these has met NEW METHODS OF PRAYER. with success. The reason is not far to seek. The big mistake by most At last one day, going to confession to a new priest was made of trying to suppress the wrong part of their who claimed to be a secret practitioner of Carmelite nature— their sensations, their social proclivities, their Mysticism, he gave her a simple hint to try the method moral aims, their objective mundane activities— whereas of what he called Silent Prayer and the Resting in the the only thing Spiritual Attainment requires is the Presence of the Divine. With this hint she devised a cultivation of a new mode of apprehension of the con­ new method of saying the Lord's Prayer with the heart sciousness of reality and actuality, and of a pure motive instead of the head. She would take one sentence only for becoming One, in loving union with the Cosmic each day and concentrate on the emotion that idea called Harmony of which we are a part. Adepts in Spiritual up. Attainment, if they neglect this last make themselves Then she found that to concentrate on God as Love only Mages or Magicians, and thereby may often oppose working in her was enough to bring rest and quiet. Then the Universal Harmony and so in the long run cause she passed to the feeling of the Presence of the Divine in her. The soul had only to remain still and let itself unhappiness. be filled with the divine effusion of love— feeling itself A PURE RELIGION OF THE HEART. a vacuum for its inrush— all old narrow earth interests T h e real and lasting potency of Spiritual Attainment being forgotten. is reached only by a pure religion of the heart— devotion Day after day the state became easier to acquire. to the innermost love, that designs and binds the All in It was as if a silent growth of intimacy were taking place. All for A ll of the Cosmos. The sense of the constant Presence of Celestial Companion­ The mistake made by ecclesiastic and sacramental ship became so natural that it was impossible not to feel forms of Religion, with their long catalogue of outward it as a certainty. " The King's daughter becomes all disciplines and spiritual exercises, privations, mortifica­ glorious within". tions, and so forth, only increased and accentuated the She remarks finally the spirit itself beareth witness fundamental error of distinguishing subject and object— that we are the Sons of God, and of Celestial origin. the this and the that— instead of umting the two, head and We have but to follow the teaching to be still, and then heart, by a new comprehensive feeling of unity within. we know that the I AM feeling in us is the Cosmic Spirit It was those experimenters in monastic life, who were in us— that any movement of words or of designs would called Mystics, who first hit upon the necessity for using draw us from the feelings of Rest and Peace and Power tbs psychic and emotional faculties rather than the and Growth in us that ensue from this conviction :— intellectual Hut even these usually made the mistake " He that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in the Cosmic Spirit of not completely suppressing the intellectual conception and in God.” if f contraries and finite things and by thoughts expressed in words and visions. “ THE SPIRITUAL TORRENT,” I t was not until the middle of the seventeenth century The " Spiritual Torrent " was the state of inner activity that a new school of Mystics arising out of the schools and impulse to spontaneous energies which follow this of ths Spanish Carmelites of Saint Theresa, and the state of inner celestial quiet communion. She compares French J arisenists of the Fort R oyal Retreat, hit upon a its process to that of a stream, first gushing up from m aihod of inner Contemplation rather than Meditation— a hidden depths of our elementary being, then rushing method of using silence and quiet rather than spiritual precipitously with enthusiastic freshness, then more exercises and introspections. Quiet certainly facilitates sedately allowing itself to be carried through scenes and 1O3L 164 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE August, 1931 August,

- 7 circumstances ordained for its course, and finally losing on the Mount is so full of the non-resisting parado • —- . A itself in an ocean of Cosmic Consciousness, where the maxims which all Quietists like our friends the QUaulc** Camps • distinction of self and otherness vanishes. Maxims of hold that Ecclesiastics have to declare them in presT* non-resistance also become thus part of her teaching. times unpractical. The King’s pious wife, Madame de Maintenon, became The special mode of prayer advocated by Jesu8 ; interested in her method of Quietist Spiritual Practice that sermon is exactly that practised by all mystics of T HEf pihSy and it began to become a fashion at the Court. The the Silent School. He tells his disciples to pray in privat a n d { iB orthodox King, alarmed, consulted his two eminent —to enter into their Holy of Holies within—to close the spiritual advisers, Bossuet and Fenelon. Madame de move/fflthet» door against the intellectual flow of thoughts—and then a score of 1 g t a U Guvon sent them each a copy of her books. Bossuet, to be still. The feeling that our ego-consciousness of an ecclesiastic of the Jesuit school, violently condemned existence is but a part of the Universal divine conscious, throughout the her teaching as unorthodox and as corrupting ordinary ness of Eternal Being will automatically follow. each year they ‘ piety. Fenelon, himself a secret mystic, defended the But Jesus was not the first revealer of the wisdom of Spiritualists 1 books as supported by the teaching of our Lord Himself Quietism and Non-Resistance for the purpose of cultivating and practiced by the Carmelites of St. Theresa's foun­ our spiritual position in the Cosmos. Six hundred years has one or 11 j^u dation. He wrote a pamphlet to prove it. before Him the Chinese Philosopher Laoutze practised co tta g e s, an d a j The dispute was referred to Rome. The end is well it, founded a school for its practice, and left a gospel is u su a lly o p e n ^ je known to students of history. Madame de Guyon was explaining it called the Tao Tih King. As this gospel by trees, so that confined for years in a state prison for refusing to recant, was not translated into any European language until | days. Every ca and Fenelon was disgraced and degraded. What concerns century ago the system of Spiritual Practice advocated lectures and rs \ us is to decide whether Fenelon was right that our Master by this extraordinary man is but little known in the . „ o n o speakers A „ Himself taught Religion as a Quietist views it, and not as West. r t t clrf i an Ecclesiastic views it. Certainly the advice of Jesus In my next article I propose to give a summary of mediums who A to Martha was the advice a Quietist philosopher would Laoutze’s unique method of Spiritual Self Development featured on give. His parables about the Pearl of Great Price and and his teachings about the cultivation of Tao—that is, programme mov the Seeking of the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness vital Spiritual energy—in our daily consciousness of first are Quietist philosophy. But, above all, the Sermon life. from camp to camp* spending usually about a week in The Judgment of the Scottish Church. each. Thus it is B y THE REV. W ILLIAM A. REID, M.A., GLASGOW. easy for the investi­ gator to visit the T is possibly rather difficult for any but the recorded on receiving the Report of the Committee’s two camp at the tim e the born ecclesiastic to understand the subtleties years’ investigation of my first Petition of 1920. They I have made the finding of the old Church of Scotland the particular worker in of the average cleric, be that cleric Protestant official attitude of the United Church; viz. (1) that whom he is inter­ or Roman Catholic or the leader of any non- spirit communion was worthy of the closest investigation ested is present, Christian religious cult. When he, the cleric, as having a bearing ” on the cure of souls ” ; (2) that there n o t a t a ll knows he has the whip hand he is clear and is room in the Church of Scotland for Christian Spiritua­ It is lists ; and (3) that a Day of Remembrance of the Blessed uncommon for a dogmatic to the point of tyranny. This does Dead be established. The first two points were, as I say, not mean that he is dishonest, for his own and reaffirmed ; and the third point, which had never been popular lecturer or his inherited beliefs and fears may have made acted on after 1922, was officially incorporated at a later medium t o b e diet as part of the Church life. followed from cam p him a bigot. But when he finds he cannot drive This All Saints’ Day, thus established, is, I regret to his flock he flatters them, explains things away, say, quite misleading, as it leaves the impression that the t o cam p by or sits neatly on the fence. Church of Scotland has officially acknowledged Spirit enthusiastic So was it with the General Assembly of the Church of Communion—which its creed officially does—when they admirers. Scotland in May last when I asked that "** it should make have only established a Day of Remembrance of the The value of these a clear and definite statement which should hasten and departed ; a sort of glorified Burns or Nelson anniversary. camps may be realised welcome the revival of spirit communion and the exercise Certainly, however, there is a place in the Church of when one considers the of spiritual gifts within the Church, as practised by our Scotland for those who believe in and practise and preach vastness of America, the Lord and His early disciples."” I gave reasons therefor, genuine spirit communions as the early Church did. distances between large which nobody answered. Indeed, one would have There was not a word of condemnation of the ministers cities, and the fact that imagined that Dr. White and Professor Paterson were and laymen who say—now quite openly—that they have most public meetings in speaking in favour of my Petition. They had no word spoken with their departed friends and know from many the cities are suspended to say against psychic investigation. Professor Paterson avenues of evidence that the " dead ” are really alive and during the hot months. even admitted that as the result of continued investigation love and are progressing, and act as rationally as their Nearly every family he had arrived at the conclusion that spirits do survive, brothers in the flesh. owns a motor car, and though he personally had not contacted spirits of a very My own judgment—though it may be regarded as our country is a network high order. There was no bitterness at all; sympathy prejudiced—is that the wise and rational thing for the of fine roads, so it is a rather, possibly a longing that one day human survival Assembly to have done would have been to declare, simple matter for the might be proved. ” Why, yes, certainly we do welcome within the Church student to visit the those evidences of spirit communion and the exercise of camp in his territory. The Petition was rejected on the plea that the General spiritual gifts to which our attention has been directed. Assembly had already said all that could be said at present. Were it not for the We know that the Early Church was founded by those camps, the people livin This became the finding of the Assembly, against a motion who knew of this Open Door; and we rejoice that so that a Committee be appointed to consider the question towns would seldom have many of our faithful members have found so many better known workers. and report to next General Assembly. Candidly, I don’t convincing proofs that our Lord and His early disciples think that another Committee of investigation would Two of the camps are w accomplish much. Psychical investigators are like the were right.” Camps." Camp Etna, i] Meantime, the substance of Spirit Teaching is September i, when the o poets—bom, not made; and my good parson brothers permeating all sections of society and is being unob­ are no more built by training and temperament to be Etna is able in its short t trusively absorbed by the most bigoted of the sects. of our platform talent, psychical investigators than they are to pronounce on Indeed, I am convinced that what I and increasing the claims of Evolution or of the Einstein Theory. winter camp, and caters i hundreds are now saying will within a very few years the cold months in the Sc So we appear to mark time in the Church of Scotland. be the common heritage of all within and without the the most luxurious of the c The Editor of The International Psychic Gazette describes churches. the result as " The Church of Scotland's Retrograde C. Humphrey, who is ai Step.” It must be admitted that this will be the natural ¡a? ini ¡HU Dale. conclusion of the average reader of the really wonderfully OUR READERS’ TESTIMONIES. Since all the camps foil full reports in the newspapers. And logically the reader I shall confine myself to a A Highgate Spiritualist: ” The Gazette helps me very is correct. He will say that the General Assembly of the whfif'r These three hapr Church of Scotland, after due deliberation and after much, and I think it improves each month.” A Spiritualist Leader : “ I hope things are going strong most famiUa hearing the opinions of their chosen leaders, have said and Lily Dale that " spirit communion and the exercise of spiritual and prosperously with your ever fresh Gazette.” A Canadian Subscriber : " We do so appreciate you1 gifts is n ot an essential part of their teaching.” Yet, as a matter of fact, such teaching as Spiritualists declare paper for it keeps us up to date in Spiritualistic ne*s m to be easily proved forms the basis of their main dogmas. and we look forward to it each month.” H S £ ! k known &s , The Resurrection of Jesus and the words of the prophets « a « « has u J.? sent? ¡ 1 fin hang on this belief; and the Bible all through says such On July 6, a memorial tablet in honour of Mr. Rich**” IHM things should continue, and that we must prove the past Ellis, the zealous founder of the Rochester Squ*1^ «ectors anH • ■c'ach me« by similar experiences in the present. Spiritualist Temple was unveiled in the Temple in Now the General Assembly, misled I think by their i £ \ T h presence of a large congregation. Mrs. Ueehag preside Sei leaders, refused to say this; but, despite that, they did and Mr. Ernest Meads and Madame Bishop Audbri^ a « u uiiv* H say something of value. They reaffirmed what had been gave the principal addresses. Qf S charge of „m°»t *•* rS? 4« « n i l « 1 can> r&hlP, c $ J^h, i t o A u g u s t, 1931. THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 165 ARTHUR FORD. »■u5 I | HE Spiritualist Summer Camps are a unique small camp to a place of commanding importance in and highly important feature of our America. Fifty thousand people visited Chesterfield n ¡N\ last summer, and a new $80,000 hotel is under construc­ T movement in America. There are about tion. Already there are two hotels with accommodation '“O s L i l a score of them located at strategic points for 500 guests, and scores of cottages. On Sunday at throughout the States. During July and August this camp I have often spoken to 8,000 people. Among each year they are the Mecca for thousands of the mediums regularly at Chesterfield are Ethel Post, Mamie Shulz, William Hart, Nellie Curry, Evelyn Spiritualists and investigators. Each of them Burnside, Mary Murphy Lydy, " Pal ” Clark, Etta « Ö t S S l has one or more first class hotels, numerous Bledsoe, and several others whose names are household , ¿is ! V i cottages, and a huge auditorium. The latter words in American Spiritualism. Chesterfield has l*^uaoç I is usually open on all four sides and surrounded beautifully landscaped grounds and many people own ^tjc'e by trees, so that it is comfortable on the hottest their own summer homes there. A splendid orchestra &dv I is always on hand, and a social life varied enough to ill ti days. Every camp provides a programme of amuse all types of people is provided. lectures and psychic demonstrations. Thel LAK E BRADY, near Cleveland, Ohio, is within fifty speakers an d l ■ miles of seven major mediums who are cities, and is largely a >f S È ìjjj I week-end camp. While featured on the scores of people own 1 0Sd€ l l * programme move cottages and a good from camp to camp, hotel is always full, spending usually the week - ends see the grounds thronged about a week in by thousands from the each. Thus it is nearby cities. Brady easy for the investi­ is noted for the committee's two gator to visit the excellence of its plat­ of 1920. Ther form, and the best camp at the time the known names in our of Scotland tit particular worker in movement are to be ; vis. (1) that whom he is inter­ found on its list of *st investigating lecturers and demon­ ; (2) that then ested is present. strators. Etta Bledsoe, ristian Spiiitua- It is not at all Theodore and Robert te of the Blessed uncommon for a Russell, Bertie Lilly s w ere, as I say, popular lecturer or Phinney, and many had never been others. The president 1 rated at a \aYet medium to be is Arthur Babbitt, Jnr., followed from camp a young and capable is, I regret til to camp by business man. C. F. ression that tbrl enthusiastic Preston has for many wledged Spin 1 years been the active es— when the I admirers. leader of this camp, ibrance of tkfl The value of these and his loyalty and on anniversarr I camps may be realised enthusiasm have made the Church at I when one considers the Brady into one of the ftise and pread I vastness of America, the important factors for y Church did. I distances between large Spiritualism. The new >f the minister! I cities, and the fact that secretary, Mr. Ford -that they haw I most public meetings in Myers, is a splendid now from many I the cities are suspended type of successful really alive and I during the hot months. business man and Mtally as ther I Nearly every family already his influence is owns a motor car, and evident. One of the be regarded as our country is a network chief charms of Lake il thing for tk I of fine roads, so it is a Brady is the quiet, een to declare, I simple matter for the peaceful days between thin the Chord student to visit the the crowded Sundays. I the exercise d camp in his territory. Time to meditate and THE- REV. ARTHURJ FORD s been directed Were it not for the rest amid surroundings unded by tboff I camps, the people living in the small villages and I of great natural beauty. All of us look forward to Brady rejoice that so towns would seldom have an opportunity of hearing the as a chance to revive ourselves after the more strenuous Bound so mam better known workers. days at other camps. s early disciple Two of the camps are what is known as " Out of Season L IL Y D A LE is perhaps better known to Spiritualists Camps.” Camp Etna, in Maine, does not open until outside America than any of the other camps. Lily Teaching I September 1, when the other camps have closed. Thus Dale is now fifty-two years old and still growing. Situated s being *o«fr Etna is able in its short two weeks to present the cream on a lovely lake in the mountains of Western New York of the so^ of our platform talent. Cassadaga, in Florida, is a State, Lily Dale is one of the most delightful places tad increasaf winter camp, and caters for those who are able to spend imaginable. Splendid hotels and scores of cottages the cold months in the South. Cassadaga is by all odds afford comfort to thousands each season. To name the cry fcw J** a without tk the most luxurious of the camps, and is led by Mrs. Esther workers on the Lily Dale programme is to call the roll C. Humphrey, who is also the guiding genius of Lily of all well-known speakers and mediums in America, Dale. with a liberal sprinkling of foreign talent. To cull a few Since all the camps follow the same general methods, at random from this year's programme :— William E. I «hall confine myself to a description of the three largest Hammond, Mary Ridpath-Mann, Ivan DeBray, Elizabeth camps. These three happen also to be the camps with Harlow-Goetz, E tta Bledsoe, M. E. Cadwallader, Dr. me ^ which I am most familiar. A glimpse at Chesterfield, Henry Duncan McFarland, Mrs. Margaret Sanger, Thomas Lake Brady, and Lily Dale will give some idea of Spiritua­ Grimshaw, and too many others to mention. Among list camp life in America. the mediums featured this year will be found John CHESTERFIELD, in Indiana, is one of the oldest Kelly, who is retained for the entire season, Bertie Lilly camps, and is known as a phenomena camp. That is, Phinney, Theresa Hayden, P. L. O. Keeler, Elizabeth while it presents the finest platform talent available, Courtney, Lucille CUngan and George Cutter. Mr. it has under contract the very best physical mediums in Homer Sibley is platform manager, and injects into all oar movement. Each medium is tested by the board of public meetings a fine spirit. A famous orchestra, under directors and given a certificate before being allowed to the direction of Robert Carson, Musical Director at the work. The Executive Secretary of Chesterfield is the University of Michigan, will provide music for the season. Rev, Mabel Riffle, a most remarkable woman. She not Lily Dale affords a brilliant social life as well as an oppor­ cb&'Zle only has charge of all camp activities, but is herself one tunity for study and investigation. of the greatest platform mediums in our ranks. Under The genius behind all of Lily Dale's varied activities Mrs. Riffle's leadership, Chesterfield has grown from a is none other than Mrs. Esther C. Humphrey, one of the A m st> ^ * - 166 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE August, 1931. really great leaders of the Cause in America. Mrs. thought. The critical scientific investigator has a chance Humphrey is a woman of great culture and wide sympathy. to be heard. The religious Spiritualist of every type i8 The Passi Younger workers are always given a chance by her, and present. Officials of the various organised groups are many of the finest young mediums of to-day owe their invited. The platforms are free, and if a man be honest recognition to her. She is free from the petty jealousy and intelligent he may air his views, however much at i/jR . PERCY B and political intrigue characteristic of many would-be variance they may be with another speaker on the Jyl Spiritual M ii leaders. Mrs. Humphrey will visit the World Congress programme. o f thé truly S p ir t at The Hague this fall, and I hope that my English friends The leaders of the camps show great wisdom in main- passed on to the will get to know her. She represents in American Spiritu­ taining this broad platform, for thousands of people on J u ly n . a fte alism the same ideals which make Mrs. St. Clair Stobart who are not affiliated with our movement, and have such an important figure in London. the last week he nothing whatever to do with the churches back home and was conscù So valuable are these camps that the New York Section visit the camps. I am sure that each season the camps of the A.S.P.R. will open this summer a camp in New Sâêftt ivfC'Pavablê convert and send back many people who assume places and this feeling Hampshire, where the critical investigation of psychic of leadership in the local groups. tribute by " Hea phenomena will be carried on under the direction of Miss Briefly I have tried to picture an interesting phase of Esta Barr. Among the mediums who will work for the American Spiritualism. The happiest weeks of the years. S.P.R. Camp are several from the camps mentioned year are those I spend in camp. There I greet old friends ll is with a very above. and meet workers whom otherwise I should seldom see. I his gain that I Most of the camps are independent corporations. Most Spiritualists in my country plan to visit one or competent to s While they co-operate with the organised Spiritualist more of the camps each year. The familiar form of movement, they are free from official ties. Thus the saying " goodbye ” in the States is : " S’long, see you life’s-work for Spii programmes are framed with regard to all shades of in camp.” few words of appi him for very m any 3 The Spiritual Pilgrimage of a Country Rector. number he, through introduced to Spiri Bv ROSA M. BARRETT. his m a n y rea l fr ie n d Something Beyo n d . By A. F. Webling. Cambridge teaching of Jesus . . . and the revelation to my His mediumship was University Press. 10/6. soul of a Person of surpassing charm and attractiveness receive remuneration, 1 PART from the absorbing interest of this . . . and my whole being responded as to the authentic medium, but he used hi; voice of God.” to him in grief or perple A account of the spiritual pilgrimage of a But, faced with death—deaths in his parish, the death during the long years o soul athirst for beauty and for truth, the of his former beloved fellow-curate in the mission field- undermined his health. concluding chapters, with the writer's frank other problems presented themselves. Has man an His love for and trus avowal that through the gateway of Psychic immortal soul ? The materialist says it is only a wish, was beautiful ; they wt a fantasy, while the confusing and contradictory accounts guarded his sensitive we Research he has entered a new world, is enough of Christ’s resurrection, given by the Apostles, seem to so carefully that none to arouse curiosity and a wish to learn more many as a mere fable. Longing for a " satisfactory trance, without his pern about Mr. Webling's life-story. The evidence conception of God's plan and purpose for the world . . The writer of this art. of another life, he writes, now “ solidly based based upon a foundation of observable fact,” he was him many years ago, 1 unable to accept the orthodox Church's beliefs and could Guide in the Spiritual Spl on ascertained fact has carried conviction and no longer regard any authority as infallible. The lofty teaching of th set my feet upon a rock.” The demonstrable It was at this critical time, besieged by intellectual her life. It was throuj fact " that man outlives his body’s death, is difficulties, unable to accept faith merely on some ipse book called " Counsel ft dixit, of stupendous import to humanity.” that Psychical Science came into Mr. Webling’s written, thanks to the life. For ten years he studied the subject closely, reading, giving her weekly sitting An intense thirst for knowledge, even in his early years, experimenting, thinking, until he became more firmly con­ He devoted his life to 1 enabled the writer to overcome the handicaps of extreme vinced than he had ever been by any theological or and to the upkeep of t poverty, little education, and indifferent health. He philosophic arguments, that this world is ” interpenetrated was designed and built endured years of drudgery, loneliness and hardship, by another world, equally real, though normally invisible, direction, and was opene earning a bare living, devoting his evenings and every and that the spirit of man possesses supernormal powers He was a man of m spare moment to study. Little wonder that his health and is able to exist and function independently of the patience with the trifler gave way, for he had forgotten that the body also needed body.” worldly inquirer who so attention. PROOF OF SURVIVAL. Spiritual World from v Fired with the idea that a clergyman's life offered a The so-called miracles of the New Testament are not his critical mind to bea means of livelihood as well as the leisure he longed to incredible or unique. ” Proof can be obtained as to the writer has never ceased 1 have for reading and study, he joined preparatory classes, fact—which is, perhaps, of all facts the one of most vital touch with Spiritualism matriculated, and then began the necessary theological importance to men—that he really is a spirit who survives Sensitive. and other studies. the death of his material body. And this is the achieve­ All his life he had occasional glimpses of Something ment of Psychical Research.” So the gulf between SOME NOTES Beyond ! Wordsworth gave him a message of hope science and religion will be bridged and ” man made We are indebted during some of his darkest days. Or a church service, free of the spiritual universe.” intimately associated the thrill of music, the companionship of a Salvation Army Contemporary evidence testifies to the ” supernormal man, or the reading of one of Spurgeon’s sermons—these character of events taking place to-day—not only hundreds following particulars at various times brought him into the realised Presence of years ago.” So a foundation, through verifiable " Percy Edward Bear of God, with its accompanying sense of power and peace. facts, was laid for a firmer faith and greater hope than he therefore sixty-four years The same sense of receiving power from something had ever held before. " He was a man of soul outside himself came to him at his ordination, when he A great part of religious teaching "is to show mankind and wide charity. His knelt feeling utterly weak and dispirited, but as hands how best to take its share in forwarding the purposes association with wise and were laid on his head, he felt himself receiving power from which lie behind the scheme of creation, and thereby the higher sphere of life on High. " This realised Presence of God . . . was to fit itself for further achievement in the world which the work he loved. life's most precious gift.” is conjectured to lie beyond the grave.” The teaching " As in many cases in | BEWILDERED BY CHURCH TENETS. of Jesus was of this kind. " He taught that the true Mother was the first pe Influenced largely by a devoted fellow curate, with service of God consisted in pure devotion to His will, communion with him. S whom he shared rooms, Mr. Webling became an ardent manifesting itself principally in the service of man. many years before and wa Anglo-Catholic, but so far his religion was more emotional One’s position in a future life depended on that.” with him and her other chi than founded on strong or reasoned conviction. When If any object to the triviality of some of the ways in of Mrs. Fairclough Smith i he began to search for some foundation for his faith, which supernormal phenomena often manifest themselves, ” At the instigation of • reading works of a modern historical and critical kind, Mr. Webling asks could anything be more apparently and beautiful character, 1 he became bewildered, and found that he could no longer trivial than the movement of a kettle lid by escaping small family circle was forn reconcile the tenets of the Church or his traditional faith steam ? Yet just as the one suggested undiscovered ” Before long a small ha with this new knowledge, though he still held to the possibilities, so the other indicates " some power at work, Baker Street, for Sunday eternal truth and beauty of Christ's ethical teaching. the importance of which was not to be gauged by the found to be too small to 1 As the rector of a small country church he had more trivial means through which it was manifested.” the larger hall of the Londo: time for study than was possible in the many activities " So I have entered a new world or perhaps I have Street, Oxford Street, W., i of the busy seaside town where he had been curate. rediscovered an old world in which dreams have come services, while the morn in ” I learned,” he writes, ” that there is no such thing as true.” “ All my life that other Country has lain close George Street. utter finality in the results obtained in any branch of about me, though often undiscemed,” and the possibilities human effort and enquiry. The desire for such rounded of that Unseen World opens " vistas for the future of nf • 6T-next *mportant d and perfect completeness was to me a sign of that hunger the race, compared with which humanity’s past achieve­ The «1+ TempIe ' ln Pembri for the Absolute, which appeared to be implanted in us, ments are but the gleams that herald the dawn.” i tt, xas seoM«i. old in order that we might never rest satisfied with limited No longer need we faintly hope, but -proofs can be S i ® * w as'read and partial achievement.” But ” one of the triumphs obtained and verified that the scheme of life is nobly were S ‘ u‘ng p i of the critical method seemed to me to be the gradual planned. Man was not made to die, but experience is Ticr-r-”-----“ ere on emergence of a solid body of practically incontestable garnered and a rich harvest awaits the ages of preparation historical fact as to the main outlines of the life and Is not this a book well worth reading and re-reading ? ** *1 fcribddjlpfivfe f,°r ttwtjj A u g u s t, 1 9 3 1 . THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE 167

i ) 1 Vice-President of the London The Passing of Percy E. JD6 £ L rQ , Spiritual Mission. A T R IB U T E BY '* HEATHER B.” /?. PERCY BEARD, the Founder of the London | Spiritual Mission at Pembridge Place, and one of the truly Spiritual Leaders of London Spiritualism, passed oh to the larger life at his bungalow at Boxhill on J u ly ii, after a long and trying illness. During the last week he lay quite peaceful and tt’iffcoMi pain, and was conscious up to the last. His loss must seem irreparable to those closely associated with him, and this feeling is finely reflected «* the following tribute by " Heather B " , his friend for twenty-three years. IIT is with a very definite sense of our loss and I his gain that I pen these lines. I am not competent to speak of Mr. Percy Beard’s life’s-work for Spiritualism, but I can say a few words of appreciation as one who knew him for very many years, as one among the great number he, through his fine gift of mediumship, introduced to Spiritualism, also as one among his many real friends. His mediumship was of a high order. He would never receive remuneration, and so was never a professional medium, but he used his gift freely to help any who came to him in grief or perplexity, and did so much in this way during the long years of tihe great war that he seriously undermined his health. His love for and trust in his own true Guide " Wolf " was beautiful; they were ideal co-workers. This Guide guarded his sensitive well, and kept the door of approach so carefully that none could use his medium, when in trance, without his permission and assistance. The writer of this article was brought into touch with him many years ago, and through him met her own Guide in the Spiritual Spheres, and other Spiritual Helpers. The lofty teaching of these Radiant Ones quite changed her life. I t was through these Guides that the little MR. PERCY E. BEARD. book called " Counsel from the Heavenly Spheres '* was written, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Percy Beard in as on Sundays, the movement growing and the member­ giving her weekly sittings until it was completed.* ship increasing all the time, Mr. Beard taking a very He devoted his life to the work of the Spiritual Mission, active part in every phase of the work of the Mission. and to the upkeep of the beloved little Temple, which " As a result of his over-strenuous activities when a was designed and built under his and his two brothers' member of the London Stock Exchange, Mr. Beard’s direction, and was opened in October, 1912. health once broke down and he took a trip around the He was a man of many friends, but he had little world. While on the Stock Exchange, he acted as patience with the trifler and insincere, or the selfish and Steward for the three Masonic charities for several years, worldly inquirer who sought to get into touch with the and collected considerable sums of money for their Spiritual World from unworthy motives. He brought charitable institutions, and a Provincial (Essex) Grand his critical mind to bear on all psychic questions. The Lodge honour was bestowed upon him. writer has never ceased to be grateful that she came into “ He had the esteem and love of a great many people. touch with Spiritualism through so wise and cautious a He comforted many a mourner by the indisputable Sensitive. evidence he was able to give of a fuller and continuous SOME NOTES ON HIS CAREER. life beyond the divide; he gave faith and assurance to many a sceptic and doubter; and to all with whom he We are indebted to another correspondent, qame in touch a realisation of Spiritual Truth, free from intimately associated with Mr. Beard, for the creedal and dogmatic limitations, and a clearer under­ following particulars of his life and work. standing of the purpose of life here, and of the Father's " Percy Edward Beard was bom in 1867 and was love and provision for all, both here and hereafter. He therefore sixty-four years of age at the time of his passing. and his helpers will, I am quite sure, continue their work “ He was a man of sound judgment, level-headedness, in our Mission.” and wide charity. His psychic gifts and conscious association with wise and spiritual guides and helpers on s » » the higher sphere of life gave him a fine equipment for the work he loved. IN LOVING MEMORY OF M. L. " As in many cases in the experience of the writer, his Mother was the first person in spirit-life to establish communion with him. She had passed to the Beyond I heard her voice, many years before and was joyous in her communications As heavenly music from a distant sphere, with him and her other children, through the mediumship I knew she spake to me, of Mrs. Fairclough Smith about 1902-3. ** At the instigation of the Mother, who was a saintly I felt her near. and beautiful character, loved by all who knew her, a small family circle was formed, and a few friends joined. I saw her face, " Before long a small hall was rented in George Street, Illumined with spirit grace, Baker Street, lor Sunday services, and as this was soon found to be too small to accommodate those attending, And still I knew her, and her smile could trace the larger hall of the London Academy of Music, at Princes In lineaments perfected, purified Street, Oxford Street, W., was rented for Sunday evening From touch of earth, or nre of passion's pride. services, while the morning services were continued at George Street. " The next important development was the building And so I know the truth. o f' The Tem ple' in Pombridgo Place, Bayswster, in 191a. That she has come Ihe site was secured, old buildings pulled down, and T o lead me upward to the dawn of light, when the Temple was ready the property was vested in 0 blessed friend I whose holy love 1 rustees and everything put on a proper business tooting Services were held here on Wednesday evenings, as well Is strength, is might I *!be Bceidst 1# « Mis tar Um bsestu a t Uts Lnwtua lltwns M if Hmbndfs rUum , W.a. Prk*, t /* {x»t ties. MONICA. IV» 168 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC ÜAZET11 tifi ^ |9|j AHI"

THE sui t ess nl 1 licit oasi tlu«< t Hiss |,H() w i l i « elected theiiiselviM, and lo d I ha ilia »♦'♦«a fu ti,*,, International Psychic Gazette hands I*in the past thin« yarn* that nave ||H halt a dosen times in a ( mini 11 i.u 'fooiil ||| 1 A M0 lean Meyn's ' Malaiin des felli!Ite* " In Palli C The independent Monthly Organ of sui reeded III Indili Ing (lie pii It nahst (diti L ■ pMl m Mill v h n g i Spiritualism and Psychical Research. nation to attillati Uli then )nini 11sllonel hfsi|iii/|iì t lieti' mountain has piodmed mie sollfaty etmisa 1 fill AU communications for the Publishing, Editorial, or Adver­ bave md evali »aughl sigiti ni lini funge ol |j^ ""7I It* Ihi» tising Departments should be addressed to— *»f Spiiltuahsm III llm woild. a* h vr.d. d lltoflililv Iti 69, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.1. In terna tir» vi ni ( Inolili le lini, ol »..«o.»^1 I Mpy Idi1 '*** i//, " organised " this latest 1.1 mimi | ohm ih**, tahsiiiiffg U f f I from advaiUsing it until (lie I fingi e** had (ipapi], miti thun only preseliImg a *m«y nimhlla ut ib*oig,u,l**||ni WAP lliilrilf - ' I he lepieseutatlva ot a distaili totiiHiy ImIiI m ),,, ut M "MI Spiritualism and Organisation. I !friri,< haItiI*ie " Va*, Imi a l'ing Uhi for ohslrnt ting hy every stai of valli «smise file movimmiil a central machine its energies are cramped, its spontaneity « Ha «vi 11 lidi) ili " ri for thè delenre td medÌiiiits and lite al ha il I Imi ni lite jtl W. is lost, and its spirit is quenched. t a movement hegnn ten 01 tvvelve yeai* agii wllh gleni Hi* ellaI mi 11 At the annual Conference of the Spiritualists' National " Ves. HPftl lite gleni Union in London, in 1922, Mr. M. Beversluis, a good enthnslasiii, Ini! for whit li llmy liave tip lo now i/hIH1 nothing etlei'tive, allhongh eiilinsled willi Die Insti t d ||n iuol a « ollalaiin Dutch Spiritualist pastor, pressed the idea that it would " Pai tei Hy lHI«| I»1 be a beautiful thing to join all the Spiritualists in the Our rorreapondunt snggesls lo n* (lini Hit' InlMimlImml world in one great International Federation. The idea Federa tion suoniti he dropped and lei unsi ini Hai on meli1 IIM III 11 II 14 11 offlciont lines. lini il ls a «piesllon wlielhei any (indirti " Voti lui Vd ij tieni luti was heartily supported by Dr. Warne of America, and was Sito ld llm disi ili 111 HU *t| adopted. Office-bearers were appointed, and the first organisatitili Js fi. good lltliig in Il self, 01 whelluu II ls io■! International Congress was arranged to be held in Belgium batter that (he movem111 ¡talk, ueai litui lofi WlHg the Belgian brethren, though willing, were unable spoken to ns by lite (ìiand IMike Alesatale! ni tfuaiila " I hai ls esnid I It themselves to bear the burden, depleted as they sadly were wlien we interviewed bini jusl ladine Iha l'iuis («tigli»« ' mmi thè lidi Wlllg 11 by the effects of the Great War, and the Congress would of 1 Q3*J, aa lollows ! " Vaiy we|l, iiittitniim imi Ami So, vai y Minili, | not have been held but for the readers of this Gazette who " ( irgitnistri ioti la pari ol my woili | limi ls tei 1Hbei generously came forward and provided the whole costs. iieople to do if tliey ao lutti jiiipullud II' Iwo Rfiiffllfii III llils lllsliii(|i lesltln At that Congress some half-a-dozen nations were separated hy distarne, hold llie Stillili liliais ami salai Ibelìi ¡leiaiulmhrilng In llm 1 represented. forili ettineally inlo Ih« woild, llmy tue al ready wtilklog io.' (IHIllm aionml I 11 At Paris in 1923 the Congress was a much more brilliant together wl 111 01 il any unii lìsci ni homi' Il saems lit hi# al mv givlug Imi Nlir event, owing greatly to the efforts of Sir Arthur Conan that lite more lliings apici lii itti me amaseli in amlialul anyllilug ol lue « Hi uhi* Doyle, who has been President D’Honneur of all these loi 11 ih thè lese progiese will lliey malte Congresses, and of Monsieur Pascal Forthuny, whose " Take (he exnmple id lite ( llllsllail lellgloa | Il It T W O HIOM genius brilliantly lit up the proceedings. But at that thè pnreal ami iilgliesl leligloil uvei seell III llm Wmltl Nnw I Will g| nut It Congress the warping influence of the Federation machine bnt wturi Ima Imppeiied lo il t I he moinaid il «i>«tseil “im id wint|| 1 | HiHiitt began to be observed. The delegates from fifteen nations to Im a purely apiriliml Ihlug, and was • fi < t iitwt w il li represented the machinery rather than the spirit of the ehiirt hn* and dogmas and sai lainanls, ami I ilmi'l gdvu rlitli Viiyititi »i, know wlml else, il leased lo he lita> ami nl>li> Iti movement. Ordinary members of Congress were excluded MY PI from any say in the election of officers for the next three progress, htiraiise II Imd llien by laaoiue looaa la , r'IVH III ttlfc years, or in its general business affairs, which were trans­ Ihe eurlh l'h«se gaimenls weie ol llm isti 11li amlliv |a H | , \ en«M ttgu, acted in private. They were even excluded from Sir amt weie md in ossei« e splillmil » I t « I Arthur Conan Doyle's public lantern lecture I As we " So I aay wlienever yon aid votoseli lo oigaalsa imi IlfkliiivAul j reported at the time :—" A multitude outside the hall Spiritili ftl iiiovemeiil wllh a beai lipni 11 ei *, a | i I («d( lidi li of the Learned Societies stood clamouring for admission. setrelary, Ireaaurei, t omiilil l«e ol ninmigmmnil, nini«1 r':"1 « 1H 1 v The scene reminded us of the storming of the Bastille I forili, yon llmieby < «noe lo he esseidlally il uidoa «I miUÌ* ..¿»11... Lvi''w In ■■ i Many ‘ members ' of Congress holding grey cards aloft were ami Ilenirne u rollai Itoli ol lanlles l ili'll II ls limi Ìli > id ei, Udivipi held back owing to the fact that someone had blundered, sorte td material ipieallons, addili evi 1 y sm li smlatr lift! "«id 111111] | and given the order that after the hall was full, only to deal wllh, bei orna ol pi Ime ini poi l am e, ami llm (j|i]i lllilll ‘ delegates' with blue tickets should be admitted. II lite reai anlislam'u and l'fTÌSO'H fVSlVfì ili yom IH gali In Hai1 'via 5||b win n | was a case of preferring the machine to the movement I " ber.oiiies telegnled lo llm sei olili piate *Vhu? M wit 'f’nlii Li-HHl1 ' " ^ ‘»»dlu,,Hi » At the London Congress, which has just been held, the " Unhanipeieri by sm II disi 1 ai IIone UVWV «ttuld same principle of official exclusiveness has been adhered Sjiirllnatisi wonld he a llving solili e ol I lald lo Iha amili }? In if to. Spiritualists as Spiritualists had no invitation or an arlive ladialor ol I ove ami t ìoodimss, |ty wllli li lllllliV in Hi Jl lt f *'Hlpt free entry to the meetings. They might become Members 0/ spici limi poweis alone wlll Ihe «vii in llm amili iiVSl •S« i'll d*i 4 , by paying 5s. or Associates by paying 10s. 6d,, but the be vampiished 'lini fi ¡ilei I liti lisi Vi worii simuli) imi ili s, Ä ? s fi Mill, business proper of the Federation was performed in ni' flint Ihat of a nmniber of some sia lei y lini IImi ol hm liallvldn#) it ‘U seclusion, and what was done was " wropt in mystery." ili a indoli ol llving sonls, seiidlug loi III liglif Milli Imvm Ih!'' ■Hu SW| A delegate from the Far East told us that everything was ■Ék it 1 v* thè woild Ami llmse luilimm e* wlll Inavlbdily gii |IH JU ,'Uhm performed in cut and dried fashion with few words, as if spreadliig nulli llmy pennelli* llm woild 1 (Mil fl«i tr«l,IV ai Albi fi it had been already arranged ; and that the new President And wlien tIim 1 oniiis llm Mldfliusllsii of all UfltlSP "««r was proposed, seconded and accepted, and the rest of the will noi fai) lo piesaiva lutei tommiodt iillou filili HttMfNwjjj officials re-elected en bloc, without a chance of anyone tlmmselva* jieihallrally m m im e III ieal i oitglHM«** 1VM being able to suggest any better selection I This was brotheis aiuf slslaiN aj) | Z1.IWHSm certainly no compliment of the Congress itself to the Mi« J f

nmi rau I August, 1931. THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 169

OUR INTERNATIONAL CHRONICLE: S t A MONTHLY RECORD OF SPIRITUALISTIC AND PSYCHIC HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WITH SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS.

■f-hey gs ^ B y MONSIEUR PASCAL FORTHUNY. ( This Chronicle is Written in French, and ie Translated into English by the Editor.)

personal IRecollections. Lyons, of course, a long time ago, at the Spiritualist conference, where you announced to me that I would THE HAUNTED CASTLE. divorce my husband. I have, in fact, done so. You WAS dining the other day at the house of a added that I would go to Paris. I «have come. You H a^C _l Dame of Honour of a great Queen (in exile),foresaw that I would enter into service in the house of an occultist, not far from Paris, and here I am, the cook 1and had the honour of meeting at table a I S ^ of Madame Forthuny, who lives 24 kilometres (15 miles) f l l l g Princess who bears one of the most beautiful names from Paris, at Montmorency I ” of France. I cannot tell how it came about that I did not recognise this woman, but I remembered i^ ^ o n Q( we were soon talking of ghosts ! And the Princess having said all that at Lyons. And that is how my prophecy, which seemed so improbable, was realised, said to me almost at once, f t “ J W in a manner quite amusing, in my own house I " Monsieur Forthuny, I wish you would come some I opintitalist THE BROKEN LEG. .bone Spirit day soon to my chateau, and make an effort to free it Bty Service from mysterious and vexatious visitors, who are constantly After a few months this Lyonnaise had to leave our in proridaJ upsetting my household.” I said I would be willing to service owing to illness. Another domestic took her try, and consented to make this curious visit in two place. Now, this second woman said the other morning across % weeks time. Perhaps, if I obtain permission, I will to Madame Forthuny, ” Madame, will you give me two speak of it here. days’ leave ? It is a long time since I saw a very old xing puzzkl But meantime I will tell what happened at the dinner friend who is a servant in the country. I would be so pintualisnu] of the Dame of Honour. The Princess seemed disposed pleased to be able to visit her.” This request, at once r the people to give me some details about the phenomena that occur accorded, was made in my presence, and I said to the he President in her chateau, but I begged her to tell me nothing until woman—I hardly know why— ” Go ; have a pleasant us that tte I had given her the impressions which came into my journey; but do not fail to tell your friend that she w d s Meta- mind at that moment. This was our dialogue :— must pay great attention to her right leg, for if it is not tualism, and " Madame, has there ever lived in your castle, a strange actually broken, some miserable mishap may happen to jeen notable man who gave himself up to the practice of sorcery ? ” it.” ie movement “ Yes, but a long time ago.” Our servant smiled ; she did not believe me, and a of the la«, ” He worked in a room, high up, near the summit of thought I was joking. When she returned from her | with great the chateau ? ” visit, however, she told us a sad story. On arriving at 0 now done “ Yes, near the great tower.” her friend’s place she found her in bed covered with e task \ *' He had a collaborator, who was an artist ? ” bandages from head to foot. Three days before this poor ntemational " Perfectly true; his assistant occupied himself with woman had been knocked down in the road by a motor­ ted on mo: painting.” cycle. She had concussion in the head, her right arm a n y central] " You have questioned ‘ the table' to try to find out had been cruelly crushed, and as for her right leg it was her it is ns «ho is the disturbing spirit in your house ? ” a mass of wounds and had been very badly sprained. 1 to expand | Yes.” Our servant wept as she told us of this calamity to her , uncramped ” He refused to give his name ? " old friend, and looking at me with a sort of fright on her ials who MI 1 That is so.” countenance, she said, " Monsieur is a sorcerer, then ? ” ” But he told you that there was a body buried in the la o f wisdoe park, near the left wing of the castle ? ” A VALISE WELL FILLED. er o f Russs j " That is exact. He said, indeed, these very words, xris Congress I near the left wing In September, 1930, feeling terribly exhausted, ** Very well, madame, we are going to see that.” I went for a few weeks rest to the delightful it is for other And so, very soon, I am going to pass a whole night village of Ainhoa, close to the Pyrenees. in this historic residence in order to hear the ghost tw o people, I had promised myself that I should do no work at all ad send tbes perambulating in the galleries, while inexplicable lights are flitting around 1 The Princess said she was surprised during this holiday, so when I packed my valise I put rady working at my giving her such precise details before I knew in the minimum of necessary clothes and merely added seems to me anything of the circumstances. (1) five small engravings with which I intended to decorate I in material my room in the hotel; (2) a copy of the book " Con­ TWO STORIES OF SERVANTS. cerning the Knowledge of God," by the orator Bossuet Now I will speak of more humble persons, to (1627-1704) ; (3) another book, dated 1706, relative to a religious mission sent to Morocco to buy back Christian one of whom I made a prophecy and to the other slaves; and, finally (4) a magazine containing a long I gave clairvoyance. article on the life of negroes in New York and other great American cities. MY FUTURE COOK I Five or six years ago, I addressed some 1,500 persons On the second evening after my arrival at Ainhoa, I in a large hall at Lyons, where a Spiritualist conference made the acquaintance of two American artists who had was being held. And thereafter I gave demonstrations come to paint some of the beautiful landscapes of this of clairvoyance to persons in the audience. The meeting region. Their conversation was interesting, and a was nearly over, I was very tired, and about to finish my moment came when one of these gentlemen said to me, work when I saw in a corner a woman to whom I felt ” Two months ago there was published in the R evue de m I had something useful to say. I walked between the P a r is a very curious article on the negroes who inhabit rows of chairs until 1 reached her, and taking her hand, my country. It is very necessary that I should procure HH said I— it.” I said nothing; I simply went to my room and I You will not remain long in Lyons. In 1929-30 you returned with the copy of this R evue he wanted, which I i k s i will separate from your husband. You will divorce turn. had slipped into my valise in order to read this very You will go to Paris and seek service as a domestic. After article on the negroes during my holiday. The American two unsuccessful attempts you will secure a situation as was greatly astonished when he saw me place on the m m cook in the house of an occultist living not far from Paris.” table in front of him, the publication he so greatly desired The woman was a little hurt and angry. She told me I to read I was dreaming, that she loved her husband, that she That is only the beginning of the story of my valise I had never been a servant, and that she would never Next day his companion told me that he had brought i B I become one. Thereupon I bowed to the audience, left instruments and materials for engraving, and that in - W S m Lyons immediately, and forgot the a ffa ir. making an attempt at that art he would like much to m \A w m In January, 1931, Madame Forthuny engaged a new begin by copying some engravings representing old cook at a servants' registry in Paris. When the woman historical buildings and scenes. Again I said nothing, f i l l arrived with her luggage I happened to be in the garden, but walked to my room and brought to him the five IW |p ® and as soon as she caught sight o f me she cried, " Oh, engravings from my wonderful valise I They wero :— H i l i l i 1*11 Monsieur Forthuny i ” I was astonished. I did not (1) a view of the Hotel de Sens, at Pa ris; (2) a view of know this person, yet she seemed to know me. I asked the Hotel de Jacques Coeur, at Uourges; (3) a view of her, “ Where have you seen me ? ” She held up her arms the Capitol of Toulouse; (4) a lireton Calvary; and m m l : to heaven and said ;— ” Where have I seen you I A t (5) a view of the ramparts of Rothenburg, in Germany. G** p W-' 170 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. Aug05** My American friend could not have been better served. A N AN NAM ITE SORCERER. He also was greatly surprised ! Here « a rapid summary That same evening, there arrived at the hotel a young A t the great Colonial Exhibition which i present attracting crowds to Paris, I intend % Jrt and surrounded by t lady, a licenciée es lettres, who after dinner joined in « “ mommor. »» A____ our conversation. She told us she was especially a native “ magician ” from Annam. ^dBeauty, sighs fo r t h e « interested in Islamism, and was studying in particular Near a pagoda he often evokes spirits on a Since, and for Jus right 1c «M jgft behind. He knows the Moroccan dynasties and their relations with the platform. His consultants sit around a three^ Christian missionaries of the 18th century. Again I table. The Annamite holds the edge of the0 ♦-.kir’wtable perishable, but he wishes t quietly retreated to my room and brought the literary his right hand, while in his left there is a lighted therefore restores to him h lady my book on the missions to Morocco, a volume very stick which bums slowly. There is silence, then rodo»? to earth, conducted by the rare, which she read entirely during her stay, and for which of the table, then clients ask questions which are ann^y Second Act.—The princ« she was very grateful, for she said she had learnt many by means of raps. This custom is not confined to n distance he sees the city * things in it which were quite new to her. West, but is common to many countries. Sometimeg»! Gisèle, whom he loved, but Finally, two days later, I met the worthy cure of the table has a moving surface, at other times it rests op¿? to his memory. She has f village in the street. He saluted me and I responded ; down on a large vase full of water, with the feet fc¡ ^ who has the character of a we talked, and he soon told me that he was greatly vexed air. In the latter case three persons hold the feet, vj™ and then she will be queen, because on the following Sunday he intended to preach soon drags them round with a quick movement. enters the apartments of h a sermon in his church on The Knowledge of God, and At other times the magician has his eyes bandage not yet know. He learns that his sermon would be perfect if he were able to quote sees, as he supposes, a gho and is surrounded by his assistants who dance and cL by his betrayal, goes to s a certain passage from Bossuet’s work, " De la Connais­ their hands and call upon the dead. He falls into traac* sance de Dieu.” He believed he had this book in his him, for they prefer force t< and begins to speak in French. He claims to be control Third A c t.—Guercoeur, library but had been unable to find it. Then I said to by a European spirit. The medium’s French is correct him, “ My friend, be tranquil, I have a copy of the work Other World, his eternal under control, though he speaks it badly when awake Truth. She leads him in in my valise I ” The cure was delighted. I confided He is awakened by having a dish of water dashed in {¡j5 to him my Bossuet, and on Sunday morning he preached heaven and he resumes face 1 regrets his terrestrial int a very beautiful sermon, in which he cited the eloquent The Annamites claim that their mediums incarnate more a Spirit, and now f passage he found in my book so opportunely brought to also the souls of animals, especially monkeys. Wheg Ainhoa ! in order that Truth may rei they go to sleep, they rise up, run, pursue the peno* Verily, this is a work And that was all. Simply four remarkable coincidences. near, bound, and climb with monkey-like agility into the Spiritualism. The French Four things slipped in my valise, by mere chance as it trees. This stupid exercise is dangerous, for the mat- great respect. The musi seemed, and all required by my chance friends 1 No one monkey can bite very cruelly those he can catch hold Alberic Magnard was an 1 asked for anything else but what I had brought. Surely of. ! here left behind a creatio: before I left home I had been inspired by good guides to There are seances during which the mediums claim put in my valise only such documents as would be really sort of prodigy that in c to receive spirits on the tips of an outspread fan, Daring Guercoeur should have bee useful to the unknown people I would meet in the my interview this Annamite medium, though primitm precincts of the Pyrenees ! the playgoers as a veritable and uninstructed, began to improvise poems and sonp While listening to this P. F. which were admirable in their imaginative richness and Magnard, I told the wide in their beautiful literary diction. I would speak of G u ère A FRENCH POET’S PROPHECY. Spiritualists throughout 1 (E b ro n itk . my promise. THE EFFECTS OF FASTING AND FATIGUE. Edmond Rostand, the French poet and the famous author of Cyrano de Bergerac and Aiglon, POPULAR BEL In my June Chronicle I wrote about some was a great patriot, and during the war be curious effects on my mediumship of fasting and In the country d prayed ardently for the success of the allied people believe in the e fatigue—the former hindered it and the latter arms. One day he wrote this short poem :— accentuated it. I asked for the experience of Bonita, who lives near Je ne veux que voir la Victoire, other mediums, and Mrs. Violet Croxford, of There are also devils w l N e me demandez pas : " A pres ? r travellers. Others whisp Kentish Town, London, kindly writes me :— Apres ? Je veux bien la nuit noire hold traffic with the sore “ As you are inviting letters from mediums and E t le sommeil sous les cyprès, mountain," teach mercha clairvoyants in all parts of the world, and presuming Je n’ai plus de joie à poursuivre, the peasants drink and q that a letter from one of the * lesser lights' in the E l je n'ai plus rien a souffrir, to suicide. Spiritualist Movement would be welcome, I am writing Vaincu, je ne pourrais plus vivre, There is also a belief my answer to your two questions :— Et, vainqueur, on pourra mourir ! quarrel with those of Pol " (i) ‘ Does your clairvoyant mediumship function Now when Armistice Day arrived, Edmond Rostand beaten by the others. better when you are fasting, or immediately after a transported with joy, spent the whole day in the street These details are nan meal ? * of Paris enjoying the delight and lightheartedness | Le Lorra in . " In my own case I find it functions better after a meal— the crowds. As a result of his fatigue and a cold caught a moderate meal—taken at least two hours before I on that day he became ill and soon his condition became CRYSTAL VISION AN have to demonstrate. Many years ago I found that serious and he died. As he had predicted in his poem, after celebrating victory, he was immediately sleeping M. C. de Vesme has clairvoyance was a laboured and painful condition, and under this title in th was always followed by physical exhaustion, if exercised under the cypress trees, having no longer any joy to se& having nothing further to suffer, and willing to die sine* while fastin g . I also find that if I drink a cup of tea June. just before a demonstration of clairvoyance it certainly his country had conquered. He says that crystal has a stimulating effect, and on the other hand if I drink BLIND CLAIRVOYANTS IN CHINA. antiquity and cites amoi Dr Dee (1527-1607), tl tea or coffee after psychic work that is followed by a The Chinese Government has just promulgated restless night and a depleted condition next day. who foretold the plague “ (2) ' How does fatigue affect your clairvoyant a new law, of which I have received the text. other books on the subje« mediumship ? ' From this I learn that blind people in China will 8® “ An Account of the man: " In my own case, fatigue, either mental or physical, longer have the right to earn a living by mean* * Egyptians ” (Lane, 1834] does not affect it at all, providing I am allowed to have divination. Ancient usage gave them permission *837), an unsigned article ten or fifteen minutes absolute silence and quiet before many of these unfortunate people were believed by tb*** Eord Prudhoe ; and the . a meeting. I find constant talking by others will do clients to have excellent gifts of clairvoyance. The l833) —an article by Coun more to destroy conditions for success than my own law puts an end to this freedom for these poor senate* ®Peaka of a Musaulrru fatigue. Absolute quietness is an essential condition. deprived of sight, and they are to be pitied for hencefort* ” °ghrebi, who looking ini This does not mean that one is moody, but to have to it will be very difficult for them to gain the wherewhitb»^ of Lord Nelson, wit listen to another person talking will nearly reduce me to live. It is estimated that there are 2,000,000 biilft breast of his naval un people in China. a state of collapse, and it does greatly affect the quality at ~ *or a description o f of my work. j. once given to perfec “ Unfortunately it so often happens that no provision “ GUERCOEUR.” is made at meetings for securing absolute quiet, and It is with pleasure that I draw the attend *engKPer* m» at a dwtana visions by the aie in many instances misinformed people think it their of all Spiritualists to " Guercoeur," a masterp^ duty to inform a worker about all the petty disorders in connection with their church or society while the of contemporary music which has just b#8 THE SPIRITUAL worker is waiting for the meeting to commence. This produced at the Paris Opera. has been my misfortune more than once, and I have It is a splendid musical monument erected to the '“Uowm w 1 A ra l marvelled that any good work was done when this of our ideas. Its author was Alberic Magnard. J “ Mesrnf e* P resSK>ns I happened." French composer, who, during the battle of the ip i ‘ W * :— I heartily thank Mrs. Croxford for this instructive fired through the windows of his country houee on reply which should not only be helpful to other mediums, soldiers who entered his garden. His hou** ^ g p s , * rul. Which » but give a useful hint to chairmen of meetings to properly immediately set on fire and as it collapsed it burt*'vii . •ptrftlP,r»t Can *c prepare the audiences to do their part in supplying the ; .becA1,_ CAn never heroic musician in the ruins, along with his insf1*** ■ * n « i o n I H right conditions for successful work. artistic collections. thed. what c ^ at Spirit A u g u s t, 1931 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 171 I Here is a rapid summary of his " Guercoeur ” :— action, and that is all we see. It is a divine power. First Act.— -Guercoeur, in the Other World for two God is Spirit, and those who adore Him must discern years and surrounded by the Spirits of Truth, Goodness, Him in spirit and in truth. And how can He be conceived and Beauty, sighs for the earth where he was a benevolent except by recognising Him and feeling His presence in the prince, and for his right loyal wife, Gisèle, whom he had faculties divinely conferred on the human soul, which left behind. He knows that all terrestrial joys are are little distinct from what is mortal and material in SI perishable, but he wishes them still. The .Spirit of Truth us, and yet control our whole being. SA therefore restores to him his human form and he descends “ The truly great gestures of men are more than human ; *I A?L i to earth, conducted by the Spirit of Suffering. they are the work of an invisible power. When men Second A c t.—The prince awakes in a forest. From a accomplish the impossible, it is a proof of their faculties ■I distance he sees the city where he reigned. He calls for of divine origin. W-o . Gisèle, whom he loved, but, alas, she has not been faithful " The Spirit accomplishes prodigies daily in illuminating to his memory. She has forgotten him and loves Hurtal, the path of humanity, and in opening new paths to the O ”1% who has the character of a tyrant. He wants to be king acquisition of Truth.” and then she will be queen. Guercoeur goes to the palace, v enters the apartments of his spouse, whose crime he does PETITES NOUVELLES. ltN?t not yet know. He learns the truth. Hurtal arrives and Focus is the name of a new South African journal, sees, as he supposes, a ghost. Then Guercoeur, overcome the organ of the Psychical Research Group at Johannes­ by his betrayal, goes to speak to the people, who stone burg. Mr. T. A. R. Purchas, the President, is assisting him, for they prefer force to sane reason. in the editorship. Third A c t.—Guercoeur, assassinated, returns to the A t Pompeii, a rhabdomancer was working with his ■ -S Other World, his eternal home, and bows before the divining-rod at a ruined building, which had fallen in. Truth. She leads him in the midst of the flowers of He said to the workmen, ” Dig here, and you will find heaven and he resumes his life there. He no longer a treasure.” They dug and the treasure was unearthed. regrets his terrestrial interests. He has become once A t Castronuovo, Sicily, Antonio Conti, a peasant, was ^ p N . more a Spirit, and now from the Spheres he will work praying before the Madonna when he saw tears streaming ‘ty £ \ l in order that Truth may reign in the world. from the eyes of the statue. The phenomenon lasted for Verily, this is a work of pure idealism, of luminous thirty minutes, and was witnessed by villagers and clergy Spiritualism. The French public have received it with who hastened to see it as soon as the strange circumstance great respect. The music has a sustained loftiness. was noised abroad. Alberic Magnard was an ardent Spiritualist, and he has The Tenth Astrological Congress in Germany will here left behind a creation splendidly inspired. It is a take place at Weisbaden from the 8th to the 12th t j C sort of prodigy that in our time so very materialistic September. & w 3 Guercoeur should have been welcomed by the critics and The death is announced in Italy of Guido Fiocca-Novi, a * aaa S>0Jm the playgoers as a veritable chef-d'oeuvre. fervent believer in the after-life, who experimented for icha«85 While listening to this opera in the box of Madame many years with Eusapio Paladino. Also of a well-known Magnard, I told the widow of the great composer that poetress, Annetta Boneschi-Ceccoli, who was keenly I would speak of Guercoeur to the English-speaking CY. interested in Spiritualism and spoke very eloquently at Spiritualists throughout the world. And here I fulfil circles in Milan. ;t and y my promise. M. Emilio Servadio has an article in Luce e Ombra on the disaccord created between the English S.P.R. and Did Aiglon] POPULAR BELIEFS IN POLAND. he war myself by Theodore Besterman, and I thank the author In the country districts of Poland many for narrating the details of some of my successful the people believe in the existence of a devil, named experiments at Tavistock Square. em ;— Pavlina Marfuggi, 41 years of age, fell asleep at Naples f Bonita, who lives near the town of Leczyia. while she prayed, and dreamt that she saw the heart of There are also devils who infest the roads and mislead Jesus shining before her. She was awakened by a sharp travellers. Others whisper evil thoughts in the ear, pain in the palms of her hands and screamed. Her sons hold traffic with the sorcerers at Lysa Gota, " the bald hurried to see what was the matter and found very mountain,*’ teach merchants dishonest tricks, and make visible stigmatisms of the crucifixion on their mother's the peasants drink and quarrel, sometimes driving them palms. Their house has ever since been a scene of to suicide. pilgrimage. P. F. There is also a belief that German devils come to quarrel with those of Poland, but the former are always N o t e .— Communications for our Continental Editor beaten by the others. should be addressed to Monsieur P ascal F o rthu ny, These details are narrated by Senator Lubienski in 10 Avenue Frédéric Forthuny, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Le Lorrain. France.

CRYSTAL VISION AMONG THE MUSSULMANS. !fi s {Km M. C. de Vesme has a highly instructive article under this title in the Revue Metapsychique for SIR OLIVER LODGE TALKS WITH “ POWER.” June. On hearing that Mrs. Meurig Morris had He says that crystal gazing was used throughout accepted an invitation to visit Erlestoke Park, antiquity and cites among the most celebrated adepts. Wiltshire, on Wednesday, July 22, Sir Oliver Dr. Dee (1527-1607), the famous English astrologer, Lodge expressed a strong desire to meet her, and who foretold the plague and fire of London. Among :HDW^ other books on the subject he refers to the following :— motored over from his residence, Lake, Salisbury, proff“f " An Account of the manners and customs of the Modem in the morning. th « t e j ( Egyptians ” (Lane, 1834) ; the Quarterly Review (July, Sir Oliver was met on arrival by the Rev. J. W. Potter, |j| 1837), an unsigned article believed to be by the diplomat the Rev. A. F. Webling, Dr. W. C. Minifie, the Rev. m Lord Prudhoe ■ and the Revue de D eu x M ondes (August, Dr. Lamond, and Mr. Lawrence Cowen. On being 1If. 1833)—an article by Count Leon de La borde. The Count introduced to Mrs. Morris Sir Oliver expressed his pleasure speaks of a Mussulman medium, Abd -el- Kader-el- at the meeting, and asked if he might have a talk in Moghrebi, who looking into a pool of ink had a prophetic W F m private with “ Power,” her famous control. vision of Lord Nelson, with one empty sleeve fastened on Mrs. Morris willingly complied, and for over an hour the breast of his naval uniform. An Englishman present Sir Oliver and " Power ” were engaged in a heart to heart W S m asked for a description of his own dead father and it was discussion of questions of science, theology, and BI once given to perfection. This medium could see Spiritualism. Sir Oliver took notes during its progress. I Jiving persons at a distance, and others among his country­ Mr. Lawrence Cowen was the only other person present men had visions by the aid of precious stones. at the seance. Sir Oliver afterwards lunched with the party and THE SPIRITUALISM OF MUSSOLINI. thanked Mrs. Meurig Morris in his most courtly way for The review L ’Araldo di Luce publishes the the great pleasure of their interview. He followed this up next day by sending her his autographed photograph. following expressions uttered by the great Italian On the same evening Mrs. Morris, or rather “ Power,” statesman :— addressed some' 2,000 people at the Winter Gardens, I There is a kingdom of mystery we are not permitted Bournemouth, on ” Man and the Universe,” holding the to understand, which science can never explain. The audience spellbound for nearly an hour. Mr. Frank huBan spirit can never go beyond a certain enigmatic Blake, resident pastor of Bournemouth Spiritualist asm , because cm this frontier wail is written : ' God I Church, presided and announced that all the Spiritualist Md at this spot ceases the domain of man.' churches of the town had co-operated in arranging that We have neither measured, classified, defined, isolated, magnificent meeting. At the close Mrs. Meurig Morris •‘t touched, what Spirit is. W e see in it energy, force, was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. 172 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. Asmt, . f b°' Some Gleanings from Conan Doyle Communications R. W. R. BRADBROOK, Honorary " Spirituality in mediumship. like a flawless diamond is of slow formation, and is to be found more partkukrt Secretary of the Conan Doyle Memorial M in those who ' out of great tribulation ’ have rfaSfo Fund, writes us, as follows :— their vision and acquired the gift of wiping the tear From mediumistic communications purporting to from many eyes. 1 come from Sir Arthur, and which have the ring of truth, AFTER-DEATH CONDITIONS. I have culled the following expressions ” One of the earliest and most arresting phenomen “ PERSONALITIES ARE AS DUST/* of the after-death conditions of life has been found ¡J " An energetic and forceful personality of independent the power and persistence of Thought. I see so dearly character, keen sympathy, and fighting spirit can carry now, not as through a glass darkly, but as face to face tr»11' one a long way in the earth life, especially when directed Most of all, I see myself. I find it is not men's action^ to humanitarian and altruistic objectives. But still finer, alone that count, but men’s thoughts. This is a world u n io'U more powerful and more far-reaching effects can be of thoughts— an internal state rather than an external etor I,‘ the U r condition of life. 0 flce achieved from the higher mental and spiritual spheres itiy filia l* by inspiring the inmost thoughts of those upon whom so " On the earth-plane one has to distinguish between much depends at this period of world-crisis with the fact fragmentary astral memories and the communications o»e iIj h er11 *he cast c that personalities are as dust in the wind in face of the of the man himself. On the spirit side a man has to free mighty forces that are sweeping with drastic but cleansing himself from the astral influence and acquire that complete hfe^ble i»„‘hr the »" effect through all human institutions. mental control and sense of spiritual values that enables is P°f,he °‘ht£m c '** him to enter a fuller realisation of his own nature, thereby or ablv FOUR SPIRITUALIST IDEALS. otiA i o/it ff triethe sensing the impersonal consciousness of the Creative and f L a w o i , " Social, industrial and religious systems are Essence called God. experiencing this disturbing element, and Spiritualism ** One of the first things a man is faced with upon his will be no exception. In fact, by reason of its importance IV p e ^ d n ll a elv «« escape from earth-life is a world of his own thought s f f rVPe the s • nut it may experience the greater chastening and winnowing This is not always pleasant, but God is Love, Wisdom of much that is futile. O f the more physical experiences, and Justice. I would not have it otherwise. Person*] “he£ cerenwnvcerem<’“>; the,hf Spi.Spl>< o f which the antipodean, Nicaraguan and Atlantic seismic responsibility and the redemptive power of love—human the o f v o .» - disturbances are the already foretold preliminaries little ana divine !—such is the great lesson I have learned the need be said, apart from the fact that the warnings still u s t and I pass it on to you all 1 No man lives or dies apart for tho«* bl wc ill are given with persistent emphasis. These are accom­ from God—Christ— Love— call it what you will. I see a n d It r » y ° panied by urgent exhortations (i) to spread the glorious * ‘'Thumai! body the great need— The Master l ” truth of Survival; (2) the necessity of realising the ideals to 9l°m l (| "ts destiny of universal brotherhood, whilst recognising the limitations MR. BRAD BROOK’S COMMENT. accoint•omplish 11 j ( of various degrees of racial development; (3) the Mr. Brad brook says in conclusion that he has found through the \ PnaM7 recognition of the love of God through all the changing a great deal of misapprehension as to Sir Arthur's personal .... - w »who h a ve h scenes of life ; and (4) the redeeming power of love, views of religion, Dut that his life-work and character AH *kjTeat meeting» b I y confronted ,, ^ a tnan human and divine. were certainly a living exposition of a fine mental con­ ception of the Christ-life, and this would appear now to " P ° f r.''’L L w iYo in thet h e SJ f “ THE FLOWER OF LOVE,” have been further illumined by deep spiritual experience. the Sadduceo* “ The power of man-to-man service, irrespective of He adds, " that a great effort on behalf of the human by which the - creed or colour, race or religion, is greater than the power race being organised by the angelic hierarchy is ¿know His answer. of either purse or Press. Much can be done to inculcate becoming more and more apparent. That it is urgenth It is im m aterial no a more accurate knowledge and wider use of psychic needed is even more obvious. That Sir Arthur, S soman husbands, there c faculties. Mediumship in its best and highest form can common with numberless other doughty champions, W? and this may not be noc*J be developed only from the other side of life. Under undoubtedly throw himself into this Christ-led Crusadt they are associated on earl suitable conditions and congenial environment man may with the Cross-hilted sword of Faith and Truth is well cultivate a queenly rose from a common bramble, but assured. The thoughts and prayers of all true Spiritualist^ GEORGE R. the germ of that * Flower of Love,' with all its fragrance, will be concentrated on the pregnant petition 1 Thy My old friend, George must be of divine implantation. Kingdom Come 1 * ” by this question of the se wrote me as follows '■ To me it is a bit « POINTS FOR DISCUSSION." what you tell me tha Letters to the Editor. Pontypridd. of what is going on Sir,— Your correspondent, Mr. W. J. Farmer, reflect] husband constantly j AN EXPLANATION OF "THE R ID D LE .” a state of mind through which he will eventually pass has taken her place. H e cannot believe spirits come back who are not aware ’’ You remember t Camberne. they are dead. The study of human personality is Proctor, ’ Paradise a Sir,— Mr. F. G. Whitbread, of Meerut, India, is con­ probably deeper than he now realises. Spirits chia permission to come 1 cerned about a problem that was discussed thousands there are many who are quite unaware of the great change found him walking lo1 of years ago in that fine literary work the Book of Job. at first, while the “ earth bound," or some at least, may wife. For the privil The answer is not difficult. The obvious fact is that live for centuries in semi-darkness. thousand years m pu this world is governed by law, and no matter how fine This is some of the “ real information ’’ spirits give, Angel said to her th a man’s soul may be if his physical body is defective he which is, admittedly, hard to accept. As they are fairly anguish all the thou« cannot inhabit it, for God does not set aside natural unanimous on this point, and as we are unable to disprove We make allowances laws. These laws are absolutely essential to the proper it, those who leave the Movement because they cannot running of the world and must be maintained. The men accept this as truth may well be the losers. fmmOI2 t^emselves stric with the pU on whom the tower of Siloam fell were no worse than Does Mr. Farmer know in his clearest dreams that he other men, but they happened to be there when it fell is only dreaming ? This also is a “ tremendous change" ^ tte r inCCption of th* a in obedience to natural law, and had the best man that from his waking state, yet he is quite unaware of it at f u lf e iL ° PP09ed ever lived been with them he too would have perished. the time. The most magnificent souls that ever inhabited human I do not approve of long trance addresses, yet these do Thereto rel*** bodies have been martyred and mangled most fearfully not all come from the subconscious mind of the speakers not even L by their fellow men. If so the speakers or mediums could only give such facts *h gh te«t The Great War was hell let loose. God did not abrogate as are known to them. Of course the reverse is often the SndtIufSJfind »Pints«Pirits exi his eternal laws by special intervention so far as human case. bn one occaabT **** ^Ui minds can see. His method is that man shall work out Mr. Farmer takes exception to spirits teaching reincar­ ------a aitt his own salvation and be a man, not a puling infant. *» spirir^T8^ att nation, and other spirits denying it. Quite right Tima “ Y ou Were thia life the only one this earth would be very will alter this. No doubt the very far advanced soefe much a chamber of horrors to at least fifty per cent of are in agreement on this point. W. T. Stead seem* ? mPlete sane«°* its inhabitants, but given a next life, for which it is a clear and consistent in “ The Blue Island ” on this point preparation, it is no doubt the very finest school that He says, “ Those who desire to reincarnate can do »" could be devised to produce strong souls, well disciplined ” Lady Nona,” an Egyptian o f over three thousand and prepared for a life where such qualities are essential, years in spirit, says, ” In rare cases it is done, in ord* and where men tried in the fire are needed to carry on that the spirit may do some special work on earth work of a higher order. This is probably the truth. A t least it seems feasible. The removal of the best of men from this earth is not There are messages denying this, purporting to com* a matter that counts for much in a temporary training from spirits. I take it they are from less evolved soak school. There are always others able to do what is or in some cases, from the subconscious learning of th* needed, and this life is only a passing show, though very medium. O f course, if Mr. Farmer knows better—hat important indeed as a schooling place. We must trust there 1 what is truth ? Usually, Kkn the reincarnate* the Captain of the Ship I— Yours, etc., theory and the opposite, it lies between two extremes " W . J. F A R M E R . Yours, etc., D, (X &

****&>» « s in *Hy A u g u st, 1931. THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 173 \ “ They Neither Marry Nor are Given in Marriage.’’ « s MARRIAGE CEREMONIAL IN THE SPHERES. s B y R. H. SAUNDERS. HROM what we understand on earth by the It has been my privilege on various occasions, to receive V information on this subject from those who have met M Î X F| term " Marriage,” and the implications con­ their affinity in the Spheres, and I found their stories of : veyed by the ceremony, the words of Scripture Qe‘tk* intense interest. at the head of this article are, of course, true. THE AUTHOR’S FAMILY IN THE SPHERES. is Yet there is a real marriage in the Spheres far I have three sons and three daughters who passed into *■ML 0 _ transcending in solemnity and importance any the Spheres many years ago. My eldest son found his NI union contracted on earth ; it is a union for all affinity in a girl who passed over under tragic cir­ 4 w etern ity. cumstances. She was of poor and humble extraction, Once the link is formed nothing can per­ as social position is regarded, but as no social distinction exists in spirit realms it is of no moment whether, when & manently sever it ; the two souls are literally on earth, the soul occupied the body of a queen or a one in harmonious vibration, each maintaining peasant. pas his and her individuality, and, although separation Then a daughter of mine announced one evening at is possible in the case of a new incarnation for a Direct Voice sitting that she had found her affinity in one who had passed over one hundred years ago, and F § one or the other, the two souls must ultimately both these newly-added relatives were introduced to me, and inevitably come together. and I spoke to them and learnt their names and history, It is a Law of the Spheres, and every soul at and obtained confirmation by subsequent research. some period must come under its operation, and And recently another son told me that the initial Ä j ceremonies of his own betrothal had been gone through, Üetio^ observe the stately rites in connection with and the final one would take place shortly. “ She is here v®—huttj- the ceremony. It may happen shortly after now,” he said, " and smiling as I am telling you and will lVe ieaii^ the soul enters the Spheres, or it may not occur soon speak with you.” " Have I ever met her ? ” I * dies io. for thousands of years, as we understand time, asked. “ Oh dear no, she lived long years ago, but you rill ? * know time is of no moment here. I often speak with and it may be we must wait for an unborn soul those who passed to this side many thousand years ago, to join a human body in some distant age, and as your earth counts time.” has fa* accomplish its destiny by passing in due course The initial function of these unions is of a most im­ pressive character, and is followed by other ceremonial r's persa* through the phase of earthly dissolution. investitures all preliminary to the actual binding ritual. i chazaos! All those who have had platform experience are a en tal a*, This latter is attended by all relatives in the Spheres, confronted at meetings by the question (intended as a and friends there of corresponding development, and High ear nom % poser ”) : " I f a man marries two or more wives, experieaa Spirits wearing the jewel of their Order come down to which is his wife in the Spheres ? ” The same question superintend the function. the hua* by which the Sadducees sought to entrap Christ— and •rarcbv a Earth parents are taken over during sleep and permitted we know His answer. to witness the proceedings, but, unhappily with so many is urgent! It is immaterial how many wives a man has, or a Arthur, of us, we do not share Swedenborg’s gift of bringing back woman husbands, there can only be one real partner, the memory of what transpired on our visit, though we ions, and this may not be necessarily any of those with whom Crusadi are told that every detail is indelibly stamped upon the they are associated on earth. spirit brain, to be recalled with perfect fidelity when we ith is r GEORGE R. SIMS PUZZLED. make our permanent entry into the Spheres. pintualssj Happy as spirits may be, and are, in their environment, tion ' Th My old friend, George R. Sims, was greatly exercised the added happiness of spiritual wedlock brings unspeak­ by this question of the second wife, and on one occasion able joy to them, and all idea of " anguish ” being felt wrote me as follows :— must be swept from the mind. ” To me it is a bit of a puzzle. I understand from what you tell me that Lady A. is perfectly cognisant ^ as m of what is going on below. She therefore sees her ltypndi I husband constantly going about with the woman who ter, retool has taken her place. It takes a lot of thinking out! CONAN DOYLE MEMORIAL FUND. »ally p*s i “ You remember the wonderful poem by Adelaide H E Hon. Treasurer of this Fund received the not ans Proctor, ' Paradise and the Peri.' The woman had following donations from June 19 to July 18 sonahtr permission to come back, and see her husband, and T ñxts o b ] found him walking lovingly in the garden with a second inclusive, amounting to £ 4 0 12s. 2d., which, reatchiîf í wife. For the privilege she had agreed to remain a with £1,236 10s. 2d. previously acknowledged, käst, nr I thousand years in purgatory. When she got back the brings the total donations to date to Angel said to her that in that one short moment of £ 1 ,2 7 7 2s. 4 d. anguish all the thousand years had passed.” te hi# We make allowances for poets, and if they do not NINTH LIST OF DONATIONS. t«¡w* i conform themselves strictly to facts we pardon the lapse £ s. d. from truth with the plea of poetical licence. But the Spiritualist Community (per Mrs. poet's conception of the attitude of spirits in this matter is St. Clair Stobart) h 13 9 so utterly opposed to the truth, that the strikingly beauti­ Spiritualists Inc., U.S.A. (per Mrs. as ch**P ful idea of a moment's anguish wiping out a thousand years Carolyn Chilvers Duke ) $25. 5 2 3 of misery must be relegated to the realm of poetic fancy. F. N. Charrington, Esq. ... 5 O 0 There is no anguish— nothing of the kind— there is Ipswich Psychic Society (per Mrs. not even the slightest feeling of jealousy. Many times I Aubrey Dennis) 4 IO 0 have heard spirits express themselves as delighted to Mrs. Donohoe and friends 2 IO 0 find the wife, or the husband, contemplating a new union. T. W. (Peebles) 2 O 0 i On one occasion a sitter at Mrs. Wnedt's seance said to Peckham Lyceum (per G. Bamber) i 5 0 ISOÍ«* his spirit wife, " You know what is in my thoughts, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Harding dear ? " I do,” replied the spirit, " and it has my (Pennsylvania) ...... i I 0 complete sanction. There is no such thing as jealousy National Spiritualist Church, here, and if it gives you happiness to many again, then Sowerby Bridge (per W. A. what makes for happiness for you brings joy to us. I Rowson) i I 0 want to see you happy, and I know the lady will prove a Mrs. A. Oldfield (New Zealand) ... i I 0 good mother to our children.'' Mrs. R. A. Ellis Powell ... i I 0 That wonderful Law of Affinity is the governing factor always, and until there is real union in this mysterious £36 5 0 spiritual *' vibration ” called Affinity, there can be no Amounts of ¿1 and under :— Peterborough Spiritualist true marriage. We know there is neither growth nor Church ; Plaistow Lyceum ; Mr. E. J. Taylor ; Sale of decay in the Spheres— nothing is born or dies there— the Postcards ; The Order of Christian Mystics (further only form of growth is development in spirituality, and contribution) ; Anon. (Sidmouth) ; Dundee Society of although a child grows to maturity and old people revert Spiritualists ; ” Auntie Matt.” ; Mrs. Gosling ; Ruth to the standard age of physical prime, corresponding Canton.— Total £4 7s. 2d. to some thirty earth-years, there is no growth as we realise Donations should be sent to the Honorary Treasurer, growth, bat spiritual development, ranking higher than Mr. A. C. Grigg, Lloyds Bank, Ltd., 121-125 Oxford intellectuality or any other quality. Street, London, W.i. 174 THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. August, 193|, i in his it* The Story of Tydfil the Martyr. fring the oCT\ rec**' B y W ILL CARLOS. ^cation he ih a d been sung 7 | AST month Mr. Carlos introduced us to hillside. Reaching the foot of the hill the messen Ther llglwHhthedre dashed through the river and up the slope to wheT mythology, b, Tydfil the Martyr (in Welsh, " Merthyr- Brychan was standing awaiting him. "/could understand. L Tydfil ” ). She was the daughter of the He reported that a large number of men on W im unknown. H U P ( illustrious King Brychan of Mathryn, and was composed the enemy’s force— about two thousand or ¿.ughterolone of » the Joan of Arc of her time and nation. The so— (” dau mille ” in Welsh) but that there were some girl, known as Sheri». almost forgotten story has been re-told to the on horseback accompanying the leader. The cavalcade Sheila was as hardy would probably have reached the hill-top by now. author by Casedyn, the old Welsh bard who has a spear or sword ahri Two hours later the Piets had forded the river, and & upon by his parents inspired him so wonderfully for many years. bitter conflict was raging on the slopes of Moríais. Thrice warriors, but she seei In the following instalment the loves of Tydfil had the Piets fiercely attacked the little garrison of had seen, admired, are revealed. Britons, and thrice had they been repulsed with great slaughter. The slopes were strewn with the bodies of TYDFIL’S THREE SUITORS. the fallen. There was a little breathing time, a lull in Among Brychan's loyal henchmen none were deemed the conflict, but the foe was not easily daunted. It was of higher worth than Cynon, who was himself descended now noon and the watchers on the hill-top saw the thick Metaphorically speaki from a royal line. Cynon was his military adviser and bush alive with foemen. away,” for she was a re delicate, more feminin« leader of his valiant soldiery, and a deep personal friend­ TONWLD, THE LION OF THE NORTH. ship and trust existed between them. hitherto seen. She seer The blast of a horn had called the Piets not slain around It had been Brychan’s wish to see Tydfil wed to his than a mortal. And the their chief, and he harangued them to make further friend, and more than once he had spoken to her on the fire that resembled not! efforts, assuring them of victory. This time he would subject. But the girl had always maintained that she a something that was himself lead the assault, and such was his repute as a something tinged with an looked upon Cynon as a big brother, a champion, a friend, warrior that all his men were heartened by the news and but not a lover. There was some disparity between the Tydfil on her part kne' never doubted that they would win and utterly destroy lived so much on the abs ages for Tydfil had only seen seventeen summers while the hated Britons. ” Was not their beloved leader Cynon had passed his two score years. receiving inspiration, ci Tonwld, the son of Douglais ? Was he not the lion of the Thinking deeply over the matter the king saw that it the visitants from other North ? ” were better that Cynon should do his own wooing, and be said to live at all in Dividing his men into three sections, he led the first, thereupon he told him that if his love was still the same, little, and slept very littl heading for the slope ; the second was to follow in support, to make some bolder attempt to win her. Cynon gladly reverie or introspection, led by Dugald ; the third, led by Quinlan, was to complete accepted the king’s permission and from that day became part in the religious ol the force for victory. her almost constant companion in her walks abroad. taught her all the lore c So ardent was the attack, so valiantly behaved Tonwld with their triads, and " He wooed her not by telling her he loved. and his men, that they overcame the outer circle of But by his service his devotion proved.” philosophy. She was ei defenders and gained a footing on the first terrace. They the sacred script, and the Ian to and Gwaes, the two men who usually were her were now in sight of the stone-built barrier which had sacred things. She had fc guard, did not like this, for they were devoted to her and hitherto proved invulnerable. Tonwld found himself her childhood, and took 1 took charge of her in turns, but now Cynon, unless other opposed by Ifor, the young nephew of Brychan the king, affairs. Her advent ha duties prevented him, made their work a mere sinecure, a stripling whom he regarded as a plaything, and with a Brychan saw in the child yet the faithful fellows followed at a respectful distance. mighty stroke he sought to sweep the iad out of his way. let her live her life as she Cynon, soldier though he was, was courtesy itself, and But Ifor was not so easily disposed of, for, stepping aside inder divine guidance. having imbibed much knowledge from the seers, bards from Tonwld’s path, he evaded the blow, and thrust at Casedyn had found hex and minstrels, and the Roman officials and priests, was his formidable antagonist, wounding him in the ribs. capable of entering into converse with her, and would Wrathfully the warrior turned and felled the lad with a train her mind in the dir relate to her his views of Rome and his opinions of her back sweep of his sword, and was about to slay him when a chances of the re-occupation of Britain. shout of his men warned him of danger. For Caswallon Tydfil on her part was relieved that Cynon did not prate had sprung from the barrier to meet Tonwld. Now were of love, for somehow she could not think of him as a two met of equal valour, and each knew that the fight husband, but the day came when he could no longer hold must be to the death. GEORGE his peace, and he pleaded with her to consider him as Eagerly Tonwld advanced and at once delivered a thrust something infinitely more than a brother. at his opponent's throat, but Caswallon parried and made She, realising the intensity of his love and unswerving a counter-thrust which Tonwld caught on his buckler, devotion, felt her heart warming towards him, awaking Caswallon’s helmet saved him once from a mighty blow her deepest sympathy, but knowing in her own heart she which made him stagger, but he retaliated with a sweep could never love him as he wished to be loved, and that all of his weapon which, overpowering Tonwld’s guard, gave his wooing would prove futile, bade him cease his pro­ Caswallon opportunity to thrust, and in a flash he had testations and be content to remain her friend. plunged his weapon into Tonwld's breast. Tonwld fell, Cynon, too noble-minded to feel anger, sorrowfully and as he did so the triumphant Britons rallied and made abided by her decision, and told Brychan his case was such a vigorous onslaught that the Piets, awed by the hopeless. loss of their leader, fled in confusion. There were two other young men who were known to The watchers were soon able to report that the foe had aspire to her hand, Ivor and Caedmon, brave and daunt­ fled across the river and were crowding up the hill-side less, the first also a poet, the second a minstrel, and these with all speed. The Britons then built funeral pyres in Brychan hoped would prove more successful. The king the hollow near the river and there incinerated all the had no heir, and hoped to see a grandson bom to him slain, while the wounded were attended to, among them by his beloved daughter. the doughty Tonwld. AN INVASION BY THE PICTS. TONWLD AND TYDFIL. Then one day there came tidings of an incursion by the Three moons had waned ere Tonwld was able to get S, Piets who had landed at Neath, and had mastered the about again, and was given leave to spend his time in a stronghold of the chief at that point. The invaders were meadow near the sacred grove. Here he was one day on the way along the Hir Wain to attack the stronghold of sitting when he espied a lady coming from the grove, s, bearing with her a pet dove. A scream from the lady Brychan at Moríais, being led by the redoubtable Tonwld a i son of the Black Douglais. Sentinels were at once posted drew ms attention to the fact that a hawk was hovering on Cilsanws and other elevated points, and all the men overhead, threatening her dove. Tonwld drew his dirk, of Gathryn were gathered at Moríais to resist the foe. and, as the hawk swooped, threw his weapon with unerring Moríais was a stronghold built on the confluence of the aim and brought the bird of prey to the ground. In lesser and greater Tafii rivers, thus commanding the road Gratefully the maiden hastened to render to the young to the north, and the fruitful valleys lying east and south man her thanks, and explained that she was the youngest to of the Beacons. daughter of Brychan. Tonwld was at once enamoured To reach it the marauders had to climb the steep hill of the beautiful maiden, who had so sweetly thanked him from Nedd (Neath) up to the mountain-top and then and said she would apprise her sire of his good services. descend into the valley of the Taff, cross the river, and Tonwld was a young man, sprung from a warlike race, scale the rugged slope on which the stronghold had been inured to hardships and discipline, for his father was a built. I f the river had been in flood their task would stern autocrat, who would brook no delay and demanded have been impossible, but they had well chosen a time immediate obedience. He had spent most of his time when the river was fordable. on the sea, fishing in times of peace and doing pillage in Scouts, mounted on wiry Welsh ponies, were posted on times of war. His domestic life had been crude and hardy, the hill crests ready to bring news of the enemy’s approach, with none of the comforts of the more civilised peoples and on the second dawn after the news came observers A man to him was a warrior, a woman his subordinate from the stronghold saw a horseman galloping down the No affection, no refinement, no sympathies had been August, 1931. THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE. 175

harboured in his nature. Skill in the use of arms and by and by he found that she was all for spiritual knowledge. feats of hardihood, wrestling, swimming, climbing, and Art, music, poetry were to her modes of expression of daring the ocean in its various moods had been all the things unseen, and realising this he gradually imparted to education he had received, except of such legendary lore her the secret knowledge of the Druids, and she passed as had been sung by the minstrels. through the various stages adopted by the cult, except The religion of his people was that of the Scandinavian the highest to which as yet no woman had been admitted. mythology, with the dread Odin as its god. Carnal desire Thus when the lads and youths of the court of Brychan he could understand, but love in its ethical sense was to tried their hands at courting her she yielded no response, v s him unknown. His parents intended him to marry the and was in that sense unapproachable. She liked some daughter of one of the chiefs, Dugald the Fierce, and the of the youths, admired them for their physique and girl, known as Sheila, was the acknowledged bride-to-be. prowess,' but had never felt drawn towards them in any Sheila was as hardy as himself, could ride, swim, or use other sense. She especially admired Caswallon, the a. spear or sword almost as well as a man, and was looked captain of the archery, and Cynon her father's friend, upon by his parents as the right type of girl to mother captain of the bodyguard of spearmen, and Ivor her cousin, warriors, but she seemed to Tonwld too masculine. He but she loved neither, in the proper sense of the term. had seen, admired, and enjoyed the company of the Thus her heart was fancy free. She, of course, had been » b

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