/ Journal of Psychical, Occult, and Mystical Research.

“Light ! More LightV'—Goethe. “Whatever doth make manifest is light.”—Paul.

IM. W3E.—JJamtary to Jmtnte, 1887.

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A ddress by Mr. A. P. Sinnett, 70 acts, 107,139 Mediums, Experiences with in London, 603 -ft- Address by Mr. A. R. Wallace, 295, 308 E ’ Faith and Works, 18 Mediumship, Initiatory and Hereditary, 490 Address by Mr. C. C. Massey, 62 Faith Healing, 294 Mediumship of Charles Foster, 135 Address by Mr. C. E. Cassal, 312 Fantasies of the Living, 5 Memorable Relations, by Mrs. Howitt Watts, 19 Address by Mr. James Abbott, 347, 359 Fatal Accident at Ilfracombe, 410 Memory, by Samuel Eadon, M.D., 332 Address by Mr. W. Paice, M.A., 125 Final Truth, 512, 527 Mesmeric Experiments at Cambridge, 85, 96 Address by Mr. W. Stain ton Moses, M.A., 570 First Spiritualistic Seance of Signor Damiani, 351 Milner Stephen, 7, 118, 130, 196, 218, 243, 609 Address by Rev. J. Page Hopps, 226,228 Foreshadowing of Change in Earthly Condition, by Mind Reading, by Rev. J. Minot Savage, 272 Advertisements in American Spiritualist News­ Mr. Laurence Oliphant, 78 Modern Convulsionists, 363 papers, 426 Forewarning by Dream, 147 Moral of it all, The, 287 Aksakow - Eglinton Spirit Photographs, 494, 538, Friend of God, A, 168 Mystical Notes on the Book of Genesis, 461 550, 563 “From Matter to Spirit,” 498 Alchemy and Baron-Heilenbach, A Criticism, 404 Future Life, The, by Rev. G. Walters, 581 ■'VTativity of Hon. A. J. Balfour, 441 Alleged Exposure of a Materialising Medium, 210 Natural Sensitive, A, Mr. John Slater, 596 Allegorical Vision of Spiritual Truth, 398 hostly Legends of China, 334 Next Life, The, 3 American Spiritualist Alliance, 267 Golden Rule, The, 413, 431 New Year, The, 1887, 6 Anecdote of the German Emperor, 193 Good Evidence for , 574 Nirvana, What is it? 526 Application to Spiritualism of Scientific Research, 62, 273 Growth of Spiritualism in Russia, 148 Notes by the Way— Arch-Natural Body, The, 549, 569, 584 A Crucial Experiment, J. P. Quincy, 257 Artificial Happiness, 547 TTallucination of the Unconscious, The, 590 Agnostic Problems, Dr. R. Bethell, 245 Ascension of Christ, The, 597, 620 Haunted House at Muchelney, The, 587 An Easter Sermon, Rev. J. P. Hopps, 245 Astounding Ghost Story, An, 170, 208 Haunting, 414, 430, 442, 454, 466 Application of Spiritualism to Scientific Research, C. C. Massey, 67 Astrologic Idioms, 258 Have Animals Souls? 86,108, 117, 128, 140, 161, 173, A Soul’s Comedy, A. E. Waite, 342 Astrology, 345 196, 208, 219 A Suffolk Witch Story, 175 Astrology, A Study in, 239 Higher and Lower Self, The, 474 Atheism, Philosophically Refuted, H. J. Browne Astrology Theologised—Correspondence, 562, 567, Historical Christ, The, 416 175 586 How I Investigated Spiritualism and what I made Automatic Writing, 293, 517 Avaricious Man, The, A Vision, 436 of it, by J. H. M., 69, 91, 112, 134, 157, 206, 223, 247, 271, 306 A Woman in the Case, Prof. Elliott Coues, M.D , 245 How was it done? 217 TJalfour Stewart, Death of Professor, 606 Buddhism and Christendom, 98 Hypnotic Schools of Paris and Nancy, The, 66, 86, Baron Heilenbach’s Death, 617 194, 244, 315 Can Imagination Kill ? 281 Boehme and the Coming Race, 454, 479 Hypnotism, 120, 521 Chauffat, the Sleeping Man, 12 Boy Preacher of Indiana, The, 485 Hypnotism and Crime, 489 Comfort for the Bereaved, 305 Buddha and Jesus, 171, 195 Conclusions favourable to , 185 Buried Alive for Six Months, 464 Darwin’s Life and Letters, 554 dentification of a Communicating Intelligence, I 556 Development of the Healing Art, 153 Z^amp Meetings in America, 428,472 If a man die shall he live again ? 295, 308 Dr. Charcot’s Experiments, 153,165 Carlyle as a Mystic, 371 Illness of the Crown Prince of Germany, 549, 599 . Dr. Shufeldt’s Dream, 110 Chapter from an Unpublished Book, 386 Illusions, 238 Dreams and Visions, 221, 233 Cheap Religion and Hades, 182 Imitation of Spiritual Phenomena, 414 Earliest Days of Spiritualism, 613 Chinese Seances, 533 Incident of October 15, 1886. What was it ? 108 Edwin Arnold, 565 City’s Doom, The, 151,162 Indian Philosophy, 514 Edwin Arnold and his Critics, 589 , 610 Individuality and Personality, 298 Eisenberg Apparition, 45 Clairvoyance in the Last Century, 143 Inquiries and Explanations, 526 Euthanasia, The Painlessness of Death, 541 Coincidence, A, 170 Insects, 256, 269 Imagination, Faith, and Paracelsus, 163 Confirmation of Spirit Messages, 41 Inspiration, 463 Intelligence in Spirit Communications, 100 Conscience, 160 Inter-Planetary Soul Communion, 568, 569 Intuition and Mediumship, 469 Conversazione of the London Spiritualist Alliance, Intuition and Mediumship, 446,450 Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 353 61, 120,227, 312, 570 Investigation of Rare Phenomena, 30, 60, 82, 114, Kabbala Denudata, 305 Conversion, 606 136 Land of Darkness, Mrs. Oliphant, 35 Correlation of Psychical Theories, 486 Life after Death, Rev. C. Voysey, 77 Cosmic and Spiritual ASthers, 460 acolliot and the Fakir, 323 Magic Incantations, 186 Cowper the Poet, 423 J Jefferies, Richard, 418, 425 Magnetic Massage, 433, 505, 542 Creative Power, 145 Jottings, 430, 440, 453, 465, 477, 488, 501, 513, 525 Mahommedanism and Christianity, 518 537, 547, 561, 583, 594, 608, 617 Curative Power of Mr. F. Omerin, 254,374, 500 Man in Search of his Soul, Gerald Massey, 7 Jubilee Hall at Belper, 251 Curious Narrative, 460 Mesmerism in Paris, 197, 553 Curious Spiritualistic Experience, 471 Missing Link in Modem Spiritualism, 109 J£atie King Episode in Philadelphia, The, 373 Mr. Eglinton in St. Petersburg, 222 TAeath Call, The, 20 Mr. J. J. Morse and Miss Phelps* Article, “ Can Spiritualism Spiritualise?” 88 Decay of Races, 260, 290, 327 T ectureby Aiderman Barkas, 366, 429 Normal and Abnormal Power, 421 ' Development and Degradation, 51 Lecture by Mr. J. J. Morse, 410 Devil Worshippers of Mesopotamia, 150 Old Testament Spiritualism, Rev. J. P. Hopps Lecture by Rev. E. P. Adams, 192 25 Direct Writing, 325 • Lecture by Rev. J. Minot Savage, 191 Origin of Worship, J. H. Mitchener, 77 Dissolving Views, 518 Lesson from Norman Lockyer, A, 558 “ Pall Mall Gazette ” on Astrology, 110 Divining Rod, The, 476 Liberated Spirits, 65, 75, 96, 105, 129, 171 Past Records, 1, 2, 13, 14, 46, 433, 445, 457 Dog, A, Whose Spirit should be Immortal, 284 Library of the London Spiritualist Alliance, 249 Philosophy of Spiritual Intercourse, 329 Dogma, The Persistence of, 582 Love, 474 Dream, A, 80 Policy of “ Light,” 1 Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, ■ftTan! What is He ? A Unity or a Trinity? 252 269 “pdison as Inventor, 473 JJ-L Man’s Hidden Powers and Forces, 92,102 Professor Huxley and the Bishops, 529 Electric Boy, The, A Mystery Explained, 500 Marriage of Dr. Elliott Coues, 555 Proof of Spirit Identity, 200 Elemental or Nature Spirits, 599, 611, 619 Masterful Man, A, 581 Religion of Philosophy, R. S. Perrin, 245 Environment, 173 Massage by Magnetism, 593 Religious Position'of Count Tolstoi, 577 Escape from Obsession, 325 Materialisation, 204 Renan’s Studies in Religious History, 131 Eternal Bodies, 483 Materialisation Stance with Mrs. Bliss, 550, 557 Rev. J. Minot Savage on Spiritualism, 354 Evil Side of Spiritualism, and How to Face it, 586 Materialisation Stance with Mrs. Cobb, 523 Rev. J. Page Hopps and the Bishop of Peter­ Evolution and Re-birth, 188,218 Materialisation Stance with Mrs. Helen Fairchild, borough, 470 Evolution of the Soul, 243 487, 496,-544 Science and Immortality, 198 Experiences in the Home Circle, 339 Materialism, 253 Scientific Evidence of the Existence’of Spirit, 601 Experiences of Supernormal Perception, 507 Medico-Legal Aspects of Hypnotism, 249 Slate-Writing in Newcastle, 481 Experiences with Mediums in London, 603 Medium’s Experiences in Russia, A, 268 Spiritual Dynamics, J. M. M. Munro, 77 IV INDEX.

Spiritualism in America and Miss Phelps, 55 Pseudo Mediums, 406 Shakespeare and Bacon, 585 Strange Tracts, 341, 517 Pseudo Prophets, 521 Shells and Elementaries, 128 “TheDaily Telegraph” on Hypnotism, 317 Pseudo Science and Professor Huxley, 43, 189, 575 Signs of the Future, 534 “ The Gates Between,” Miss Phelps, 493 Psychographic Stance with Mr. Watkins, 502 Signs of the Times, 510, 522 “The Globe” on Spiritualism, 87 Psychographic Stance with Mr. Wilson, 502 Silver Wedding of Colonel and Mrs. Bundy, 418 The Langham Hall Pulpit, 142 Psychography and Conjuring, 27, 42, 459 Sin, 214 “ The Theosophist,” January, 1887, 77 Psychography in California, 259 Slate-Writing and other Proofs of Spirit Power, 106 “The Truthseeker” on Decay, 530 Psychology in Biography, 423 Society for Psychical Research and Mr. Eglinton, Variations in Consciousness, 141 Psychological Society at Munich, A, 31 324 Weak and Strong Points of Spiritualism, 365, 385, Psychometry, 169 Solidarity of the Phantom with the Body, 122 397, 409 Purified Spiritual Body, The, 490 Some Things I do Know of Spiritualism, and Some Weird Stories of Mr. A. Lillie, 553 Things I do not Know, 570 Soul’s Work, The, 580, 598 T)eady-Made Clothes, 411 Speaking in Unknown Tongues, 73 BITUARIES — Reflections in a Seance-room, 560 Spirit and Body, 302 O Baron Heilenbach, 617 Re-Incarnation, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 32, 207, 244, Spirit and Matter, 255,260 R. H. Hare, 267 303 Spirit Body, The, 372 . Nicolas Lvoff, 181 Re-Incarnation and the Bible, 183, 195, 218 Spirit Identity, or What ? 117 John Murray Spear, 511 Religion of Common Sense and Common Sense of Spiritual Literature, 161 Balfour Stewart, 606 Religion, The, 322 Reply to Dr. Von Hartmann, by M. Aksakow, 29, Spiritual Old Age, 236 Obsession, 609 52, 230, 241, 277, 287, 320, 330, 400, 417 Spiritualism and Catholicism, 370 Occult Side of Nature, 618 Reply to Mrs. Sidgwick, 9 Spiritualism and Philosophy, 72 Open Letter to Professor Fullerton, by Mr. C. C. Resurrection of the Dead, The, 338 Massey, 375 Spiritualism'and Religion, 18 Open Letter, Reply by Professor Fullerton, 451 Review of the Past Year, 616 Spiritualism and Science, 50, 72 Reviews— Outlook, The, lie, 130 Spiritualism and the Society for Psychical An Indian Wizard, Arthur Lillie, 531 Research, 286 A Soul’s Comedy, 506 Spiritualism as a Science and a Philosophy, 584 ain, 298 Astrology Theologized, 40, 546 Spiritualism as a Working Faith, 615 P “ Pall Mall Gazette,” Criticism on, 438 A Study of Primitive'Christianity, 202 Spiritualism at Home, 250 Percy Mapleton Lefroy, 112,140,151,184 Buddhism and Christianity, 144 Spiritualism, A Word about it, by Dr. Carl du Prel, 448 Persistence of Dogma, 611 Conformity to Law of the Intelligible World, 103 Spiritualism in France,r59, 212, 225 Personal Experiences, 251, 403 Dawn, H. Rider Haggard, 178 Spiritualism in Russia, 263, 275 Personality and Individuality, 462 Four Lectures, Gerald Massey, 26 Spiritualism in the 16th Century, 255 Phantasms, 49, 319 Geometrical Psychology, 113 Spiritualism, Satan, and the Second Advent, 536 Phantasms of the Living and the Telepathic Homes and Work in the Future Life, 11 Theory, 138 • Spiritualism, What has it Taught and What Good Letters and Correspondence of Abraham Hay­ has it Done? 343 Phenomena of Spiritualism, The, 94 ward, Q.C., 57 Startling Lessons in Everyday Life, 283 Philosophy of Occultism, 289, 326, 343, 372, 395, 419, Life of Madame Blavatsky, 40 441 Stewart Ghost Story, The, 545 Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, 274 Photography in the Dark, 278 Story of a Dead Wife, The, 358 Michael Nostradamus and his Prophecies, 99 Physical Phenomena at a Distance from the Stronghold of Modem Spiritualism, The, 261, 279 Mysteries of Magic, A. E. Waite, 37 Medium, 371 Strong Points of Spiritualism, The, 359 Poetry— Mystery of the Ages, The Countess of Caithness, • 262 Study of Psychical Phenomena, The, 466 “ A Death,” 239 Outside the Gates, 607 Supernatural Voices, 33, 54 “A Life’s Quest,” 515 Paracelsus, 40, 155, 163 Supernormal Perception, 566 “ Arachne,” 8 Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in “Ashes,” 337 their Day, 100,133 FTIest Message, A, 303 “ A Spirit Guardian,” 417 Phantasms of the Living, 122, 224 Theosophical Leaders, 550, 562 “ A Thanksgiving,” 237 Posthumous Humanity, 535 , The, 70 “A Witch,” 16 The Real History of the Rosicrucians, 535 Theosophy and Vivisection, 256 “ Christmas Echoes,” 607 Second Sight amongst the Westphalians, 99 Theosophy in France, 206 “Glamour,” 118 She, H. Rider Haggard, 89 Tickingas of a Clock, 394, 405 “ I Live for Those who Love Me,” 97 Short Poems in Sunlight and Shade, 596 Ticonderoga, 594 “ Life,” 130 Spirit Workers in the Home Circle, 250 Tolerance, 412 “ Make Her Pillow Soft,” 491 Spiritual Discourses of Thomas Gales Forster, 223 Training for Old Age, 74 “Miracles,” 134] The Broken Vow, Canon Knox Little, 210 Transcendental Materialism, 489 “ One Thousand Years Ago,” 467 The Buchholtz Family, 48 Transcendental Photography, 199, 215, 232 “Peace upon Earth,” 607 The Kernel and the Husk, 180, 226 Transcendental Photography in the Dark, 93, 177, “Pre-existence,” 539, 587 The Perfect Way, Dr. Anna Kingsford and E. 187, 234 Maitland, 165 “ Response to the Ebbing Sea,” 251 Trinity, The, 283, 324, 344 “ Sleep in Death,” 136 The Service of Man, the Religion of the Future, “Stones,” 199 The Seven Souls of Man, Gerald Massey, 167 TTndeveloped Spirits, 316, 327 “ Song of Sympathy,” 615 The Spirit of the New Testament, 48 Unseen Universe, The. Mr. Crookes, F.R.S., “The Brothers,” 64 on Materialism, 146 Through the Gates of Gold, 39 “ The Conscience and Future Judgment,” 54 Unspiritual Spiritualism, 402, 434 Thus Saith the Lord, 439 “The Death Bed,” 291 “The Ebbing Sea,” 235 TTisions, 152 “ The Girt House o’ Mossy Stwone,” 16 eance with Mr. Eglinton Critically Discussed, Wold 300 ’ Visions of a Clairvoyant Medium, 398, 436 “ The Metempsychosis,” 363 S Stances with Mr. Eglinton, 9, 17, 53, 83,243, 301, Vision of a little Child, 542 “ The Mystery,” 384 413, 455 Visit of Death, A, 340 “ The Soul’s Ascent,” 142 Stances with Mr. Eglinton at St. Petersburg, 137, Visit to London, by Dr. Peebles, 413 “ The Trance,” 111 240, 263, 275 “ The Two Mysteries,” 563 Stance with Mr. Fred Evans, 321 as Jesus an Essene ? 160,171,183 “ There is no Death,” 392 Stances with Mr. Husk, 443, 539, 610 Watch Night of the Star Worshippers, 475 “ Thou Wilt Never Grow Old,” 551 Seances with Dr. Slade, 285,387 W Weak Points of Spiritualism, 347 “To the Fearful,” 34 Second Sight amongst the Westphalians, 120 Weber, the Musician, 413 “ Two Blossoms,” 359 Self , 556 Weed Growths of the Mind, 339, 345, 393 “ Two Roads,” 213 Self-Proving Messages, 75, 81, 107, 115, 127 Wilting of the Lower Races, The, 260 Poetry and Mysticism, 206 * Sensation under an Anaesthetic, 217 What did the Dog See ? 151 Popular Conception of the Devil, 290 Seven Souls of Man, Correspondence, 184, 259, 278, 356, 405, 478 Whence and Whither, 125 Post-Mortem Existence, 216 Seybert Commission Investigation, The, 835 Where Does the Danger Lie? 507,532, 538, 559,578, Pre-Earthly Existence, 182 Seybert Commission Criticism, “ Banner of Light,” 599 Prejudices of Mankind, by Baron Heilenbach, 367, 355 Who is Christ? 568, 598 388, 399 ' Seybert Commission Criticism, Mrs. Emma Har- Whole-World Soul Communion, 394,407 Premonition of Death, 15 dinge Britten, 391, 415 Will v. Passivity, 599 Presentiments, 533 Seybert Commission Criticism, Mr. C. C. Massey, Writing Mediumship, 551 Prevision, 289 375, 398, 416 Seybert Commission Criticism, Mr. Hudson Tuttle, Primaeval Man, 159, 172 885 Primitive Beliefs in Spirit Communion, 431 ollner and the Seybert Commission, A Vindica* Seybert Commission Criticism, Professor Fullerton, tion, by Mr. C. C. Massey, 375 Prophecies of Nostradamus, 121 * 451 ZollnerZ and the Seybert Commission, by Dr. Hubbe Prophetic Warning, 10 Seybert Commission and Mrs. Kane, 426 Schleiden, 543 TRANSCENDENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

PLATE I. PLATE II.

Experiments in London by the Hon. A. Aksakow. {