DOCSLIB.ORG

The North Pacific Union Gleaner for 1991

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The North Pacific Union Gleaner for 1991 NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE GLEANER Volume 86, Number 18 October 7, 1991 Editorial October 7, 1991 Lifestyle Standards Help Us Survive By Ed Schwisow to be targeting the serrvice economy; if not, of "who to minister to first:' can drive even I chuckled, I could write books for all those the most godly servant to compulsive be- I thought I was rich gas pumpers with leisure time. havior. Those urges, it seems, can go quietly going to lose my Well, so much for career planning. When crazy over a dinner plate, a television screen, job, and so did mil- graduation came in 1976, the church called, a chemical substance or an overindulged lions of other and as an Adventist who listened to his hobby. (They can even be released in too Americans. church and to his wife, I came aboard as a much of good things, such as a brutal, They called me a "communication intern:' It would be a intellectual regimen of Bible study, or com- "communication privilege to serve, we thought. pulsive exercising.) intern:' back in the I neither earned anywhere near the 15 The root of temperance, and the antidote late 1970s, and it grand prophesied in the news article, nor to burnout, I learned, began at the family was one of the most did I find the predicted leisure time. or personal altar with daily or near-daily Ed Schwisow insecure assign- Things got so bad that on Sabbath after- worship and unhurried communion with ments in the Ad- noons, when I wasn't speaking (preaching's God. Without the escape to God, I realized, ventist church. The blazing chalk stood too strong a word for a journalist) or inter- I would be seeking solace in ever-more de- poised against the brick walls of my office. viewing, I'd be sleeping. On Sundays, I'd structive "releases." One tardy story; one fuzzy picture; and I'd read the paper, putter around the house, and I read that a servant survives best in a be out the door. usually end up with an afternoon headache. simple lifestyle, eschewing the trappings of I felt it more than heard it. Fellow interns (Too rapid decompression from a week of a lord. My culture urged me to prove my in conferences across the continent were be- tension.) But I was "serving," valiantly serv- social ascendancy — my climb to godhood, ing "let go" after two years of training. As ing, if barely surviving. as it were — with commodious finery. But 1977 ebbed, in paranoid reveries, I counted "I'm just paying my dues:' I thought. in my research, I discovered that while I skinny Holsteins limping up the banks of Minutes a day for the family. No family wor- should acquire durable things, and should the Columbia River. ships; little eagerness for church; burnout continued on next page The two years of after-college internship scorching my Friday-evening heels as I had not been years of plenty. The family turned on the Sabbath music, grabbed a cradle had been filled; not so the family sanctifying book, and immediately fell granary. asleep. A Service Economy A Time for Change While I was putting in 14-hour days and Long before the "service economy" took sprucing up my resume, such as it was, our over North America, we Adventists were nation, so we now know, was changing from told to become leaders in "serving others" a production economy to a "service econ- (Nobody said it was going to be physically North Pacific Union Conference omy." College students began honing ad- easy, least of all that graying lady of the (USPS 394-560) ministrative skills, creating consultancies, 1880s, Ellen G. White, who had just Address all editorial, advertising and address studying marketing and prepared to make watched her husband die a burned-out change correspondence to: a killing in "services: death, and was speaking regularly at the Here in the Northwest, farming towns funerals of other collapsed pioneers.) GLEANER North Pacific Union Conference were dying as steel mills in the midwest But somehow I'd missed the point of my P.O. Box 16677, Portland, OR 97216-0677 rusted. Whole economies folded. Adventist upbringing. I'd read the books, (503) 255.7300 Those caught in this revolution, whether but resented what appeared, at times, to be Acting Editor, Ed Schwisow in Goodwill retreads, Florsheims or Guccis, a doctrinaire stifling of Christian self Advertising Assistant, Pam Groff were doing it 14 hours a day. Hoisting them- determination. Not until I faced a crisis, did Editorial Assistant, Greg Alekel selves by the tongues of their oxfords was I connect the thoughts that the Adventist Editorial Secretary, Lorraine Juberg tough pulling. lifestyle was designed as a survival blueprint Published by the North Pacific Union Con- for a service economy. It helped save my ference of Seventh-day Adventists No More Leisure Time early career; it may have saved my life. Please Note — Every reasonable effort is made to screen both editorial and advertising materials Years before, while in academy, at the The Servant Lifestyle and to avoid error in this publication. But the helpless age of 17 in Vietnam-era America, North Pacific Union Conference GLEANER I had read some encouraging words in a First I took a look — a serious look — at does not accept responsibility for categorical or news magazine. The article had predicted lifestyle: The "do's" of temperance and the typographical errors, nor for advertisers' claims. that by 1975 (about the time I might be "don'ts" of abstinence. Physically, I was not North Pacific Union Conference GLEANER, leaving college) American wage earners doing well; emotionally worse. Ellen White ISSN number 0746-5874, is printed semimonthly would be bringing in $15,000 a year (a lot writes that in serving others, one should except July and December for $10.00 per year by of money in 1969 dollars.) There would be engage in daily, or near-daily, demanding Color Press, 312 S. College Ave., College Place, Wash. 99324-1222. Second-class postage paid at plenty of jobs, the article had said, with an exercise, not compulsive or bingeful, but as College Place, Wash. emphasis on needs in the service field. a preparation to serve. Serving others would LITHO U.S.A. CP44487 While visions of pumping gas in the always take long hours, I learned. But by "service field" didn't enthrall me, I did feel taking time for intense physical activity, it POSTMASTERS ONLY: Send form 3579 to comfortable with the idea of $15,000. As could be endured. I tried it, and it works. North Pacific Union GLEANER, P.O. Box a Christian journalist, I thought, I could Amazingly, being a servant, I learned, 397, College Place, Washington 99324-0397. write for the multitude of magazines sure always breeds tension. The triage decisions NPUC Gleaner Editorial 3 take care of them, the only material state- ment needed was a simple, "This is the lifestyle of a busy servant of a merciful Lord:' North Pacific Union Conference That merciful Lord, I learned, does not Comparative Statement of Tithe and Mission Offerings insist that his servants encumber themselves with luxuries; rather, he suggests — and 7 Months (30 Weeks) Ended July 31, 1991 provides — functional, modest essentials. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TITHE Sufficient to glorification are the rewards Increase or thereof. % Increase Conference Membership 1990 Tithe 1990 Tithe 1991 Decrease — Decrease — And so my study went on, and continues. Alaska 2,133 757,932.54 844,858.11 86,925.57 11.47 Every lifestyle teaching of this church is Idaho 4,907 1,514,911.94 1,601,031.85 86,119.91. 5.68 clearly designed to prepare us to survive as Montana 3,256 804,711.95 826,801.94 22,089.99 2.75 servants in a service economy. Oregon 26,899 8,781,471.25 9,303,493.97 522,022.72 5.94 Upper Columbia 18,726 5,780,935.65 6,361,863.44 580,927.79 10.05 Surviving Servanthood Washington 13,630 4,462,809.90 4,724,077.43 261,267.53 5.85 "Serving," alone does not a Christian Union 69,551 22,102,773.23 23,662,126.74 1,559,353.51 7.06 make. The Apostle Paul recognized the daily threat to his salvation, and worried COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF MISSION OFFERINGS about it in his letters. Jesus safeguarded His Increase or % Increase Per Capita Per Week ministry with constant vertical communi- Conference 1989 1990 Decrease — Decrease — 1989 1990 cation. Alaska 39,299.75 44,205.37 4,905.62 12.48 0.64 0.69 And yet, so often, we find that in "serv- Idaho 102,288.09 97,472.05 —4,816.04 —4.71 0.70 0.66 ing;' we inherit the wind of a troubled spirit; Montana 53,490.95 49,988.12 —3,502.83 —6.55 0.55 0.51 in displacing our dominant egos, we release Oregon 619,041.06 639,216.57 20,175.51 3.26 0.78 0.79 chaotic and destructive salvos elsewhere; in Upper Col. 417,651.03 425,726.11 8,075.08 1.93 0.75 0.76 serving we find, not peace, but destructive Washington 238,469.83 253,779.91 15,310.08 6.42 0.60 0.62 weariness. Union 1,470,240.71 1,510,388.13 40,147.42 2.73 0.71 0.72 Thank God there is an avenue of escape; a way offered by the designer to submit the body wholly to God; a pathway to joy in half of them, there would be no time left for "In 1891, the members in Boise purchased a servanthood; a guideline to peace under reading the Bible.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • List of New Thought Periodicals Compiled by Rev
    List of New Thought Periodicals compiled by Rev. Lynne Hollander, 2003 Source Title Place Publisher How often Dates Founding Editor or Editor or notes Key to worksheet Source: A = Archives, B = Braden's book, L = Library of Congress If title is bold, the Archives holds at least one issue A Abundant Living San Diego, CA Abundant Living Foundation Monthly 1964-1988 Jack Addington A Abundant Living Prescott, AZ Delia Sellers, Ministries, Inc. Monthly 1995-2015 Delia Sellers A Act Today Johannesburg, So. Africa Association of Creative Monthly John P. Cutmore Thought A Active Creative Thought Johannesburg, So. Africa Association of Creative Bi-monthly Mrs. Rea Kotze Thought A, B Active Service London Society for Spreading the Varies Weekly in Fnded and Edited by Frank Knowledge of True Prayer 1916, monthly L. Rawson (SSKTP), Crystal Press since 1940 A, B Advanced Thought Journal Chicago, IL Advanced Thought Monthly 1916-24 Edited by W.W. Atkinson Publishing A Affirmation Texas Church of Today - Divine Bi-monthly Anne Kunath Science A, B Affirmer, The - A Pocket Sydney, N.S.W., Australia New Thought Center Monthly 1927- Miss Grace Aguilar, monthly, Magazine of Inspiration, 2/1932=Vol.5 #1 Health & Happiness A All Seeing Eye, The Los Angeles, CA Hall Publishing Monthly M.M. Saxton, Manly Palmer Hall L American New Life Holyoke, MA W.E. Towne Quarterly W.E. Towne (referenced in Nautilus 6/1914) A American Theosophist, The Wheaton, IL American Theosophist Monthly Scott Minors, absorbed by Quest A Anchors of Truth Penn Yan, NY Truth Activities Weekly 1951-1953 Charlton L.
    [Show full text]
  • James Curtis and Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century Ballarat
    James Curtis and Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century Ballarat Greg Young This thesis is submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Education and Arts Federation University University Drive, Mount Helen Ballarat 3353 Victoria, Australia STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Except where explicit reference is made in the text this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified for or been awarded another degree of diploma. No other person’s work has been relied upon or used without due acknowledgement in the main text and bibliography. Signed (Applicant): Date: Signed (Supervisor): Date: When the intellectual and spiritual history of the nineteenth century comes to be written, a highly interesting chapter in it will be that which records the origin, growth, decline, and disappearance of the delusion of spiritualism. —Australasian Saturday 25 October 1879 Acknowledgements I am greatly indebted to my University of Ballarat (now Federation University) supervisors Dr Anne Beggs Sunter, Dr Jill Blee, and Dr David Waldron for their encouragement, advice, and criticism. It is also a pleasure to acknowledge a large debt of gratitude to Professor Tony Milner and Professor John Powers, both of the Australian National University, for their generous support. This project began in the Heritage Library of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute; I am grateful to the BMI for its friendly help. Dedication To Anne, Peter, Charlotte, and my teacher Dr Rafe de Crespigny. Abstract This thesis is about the origins, growth, and decline of spiritualism in nine- teenth-century Ballarat.
    [Show full text]
  • Dissociation and the Unconscious Mind: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on Mediumship
    Journal of Scientifi c Exploration, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 537–596, 2020 0892-3310/20 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Dissociation and the Unconscious Mind: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives on Mediumship C!"#$% S. A#&!"!'$ Parapsychology Foundation [email protected] Submitted December 18, 2019; Accepted March 21, 2020; Published September 15, 2020 https://doi.org/10.31275/20201735 Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC Abstract—There is a long history of discussions of mediumship as related to dissociation and the unconscious mind during the nineteenth century. A! er an overview of relevant ideas and observations from the mesmeric, hypnosis, and spiritualistic literatures, I focus on the writings of Jules Baillarger, Alfred Binet, Paul Blocq, Théodore Flournoy, Jules Héricourt, William James, Pierre Janet, Ambroise August Liébeault, Frederic W. H. Myers, Julian Ochorowicz, Charles Richet, Hippolyte Taine, Paul Tascher, and Edouard von Hartmann. While some of their ideas reduced mediumship solely to intra-psychic processes, others considered as well veridical phenomena. The speculations of these individuals, involving personation, and di" erent memory states, were part of a general interest in the unconscious mind, and in automatisms, hysteria, and hypnosis during the period in question. Similar ideas continued into the twentieth century. Keywords: mediumship; dissociation; secondary personalities; Frederic W. H. Myers; Théodore Flournoy; Pierre Janet INTRODUCTION Dissociation, a process involving the disconnection of a sense of identity, physical sensations, and memory from conscious experience, has been related to mediumship due to the latter’s sensory and motor automatism and changes of identity. In recent years there have been some conceptual discussions of dissociation and mediumship (e.g., Maraldi et al., 2019) as well as empirical studies exploring their 538 Carlos S.
    [Show full text]
  • Loughborough, John Norton (1832–1924)
    Loughborough, John Norton (1832–1924) BRIAN E. STRAYER Brian E. Strayer, Ph.D. (University of Iowa). Strayer taught history at Jackson (MI) Junior Academy, the University of Iowa, Southern Adventist University, and Andrews University for 41 years. He has written 10 books, 120 scholarly and professional articles, 40 reviews and critiques in French and Adventist history and directed three Adventist heritage tours of New England. He writes a weekly column (“The Past Is Always Present”) in the Journal Era and shares Adventist history at camp meetings, schools, and churches. John Norton Loughborough’s seventy-two years of ministry as a pioneering evangelist, missionary, author, organizer, and administrator had a major impact on the shaping Seventh-day Adventism.1 Early Life and Education Loughborough’s ancestors, John and Hannah Loofbourrow, emigrated from England to America in 1684 and settled in New Jersey. By the early nineteenth century, their descendants, the Loofboroughs, moved to Victor Township in upstate J. N. Loughborough 2 Photo courtesy of the General Conference of Seventh-day New York. Adventists Archives. John Norton Loofborough was born on Main Street in Victor on January 26, 1832, the second son of Nathan Benson Loofborough (1802-1839), a skilled carpenter, cabinet-maker, and Methodist exhorter, and Minerva Norton (1801-1894), daughter of a wealthy local family. Together they had five children: William Kerr (b. 1827), Minerva Jane (b. 1829), John Norton (b. 1832), Eber C. (b. 1837), and Sarah Diantha (b. 1840). Since John’s grandfather and father were lay preachers in the local Methodist Episcopal Church (which they had erected in 1820), John received a thorough indoctrination in Methodist beliefs at home and in Sunday school, church services, prayer meetings, and singing classes.
    [Show full text]
  • Psypioneer V3 N4 Apr 2007
    PSYPIONEER Founded by Leslie Price Editor Paul J. Gaunt Volume 3, No 4; April 2007 Available as an Electronic Newsletter Highlights of this issue: Malcolm Gaskill responds to ‘Psychic World’ article. 72 Book Review by Leslie Price - Harry Price Reassessed 73 The Causes of Past Failure – Herbert Thurston. 75 A Study of Stainton Moses – An address by A.W. Trethewy. 85 Spiritualists Support between Wars – Gerald O’Hara. 88 The Yorkshire Fairies. 90 John Tyerman. 92 How to obtain this Newsletter by email 95 ========================================= [Letter sent to Psypioneer from Malcolm Gaskill author of ‘Hellish Nell’ in response to an article in ‘Psychic World’, April, 2007 issue] Dear Sir, Readers following the saga about whether or not Helen Duncan was visited in Holloway Prison by Winston Churchill may have seen the recent contributions by Michael Colmer and Ray Taylor in Psychic World. Here Colmer asserts that the claim made by Duncan's granddaughter, Mary Martin, that Churchill did indeed pay her a visit must make doubting ‘armchair historians’ (of which I am one) change their opinions. No chance. Historians, armchair-bound or otherwise, rely on empirical evidence to determine truth. The fact that Mrs Martin swears the veracity of this episode because, as she is quoted, ‘my grandmother told me so’ is neither here nor there. Duncan was not a reliable witness. Taylor adds that ‘people who don't believe it, only rely on documents’. Quite so. There seems to be no end to this beguiling rubbish. It is true that there is no evidence to prove that Churchill did not visit Duncan in Holloway, but is it really very likely? Unlike the editors of Psychic World, I have read the Cabinet minutes and state papers involving Churchill from this time, and he was quite unbelievably busy with prosecuting the war.
    [Show full text]
  • Becoming Occult: Alienation and Orthodoxy Formation in American Spiritualism
    Becoming Occult: Alienation and Orthodoxy Formation in American Spiritualism by Richard Kent Evans, B.A. A Thesis In History Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Approved Mark Stoll, PhD. Chair of Committee Gretchen Adams, PhD. Aliza Wong, PhD. Dominick Casadonte Interim Dean of the Graduate School August, 2013 Copyright 2013, Richard Kent Evans Texas Tech University, Richard Kent Evans, August 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................................. iii I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 II. "YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY MY SAVIOR:" THE ALIENATION OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALISTS ..................................................................................................................................... 18 III. "MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU ARE DEAD: RADICALISM, NON-RESISTANCE, AND THE CHRISTIAN AMENDMENT ........ 46 IV. THE AESTHETICS OF EMERGENT SPIRITUALISM ............................................................... 67 V. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 85 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Review and Herald for 1987
    ADVENTIST Weekly News and Inspiration for Seventh-day Adventists August 27, 1987 WHO IS TEACHING STANDARDS? Eight Readers Respond : '1 • I I A Aki LETTERS China God for Us 13 flagship hospitals." I say they I would like to clarify a few Re "God of All Our Needs" (July have it backward. Sell the big hos- ambiguities in the published ver- 9). pitals and build more small sanitar- sion of my article "China" (July 23). I am a divorced woman who is iums in rural locations, using hy- While a few individuals may lonely and many times troubled drotherapy, massage therapy, and wish to reestablish a formal church over my circumstances. I have natural remedies and teaching organization in China, the General found that God is truly interested in proper vegetarian diet. Conference of Seventh-day Advent- all aspects of my life. Many times JEFFREY GRIMALDI ists does not have such a plan, since when tempted to give up, I have felt Princeton, Florida such organization is not permitted His wooing and His attempts to by the government. The Adventist draw me close to Him. It is a very Church has no identity, organiza- difficult thing for me to reject His Seein g tion, institutions, or departmental overtures; God knows me well I give thanks for the teachings of work in China, but we do have local enough to reach me in just the right the Master Artist and the host of church leaders. In some places they way. Many times He leads me to preachers who help us see ("Water- have built or rebuilt chapels.
    [Show full text]
  • Glossary of Spiritualist Terms and Techniques
    A PPENDIX A Glossary of Spiritualist Terms and Techniques automatic writing. A Spirit uses the medium’s hand to write replies to any number of questions posed; also practiced by amateurs as a way of strengthening their spiritual powers. As an added feature, a magic pencil sometimes floats. In such instances, the Spirits are asking the medium to begin writing. How it is done: The pencil hangs on thin metal or glass wires. clairgustance or clairlience. A taste or smell associated with the Spirit. For example, if you are trying to contact your mother, who was fond of gardening, a waft of rose water might be introduced. How it is done: aromatherapy. dermography, also known as skin writing. The Spirits literally write words or pictures on the medium’s flesh. How it is done: Invisible ink, likely lemon juice, is used. When held up to a candle, the ink grows increasingly visible. ectoplasm. A pale, filmy materialization of the soul, produced by the medium when in a trance state. Likely invented by Leah Fox (circa 1860). The last manifestation of ectoplasm seems to have taken place in 1939. Cambridge University has a sample; it looks and feels like cheesecloth or chiffon. Female mediums sometimes stuffed ectoplasm in their vaginas, necessitating strip- searches. See also soul and Spirit’s progress. lampadomancy. Flame reading. The messages might be conveyed by changes in flame intensity, color, or direction. How it is done: Chemicals can be added to a segment of the candle to make the flame flicker or change color. On the direction of the flame: a small hole in the table may allow 164 Glossary of Spiritualist Terms and Techniques for a flue to affect air- current.
    [Show full text]
  • Modern Spiritualism: Its Quest to Become a Science Creative Works
    Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Modern Spiritualism: Its Quest to Become A Science Creative Works 2021 Modern Spiritualism: Its Quest to Become A Science John Haller Jr Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/histcw_ms Copyright © 2020, John S. Haller, Jr. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN (print): 9798651505449 Interior design by booknook.biz This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Creative Works at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Modern Spiritualism: Its Quest to Become A Science by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Modern Spiritualism: Its Quest to Become A Science By John S. Haller, Jr. Copyright © 2020, John S. Haller, Jr. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN (print): 9798651505449 Interior design by booknook.biz Spiritualism, then, is a science, by authority of self-evident truth, observed fact, and inevitable deduction, having within itself all the elements upon which any science can found a claim. (R. T. Hallock, The Road to Spiritualism, 1858) TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Chapters 1. Awakening 11 2. Rappings 41 3. Poughkeepsie Seer 69 4. Architect of the Spirit World 95 5. Esoteric Wisdom 121 6. American Portraits 153 7.
    [Show full text]
  • Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United (1833–1955) States (1833–1955): an Annotated Guide, Ernesto A
    Anarchist Periodicals REFERENCE • ANARCHIST PERIODICALS Longa in English In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, dozens of anarchist publications appeared throughout the United States despite limited fi nancial resources, a pestering and Published in censorial postal department, and persistent harassment, arrest, and imprisonment. the United States Such works energetically advocated a stateless society built upon individual liberty and voluntary cooperation. In Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United (1833–1955) States (1833–1955): An Annotated Guide, Ernesto A. Longa provides a glimpse into the doctrines of these publications, highlighting the articles, reports, manifestos, and creative works of anarchists and left libertarians who were dedicated to An Annotated Guide propagandizing against authoritarianism, sham democracy, wage and sex slavery, Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States and racial prejudice. Nearly 100 periodicals produced throughout North America are surveyed. Entries include title; issues examined; subtitle; editor; publication information, including location and frequency of publication; contributors; features and subjects; preced- ing and succeeding titles; and an OCLC number to facilitate the identifi cation of (1833–1955) owning libraries via a WorldCat search. Excerpts from a selection of articles are provided to convey both the ideological orientation and rhetorical style of each newspaper’s editors and contributors. Finally, special attention is given to the scope of anarchist involvement in combating obscenity and labor laws that abridged the right to freely circulate reform papers through the mail, speak on street corners, and assemble in union halls. ERNESTO A. LONGA is assistant professor of law librarianship at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
    [Show full text]
  • PSYPIONEER JOURNAL Volume 9, No 04: April 2013
    PSYPIONEER F JOURNAL Edited by Founded by Leslie Price Archived by Paul J. Gaunt Garth Willey EST Amalgamation of Societies Volume 9,— No~§~— 04: April 2013 —~§~— 102 – Fraud & Psychical Research – Leslie Price 109 – From Home Shores to Far Horizons: Hester Dowden as a Child – Wendy Cousins 112 – New biography of Mrs Britten 114 – The Cathar View: The Mysterious Legacy of Montsegur (review) – Lynda Harris 117 – Henry Slade 1836c – 1905 117 – Dr. Slade’s Last Illness – Light 120 – Henry Slade: Spirit-Medium – Medium and Daybreak 127 – March 1866 – The Beginnings of Independent Slade-Writing – Marc Demarest 133 – Slate Written in Presence of Mr Slade – Britten Memorial Museum 134 – Some books we have reviewed 135 – How to obtain this Journal by email ============================= Please Note: Leslie Price retired from his previous work on March 25, and began work on April 2 as Archivist at the College of Psychic Studies in London. He will continue to be reachable on [email protected] Please check the e- mail addresses you have for him and delete any others. 101 FRAUD AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH A lecture to Society for Psychical Research, London on Thursday 28 March 2013. [Note by Leslie Price: As the booked speaker about trickery for 28 March was unable to be present, I was invited to step in, and chose this related subject.] An experienced parapsychologist writes: “Fraud is not simply a minor (or major) irritant for researchers. Fraud is one key to understanding the nature of psi — and the nature of the paranormal generally. The connection of psi with deception is pervasive; thus any comprehensive theory of psi must explain its strong association with deception.
    [Show full text]
  • Banner of Light V25 N26 11 Sep 1869
    * hi I Light 1 4 (WM. WHITE * CO.,) f $3,00 PER ANNUM,! VOL. XXV (Publishers and Proprietors. J BOSTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1869 I In Advance, ! NO. 26 Written for tho Banner of Light. ed as desiring to destroy a man—to cause him to all."i The shine ludicrous system can bo traced in ehurcli,.but when Spiritualism came it tore me SPIRITUALISM. TRUTH. lose his life and government; and the only ques- tlmI varying objections urged against Spiritual­ away from them all.” Thus it will bo found that tion is how to accomplish it. God being unable ism.I . • Spiritualists are those who are called from some­ Wo clip tho following candid lecture, reported UT MSB. c. o. BALL. to decide upon a proper of course of action, called Now if Spiritualism is a delusion, (said tlm thing else to something else. by W. J. Patterson, from tlm Okaw, 1IL, llepubli- a mass meeting in heaven, and, as chairman, ad- speaker,)i it is a giant delusion, which bullies the Did any one presume to declare that Spiritual­ can, as one of the signs of progressive times: ' Truth Is tbo ultimatum of all good: Mr. Boleig lectured <m the subjoctof Spiritual It springs from depths within tho fount ot llfb— dressed the meeting: ' world to find in what the delunDuxonslsts. Twen­ ism numbered elevon million idiots in its ranks? Philosophy, at tlm Court. House, on Monday oven- Sparkles In multifar’ouB rays of light. “ Who «hall porsuado Ahab, that ho may go up and Ml at ty-oneI years ago, at 'HyAA.wle'iN.
    [Show full text]