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MANCHESTER PROPAGANDA spontaneous experiences of telepathy. A man in Man­ MEETINGS. chester wakes in the middle of the night, and lias a convic­ tion that his brother in New Zealand lias died. Cables con­ firm the fact, and comparison of times show that it hap­ BE REV. 0. DRAYTON THOMAS ON “WHERE pened about (lie same time as he received the conviction. THE TWO WORLDS MEET.” Thought can travel across the world, as instanced by the experiments carried out in telepathy by Miss Miles and Miss The Manchester Central Propaganda Committee com- Bamsdcn, who arranged for one to transmit and one to k;i d its Winter session at Ardwick Picture Theatre on receive messages at a certain time on a particular evoning mday, the 5th of October. Despite the adverse weather each week, one being in England and the other travelling s»' 1,400 people were in attendance, and the usual en- abroad. They were very successful. nsiasm was in evidence. Thought bridges the separation of people on earth. Mr. Oaten (the Chairman) prefaced his remarks by a But while anyone can send out thought, very few are able fcrenco to the passing of their beloved friend, Sir Arthur to receive it. The difficulty is with the recipient. At the wan Doyle, and asked the audience to stand in silence present time no inventor has got within a thousand miles *afew moments as a tribute to his m em ory and his work, of inventing a machine which will catch and transform kthen introduced the Rev. C. Drayton Thomas, of Brom - thought into words. The only instrument that will do that y. who had been a member of the Psychical Research is the human brain, together with the mind within it, and •dety for many years, and had received many evidences there are some people who, when their departed friends come fthe¡activity o f his o w n re la tiv e s w h o h a d pa ssed b eh in d and stand close to them, are able to perceive, see, hear, and If veil. transform their thought into words. It is a very great gift. Miss Florence Leach contributed two solos, “ Coming Some people have been able to develop and refine that gift ome” and “My Home.” both feelingly and beautifully until, when we have the advantage of their services (me­ mdered. diums we call them ), we are able to hear in words the thoughts The Itev. C. Drayton Thomas, speaking on “Where that come to us from friends across the gulf of death. The if Two Worlds Meet,” said:— thing that is keeping hack the knowledge and reception of |hae is a distance to be bridged : trains, motor cars, this great truth over the world in general is the fewness of foplanes, the telephone and radio-transmission— these people with the adequate gift, or patience and skill to sd other comparatively recent inventions are enabling develop it. so that they can act as radio-receivers of thought unore and more completely to bridge distance. But it from the other side, and convince people that their own ¡Mother thing to bridge death. friends are speaking to them across the gulf. We talk so much, and think so much, about the change No month goes by that 1 do not-have a conversation death, but it is not easy to picture the condition that with my dear ones in the other world. »"'ill find ourselves in before very long. Then we may A barrister friend of mine in I/mdon found an un­ ►lie back to those we love, and find that there is a difii- cultured woman in (lie East' End, who was not a professional >■> making ourselves understood. We shall look at medium, but who was willing that he should hear her speak '¡Hn.and they cannot see us ; we speak to them, and they in trance. In his records he begins with the fact that he ** no notice of us. Here is an instance : My sister passed received a letter from his sister-in-law, Marion, who lived riTff suddenly after an operation, and became a wonder- in California. She reported that her son Ernest was very % able communicator. Through a psychic channel she well, but that she had hurt her foot. A few days after this me the following :— m y friend was sitting with the medium, and received a mes­ “ You were in your study standing near the table, sage from his wife, who had passed over some years before. "n which were several books ; you were too interested The wife said that her sister Marion would he coming over *n what you were doing to think of me. I stood near soon, hut t he son Ernest was coming first. Ho thought the )ou by the corner of the table, but you didn’t feel me message must he wrong. A week passed, and after nearly 'a the least. I w o n d e re d h o w it w a s th a t y o u d id n ’t a fortnight lie received a letter from Marion, saying that foel my presence. Then the guide who had come with her son had been admitted to hospital suffering from small­ md not mind, as m y studies on the subject on earth decease of either. ^ad helped me to understand the difficulties.” In such ways as these, when they get a clear line of they stand and look at us, and we are blind. They communication, our departed friends let us know how d SfK ilk to us, and we are deaf. It is not a question closely they watch us. There are some people who are ,, ^ u g distance, but of bridging changed conditions. very uncomfortable, and don’t want to believe that they . then, can the two worlds meet ? How can the are closely watched, but after 13. years of intimate per­ ^ bridged ? sonal study, I am convinced that those who love us do keep tare is a bridge by which both worlds meet. It is themselves informed regarding us. If we are not glad to taglit,” q']iafc }s the activity that unites mind through- think of the possibility or the certainty of their knowing j® universe. Thought bridges not only distance, hut our intimate life, there is something wrong, because if % of condition. We know it bridges distance, for things were right we would he glad of their knowledge, and 6&rf'b 8trange things happen unexpectedly, such as comforted by their sympathy. 604 T H E T W O WORLDS O c t o b e r 17, 1930

HYPNOTISM AND SPIRITUALISM. consciousness of the medium adapted, and also of the scious self of the spirit. The may be usedmj merely to create this modification in the consciousness HOW T1TEIR INTERESTS BLEND. the medium, but to produce physical phenomena." J .L .: “ The hypnotist cannot release ectoplasm:' Í d id not go to see the Rev. George Colo. lie came to see R e v . G eorg e C ole : “ N o . T h e o ccu ltists may. but me. He. is a man in whom the emotional and the intellectual takes a long and rigid training. The spirit method la. temperaments both find expression. He is not a psychic, therefore, an advantage over the other two. The advanti but he is a speaker of great power and ability. He is perhaps of the hypnotic m ethod is that the psychic faculties of 4 one of the best informed minds in the Spiritualist movement m edium are trained b y the hypnotist to observe the piieiKi-1 to -d a y . mena of the material world from a psychic point of vie», We talked about hypnotism. Mr. Cole is a hypnotist and that independent of space and time. If a spirit coos of some standing. Tlis knowledge of the literature on the in to co-operate, and that spirit gives the. contents of ¡u subject is extensive, and his ability to get suitable subjects own consciousness to the trained subconsciousness of l “ under ” is beyond question. 1 have seen him hypnotise hypnotised subject, then the facts in the life of the spirt an individual, free her psychic body for some time and then, when on earth are transmitted through the medium to the calling her back,ask her to describe what she had seen. She in q u ire r.” had met her dead relatives and talked with loved ones. She J.L. : “ In that case we are getting very corapkh had-not wanted to come back. evidence of survival ? ” The fact of hypnotism is beyond dispute. It does Rev. George Cole : “ Very perfect. It is the same« happen. Once, when Mr. Cole used it, it saved Tom Tyrrel’s trance control, but the advantage of the hypnotic method life. W e have heard a lot about hypnotism on its ordinary is that where entranccment of this kind takes many yews side. Mr. Cole was able to show me that it was intimately to develop through spirit agency alone, the hypnotist cm associated with Spiritualism. This is what he told me :— in d u ce tiie sta te in m u ch less tim e . H e can , as well, build “ The practice of hypnotism means the putting out of round his medium a protecting power against intiusios action the external self and awaking into conscious activity from meddling spirits.” and response the subconsciousness. The subconsciousness J.L. “ What, in view of your researches into lb consists of the suggestive layer, which is constantly in the subconsciousness, is your opinion of modern mediumship?'’ habit of carrying out the instructions of the waking self. Rev. George Cole : “ The m ajority of mediums merely It also consists of the memory layer, where the contents of make their psychic elements rise to the surface, and there the outer life are being perpetually registered. The memory is no ectoplasm associated with their mediumship whatever. layer is therefore influenced and modified according to the Ectoplasm is always associated with n-ally evidential habit of thought and action of the individual, which con­ mediumship. W ith the average medium there is no system­ stitutes his life in the material world.” atic training. There is sim ply an operation from the sub­ J .L . : “ W h ere, th en , a re th e p s y c h ic fa cu ltie s lo c a t e d ? ” consciousness, m ore or less assisted by the presence of some Rev. George Cole: “ You will find them in a deeper spirit entities. The result is invariably an admixture olfb layer still. When you come to the layer where the psychic subconsciousness of the medium and the consciousness of faculties are awakened into action, then, of course, you have the spirit. Indeed, there is a form of “ mediumship” which« such manifestations as clairvoyance, clairaudiencb, etc. very common now, and which has probably nothing to do They are responding and acting independently of the senses, with spirits. It: is possible for a medium to get into thesub- and thus we become aware of a region in nature which is conscious state and to then tap the subconsciousness of tie above that of the physical world.” sitter, and derive what appears to be ‘ evidential ’ informa­ J.L. : “ Have you conducted any experiments with tion. But this often rises from an inadequate or mistaken subjects who have been thrown into this State ? ” course of psychic development.” Rev. George Cole : “ Yes. For one thing, you find One cannot fail to see that in the realm of hypnotism, that in such manifestations as clairvoyance distance counts especially where it touches mediumship, there is a vast and. for nothing. The subject will see as well at. a distance of to the Spiritualist, important field for future inquiry, in­ perhaps thousands of miles away as he would near at hand. vestigation and research. He hears and feels in the same way.” J.L. : “Are we brought nearer to the spirit world? ” y . Rev. George Cole : “ This soul or psychic layer is the one adjacent to the spirit world. When a subject is put in LONDON LYCEUM DISTRICT COUNCIL. the deep hypnotic state his faculties may be released on that plane, and if told to remember what is witnessed when T h e annual dem onstration was held at Battersea Tow he awakes back to consciousness, he will act. accordingly. llall on Sept. 28th. An attendance of over 700 created > By the hypnotic method we can unfold the faculties of a record. The session was conducted l>y Mr- Albert E- psychic Li the extent of making him aware of the spirit Eruin (President), who was supported by Mrs. Fruin (Trw world, and in that way develop mediumship not by control surer), Mrs. Calway (Secretary), and other Council members- of a spirit, but by the independent action (under the influence Amongst (.hose present were a number of past-Prcsid®1* of the hypnotist) of the psychic himself.” and workers, including Mr. Myers Clegg, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Sm yth, Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard, Me*-1*- J.L. : “ 1 believe it has been found to give good results ? ” Ashley, Sclfe, and Williams. Miss Estelle Stead gave an inspiring address to Bov. George Cole : “ Yes. You can develop medium- children, after which she presented 2-1 silver medals to the ship, too, by another method— that of.the occultist. His winners of the singing and elocution competition. Mrs9* method is to still the turmoil of the outer waking self by R. and H. Boddington, Mr. Bolton, and Mr. Stewart repre­ , and to penetrate by concentration into what is sented the S.N.U. and L.D.C., Mr. Boddington giviug “ * called the ‘ Silence,’ and thus to become the witness of the greetings. The annual Silver Bell competition was won U psychic realm independent of mediumship. The same Hackney Progressive Lyceum. This was presented by series of processes may occur by the invasion into the con­ President, who also dedicated a beautiful banner for 1 sciousness of the subject, not of a hypnotist in this world, Tottenham Lyceum. The marching and calisthenics but by the action of an intelligence from the spirit world.” a b ly c o n d u c te d b y .Mr. D ick s, w ith M r. P ea rson as pi*11 J.L. : “ Which do you think is the best method ? ” The readings and responses were conducted by Lyceum* Rev. George Cole: “ It. is difficult to say. The ‘spirit’ me- and won high comment from the visitors present. A **■ thud has tliis ad vantage. When a spirit ¡ntcrforesitean release ectoplasm from t he body of the medium and make use of port of the event appeared in the D a ily M a il. that for enclosing part of the subconsciousness of the medium, for the purpose of manifesting its own conscious­ ness on the material plane. The result of that is. of course, R ighteous thought is the foundation of a be®ut' that the real manifestations are combinations of the Sub­ soul.— F rank Speaight. October 17, 1030 THE TWO WORLDS «0 5

SPIRITUALISM IN AMERICA. near me, but it was not clear enough for detail* d descrip­ tion . f 1 J Very soon after ¡Sir Arthur’s message came one from By lio n ace L ea f, F.R.G .S. my mother, containing a direct answer^toj^th«^question which 1 had written on a piece of paper, folded into four T A M essage from S in A r t h u r ? and placed on the floor just under the little table and close Whatever may have been my disappointment in *.o my feet. This paper Mrs. Pruden never so^much as rtperiences with physical mediums during m y second visit touched, and after my mother’s message, 1 picked up the to America, there can be no reason for dissatisfaction this paper from the exact spot on whioh 1 had placed it. My ¡¡me. If nothing more happens than has already occurred mother’s message was as convincing to me as Sir Arthur's, lshall have to regard this visit as rich with sonu'JoH.he best for it contained several peculiarities of her Btylo of writing, ggpariences in physical phenomena 1 have ever had. jf| even to a familiar mis-spelling. They began with the remarkable sitting that Iliad with Mrs. Laura Pruden, of Cincinnati, at Chesterfield ------# ------Spiritualist Cauip, the seat of all the wonderful experiences that have happened to me since m y recent arrival in U.S.A. THE LARGER WORLD. This Camp is outstanding in the quality of some of its mediums, and there are a great many practising, both of AUSTRALIA’S FORWARD MOVK. the mental a n d th e p h y s ica l o rd e r, e v e r y w h e r e on e sees Some live month ago it was announced t hat the Vic­ notices of Seances being held with a frequency that should torian Association of Spiritualists and the Melbourne Pro­ Ratify the greatest phenomena enthusiast. gressive Spiritualistic Lyceum had decided to amalgamate, The presence of Mrs. Laura Pruden in the same hotel and now two of the strongest Spiritualist organisations in js myself was an immediate cause of lejoioing, for 1 realised Australia are finally merged. .. One of the aims of the new that at last 1 might have a long-standing wish gratified, Society is to build a central Temple of Spiritualism in namely, to sit with her for a demonstration of her worid- Melbourne, and news to hand informs us that the prepara­ hrnous mediumship. Twice before had 1 been disappoin­ tions are now under way. ted when in her home tow n, Cincinnati, Ohio : once because The new building will be known as the “ W. H.^Terry ihe was too busy to see me, and once because I was too Memorial Temple,” and, according to Mr. W. Britton Har­ busy to see her. vey, ‘‘will constitute a lilting concrete expression of the Mis. Pruden is a sweet iady of advanced years, with the admiration and esteem in which tliis noble pioneer and kindest of faces and the softest of smiles. Nothing .gives promulgator of rational Modem Spiritualism was held by het greater pleasure than her work for the spirit world, a Australian Spiritualists generally.” It will be a great for­ fact easily appreciated when it is known that she will sit ward move in the history of Spiritualism in Melbourne. lor hours with the same person waiting for a message on Details of the Memorial are published in the current her slates or th ose th a t th e s itter m a y b rin g w ith him . issue of the Harbinger of Light, the Australian Spiritualist toe gentleman, a doctor of medicine, told me that at his monthly, which W. H. Terry founded and used during his interview witii Mrs. Pruden they sat for nearly four- hours life to spread the New Revelation. before any writing came, she holding the slates extended “ The Temple will be an imposing structure of in the air in a way that was itself a marvel of physical three storeys, will certainly be a credit to Spiritualism endurance and a miracle of patience. Then came the in Melbourne, and will doubtless give a much-needed writing, so true and so convincing that the gentleman is stimulus to the Cause, and greatly improve its local tow one of the firmest of Spiritualists. status,” states the H arbin ger. “The design, both A Pruden seance is usually a masterpiece of medium- externally and internally, embodies ornate finish with top, for Mi's. Pruden is much more than a slate-writing rolidity, and provides ample accommodation to meet medium ; she is also clairvoyant and olairaudient, and as ail the requirements of the combined Societies for •rule the sitting ends with a pretty piece of table rapping, m a n y year’s l o com e. during which the spirits say good-bye to the delighted “ It will be of lireproof construction in brick and -tier. All seances are held in broad daylight, the sitter concrete. The design is an adaptation of the classic. tedding the slates with the medium during the process of Bold Ionic pilasters, supporting an entablature and 'be writing. One can both hear and feel the writing going cornice, will lend dignity and impressiveness to the on, the slates vibrating under the movem ent of the pencils, facade. The ground floor of the building will be let ^d at the same time if the power is stong the slates will for showroom purposes, the frontage to Victoria Street wobble and squirm as if acted upon by some almost irresis- being finished with plate glass windows and showcases. lible power. An entrance on either side of the building gives access There is never a dull moment, even when the writing to the staircases leading to the auditorium above, whioh 14 • tong tiino co m in g , as M rs. P ru d en sits a n d ch a ts in a is spacious and lofty, and includes a raised platform. spiritually elevating way, or describes the spirit forms that The proscenium opening is ornate, and flanked with to sees, giving the names she hears and the substance of Ionic columns resting on pedestals. The coiling be­ to conversations the invisible visitors may wish to hold hind the proscenium opening will be covered to project *'ih tlie sitter. the speaker’s voice into the main body of the hall. Mrs. Lama Pruden is the most accomplished consoler “ On the floor above, overlooking Victoria Street, broken h earts, l l e r th ou sa n d s o f sittin g s w ith grief- will be situated the committee room, library and kit­ token people have tempered still more tinely a disposi- chen. Cloak rooms will be provided on the ground ll°U essentially adapted to sympathy and encouragement. and first floors. Steel frame windows will be used 1 had not the slightest thought of Sir Arthur Conan throughout, and the building will be mechanically )to in my mind when, in accordance with her wish, 1 ventilated.” to some departed friend asking a question. My e ®1Ce fell upon my own dear mother, and my question NRWS FROM CANADA. J*6 about matters connected entirely with my own affairs, Our Canadian correspondents notify us that Spiritual­ totogine our surprise wheu on opening the slates (there ism in Canada is making definite progress.^“ It is remark­ cre two of them placed together, the slate pencil with able to noto how much interest there is in Canada in the °h the writing was done being inserted between them ) Cause of Spiritualism,” the Rev. Ada M. Garrad, of, the ■ toiuM a characteristic message from our late friend and National Spiritualist Association of Canada, writes us i Mrs. Pruden was as intrigued as myself, for she “ 1 have had the pleasure of visiting many of the Western uo idea from whom the message was corning, There districts where Spiritualistic work is being done. Ho alternative but to share it with the public, and it “ In tli.;' Summer of 1029 1 visited the Province 44 already been published in T he T wo W orlds. of British Columbia, and found it very well taken ire Mr*. Pruden had once or twice during the seance told of by The British Columbia .Spiritualist. Association, of t'Ult she could discern the ligure of a big man standing 086 THE TWO WORLDS O c t o b e r i t , 1930

which Mr. George P. Young, of Glasgow, was one of the Mr. Swaffer advanced numerous reasons for the ti^ founders. Mow the organisation is very strong and that held him bound,Jgave|personaljpsyohicJevidences«yf doing wonderful work, and presents Spiritualism as were irrefutable, introduced the story' of Segrave and# it should be. broken chain (which has been previously recorded in Ij “ Feeling the urge to spread the truth of Spirit­ T w o W oiii.D S ), e m b o d ie d d a ta re la tiv e t o the healing*« ualism, I set out in February last to visit various cities work undertaken in the movement generally, and font in the prairies. My first stop from Calgary was .Medi­ home the disabilities with which Spirit ualists were <6 cine Hat, where Mr. and Mrs. J. lioberts, late of Black­ confronted in regard to t heir legal status, lie, too, recdn pool, are prominent workers. Their first attempts to resounding applause for his masterly lecture. spread Spiritualism in Canada began 24 years ago at Questions were perm itted, and both lecturers dealt *j) Winnipeg, when Mr. Roberts stood on a box in the most of those subm itted, giving general satisfaction by (Id market place to speak of the wonders of this great luculent understanding. movement. It was the start of a long mission.” A retiring collection was taken for the F.O.B. t««j. The Rev. A. Garrad tells us that her ordination service merit the usual annual collection of the Temple tliis month was conducted by Mr. George Bleasdale, of Manchester. It, is hoped to get the same lecturers to visit the w WCjCould point out many old workers in England who have them part of the city at a later date.— J.U.McF. T left^this country and resumed their mission in various parts of the world, but Canada seems to have claimed special "Vir attention. ------— SPIRITUALISM IN ICELAND. A TRAGIC TRANSITION. According to La Re rue Spirite (Paris) Mr. Florizel von Tim Portsmouth Temple was the victim of a very Reuter, the well-known violinist, has published an account severe loss following the meeting held in the Seals Pictd of his recent visit to Iceland in the journal, Z eitschrift fur Theatre. Mrs. Read, who was to entertain Mr. and ik l ’arapsycholoyie. He met with outstanding success. At Swaffer and Mr. Barbanell to supper, left the theatre shurtb Reykjavik he had to repeat his lecture on ‘'.Personal Psychic before the close of the service and went to her flat in la Experiences” several times, the hall on each occasion being heart of Southsea. it is situated over business premia unable to accommodate the lar ge numbers who assembled to and is reached by three flights of stairs. hear him, although the population of the country itself Within a few moments after her arrival one of Is only amounts to about 100,000 people. Everywhere he maids had occasion to go to her room to consult her ani found interest and a measure of enthusiasm. The Icelandic found, to her horror, Mrs. Read lying unconscious on tbe Society for Psychical Research has 400 members, of whom floor. She had apparently taken the journey too quick!;, six are University professors. and a doctor was summoned immediately. About midnigk she was rem oved to a nursing home, but within an hour A THE AMERICAN CONVENTION. had passed over. It has been subsequently gathered tfcat The Thirty-eighth Annual Convention of the Nationa* Mrs. Read had not been too well for some time. Spiritualist Association of America was held at Detroit, The funeral was conducted on Friday, Oct. 3rd. fc Michigan, from Oct. 13 to ISth. it was preceded by a N ewton, Vice-President of the Spiritualists’ National Unica, public reception and banquet in the magnificent banquet officiated at the service held in the Tem ple and also at 11* hall^of the Book-Cadillac Hotel, which was the headquar- graveside, where a large number of friends assembled. Ik ters^of the Convention during the entire week. The ban­ esteem in which Mrs. Read was held was evidenced in tk quet was attended by prominent Spiritualistic speakers and profusion of floral emblems, amongst which was a wrest! workers from all parts of America. Interesting symposiums, from the Portsmouth Temple, which read, “ She eared to which the public were invited, were held at stated times her promotion m the service of other’s.” I during the business sessions of the Convention. They in­ ------_ # ------cluded symposiums on “Spiritual Healing,” “Problems Confronting Spiritualism,” etc. The evening services con­ THE MISSING FACULTY. sisted of a varied musical programme, a lecture by a pro­ minent speaker, and clairvoyance by two or more mediums T h e Rev. Desmond Morse-Boycott, whose pen known throughout the country. GLEANER. now go a long way in compiling the modern type of news­ ------Hr------paper, recently discussed " Angela ” in the “ Daily Sketch- “ 1 have been trying to think of one Christian denominate MR. HANNEN SWAPPER AND MR. MAURICE which does not believe in angels, and have failed,” k BARBANELL AT PORTSMOUTH. admits frankly. “ One m ay assiune that just as in this life | the artist, the scientist, the doctor or the signalman is CONTINUING th eir very successful propaganda meetings, dowed with faculties to help the human race, so the angd> the above missioners visited Portsmouth on Sunday, Sept. have their jobs— to make the daisies in the field and 2btli, and spoke at a meeting at the Koala Picture Theatre, the rolling spheres, for instance.” (This will be new 10 which the Portsmouth Temple iiad hired for the occasion. th e m .) Over 000 people were crowded in, and some hundreds turned Mr. M orse-Boycott seems to have been given so mui“ away disappointed. space to fill, but on this occasion he has evidently i°u Just prior to the service the electro-gramophone be­ the job ditlicult. Twice he asks himself simple question®» longing to the theatre, which is operated from the talkie set, and replies, “ 1 do not know.” “ Borne claim to have «c# was used lor the purpose of recording the address given by angels,” lie says. “ 1 have never seen one. There *** ■Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and published by “ His Master’s many stories about angels, but who can say that fhe; *■* Voice.” So clear was the rendering that the voice pene­ authentic ? 1 uo not know.” trated to the farthermost recesses of the theatre, and was This is mere word play. How would Mr. Boycott ku"* followed intently“' by all. that sugar tastes sweet 'i lie would try it, of course» 800 The chair was taken by Mr. P. 11. Wheeler, the 1 Resi­ use his common sense. dent of the Temple, who was supported by Mr. Allen, the . . ______President of the Portsmouth Progressive Church. Mr. Hearst (London), Mrs. Swatter and the two lecturers com­ pleted the platfrom party. C o n c e n t r a t e on the beautiful, and tin- ugly Mr. Barbauell, who spoke first, dealt with the philo­ leave thee. Reach for the higher, and the baser will pa5“ sophy of the movement in many of its aspects, and in a very F r a n k Kp r u o h t . convincing manner forced home the facts of life’s con­ i have had striking evidence of the appear»1^' tinuity. lie exhorted his audience to be prepared for the materialised spirits in the seances. T h e y are e m bod» ^ certainty that came to all, amt received a well-merited a lluidie material (ectoplasm) and have all their faculb ovation for his lousing oratory. P rof. R obert H ak e. 0117 OCTOBER \.1, 1930 THE TWO WORLDS

but 1 maintain that no individual should think of going on NEWSY NOTES. to the platform as a medium too early.'.jit Eh not a matter of courage, but a question of psyohicipower. One of the Thk Great U n k n o w n . soundest criticisms of Spiritualism to-day is that it lacks Xot all the Romans dwell in Rome. There must be spirituality, a fact which many of our churches demo - L.d#y many h u n d red s o f m e d iu m s w h o sit w eek b y w eek strato all too clearly. To what is it due ? Surely t in-

in h o m e circles but who never-think of becoming actively general ignorance of the principles for which Spiritualism jisociated with the established Spiritualist organisation, stands. Lot us' have one day to teach them at least. yiiev are unknown to the public, and even Spiritualists tardy hear of their efforts. They work silently on the A H hajler’s W o r k . fringe of the movement, and however much we may deride A psychic healer at YVeisbaden has just been fined Co (heir attitude, their work lias its place and its value. After for using psyoliometry. He is described by the local press all, they are as much the instruments of the spirit world as "a new kind of quack.” Anyway, ho appears to have been a are others. able to euro disease. “ Ho diagnoses the ills of his patient« without putting them to tlio trouble of a visit,” says one | Powerful Medium s. paper. “They simply post him some article in their pos­ Many o f th ese m e d iu m s a re v ery p o w e rfu l, a n d y e t session, and by return of post they receive a document, there are a great number who never realise the full value of explaining their ailment fully, it is a remarkable fact that their gifts. Their position enables them to steer through the diagnosis is invariably correct, and only one patient has trials which, for their fellow-mediums, would simply spell lodged a complaint with the police.” it was in connection disaster. In their work we see the hand of the spirit world, with this case that the healer was fined. What if wo fined though the mediums themselves are often only dimly doctors for every case in which they failed 't liven the conscious of it. Without them, Spiritualism would be medical man does not expect to be invariably successful. greatly h an dicap ped - H y p n o t is m . Encouraging a n d H e l p f u l . Will hypnotism shortly be regularly practised by the 1 have sat witli several of those mediums during my medical profession ’< This question will be revived by the investigations, a n d h a v e w itn essed som e w on d erfu l p h e­ announcement which has just been made that Liverpool nomena through them. Many of them shrink from pub­ is in search of a ‘ ‘Psychiatrist.’ ’ Walton Hospital, which licity of any sort, though they are often encouraging and is situated there, is to be the lirst municipal hospital in cl it-, helpful in demonstrating survival to their intimate friends. country to provide psycho-therapeutic treatment for func­ They have been instrumental in introducing scores of more tional nervous disorders. Dr. G. J. Moyles, Chairman of enthusiastic sou ls in to S p iritu a lism , but th is is o n ly on e o f tire Hospital, has rightly declared tlrat it is impossible to the ways in which we have benefited by their work. exaggerate the importance of the treatment iu certain cases, and the step which is being made by the Hospital Curing Ca n c e r . will, if successful, probably load to siindar developments The interest in the Rees Evans cancer treatment is throughout the country. There are many people who hecoming more acute, i see that Dr. T. Bennett, Dean of believe that thousands of so-called “incurable” patients the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, has declared pub­ could be healed quickly and completely by the adoption licly that the raidum treatment will not live up to all Die of hypnotic treatment. claims that are made for it. '‘We are aware that it is at present very far from being a universal cure,” he said. Doctors W h o E now. ■Radium treatment unw isely applied has been responsible T h e Daily Herald, in a recent issue, published suing ier many unsuccessful results.” The Sjambok, a S ou th interviews with Manchester doctors on the value of hyp­ African weekly, published in its September 5th issue an notism as a curative agent. “ More doctors are interested article on the same subject, claiming that at Roodeport, in hypnotic treatment than most people imagine,” one doc­ about, twelve miles from Johannesburg. 2,000 people bad tor observed, “ but because of the lack of facilities and study been cured by a new treatment in forty-eight years. The and practical experiment they are prevented from doing treatment w as o rig in a te d b y a M rs. L a n d sb erg , w h o d ied useful work.” it is a sign of development that the work last year, unsuccessful in her attempts to get the medical of such men as Braid, Ashburner, and Bramwell is not after profession t o recog n ise h er w o rk . T o -d a y th e d a u g h ter is all to be allowed to sink into oblivion. Hypnotism has carrying on w h ere her m o th e r le ft off. always been supported by Spiritualists, for their experience in the psychic realm showed them from the first that there Physical Circles. was a vast territory of the human miud which had never been charted. The Liverpool authorities deserve con­ 1 have heard of a good many physical circles which gratulation on their forward stop, which, if generally adop­ have started with high hopes, and which have collapsed ted, should confer untold benefit upon the human race. alter a few’ months’ sitting, i Vo pie to-day will not sit to OBSERVER. develop the m o s t va lu a b le g ifts. T h a t is w h y th ey a re so ------'aluable. A reader writes to ask whether clairvoyance "uuld be helpful in his physical circle, and in doing so SHIRKING THE ISSUE. reminds me of an experience of my own. 1 once sat in a circle for physical pin momena which contained a couple Under the heading " Can Wo Talk With the Dead ‘ "f clairvoyants who enjoyed demonstrating their powers, Dr. Stanton Coit discussed in a recent article in “ Reynolds’ ''hen we barred the clairvoyance, the trumpet, which had Illustrated News ” the claims made on behalf of Spiritualism. hitherto remained silent and still, leaped from the floor on “ To the greater part of the Christian communities the 1

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If only a small percentage of these ivlateI a ctu a l ev e n ts , a n d th e m a jo r ity o f th em are falsified, tl* FRID AY, OcTOBifiR 17, 1930. we ought to kuow what percentage of these prumoniipj lias relation to facts, and what percentage has not. Concerning the lady above mentioned, who had til PREMONITIONS. recurring dream— it would be interesting to know how mail dreams_she has had of impending disasters, when no mm S e v e r a l daily paper« have given prominence to pre­ disasters occurred, it is, of course, easy, to single outtia monitions received by various people concerning the dis­ case that did com e off, if one ignores those that did not cuul aster which overtook the ill-fated R101. The " Daily Mail ” oil, and when it is so easy to record such incidents bet* the eveut, oue eau excuse the scepticism! of the individal reports one ease front JSantwich, Cheshire, of a recurring who says, “ if this warning was obtained before the evralj dream, in which Nurse Armstrong dreamt of the disaster why was it not made public, and why was not a waning) on two successive nights prior to the event, while another given which might have saved forty-six lives '■ ” case from Hull is one iu which a dream occurred at about W e are quite aware of the fact that to Haunt proplie the time the disaster occurred. Again, Mr. and .Mrs. Disley, cies a u d p re m o n itio n s b e fo re a s ce p tica l w orld would oultj parents of the wireless operator aboard the ltlO l, related result iu ridicule and probably persecution to those whole a very peculiar experience in which an alarm clock, which so, while in some eases they might be the means of doing had not been wound for live years, began to ring, and woke considerable harm by spreading uncomfortable niiuuufc the family up, about 2 a.iu. on Sunday morning, about the which would injuriously elfect the credulous aud the super very time of the disaster. stitious. Hut there is no reason why these warnings shouh We have received a number of letters from others who had been warned as to the disaster some days before the not be accurately recorded aud submitted to some iudepet- dent person— the Editor of the local paper, the Major H event. Un Friday, the 3rd inst., Mr. A. G. ltotli held a circle at which a number of people attended. He saw the magistrate of the town, a police official, or some other hell airship coming down in llames, and the circle was advised man of probity— or even dated and sent through the po£ to send immediate warning to the Minister for Air, but feel­ to someone closely concerned wit h tiie event. Of one thin* we are sure— we cannot expect the public to attach a higfc ing that they would only be laughed at, they neglected to value to the statements of people who are careless enougk do so. In a long message received from the late Captain Hinchcliffe through Mrs. Larle (which we have received to ignore the necessity of keeping exact records. from Miss E. W. ¡Stead), there are references to several Every circle and every Spiritualist church should havi warnings which lie had previously given concerning the its llecora Hook in which any special event should he cu«- 111 01 being unsafe, though the Captain evidently did not fully recorded and properly verified, and until Spiritual®*! realise the full nature of the disaster which would befall are prepared to be scientific in t \e keeping of their recurJ5 the ship. Captain Hinchcliffe says they cannot expect to win tie confidence of men vvhu adopting the scientific attvude towards life. If Spiritual* “ 1 shall never rest until 1 can force ury way to ists desire to be taker, seriously they must perform tin11 the men at the head of the Ministry for Air. in some task seriously. The recording and analysis of prenwo1' way 1 must make them realise the dangers of these lions and warnings is not a matter for curiosity and s,,IlS* monsters they are building. Very soon a fresh shock tio u , b u t fo r seriou s s tu d y . I t m a y o p e n th e w ay to a iwft* will wake them to tile realisation of the risks they are understanding of life aud consciousness, and lead lu incurring by building ships lighter than air, without a discovery of new laws. Events are transitory, and n**) complete knowledge of the slrain caused by gravita­ be comparatively unimportant, but laws are eternal » tion on so great a surface.” en d u rin g . And from several otlu r sources come stories of warn­ ings received before the event, which are only now made p u b lic. K in g s t o n S pikituajllst C iiu k c h .—A very inter»! it is, of course, easy to be wise after the event. That cerem ony was witnessed on Saturday, Sept. 27th, when 'h® “ coming events cast their shadows before” there can be no Florence l'hunix was married to Mr. G. 11. Jones ia doubt ; but if we may judge by the press, there must have president of the Ham pton Church). The serv ice was tab® been a conviction iu the minds of many people that the by Mr. J . W . Humphries (President of the Kingston < hurtb- airship was unsafe, and it is quite possible that the thoughts a n d m u c h in te re st w as ta k en iu th e se rv ice . The bride »»-• of men on earth may have given rise to many of these pre­ attired iu a pretty blue silk dress, with hat to match. monitions. While we do not doubt the probity and hon­ was attended by the niece of the bridegroom, " esty of the individuals who have received such premoni­ dressed hi pale green silk, and on her head wore a fe,;*r tions, yet it would be so very easy for them to allay all of flower's and pearls. After the signing of the regn¡star ti* doubt and all scepticism by making a record before the bride and bridegroom left to the strains of the event, and getting it carefully signed and w itnessed by men March.” Mrs. Davies (organist) played suitable of probity. There is no gainsaying the ii.it that hundreds tions before and after the service. Mr. and Mrs. J°ue° _ j , of accident« and unpleasant circumstances have been with them the good wishes of all the friends who had as* avoided by premonitions aud spirit warnings ; practically bled to wish them God-speed in then- new hie.— October U7, 1930 THE TWO WORLDS (1(19

CURRENT TOPICS. actors, and are just repeating the thoughts of someone else? After all, it is surely^true that the inner’ convictions of a man’s heart and mind have some effect upon the thoughts On Sunday next, the lilt}» inst.., the expressed. In every-day life it ip not difficult to distin­ The National Spiritualist. Churches will make their guish between the man who is really talking his soul’s con­ Fund of Annual Appeal for the National Fund of viction and the man who is reciting his part. In any public Benevolence. Benevolence, and we trust that every meeting there is all the difference in the world between the Spiritualist Church in the United King­ man who has to say something and the man who lias some­ dom will consider that it has a duty in this matter. Spirit­ thing to say. There has been some criticism of our own ualism has been established in the m inds and hearts of tens platforms, and we think the explanation of the criticisms of thousands of people as the result of the sacrifices made levelled very largely revolves around the same question. by those who gave time and service to its advocacy in days An individual who may be a good clairvoyant is expected to when persecution, contem pt, and victimisation were about give an address. He or she feels they have no particular the only rew ards m e te d o u t t o th e p ion eers. W e w h o h ave message to deliver, except that which their phenomena entered into the heritage which they have established, themselves convey ; blit they are expected to say some­ should not be unmindful of the labours of those who laid thing, and having nothing in particular to say, resort to so solid a foundation. When it is remembered that there continuous repetition of platitudes which everybody is in »re live hundred Spiritualist Churches aftiHated to the agreement with, which therefore excite no opposition. .s.N.U. (and probably half that number not so affiliated) This paves the way for their real work. Wc are glad to see it is surprising that the total donations received from chur­ that the Maryleboiio Hpiriualist Association (the largest ches does not amount to £500 per year, despite tin- fact Spiritualist Church in the Kingdom) have pet a good ex­ that a number of churches are generous in their support of ample at their Queen’s Hall meetings by engaging a speaker the fund. It is su rp risin g to fin d th a t n ea rly h a lf th e S p irit­ to give an address and a clairvoyant to give clairvoyance. ualist Churches in the country never contribute one penny It must surely be obvious that any individual can do one towards the Fund of Benevolence, and yet, but for the thing better than two things, and it is surely better to do labours of those who are now in want such chinches could one tiling well than two things badly. never have been established. It is, of course, easy to suggest that “ the spirit world has brought life and truth to this world,” but the spirit people are powerless to con­ We have claimed for a number of years Is It W ise that psychic phenomena need fine con­ vey their message without instruments through whom it ditions if they are to be properly pro­ may be voiced. We owe a debt to those who laboured in duced, and yet we too often ask a good clairvoyant to tiro the past, anil the man wiio is really honest pays ungrudg­ liimself or herself by a so-called address, in which no one ingly his debts . If October 19th is not the m ost convenient seems specially interested, and then, when the medium has date for your church, you should see to it that the first exhausted himself (to say nothing of the patience of his available date is selected. If your church is financially audience), he is asked to give clairvoyance. It is not fa ir hnl pressed, and cannot afford to forego its collections, to the medium. It is certainly not fair to the a u d ie n ce , will you see that some special effort or special meeting is and what is more important still, it is not fair to the s p irit Wd to send something along for the support of the old -world. There have been a few mediums who were both workers ? good speakers and clairvoyants, but they have been re m a rk ­ ably few, and even these have produced better results when Mr. liannen Swatter, speaking recently» their activities have been confined to one tiling a t a time. Abe We Poor, said of the Spiritualist movement ’• Are W e “ Judging by the position of the Fund of The French evening paper, L e S oleil, o f Heax ? Benevolence, the Spiritualist movement A n Marseilles, has been vieing wfith the is either a very poor movement or a very “I n v k -tuiatok” English press iu publishing special articles ®van movement.” W hich is it ? Many of those who are W ho B oes N ot on Spiritualism and psychical matters Wvv being helped are over eighty' years of age ; the great I nvESTIGATH 1 by a journalist who calls liimself "In­ Nority are very well over seventy. There are no ailminis- vestigator.” This gentleman (w'hoever he kative costs ; every penny contributed to the fund goes might be) appeal's to have very little knowledge of the sub­ 'direct ly to those for whom it is intended. Five hundred ject, and standing very strictly by the Itoman Catholic lurches ou gh t t o be a b le t o raise a s u m w ell in to fo u r condemnation of Spiritualism, he contrasts "the true %ires without unduly impoverishing themselves, and we miracles related in Scripture with the unfortunate imita­ bust that the twenty-third appeal on October 19th will tions and grotesque forgeries of Spiritualist cabinets.” a*ut with a steady response. A large number of Spirit- llis knowledge of the subject is so infinitesimal that he #alists have yet to learn that there is a law of compensation assures us that the theories of Allan Kardee are even more Fork in the universe : that those who sacrifice are build- prevalent in , Italy, England, Ireland, and above . assets ; that those who neglect to consider anybody all in the , than they are in France. It would “■a Hieniselves are weaving for themselves a coat of selflsh- probably surprise him to know that not five per cent, of the which may presently become a strait jacket. Love Spiritualists of England had ever heard of . sympathy can best express themselves in deeds, and The same would apply to the United States, and certainly 'v

CORRESPONDENCE. tation, which, as regards sm all-pox is simply not true, sm only in respect of overcrowding, which aggravates the spre* of all infectiousj diseases. S.N.U. FUNDjOF BENEVOLENCE. D id ou i' r e c e n tly d e p a rte d a n d re v e re d leader favou ^ ¡S iK ,— 1 have pleasure to report tlie following income this attitude in Spiritualists ? Did he ever express hi for September, viz. :— doubt in the efficacy of vaccination as a preventive of srnd ^ , j Walthamstow Lye. Chm'ch, special^meeting, Carlton pox, or that eaucer could be cured by applications ? Inan; Cinema, £2 10s. ; A Friend, per Mi's. Nurse, os. ; Johauni- case, for 1 ask for inform ation, did ho favour the inclusia suh-, 10s. 0d. ; Few Friends, Lewisham, 10s. ; Marylebone of these movements in the Spiritualistic programmes Association, for services rendered, 151 Is. ; F.D., Birken­ Spiritualists look up to him as a guide in spiritual mattes head, 151 Is- ; kJas. F. Bowermau, 152 2s. ; Mi', and Mrs. O. Surely they can trust him in matters in which he was sped Cabell, 10s. ; I’. W. Oversby, 10s. ; J. Tinker, 5s. ; C. Jessie ally trained. Al. 0. H. Vesel, 3s. 0d. ; Estelle, 151 ; Many a Little Makes a Lot, 2s. ; Kosa Gray, 3s. ; Fnaser Hewes, 10s. Od. ; A. S. Wormald, 10s. ; M. A 11.1)., 10s. ; Mrs. Lonsdale, 5s. ; Miss Emma SPIRITUALISA1 AND SECTARIANISM.

Smith, 5s. ; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bessant, 151 Is. ; Well- S i r ,—W hile 1 am in full agreem ent with most that Mi wisher, 10s. (id. ; Miss Jessie X. Man veil, £1 Is. ; Miss E. F. Boyds says in liis article, “ Let Us not be Sectarian,” is u A . Leresche, 10s. ; J. Arthur and Miss llill, 151 ; Convinced, not, in advocating the complete severance of Spirituals 5s. 0d. ; Kicliard Horsley, 1510 ; All's. Dean, 2s. Od. ; Airs. from all sects and creeds, making a distinct and separal George Thornton, 10s. ; Total, £27 14s. sect (or cult) of our belief, thus infinitely limiting its opptf The Committee are again grateful for the income re­ tunities of becoming the spiritual solvent, which in Godi ceived this month, and would draw your attention to the good time is destined to dissolve those differences whki Annual Appeal on Oct. 10th. To those who have responded now divide the great world religions. to the personal appeal we extend our hearty thanks, because 1 p refer t o ta k e th e b ro a d e r v ie w . 1^wantMu We realise that times are diilieult, but still the old folks look “ Christian ” Spiritualists, Jewish Spiritualists, Bud4hi to us to help them through to the journey's end. Spiritualists, Alahommedan Spiritualists, and every otfcd Thanking you in anticipation that all churches will variety of religion interested in our subject and intelligent! endeavour to do their best. investigating it. W hat does it matter what they call the® M a r y L . S t a i r , Hon. Sec. selves, and why should a Christian or a Buddhist Spirituals 3 2 b , North Street, Keighley, Yorks. be regarded as inferior to a plain (unsectariau) Spiritualist Is it not crystal clear that the existence of Spiritualist* (U INFINITE BEINGS. those in agreement with our seven principles) in all to g re a t w o rld relig ion s is d e v o u tly t o be w ish ed , for these wo«l S i r ,— 1 must thank Air. Evans for his clear expression of views in his letter appearing on Oct. 3rd. There indeed act as a leaven on their fellow religionists. Shall we ac«*- plish this desirable work if wo demand a complete renun« seems to be very little real difference between us on most tion of their life-long religious beliefs before admitting tha points. We agree that solar systems are not the result of blind law. 1 believe they are the result of eternal law, which to our communion 'i is life and love. Evolution proceeds from the simple and i regard it as being eminently desirable that sectawj less to the complex and greater, immense star systems Spiritualists should not sever their connection with tW orthodox churches, for by remaining members and pursuing glow from the activities of the minute living electrons ; great spirits also are the production of vast and lengthy the policy of peaceful penetration, the more easily canto activities and experiences. All are subject to and are the masses of orthodox religionists be leavened. As Sir A Conan Doyle truly says, there is nothing in Spirituals« results of the eternal law of life and love. Alan, under the contrary to their religious beliefs, and 1 consider it is to law, has become capable of controlling, of designing and planning. W e may well believe that there are great spirits the duty and privilege of Christian, Jewish, etc., Spink alists to induce and assist then- co-religionists to proveto of unimaginable ages, experience and intelligence, whose truth of survival and communication for themselves. powers of planning ami executing are correspondingly great. Aly great wish is to see the Christian Church broi But we have much to learn about such beings, if they exist. hack to the true course which her founder-captain set b 1 think it is far wiser to pray direct to the Supreme Eternal Cause. We do not know whether the finite spirits are avail­ her, and which she faithfully followed, to her groat adv«r tage, for the lirst three hundred years. Emphatically able or most capable. It is better to leave such matters to the spirits themselves, who are free to do what is best for us do not wish to see Spiritualism “ boosted” as the la* greatest and only genuine religion, for it is far more if we appeal to the Supreme. Our prayers, however, should that. The early Christians were not only earnest Sp“® be principally for spiritual development, for oneness with alists, in the best sense of the word, but spiritual heal®! God in will. We should not allow the thought of anyone or and trance addresses formed an important part of W anything to come between ourselves and Supreme lnlinite aud the “ Communion of Saints ” was, to tb® Being, but we may thank and praise Him for His myriads services, of bel* of beautiful manifestations, seeing Him in them. a daily demonstrated fact, not a mere profession set out hi au imperfectly understood clause in a creed, A . L . W a w e h a m . it has now degenreated into in orthodox places of " jr6“( lx-coioto -*•i agree ” with — * ------Air.------Roydsj — ------that------orthodoxy—— * is A F K O T E S T . more and more Spiritualistic in its sermons aud art«' SIR,— I have been a reader of your paper for a few the press, but 1 regard this as being the tirst throes 0 months as a student of Spiritualism, and 1 regret to lind re-birth of the Church and her return to the primitive that it appeals to me often to go out of its way to include plicity and purity of the early Christiau faith, as controversial matter quite alien to the Spiritualist movement Christ, placing Christ above creed, and substituting, proper. Am 1 right in suspecting that an attempt is being for theology. Of course, orthodoxy will not admit le*BOT made to rope in all the “ antis,” with the object of streng­ anything from us, but can we not quietly smile to thening the movement ? Such an attitude must tend to truths which we stand for being taught by those antagonise many earnest thinkers. Such extraneous sub- nounced these self-same psychic phenomena as behB jects as anti-vaccination, anti-vivisection and cure of cancer th e d e v il ” ? ^ can hardly serve as useful ballast for the good ship of Spiritu­ Every human cause must have a leader " k1** alism. They will only tend to overload and sink her. souality and ideals appeal to the mentality auu ^ Even in your article on “ The Will of God ” in your ment of his followers, in Christ, Mahomet and the 0 issue of Oct. 3rd you could not restrain a jibe at the medical we perceive such divine messengers, for profession when you say that “ quacks ” (although in the God sends His teachers unto every ogOi same issue you draw attention to the claims of real “ quacks” ) To every clime and every race of man, may claim that the elimination of small-pox and cholera With revelations htted to their growth ^a mistaken coupling, by the way) is due to increased sani- m in d . 1L A i a e * October 17, 1930 THE TWO jWORLDS 071

NEW CHURCH IN SOUTH WALES. TRANSITIONS.

We are glad^tojannounce that after several attempts a Mlts. DAVID GOW (L ondon). ¡¡jtional Spiritualist Church has been founded in Aberdare, J ust as we go to press comes the news of the transition South Wales, ^ it is^situated at the rear of 18, Gloucester of Edith Kate,wife of David Gow, the Editor of “ Light,'’ who Street, in the^centre^of the town, and will extend »»hearty passedjoehind the veil on tho evening of Saturday, Oct. 11th, lelcotnu to all visitors. The church will accom m odate some after a particularly painful illness. The primary cause of 130 people w ith c o m fo r t , a n d m u ch o f its su ccess is d u e t o the work of Mrs. Elsie Lewis, the leader. About a fortnight deatli was the failure of the heart, winch had caused her anxiety lor some considerable time. igo^tke harvest festival was celebrated, when the church The valuable work which Mr. Gow has done for tho «¿¿beautifully decorated, and the service was well sup­ Spiritualist movement has endeared him to the hearts of plied. many, but few know how often a man’s suoces is dependent upon the faithful companionship^)!' the oue who cares fol­ ium iu the quietude of his home. The sympatiiies oM.rue PSYCHIC PICTURES EXHIBITED. Spiritualists will go out to Air. Gow and family in the hour of their physical loss. May the sympathies of many friends Pictures which the artist claims were “ drawn under and the ministrations of a higher life sustain them 1 psychic intluence” are being shown in the Exhibition of the Stock iixoliange Art Society, which opened recently at the Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Street, London. They are Mas. VERA MERVYN (SHEL'iiEitns B ush). the work ol'JVlr.^Gil bert 1’. Cooke, of W em bley Park, and it May 1, through the medium of your paper, be per­ is dated in^the^press that m ost of the drawings were done mitted to render an appreciation ol Mrs. Vera Morvyu, of under control at night. 52, Pennard Road, Shepherds Bush, W., who was called Some unfinished sketches show how Mr. Cooke works. to the Higher Life very suddenly on Thursday,the 9th iust.P First ho draws a geometrical design, remarkable for its Airs. Mervyn, although a well-knowu and gifted medium, symmetry, and from this is evolved in crayon a figure study did not appear much on the public platform, but was known with a strong Eastern influence. Some of the ligures have to many earnest Spiritualists and inquirers after truth in wie, penetrating eyes. The main lines of the finished the hallowed sanctuary of her own home. As a natural picture are outlined in lead in the mamier of a stained medium she gave her first, trance address at the age of glass window. seven within the sheltered cloisters of her childhood's ------# ------homo, and from her early years until her passing she proved herself to be a sincere worker in the cause we support. LIVERPOOL ENTERPRISE. For some time she helped Mr. Craddock, the well-known materialising medium, and, indeed, assisted with and took Two out-of-the-ordinary meetings were held by the an active part iu every form of phenomena that was of Liverpool (Daulby H all) Church recently". value in the movement and to mankind. Her Sunday On Sunday, Sept. 28th, a meeting was held at 8-15 evening addresses (deep trance) emanated from a very pm., when a number of friends assembled to discuss, after spiritual source, aiKl her guides’ influence for good on those the future of the church. Mi’. Ernest A. Keeling (the who had the privilege to hear them was permanent and far- President) outlined the liuancial position, and Some of the reaching. i myself have been wonderfully protected and activities which the committee had in mind. The discus- cared for, and no appreciation ol mine can luliy portray tho S'ou which followed showed a very’ keen enthusiasm on the love whicn 1 bear lor them ami ner. Her little home circle t*ft uf the members, and no doubt will assist the com m ittee was conducted under the most spiritual conditions, and 1» its work. many line mediums who blossomed in tbis circle are now A watch-night service was held at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, working for the movement, both in the homeland and ^pt. ;>(jth, and lasted until 12-15 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. abroad. Airs. Mervyn’s sudden passing, due to a fractured *>thedate which marked the beginning of the church's full limb, was predicted to her sitters some time ago. Iu writ­ Passion of the premises. A large circle was formed, ing this love tribute 1 speak not only for myself, hut lor Cumbering III) persons, and was opened with the singing of very many others who have derived so much spiritual hone- * hymn, “How Pure in Heart.” Evidence was subse- fit through her work and iuliuence. ¿Vs a medium 1 revered given of the presence of several of the promoted and respected her. She will continue her untiring efforts *wkers, who proved to be still interested in the welfare for the cause from the sphere in which she now dwells. 'J Wie church. Her friends in all parts sympathise with Air. Alerviu and ------# ------family in their great physical loss.— G uise R utherford.

THE “ HEELEOTOORAJPH ” DEDICATED. Alv experiments in Spiritualism conclusively establish A small party of persons associated with Spiritualistic the existence of a new force, connected with the human were present recently at the “ Beacon,” 102, Vine- organism, and may be called psychic force.— Sir W i i .t.i a m llill Road, Wimbledon Park, when Miss Estelle SO‘ad Crookes. hued the dedication ceremony of the “ Retlectogruph,” I HAVE seenJKato W ood, the^medium, in the centre of instrument devised for spirit-communication. They the room clothed in black, ^r’rum her feet came a string of r ^ d Mrs. Champion de Crespigny, Mr. Denis Conan white substance (ectoplasm) and formed itself into a speak­ ¿ ylt> mud Mr. B. K. Kirkby, tho latter of whom was the ing child.—-Thomas B akkab. ^ mveutor with the late Mr. George Jobson of the new ÍÉtfument. R itual killeth the spirit, leaving the Church dead to . Prior to th e d e d ic a tio n th e H .M .V . r e co rd , “ C on an inspiration, tilhmiraole is to-day looked upon as fraud, a n d Ft Spent mg,” was played, Mr. Kirkby referring to Sir inspired ones are ridiculed b y the dead souls who believe ¡n *> interest in the invention. in a precedent.—F ran k Str a ig h t.

. “• de Crespigny said she had long been interested in M b . G . T av le r G w inn.— Air. H. Brycesou notifies ‘mdrunyjut, though it had not been easy to get all to us that the health of All-. George Tayler Gwinn is causing sympathetically, but Sir bad, she some anxiety. While there is no actual disease, he is k 'c®> Confirmed its usefulness, and would back it to suffering from great weakness, and we bespeak the heating j ' thoughts of his many friends. Air. Gwinn has very faith­ meeting, which was fully reported in the W inible- fully served the cause for a number of years in London, ^ “ *>etiiser, was later addressed by Mr. George Jobsen, and was for two years Bresident of the Spiritualists’ National * * * through Mrs. Siugletou, the medium associated Union. \Y e trust the result of the concentration of friends he new venture. will be a speedy return to normal health. 07á T H E T W O WORLDS October 17, 1930

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. HARVEST FESTIVALS. South Manchester National Spiritualist Pendleton Spiritualist Church, ighitei i hambers B road i ACTON. Church and Lyceum, 94, H . ) C , S Princess Princess R oad, The Acton. Spiritual Mission held Moss Side, Manchester. S u n d a y . O u t . 19th. a t <5-30 sail their third Lyceum anniversary and Mrs. K N O W L E S . harvest festival on Sept. 28th, the hall Sunday, Oct. HItii, at <>-80 A 8-15, Monday, a t 3, Open Circle. boing tastefully decorated with har­ M r s . H O F E . A t 8, PSYUHOMETUY. vest gifts for the occasion. The Ly­ Monday, at 3, Mrs. Ryder. At 8, W’ednesday, a t 3, Mrs. Grange. ceum session was conducted by its Members’ Class. A t 7-30, Healing Circus. leader, the Lyceumists rendering re­ T uesday, at 8, Open Circle. At 8-30, Open Circle, Mr. Jenebm citations and musical items, which T hursday, at 8 and 8, Miss Smith. Thursday, a t 8, Mrs. WolfendaiA were much appreciated by a large F riday, at 8, W hist Tourney. I,-. F r i d a y , a t S, O i en Circle. audience. During the session the Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mr. Grayson* Mrs. W oolfenden. leader was presented with a bouquet S u n d a y , Out. 26th, Mr. .T. Ciiambb of pink carnations as a token of appre­ Manchester Central Spiritualist Church LAIN. ciation from the Lyceumists. At the 5, Parsonage, B lackfriars Street. L y c e u m e v e ry S u n d a y at 2-30. evening meeting Mr. Whitmarsh gave an appropriate and interesting address S unday, Out. 19th, at II and (5-80. Salford Central Spiritualist Church, to a very large congregation. The M r . II. B. TY R10 R, Dipl. S.N.U. S t . Philip’s P lace, Chapel Streh choir rendered the anthem, "The Monday, a t 8, Mrs. B uchan. Children’s Hour." On Monday, attera W ednesday, at 8, Discussion Class. S u n d a y , O c t . 19th, a t 2, Lych# social evening and fruit supper, the Sunday, Out. 20th, at 11 a n d 0-30, A t 3-15, Circle, M r . BOLD, j produce was sold in aid of the Bene­ Rev. A rthur Ford. volent Fund. In four years the con­ Silver Collection at All Meetings. At 6-30 and 8, M r . G. F. KNOTT gregation of this church has grown to (R.S.L.U.). an average weekly attendance of over Manchester Central Discussion Class- 150. Monday, at 3 and 8, Mrs. HobebS W k d n k s d a y , O c t . 2 2 n d , a t 8. Tuesday, a t 8, Circle, Mr. Mixxhse “Theosophy and the Truths of All W ednesday, 2 a n d 8, Mrs. SpbscsI R Y D E . Religions.” Thursday, a t 8, Members’ Class The Hyde National Spiritualist E. W. PONTEFRACT. E s q .. Secretary Conducted by Mrs. Lee. Church held their liarve t festival at Manchester Lodge, Theosophical Soc. Sunday, Oct. 26th, AnniversaM their headquarters. Belvedere Hall, Everybody Welcome. Discussion. Sunday, Mr. T imms. Belvedere Street, on Sunday, Oct. 5tli. The members’ and friends' love Manchester Society of Spiritualists, F v e r y S a t u r d a y , 7-30, SOCIAL, and gratitude to God was displayed 38, Maskell Street. ______Befreshments included. in the many beautiful thanksgiving S u n d a y , O u t. 19th, at 10-30, L yceum. Blackpool Nations! Spiritualist (¡hunt offerings of corn, wheat, fruit, vege­ and Lyceum, tables. and flowers, and the decorative A t 0-30, Miss ELLIOTT, A.N.S.C. A l b e r t R o a d . work of the earnest baud of workers Monday, at 8, Mr. McCommon. W ednesday, at 3 and 8, Miss Lomas. who laboured to make it look so Services : charming. Miss Butcher, S.N.U., of Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mrs. Crompton. Northampton, was the speaker and Sundays : L yceum at 9-30, PdbK clairvoyant, and the thanksgiving Collyhurst National Spiritualist Church Circle at 11, Services at 3 and 6-» Collyhurst St., Manchester. offerings were later distributed among the sick and needy- Oct. 19.— Mr. B erry. Sunday, O c t . 19th, at 10-30, Lyceum. Oct. 26,— Mr. E ly, Manchester. At 3, 6-30 and 8, SERVICE. Nov. 2.— Open. SUNDERLAND. Nov. 9.—L yceum A nniversary. JIBS’ Monday, at 3, and 8, Service Derwent Street Society has just Nurse, U.N.U.. Rochdale.^ W ednesday, at 3 and 8, Service. held a remarkable harvest festival, Bournemouth Christian Spiritualist when Mr. T. Dowell Todd, the Presi­ dent of the church, was the speaker. Longsight National Spiritualist Society Church, . hkpley treet (opposite Pit Commercial R oad, opposite Lied« Mrs. Petrie (vice-president) occupied S S the chair. There was a fine display of Entrance, King’s Theatre). T h eatre. fruits and flowers, while an attractive unday ct th yceum S erv ices Sunday, a t 11 and 6-3®> feature was the rendering of special S , O . 19 , at 2-30. L . PILKINGTON. Address and Clairvoyance. hymns hv the choir under the direc­ At 0-45 and 8. Mu. Tuesday, a t 3, Psychometiy tion of Air. Slimin, and the singing, of Monday, at 8, Open Circle for ednesday t o two lovely solos by Mrs. Bain bridge, H ealing and Clairvoyance. W , 7 9, Healing Tread® Tuesday, at 8, Mrs. Pitt. Friday, a t 7-30, Psychometric in spite of a very wet evening, the services proved a great success. T hursday, at 8, M r s . W ilmott. Saturday, at 8, Open Circle. Bournemouth Spiritualist Church, Sunday, Oct. 26th, at 6-30, (Afliliatcd to the S.N.U-) WATFORD. LYCEUM OPEN SESSION. 16, Bath Road On Sunday, Sept. 28th, the Spirit­ At 8, Mbs. A. Spencer. ualist Centre, 210, High Street, cele­ Resident Minister, M r . F rankT. BU® brated its second harvest festival. The Miles Platting Progressive Sp. Church hall was packed, and there was an Coglan Street, Lodge Street. S u n day Services a t 11 and 6-3Ù- abundance of vegetables, fruit, and T uesday, a t 8, P henomena- flowers, which were afterwards sent Sunday. Oct. 19th, at 3. Circle. T h u rsday, a t 3 , P henomena to the Gosling Home for Aged Women. At 0-30 and 8. M r . R O W S O N . A t 8, E ducative L ecture a®1 Mrs. Carrie Young was the speaker, Monday, at 3 and 8, Mrs. D umville. D iscussion. . a both morning and evening. The wor­ W e d . «V Sat. at 8, Public C ir c l e s . F r id a y , a t 6, H ealing. it kers deserve the greatest credit for T hursday, at 3 and 8. Mrs. Chapman. tendance to give treatment to s n iffi the decorations, which were very much Sunday, Out. 20th, Mr. Roberts. Bournemouth Spiritualist a d m ired . Moss Side Progressive Lyceum Church Ch a k m in s t r r R d . (opposite l«®““1 Above 64a , Gt. W estern Street. Wood Road), B ournemouth WATFORD. Sunday, Out. 19t h , at 2-45, Lyceum. Sundays a t 11 and 6-30. The third harvest festival of the A t 6 -3 0 , Mr. R. P. BOSTOCK, Dipl. A ddress a n d C lairvoyant - ^ Christian Spiritualist Church was held S.N.U. Silver Collection. T uesdays a t 7-30 & Thursday» * in the llalsey Masonic Hall on Sunday, A t 8 -1 5 . M r s . F k l Lo w s . Clairvoyance a n d Spuut ^ Oct. 5th, amidst many harvest decora­ T u e s d a y , a t 8 -1 5 , O p e n C i r c l e . Thursdays, a t 7-30, A ddress tions. Every available scat was occu­ T h u r s d a y , 3-15 & 8-15, M r s . F e l l o w s Clairvoyance. ^ pied. and many had to stand. Madame S a t u r d a y , at 8, O p e n C irc l e . Local Clairvoyant : Mrs. W- 0- ® Bishop Anderson conducted file ser­ vice, and the clairvoyant descrip­ Moston Spiritualist Church and Lyceum Brighton Central Spiritualist C h , tions and messages following her ad­ Church Lane, Moston. Central Hall. 147, North dress were all recognised. (Facing Ship Street). _____ M _____ Sunday. Out. 19th, VV LYCEUM OPEN SESSION. Sunday. Oct. 19th. at 11-158B^1 W a n t e d in S.W. Loudon, Two At 10-30. .Mb. P A R K E R . At 3. Open M r s . N U T L A N D . Young Girls (14) to train as Domestic Circle- At 6-30, Open Session. Address and Clairvoyance- Helps. Lyceumists preferred. Com­ W ednesday, at 8, Mbs. L angford. Mon da y, at 8, H ealing municate "Secretary." I.S.O., 70, Bed­ T hu rsday, at 8, A ddR*35 ford Road, Clapham, S.W’.4. Support Our A dvertisers. C lairvoyance- October 17, 1930 T H E T W O WORLDS 073

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. national Spiritualist Church, Brighton Worthing Spiritualist Church, Chiswick Christian Spiritualist Church. Mighell Street H all. Grafton Road. H arvard T owers. 56, H arvard R d . (Off Wellesley Road, in rear of Gunnersbury Station) brani;, Oot. 19th, at 11-15 and 7, Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11 and 6-30, Mrs. R . D A R B Y , M r . PERCY SCllOLEY. Address and C la irv oy a n ce. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11, Ko.vday, at 7-45, P ublic H ealing T hursday, at 3, Members Only. M r . W E L L S . Circle. At 6-30, Mrs. B . Stock. A t 6-15. M r . MURRAY NASH. ffEpyESDAY, at 8, Public Meeting. W ednesday, at 7-45. Mu. E l l a . Barnsbury Spiritual Church, Dover Spiritualist Church, 50, Hillmarten Rd., Holloway, N.7 Clapham S.n dualist Church, Caxson Hall (Entrance Market St.) O p p osite Oi.Ai'iU'i North Station Sunday. Oct. 19th. at 7. Bedford R oad, Claimiam, 'S.W. 4 Saturday. O c t . 18th, a t 7-30, and Mr s . FLORA MOTE. Address and Clairvoyance. Sunday, Oct. 19tii, at 11. Circle. ¡today, Oct. 19th, a t 11 a n d 6-30, W ednesday, at 8, A ddress and A t 6-45 for 7. Mrs. B E A C M O N T - Mrs. FRANCES LEVITT, Clairvoyance. S fO A L L , Address a n d C la irv o y a n ce . Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mrs. K ennedy. Address and Clairvoyance. Mo n day, at 3, Ladies' Meeting, Psy- Eastbourne Spiritualist Society, Battersea Spiritualist Church, cb o m e try . Dickens Fellowship Hall Benneri.ey Hall, Bf.nnerley Road, At 8, Healing Circle, Magnetic Healing Upperton R oad. Northcote Road, Battersea T hursday, at 8. open discussion (Affiliated to S.N.U.). Group. Subject, “ Evolution.” M r . W . Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 3-30 and 6-30, Manning, S p eak er. Mils. LILLE Y. Sunday, Oct. I 9th, at 11. Friday, at ,S, Meeting for Clairvoyance At 8, Open Circle, Mr. BURTENSHAW. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mils. W irdnam . " edxesday, at 7-45, Open Circle. At 3, Lyceum. A t 6-30 Mils. F. KINGSTONE, Cricklewood Christian Spiritualist Soc Kenton Spiritualist Church, Address and Clairvoyance. Ashford H all. 41, A shford Road, Northwick Park H all. ricklewood N .W .2 . Monday, at 8, Mils. Ed e y . M em bers C , Stations: Northwick Park (Met.) and and Friends. Kenton (Bakerloo). Sunday, Oct. 19th, a t 3 a n d 6-30, Thursday, at 8, Mrs. F illmore, Clairvoyance. Mr. A: Mils. B IL L E T T , Address and Clairvoyance. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at. 6-30, Monday, Oct. 20th, Mr. .Tones will Mrs. JOHN MENZIES, Address. attend from 2-30 to 6 to diagnose and W ednesday, at 3. Circle. A t 8, ils E . ines Tuesday, at 3, L adies’ Meeting. give treatment and advice on Health M . H , Address and Clairvoyance. Thursday, at 8, Mrs. E . Clements. and Dietetics. Sunday, Oct. 26th. Mrs. Cooke. ------Battersea Christian Spiritualist Church Croydon National Spiritualist Church tamsgate National Spiritualist Church Unity H all, Falcon Grove, B road Green H all, H andoroft R d . nr. junction London Rd.,W est Croydon Chatham Street, R amsgate. Near Claphatn Junction, S.W. Sunday. Oct. 19th, at 3-15. Lyceum. Saturday, Oct. 18tii. at 7, and S unday. Oct. 19th, at 11. Circle. At 6-30, Meeting transferred to NorJ Styday, Oct. 19th, at 3 and 6-30, At 6 -3 0 , Miss RUTH GOLDSMITH, Address and Clairvoyance. bury Cinema. T uesday, at 3, Ladies’ Meeting. Mils. GOODE. Monday, a t 2-30. L adies’ Meeting Svsimy, Oct. 26th, Miss L. T homas. W ednesday, at 7-45, Miss .1. Proud, — ------M r s . P e t e . Clairvoyance. Saturday, at 7-30. Healing Circle Richmond Spiritualist Church AND PSYCHOMETRY. T hursday, at 3, L adies’ Meeting, Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mr. Buchan Ford (The Free Church), Sunday, Oct. 26tii, Miss Maddison. wvond Road, Richmond, Surrey Crouch End Spiritualist Society, Bounds Green Christian Spiritualist F elix Hall, F elix A ven u e, Crouch unday ct th Church, „ S , O . 19 , at 7, E nd. ?R. HORACE LEAF, Address. Canning H all, Canning Crescent, "Kdnksday, at 7-30, Miss Morse. niGH Road, W ood Green. Jiance Address and Clairvoyance. S unday, Oct. 19th, at 7. Sunday, Oot. 19th. at 7. M ils. Q U IN E Y . W Christian Spiritualist Church, Rev. O. VALE OWEN. T hursday, at 8, Mr. 11. W right. , Isle of Wight, T uesday, at 8, Mrs. Red fern, ‘wort Street, q« p H igh Street. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mils. Hart. The Spiritualist Fellowship (K entish T own), “ T hirteen, Mor­ r 8ervices: Sunday at 6-30. Bowes Park and Palmer's Green timer T errace, H ighoate Road. ™lu>ry Class : W ednesday, at 7-30. Spiritualist Church, Cars, 7 15, 25, Gordon House Stop. Shaftesbury H all, B owes Park, Sunday, Oct. 10th, Sundays at 7, Thursdays at 8 and 8. Address and C la irv oy a n ce. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11. T o be A rranged. Sunday, Oct. 19th, Mu. THORNTON. .. .Isle °f Wight. A t 7. M r . ‘V M r s . PULI I AM. Thursday, Oct. 23rd. Miss Mouse. National Spiritualist Church, W ednesday, a t S. Rev. .1. .1. W elch, Sunday, Oct. 26th, Miss Go ldsm ith , fiv8dere Hall, B elvedere Street at Shaftesbury Hall, adjoining Bowes Park Station. Ealing Spiritualist Church, Oct. 19th, at 3, Lyceum, Lyceum every Sunday at 3. 8, B akers L an e, B ro ad w ay, E aling w . Address and C lairvoyance. Brixton Spiritual Brotherhood Church S u n d a y , O c t . 19th. at 11-15, Mr. 'Ihuilsday. at 7, Service. Stockwell Park Road, B rixton. GODFREY. At 3. L y c e u m . A t 7, Mr . O. P R I O R . r Southend Spiritualist Church, Su n day, Oct. 19th, at 11-15, Service. W ednfisoay, at 8. M ils. R edg rav e. ^.ner uf Hildaville D rive and A t 3, L yceum. Su n day, Oct. 26th. Mr . s . Cam pbe ll. *™OU0i;qh P OAD, WESTCLIFFE A t 7. Mrs. A . G R E G G , (near Chalkwell Park). Address and Clairvoyance. Finchley Spiritual Mission, Monday, 7-30, Ladies’ Public Circle. Fern Bank H all, Gravel H ill Oct. 19th, at 11 and 6-30, Tuesday, a t 8, Members’ Circle. H endon Lane, Church E nd, N .8 ~ 'Be A. CLAYTON. Thursday, at 8-15. Public Circle. Trams and Buses to “ Queen's Head.” ^ I ui-ksday, at. S, Service.______Sunday, Oct. 26tii, Mrs. C lements. S u n d a y . Oct. 19th, at 7. Spiritualist Society. Central London Spiritualists’ Society, Mu. P. S. MILLS TANNER. “Native H all, B enhill Street 33, H atton Garden, E .C .l. T hursday, at 8, Miss L ily T homas, (Note New Address.) Address and Clairvoyance. ^ ' bay, Oct. 19th. at 6-30, fits. D. WILLIAMS, F riday, Oct. 17th, at 8, Fulham Spiritualist 8ociety, S;v,,", A6aress. Questions invited. Mr. A. BERNARD. 12, Lettick Street, Parson’s G re en . 7.Oct. 26tii, Mrs. Podmoue, Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 7, Acid 1-.08fi and Clairvoyance. Mrs. EDEY. Sunday, Oct. 19 th, at 11-30, Circle. Friday, Oct. 24tu. Mrs. T hornton. At 3, Lyceum. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mils. M. Goode. At 7, Mr. E. MEADS. ini* Sufferers.4-_ a — i « Good « results.IP a,?®“ *’ trea tm en t, 2 6 p o s t free Thursday, at 8, Mrs. F. Lane. k-Uam son, 33, Mill Street, B o lto n Su it o r t O ur .-Advertisers. Sunday, 0 ct._26th, Mr. P ollard. 874 T H E T W O WORLDS OCTOBER 17, 1930

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS. SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENT». Forest Gate Christian Spiritualist Independent Spiritualist Church, New Southgate National Spiritual^ Church, New MorRis H all, Bedford R oad, Church, 228. Romford R d ., F orest Gate, E.7 Clapham, N. Adult School H all,Palmer’s Rom

S u n d a y , Oct. 10th, at (¡-30, Sunday. Oct. 19th, at 0-45, Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 7, M r s . ALICE GEORGE. M r . DEARNLEY SERGEANT. Mrs. CLEG HORN. At 8, Public Circle- Address and Clairvoyance. W ednesday, at 8, Miss R. Wabd. Su n day, Oct. 20th, Mrs. L. ILa r v e y . Thursday, at 7-45, Mrs. R obinson. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mr. 0. Turps S u n d a y , N o v . 2nd, M r s . E. B almeh. Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mrs. Lane. Every W ednesday, at 3, Ladies’ T uesdays, at 3. Psychometry. At 8, Shepherds Bush Spiritualist Society 73, eck low R d ., skew Rd., W, Meeting. Healing. B A L yceum Study Group Sundays at 3. Forest Hill Christian Spiritualist Church Sunday, Oct. 19tii, a t 11 and 6-3«, Ilford Psychical Research Society, Beadnell R oad, Forest H ill, S E 2 3 . M r . W. D. WILDE, Clements R oad, I lford. Address and Clairvoyance. S u n d a y , Oct. 19th, at 11-15, Circle. hursday a t pen ircle At 3, Lyceum. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 7, T , 8, O C . A t 7, M r . H . B O D D IN G T O N . Miss MARY MILLS. Tuesday, a t 3, Mrs. E vans. A t 7-30, South London Spiritualist Mission, Healing Circle. Lausanne H all, Lausanne Road, Thursday, at 3, Ladies’ Meeting» W ednesday, at 8, Public Discussion 1’ eckham, S.E .15. M eeting. Mrs. Nutland. Thursday, at 8, P ublic Circle Friday, at 8, Miss Georoe. Su n da y, Oct. 19th, FUN D OF Friday, at 8, Members’ Circle Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mr. and Mrs. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mrs. W illiams. Pulham. BENEVOLENCE. aturday ov st ocial ance S , N . 1 , S & D At 11-30 Open Circle. At 7, Mbs Kensington Spiritualist Church, Hackney Spiritualist Church, Lindsay H all, The Mall, Notting T . T IM M S , Address A Clairvoyance. 240a, Amhurst R oad, N.16. H ill Gate. T hursday, at 8, Mrs. Cleghobs.

Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 3, L yceum. Sunday, Oct. 19tii, at 6-30, Sunday, Oct. 20th, L.L.D.C. A t 7, Mrs. S. D. KENT. Mrs. 11. J . K IN G . Monday, a t 8 , Mrs. A . Radley. Monday, at 8, in Small Hall, H ealing Circle, Tuesdays at 8-15 T uesday, a t 8, Members Only. Miss F lorence Morse, Clairvoyance. L yceum every Sunday at 3. W ednesday, a t 8, Free H ealing. Thursday, a t 8, Psychometry. Kingston Spiritualist Church, Southall Spiritualist Society, Silver Collection. Villikrs Road, K ingston. Co-operative H all, K ing Street, F r id a y , at 8, L yceum Meeting. S u n d a y , Oct. 20th, Mbs. F illmore. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11 and 6-30, Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 7, Mlss F . M O R S E , M r s . A. FLETCHER, Hackney Independent Lyceum Church Address and Clairvoyance. Address and Clairvoyance. Pembur B all, 41, Pembury Road Monday, a t 2-30, Healing and Diag­ T uesday, a t 3, L adies’ M eeting, held (First Gateway on left in Downs Park nosis through Mr . Jones a n d “Medi­ at 16, Osterley Park Road. R o a d ). cine Man.” Silver CoUection. Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mrs. Brown-jobs W ednesday, a t 7-30, Special Visit of Sunday, Oct. 19th. at 3, Lyceum. Mr. A Mrs. W hyman, of Hanley. Stratford Spiritualist Church, A t ' 0-30, M r s . H IN E S , Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mr. 1*. Scholey. I dmiston Road (Sixth Turning down Address and Clairvoyance. Forest Lane going from Maryland Open Circle after Service. Lewisham Spiritualist Church, Point Station). Monday, at 8, F ree H ealing by L imes H all, Limes Grove, L ewisham appointment. (op. Prince of Wales Playhouse); Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11, Thursday, at 8, Discussion. M r . R. G. JONES. S u n d a y , Oct. 20th, Mrs. Singleton. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11-15, Circle. A t 3, L yceum. A t (¡-30, M r s . M. CROWDER. Harringay Christian Spiritualist Mission A t 0-30, Mr. O S B O R N , Address and Questions. Monday, a t 8, F o rw a rd Movement 1, Salisbury Parade. St. A nn’s Rd. M eeting. (Side Door, Boot Shop). Monday, a t 3, Ladies’ Ow n , Miss Mills, Address and Clairvoyance. T uesday, at 8, H ealing Circle- W ednesday, a t 3, L a d ies’ Meeting. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11. Service. W ednesday, a t 8, Mr. E. Spencer, Mrs. Strong. A t 7. Mrs. B A X T E R . Address and Clairvoyance. Thursday, at 8, Lantern Lecture- - uesday ree ealing ircle F riday, a t 8, Members’ Developing T , at 8. F H C . Saturday, at 7-30, Social Eves»'0 Mr. Comings in attendance. Circle. Sunday, Oct. 20th, Mr. R. BbailkL W ednesday, at 8, Mu. Conner. Little Ilford Christian Spiritualist Streatham Spiritual Brotherhood, Hendon and Golders Green National Church, Third A venue, Manor Park, E .12 Streatham School of Music (»law«* Spiritualist Fellowship, opposite S T R E A T H A M Station). The L iberal Room. 1, B ell T errace Sunday, Oct. 19tii, at 7, Hendon (op. “ The B ell” bus stop). Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 0-30, r T. W. ELLA, M . Mrs. L. GOLDSWORTHY. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 6-45, Address and Questions. Circle after Service. Free Healing- Mrs. WM. EDWARDS, Monday, a t 3, Mrs. B ody. Thursday, at 3 and 8, Mbs. N. MklW’ T uesday, a t 8» H ealing Circle. T h e Address and Clairvoyance. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Miss Gan''-, unday ct th r hitmarsh power is abundant. Will you not share S , O . 20 ,' M . W , Saturday, Oct. 1'8th, Social &d. Address. it, brothers and sisters ? Dance, 7-30 to 11-30. Tickets ls.«& W ednesday, a t 8, Mrs. M. Maunder. Hounslow Spiritual Mission, Sunday, Oct. 26th, at 3 and 7. Mrs. Streatham Christian Spiritualist Chun11 C orn er of D ouglas Road, Hanworth II. V . Prior, Address and Clairvoyance T udor H all, Pinfold Road R oad (op. Congregational Church). (Adjoining Streatham Library)- London District Council of the S.N.U. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 6-15, Discussion Group. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 11, SebvicB* Service as U sual. Meetings held at Minerva R ooms, 144, Circle. , , Speaker and Demonstrator. H igh H olborn, at 7. A t 6 -3 0 , M r . J. G. POLLARD, Add*®* T u e s d a y , a t 8, H e a l in g Circle. W ednesday, at 3, Ladies’ Meeu> !’il W e d n e s d a y , a t adies uild 3. L ’ G . Mo n day, Oct. 2 0 t h , R ev. J . W E L C H . Mrs. R ayfield. * ervice as sual At 8, S U . Subject, “Jesus and Spiritualism.” A t 8, Mr. a Mrs. B illette, A d w ^ l L yceum e v e ry Sunday a t 3. Everybody invited to join discussion. and Clairvoyance. „ Sundayc, Oct. 26th, Mr. A. 'f 85, LANCASTER GATE, W.2. Manor Park Spiritualist Church, S u n d a y , at 7 p.m. Corner of Shrew sbury R oad and Tottenham Christian Spiritualist Chun? Address and Clairvoyance, Strone R oad. T r a d e s H a l l . 7, B r u c e G rove. » • By STEPHEN FOSTER. Tubs. & T hurs. at 3, Psychometry. S unday, Oct. 19th, at 11, Healing S u n d a y S e r v ic e s — W ed. at 3 , F ree H ealing Circle. Circle. At 3. L yceum. L y ce u m at 3. Service at 7. After t Saturday, Oct. 25th, “ Tea ” at 5, A t 6 -3 0 , M r s . E. H. LINES. Address. Write for Syllabus, or Call. T hursday, at 3, M r s . A . Nutland. Oct. 19.— Mrs. Chiplin. Phone : Paddington 2312. At 8, Miss V. T horndick. Oct. 26.— Mrs.¿ D avies and All Welcome. Sunday, Oct. 26th, Mr . |G. Prior. B arltkop. October 17, 1930 T H E T W O WORLDS 675

WCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS Miscellaneous Advertisements. Miscellaneous Advertisements. ¿¡¡ton Christian Spiritualist Church R onald B uailey, Clairvoyant and ALFRED VOUT PETERS, Maple Hoad, ¡Surbiton. Psycliometrist, at home daily. Post 51, Hunter Street, Brunswick Sq., W.C.1 correspondence. Circles Tuesdays and. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 3. Thursdays at 8.— 90, Sunny Gardens, Sunday, at 11, Devotional Meeting. Mr. F. H. WALL, N.W.4. ‘ Tel. : Hendon 1888. Monday, at 8, P ublic Circle. Address anil Psycluimett y. B. D. Mansfield holds Public W ednesday, at 3, Small oh Limited At (5-30, Mr . U . C A R P E N T E R . Circles Wednesdays and Fridays at. 8 . Wednesday. at. 3, Mrs. P y n e . P sy - Clairvoyance and spirit messages.— Group (Seats to be booked in advance) iiometry. A t 7-30. Mu, Barn ard, 4, Westmoreland Street, Ebury Bridge, Address and Clairvoyance. Victoria, London, S.W .l. HORACE LEAF. Marian Moreton, Clairvoyant, me Fellowship of the Spirit, ‘‘At Home” every Wednesday at 3 Clairaudient, Speaker. At home, Mon­ p.m. Public Developing Class overy . 78, Lancaster Gate, W.2. day to Friday, 1 to 5.-64, Newman F r id a y a t 8 p.m. Special Developing Street, Oxford Street, W .l. Class for Practice every Tuesday at 8 Sunday, Oct. 1!>ti1, at 6-30, Miss F rances D aunton, C la irv o y ­ p.m. Psychic Correspondence Train­ ant and Psychometrist. At home daily ing Class. Particulars on application. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE, 2 to 7. Circles for Psychometry every 41, Westbourne Gardens, Bayswater, Tub Guides ok M r . W. E. LONG. Monday, Friday, Saturday at 8 p .m . London, W.2. Phone, 1’ark 6099. Wednesday at 3 p.m. Public Develop­ The Church of the Spirit, ing Class every Tuesday at 8 p.m .-—- 24a, Church Road, Croydon. Flat 2 (1st Floor), 18, Monmouth Rd., The National Spiritualist Westbourne Grove, Bay-water, W.2. The Official Organ of the unday ct th Phone, Park 4796. S , O . 19 , at 11, spiritualists ’ N a t io n a l U n io n L t d . Mr. PERCY SCIIOLEY. Miss Lily Thomas a n d M u. C. S. Collen-Smith lioid Public Circles for At 6-30, Miss HELEN WRIGHT. A Monthly Journal devoted to the Psychometry on Fridays at 3, and De­ claims of Organised Spiritualism. Wednesday, at 8, M rs. B. Stock. veloping Circle on Tuesdays at 7-30.— S in g l e C o p ie s , 2Jd. 26, Arundel Gardens, Kensington, W .ll Wembley Spu dualist Society, Phone : Park 6785. Annual Subscription, 2/6 post free. rnion Hall, Baling R d., vV kmhij y . Mrs. F . A nderton-H ulme, P s y c h o ­ Office : S.N.U. Ltd., Broadway, Chambers, 162, London R oad, Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 6-30, logist and Healer, 71, George’s Square, Manciiksthk. Mrs. BROWNJOHN, 5. W .l. Healing Circle, Thursday, 7 to Address and Clairvoyance. 9, and at 37, Upper Gloucester Place, N.W .I., Healing Circle, Tuesday, 7 to 9 Sunday, Out. 26th, Mr. Martin. THE LYCEUM BANNER Lyceum every Sunday at 3. M r . H . J . Stbabben takes a limited M o n th ly , number of Healing Cases for Absent 2d. Official Organ of the Lyceum Union. West Ealing Spiritualist Church, Treatment. Private and Class Tuition Hessel R oad. given in healing. Letters only to 50, Special Items for Children in Poetry Upper Gloucester Place, N.W .l. Sunday, Oct. 19th, at 6-30, and Prose. Education Articles. Our M r s . E . A . C a n n o c k attends Tues­ Lyceum Guild. Contributions by Mrs. CALWAY, days and Thursdays for Consultation Prominent Spiritualists. Reports of Address and Clairvoyance. for Healing at 111, Campden Hill Rd. Lyceum Progress from all the Districts Wednesday, at 7-45, Mr. R. Lawson. (corner) High Street, Nottinghill Gate. at homo and abroad. Public Meetings, Tuesdays at 7-30 and Secretary and Editor : Wood Green Christian Spiritualist Thursdays at 3 and 7-30. Also by ar­ Church, rangement. Write 56, Barrowgate Rd., G. F. Knoll, 20, Toad Lane, Rochdale Bradley Hall, B radley R oad, or Phone Chiswick 1184. Station R oad. Mrs. H ughes holds spiritual services (Trance) Sundays at 7, Tuesdays and yYDAY, Oct. 19th, at 11-15, Service. Fridays at 8.— 311, King Street (side The Human At 7, Service. door), Hammersmith, nr. Ravensoourt Wednesday, at 8, Service. P a rk . Lyceum every Sunday at 3. Atmosphere Mrs. B . H amilton holds Public De­ veloping Classes every Friday at 8 . (THE AURA). NEW SECRETARIES. Saturdays at 8 , Circle for Psychometry. Sundays at 7, Short Address and Psy­ tuPHAM S piritualist C h u r c h , chometry.— 69, Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, W.2 (exactly f“ *pRD R o a d , C l a p h a m , S.W.— Miss By W a l t e r J . K i l n e r , B.A., M.B. ‘. Buckingham. 170, Elmhurst Man- opposite Post Office). (Cantab), M.R.C.P. *“BS> Edgeloy Road, London, S.W .4. M r s . H a r v e y , Clairvoyant and Psy­ Boston S piritualist C h u r c h . — chometrist, 43a, Russell Road (near v" *■ II. Parker, 13. Westmoreland Olympia), Kensington, W .l4. At home Queen’s Park, Manchester. daily, 10 to 1 and 2 to 8 (Saturdays excepted). Developing Classes open New Impression of the Second Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 . P u b lic Edition, W ith 64 Illustrations. LEAKERS’ OPtN DAT ' Circles for Psychometry on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 , Fridays at 3 and l o l l e n m it ii ,?!■ V S. C -S is n ow 8 . Public Sunday services will be an­ for 1931. Trance or normal nounced. Phone : Western 0265. and questions. Some dates Few people realise that the human body M r s . Lilly, the Gifted Healer, re­ t See also Miscellaneous advts. is enveloped by an Aura (or haze), ol Quebec Street, W .l. Padd. 1659. ceives patients daily for treatment. ’Prance Diagnosis by Spirit Doctor. varying colours, connected with the Speaker booked with the Clairvoyant and Clairaudient. Mira­ body, and that, under favourable con­ •¿«T . chui'vL for Dec. 14th, 1930, culous cures effected. Fees very mo­ cT* write Mb . B urgess, 21, Antro- derate. Many successful absent treat­ ditions, it can be seen, and is now _ Street, Contrleton ? ment cases. Write for appointment to utilised by medical men for diagnostic 33, Clifton Road, Maida Vale, W.9, or purposes. This book is a detailed illus­ toco Ge n e r a l Disengaged. G o o d phone Cunningham 1430. trated record of the observations made è " 'Ones.— J 1 3 0 Edgwaro Road. Mrs. M ayes, 7, Fairmile Avenue, ^»n, s.W. Gleneagle Road, -Streatliam, holds over a number of years by the lale Circles on Sundays at 7., Tuesdays at 8 . Electrician to St. Thomas’ Hospital, U?®’ Roberts J ohnson is visiting r s i k e tjg 011 on Oct. 27th for several M . P , 29, Ethelden Road, Shep­ accurately staled for the purpose of herds Bush, W.12, holds Wednesday j letters co Stephen F oster, encouraging further research and of ’ Lancaster G a te, L o n d o n , W .2 . evening services at 8 . Sunday morning circle at 11. evening service at 7. After- providing working hypotheses. oj1* Guild of Spiritual Healing Ltd. Circles at each meeting. ¡» f ile s ’ Healers). Open daily, Mrs. W illiam Edwards. At home tac, ’ Saturdays and Sundays ex- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 3 to 5 j 300 pp. Cloth, 10 6. ^ „ ‘‘ Th e Seekers,” 29, Q u een ’s Open Circle, Tuesday, 8 p .m .— 15, s- Kensington, London, S.W .7. Champion Grove, Denmark Hill, SE5. i ‘“ Train the Memory. By L H u n t . 1 / 1 4 , post free. Support Our A dvertisers. Two Worlds Office, Manchester.