? L ' . AND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE., # • rEEGISTEEED FOE TRANSMISSION ABROAD.] No.. 167.—(V ol. VII.— No. 10.) LONDON: NOVEMBER 5, 1875. Published Weekly; Price Twopence. BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITUALISTS. The Latoral and Vertioal Extension of Spiritualism .......... ^17 Manifestations with'the Fakirs in India. No. III. By Dr. Maximilian Perty......................................................................................................... 217 THE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY, Spirit P eop le................................................................................................. 218 Spiritualistic Sunday Evening Services at the Cleveland Hall .......... 218 38, GREAT RUSSELL-SREET, BLOOMSBURY, Pulpit Abuse of Spiritualism..................................................................... 218 Winter Meetings of the British National Association of Spiritualists. RE open to the public. Newspapers and periodicals By George K ing ................................................................................... 219 connected wbh Spiritualism, from all parts of the world, and Brixton Psyohologioal Society. A Seance with Mr. Williams ... ... 219 various high-class journals, are regularly supplied. Tho library contains, Provincial News:—Isle of Wight, Extraordinary Seances at Ycntnor and in addition to tho best writings on Spiritualism, works on historical, specu­ Carisbrook—Terror of a Dog at the Spirits—Dublin, Spiritualism lative, and scientific subjects by the best authors. in Dublin—Newcastle-on-Tyne, A Trance Lecture—Immortality— Terms to members : One guinea a year, which also includes membership ; Miss Fairlamb’s Mediumship—Liv&'pool, Liverpool Psychological Quarterly tickets, 5s.; Monthly tickets, 2s. 6d. To non-mombers, annual Society .................................................................................................. 220 tickets, 30s.; Quarterly, 10s. ; Monthly, 5s. A Trance Lecture in D alston.................................................................... 221 A Seance-room can be engaged under special arrangements, to be loarned The 1875 Conference of SpiritualistsPublic Reception of Mr. Morse from the Secretary. —^Presidential Address by Mr. Coleman—Tho Progress of Spirit­ Open from 10.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. Close at 6 p.m. on Saturdays. ualism during the Past Year—Words of Welcome to Mr. Morse N .B .— T h e S ubscription f o r t h e C u r r e n t Y e a r , 1875, w il l n o t be —Spiritualism finds its own Workers—The Antagonism of Excep­ CLAIMED FROM MEMBERS JOÎNINO AFTER THIS DATE. tional Scientific Men—Mr. J. J. 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Oloott ....................................... 22S At Cleveland Hall, Clevcland-stroet, near Portland-road Station, W., on Dalston Association of Spiritualists .........! ........................................ 228 flic following Sunday evenings Novomber 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28ih. Paragraphs ¡—Magic, 217; Mr. Bright on Funeral Reform, 206; A Reserved soats, 2s. and Is. Tiokets for the course, Cs. Body of the Hindoo Somnambulist, 226'; the Davonport Brothers in Europe 228 hall, free. Service to commence at 7 o’cloolc. Doors open at 6.30. a s t Lo n do n "s p i r i t u a l Y ief/jcings. — l e c - TUEES giving information about Spiritualism are delivered every BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ThursdayE evening at 8, p.m., at Mr. Cogman's Lecture Rooms, 15, St. Peter’s-road, Mile-end. Inspirational addresses every Sunday evening, at SPIRITUALI STS. Seven o’clock. Admission Free. Supported by voluntary contributions. IRKBECK BANK. 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ARTHUR MALTBY, Subjects for Papers. TAILOR, HATTER, AND GENERAL OUTFITTER 1. The Moral Responsibility of Physical Mediums. 2. The Importance of tlie dissemination of Spiritualism as a Religious 8, HANOVER PLACE, REGENT’S PARK. Influence. ESTABLISHED, 1833. 3. Healing Mediumship. Has a very large stoch o f New spring Goods, including hats, shirts) an 4. Rcinoarnation; the theories it involves, and tho evidenoe in support of it. umbrellas. , 5. The unreliability of Spirit-communications, and how far this arises from ignorance, carelessness, or deception. HERE ARE THE DEAD ? or, SPIRITUALISM 6. The British. National Association of Spiritualists—its object* and EXPLAINED. By Fredk. A. Binney. Third Edition. Price 3s. interests. L ondon:—Simpkin, M a r s h a l l & Co._________________ 7. Popular errors with regard to Spiritualism. Published on the first of each month. Prico Sixpence. Other papers on kindred topics are also invited. 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