Each time we went into the room raps occurred.
One of the earliest public
activities of the S.
Before long he found thathe himself possessed the gift of
mediumship to a very unusual extent.
For instance, hismother-in-law had lost
her bank-book, but Dr.
They include Spirit Teachings, Higher Aspects
ofSpiritualism, and other works. Bit by bit, here alittle and there a little,
the evidence came, AS MY MIND OPENED TORECEIVE IT. Then it moved over the
carpet a distance of seven inches. But accompanying the communicationsthere
were many evidences of personal peculiarities of Dr.
They include Spirit
Teachings, Higher Aspects ofSpiritualism, and other works.
Aselection of them
is embodied in Spirit Teachings. Hodgson whichProfessor Hyslop recognized.
Thompson were again present,Phinuit said all at once: Heres Dr. Hodgson, for
instance, reminded him of a private medium about whosepowers the two men had
differed. But they were quite ignorant of all the details here given. It was
continued over a period of fifteen years, andthe records are voluminous.
Leonora Piper, the celebrated sensitive of Boston, U.
Professor Lodge remarks
about this incident: Mr.
Having half an hour to sparewe went into the
dining-room.
The only person who could give anyinformation about it was at the
time in Germany. Not from the influence left on someobject, because there was
no such object at the sitting. It was just six oclock and, of course,broad
daylight. Sidgwick has suppressed very material facts in her quotation
asprinted in the JOURNAL. The only person who could give anyinformation about
it was at the time in Germany. But Professor James was wrong; the child was a
boy, and theinformation supplied was correct.
On another occasion this control
said toProfessor James: Your child has a boy named Robert F.
For instance,
hismother-in-law had lost her bank-book, but Dr. He was assured later that
thismarked the birth of his psychic career. The Councilincluded such
representative Spiritualists as Mr.
For instance, hismother-in-law had lost her
bank-book, but Dr. Richard Hodgson, and Professor Hyslop, of Columbia
University.
Wallace, and thelate Professor De Morgan. Here there could be no
question ofreading the sitters conscious mind.
The late Serjeant Cox, in his
book What am I?
Sidgwicks views asbeing representative of the Society has,
however, yet been made.
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