The Spiritualist newspaper > No.135, March 26th 1875

AND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
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No
135.—(Vol. VL—No.
is.) LONDON:
MARCH 26, 1875. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
arontents.
Healing Mediumship 145
The.First Experiences of an Inquirer into Spiritualism. No. III.:—
Handling Red-hot Coals under Spirit Influenee—The Elongation of
Mr. Home’s Body—The Fire Test Again—An Attempt to Obtain
Dark Circle Manifestations in the Light—Paid Mediums—Mr.
Heme’s Clairvoyance—Strange Mesmeric Phenomena—Clair¬
voyant and Trance Manifestations—Spirit Identity—The Founding
of The Spiritualist Newspaper—National Organisation of Spirit¬
ualists—The Discussion 147
The Experimental Sitting with Mrs. Fay. By Edward W. Cox, Ser-
jeant-at-Law 151
Spirit Teachings. No. XXIX 151
Review ... 153
An Oriental Trance Medium. By Keningale Cook, B.A 153
Photographing Invisible Objects 154
Correspondence:—Spiritualism Illustrated 155
The Archbishop of Toulouse on Spiritism * 156
Answers to Correspondents ... 156
Paragraphs:—Mesmerism in India, 150; Pictures of Spirits, 150;
Duplication of the Human Form, 154; Spiritualism in East Lon¬
don, 155; Brixton Psychological Society, 155; An Orthodox
Opinion, 155; Liverpool Psychological Society 155
DALSTON ASSOCIATION OF ENQUIRERS INTO
SPIRITUALISM.
(Established 18 7 0.)
President.
Henry D. Jeneken, Esq,, M.R.I., F.R.G.S. (Barrister-at-Law).
Council
Mr. A. Ferguson Black.
Mrs. C. Ada Blyton.
Mr. Thomas Blyton.
Mrs. Amelia Comer.
Hon. Sec. and Treasurer-
Mr. Alfred E. Lovell.
Mr. R Pomeroy Tredwen.
Mr. Thomas Wilks.
Mrs. M. Theresa Wood.
■Mr. Thomas Blyton.
The purposes of the Association are:—
(1) . The collection of well-authenticated facts affecting Spiritualism,
through its own circle, or circles, and other available sources, so as to form
a bnsis for sound judgment.
(2) . By various means to offer facilities to investigators, and to induce
others to give the matter careful inquiry, with a view to a better understand¬
ing of the phenomena' and teachings of Spiritualism.
Ordinary experimental seances are held weekly, on Thursday evenings, at
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by a Member. The last Thursday evening in each month is devoted to
special seances with professional media, lectures, discussions, reading of
papers, or narration of experiences of investigators; to which strangers
are admitted, under the same regulations as are inforced on the Jirst Thurs¬
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In addition to the weekly meetings and seances, members of the Associa¬
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BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
SPIRITUALISTS.
The British National Association of Spiritualists is formed to unite
Spiritualists of every variety of opinion for their mutual aid and benefit; to
aid students and inquirers.in their researches, by placing at their disposal
the means of systematic investigation into the facts and phenomena, called
Spiritual or Psychic; to make known the positive results arrived at by careful
research; and to direct attention to the beneficial influence which those
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conduct. It is intended to include Spiritualists of every class whether
members of Local and Provincial Societies or not, and all inquirers into
psychological and kindred phenomena.
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application.
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SPIRITUALISTS
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