The Spiritualist newspaper > No.145, June 4th 1875

AND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE,
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No. 145.—(Vol. VL-No. 23.) LONDON: JUNE 4, 1875.
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Spiritualism in St. Petersburg:—Official Investigation of Spiritual
Phenomena at St. Petersburg University... ... 265
The Psychological Society :—Synchronous Dreaming—Remarkable
Memory—The Memory of the Events of Life at or about the Time
of .Death—The Connection of Memory with the Sense of Sight—
Reincarnation—The Value of Memory—Vivid Dreams—Spiritualism
and Insanity—The Prevention of Broken Dreams—Travelling in
Dreams—Prophetic Dreams—Literary Composition during Delirium 266
The Royal Institution:—The Development of Language and of the
Arts ' 269
The Development of Mrs. Hardy’s Mediumship 269
The Bazaar Last Week 270
A Seance with Mrs. Hardy. By William H. Harrison 271
National Association of Spiritualists:—Annual General Meeting—The
Annual Report—New Members of Council—The Bazaar—Special
Supporters of the Association 271
Persecution of Spiritualists in Paris:—Letter from M. Leymarie to
English Spiritualists 273
A ^eawce with Mrs. Fay ... • 275
Correspondence:—The Case of Mr. Coles—Sphitualism in Newcastle 276
Answers to Correspondents ... 276
Paragraphs :—Reception at Mrs. Gregory's, 274; Spiritualism and the 1
Devil, 275; Dr. Sexton’s Lectures, 275; Mrs. Tappan’s Appoint¬
ments, 276; A Medium in a Quaker’s Meeting ... 276
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