The Spiritualist newspaper > No.197, June 2nd 1876

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OTontents.
The Relationship of British Spiritualists to those in
Foreign Countries ... 253
Devil and Ghost Worship in Western India. By M. J.
Walhouse, F.R.A.S ... 254
Dalston Association of Inquirers Into Spiritualism 256
Incidents in the Experience of a Northumberland Seer:—
Remarkable and Well-Attested Examples of Normal
Clairvoyance—The Apparition of an Heroic Miner—The
Spirit of a Wesleyan* Minister Identified—The Life of
Old Ralph, the Furnace Man, Revealed by Clairvoyance 256
Newspaper Editors Hoaxed by Messrs. Maskelyne and
Cooke. By the Editor 258
Correspondence:—Strong Physical Manifestations of Spirit
Power in the Light—An Alarming Vision—Mr. Eglinton
in Manchester—Healing Mediumship—A Materialisation
Seance at Chalk Farm—A New and Extraordinary
Manifestation of Spirit Power—Mr. Maskelyne (Maske¬
lyne and Cooke) on “ Genuine Phenomena ”—Lord Gar-
vagh and Charles Dickens on Pre-existence—The Late
Mr. Guppy—A Materialised Form Floating in the Air—
Mr. Eglinton in Manchester—A Circle in the North-West
District of London—Berkeleyism—Spirit “Spheres”—
The Mediums' Boot—Mr. Blackburn’s Seances—Maske¬
lyne and Cooke—Art Magic—Reincarnation—Extraor¬
dinary Levitation of Solid Objects in the Light at
Southsea—The Wearing of Silk by Mediums—The
Transference of Healing Power—Spiritualism in South
London — Spiritualism in Derbyshire — Miss Lottie
Fowler’s Mediumship ... ... 259
Paragraphs:—The Spiritualistic Scientific Research Com¬
mittee, 256 ; The Shakers 264
Answers to Correspondents ... ... 264
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