The Spiritualist newspaper > No.208, August 18th 1876

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DALSTON ASSOCIATION OF INQUIRERS
INTO SPIRITUALISM.
Union among American Spiritualists 25
Torres-Splanot on Ancient Spiritualism ... 25
The Clairvoyant Powers of Elisha. By Eugene Crowell, M.D. 25
Coacoochee’s Vision ... ... ... 26
Organisation among Spiritualists in America ^Platform-
Statement of Aims—Declaration of Principles—Consti¬
tution of the Society for the Advancement of Spiri¬
tualism in* ... 26
What is Belig’on ? ... 27
The Late Mr. Rymer, of Ealing ... 27
Spiritual Lectures in Liverpool 28
The Bravo Case ...28
A Missouri Prodigy... 29
The National Association of SpiritualistsMeeting of the
Council ... ... ... 20
A Materialisation Seance with Dr. Slade. By William H.
Harrison 80
Messages at a Seance with Dr. Slade. By 0. Carter Blake,
Doct. Sci. 80
Spiritualism in Continental Europe. No. II. By Emily
fiislingbury JSO
Washington Irving on Communion with Spirits 31
Poetry:—These Two By Caroline A. Burke—A Lyric of
the Gleaming Sickle. By J. T. Markley 32
Correspondence: —Art Magic—Seances in Newcastle—More
about “ S- J. Sabel”—First Steps in Spiritualism—The
Controversy on Beincarnation—The Education of the
Children of Spiritualists—Extraordinary Spiritual Phe¬
nomena in the Light—Open-Air Services in Leicester—
How do Spirits Converse ?—A Seance with Dr. Slade—
Experiences of An Inquirer—Spiritualism and Investi¬
gators 82
Paragraphs:—A Scene at a Grave, 28; “Animal Parasites
and Messmates,” 28; The Life of Mohammed, 29 ; The
Argument of Design, 29; Picnic of the Newcastle
Spiritualists. 81; Novel Inventions, 36; Chinese Ghost
Stories, 86; To Heaven and Backt .... 86
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