The Spiritualist newspaper > No.308, July 19th 1878

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LONDON: FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1878.
No. 308.—(Vol. xiil—No. 3.)
OTontentg.
Conditions under which Good Spiritual Manifestations are
Obtained ■... ... 25
The “ Fire Test ” in America 25
The Inspiration of Thomas Lake Harris. By S. B. Brittan 26
The Powers and Possibilities of Man... 28
Spurious Psychical Phenomena in India 29
A Private Seance 80
An Apparition Seen before the Arrival of News of the
Death. By Hensleigh “Wedgwood, J.P 30
The Effect of Poison upon a Powerful Medium. By Thomas
R. Hazard ... 31
Zschokke on Immortality. By Henry G. Atkinson, F.G.S. 31
Spiritualism and General Thought. By Kenneth R. H.
Mackenzie, IX° 32
Physical Manifestations among the Quakers 32
Poetry:—The Decarnated. By J. F. Hunt 33
Correspondence:—Sensitive Moments—Spirit Identity—
Spiritualism and Conjurers in Cape Town—Spiritualism
and the Drama—The Healing Power of Mesmerism—
The Lunacy Laws—Mr. Eglinton in Devonshire—Mr.
A. R. Wallace’s Merits Appreciated by the Dutch 33
Trance Phenomena ... ... ... 36
Answers to Correspondents ... 36
Paragraphs:—M. Bredif, 27; A Mystery Explained, 29: An
Alleged Visitant from Another World, 29 ; Evangelists,
29 ; The Dalston Association of Inquirers into Spirit¬
ualism, 30; Difficulties of Interpretation, 30; Re¬
ception at Mrs. Makdougall Gregory’s, 80; Adequate
Testimony, 35 ; Soma Juice, 35 ; Ancient and Modem
Miracles, 35 ; Divorce Case, 36 Fiction Outlived by
Fact ... 36
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