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No. 353.—(Yoij. XIY.—No. 22.) LONDON J FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1879. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
Contents.
The Materialisation of Spirits
The Supernatural. By Henry G. Atkinson, F.G.S
The Divine Afflatus of the Hindoos
Ancient and Modern Spiritual Manifestations. By Joseph
Beals
A Psychological Phenomenon .. .. .. ..
A Letter to a Visitor ..
A Good Test Seance. By C. C. Massey
A Remarkable Dream. By Henry G. Atkinson, F.G.S...
Weighing Machine Experiments ..
Mental Phenomena and Consciousness. By Henry G.
Atkinson, F.G.S
Mr. Charles H. Foster’s Mediumship ..
What is Anthropology ? By W. Hitchman, M.R.C.S.
Correspondence—Spiritualism on the Public Platform,
262 ; Spiritualism in Glasgow
Biographical Sketch of Mr. W. H. Terry, of Melbourne.
By Hudson Tuttle
Paragraphs—Mesmerism, 265 ; The last Witch-Burning
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