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... | {{Style S-Small capitals| Last}} Wednesday night, at a private ''seance ''held by the invitation of Mrs. Makdougall Gregory, at 21, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, London, the medium was Mrs. Hollis Billing, of whose powers much is recorded in a remarkable book written some years ago by Dr. Wolffe, of Cincinnati. | ||
The chief feature of the ''seances ''of Mrs. Billing is, that in connection with a moderate amount of the physical phenomena of mediumship, communications are given bearing relation to the problem of spirit identity. Proper names of deceased relatives are usually given accurately to nearly every sitter in the circle, and sometimes true details relating to the life of the departed one are stated by voice. The spirits who regularly control have strong voices, but those who speak for the first time, and who give names and state private matters, whisper so low that acute power of hearing is necessary to receive their utterances. The phase of power seems to be halfway between good physical and trance test mediumship. | |||
Little of a private nature was given last Wednesday. As regards names, a spirit several times told Mr. Serjeant Cox that his (the speaker’s) name was “Phil Crookes,” and that he wished his brother to be told of his coming. Nobody present was able to say whether Mr. Crookes ever had a brother of the name of Philip. A child’s voice came to Mrs. Duncan, calling her “Mamma,” and gave her a few details, which were accurate. The accuracy of a similar communication to Mrs. Wiseman was acknowledged. A relative of Mr. C. C. Massey professed to communicate, and Mr. Massey narrated how on a previous occasion the voice had exhibited knowledge of a private family matter. Mr. Annesley Mayne was unable to recognise a name given to him, and a spirit speaking with a Scotch dialect told Mrs. Gregory that he was one of her ancestors, Macdonald, Lord of the Isles. Mr. Harrison was told that bis little sister Edith was present, and had several times tried to communicate with him. In short, in ail assemblage somewhat new to Mrs. Billing, the spirit voices exhibited a moderate amount of acquaintance with the names and degree of relationship of some of their departed friends. | |||
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... | {{Style S-Small capitals| Sir}}, Mr. Fletcher having at length positively and distinctly declared that he did not allude to Dr. Slade in his conversation with the Whitehall Reviewer, I should be glad to be able to pursue the usual course of accepting his disclaimer, and of withdrawing my statement at variance with it. I cannot do so, because having regard to dates and circumstances it is simply incredible that Mr. Fletcher had any other American medium in his mind than Slade. To use scandalous language for publication respecting an unnamed person, language apparently pointing to a particular individual, and so interpreted by all the world; to leave that impression uncorrected for weeks and weeks; to confirm it by ambiguous and evasive answers; and at length, when driven into a corner, to deny it without showing any other possible application of the words, is a course of conduct which disentitles the person pursuing it to credit, even were the untruth of his present statement less manifest and demonstrable than it is. However, I took the matter up chiefly from regard for the character of Dr. Slade. That of Mr. Fletcher may now be left to the judgment of “Spiritualists and gentlemen,” some of whom it concerns more than it does me. | ||
As Mr. Fletcher is indifferent to anything I say, it is perhaps useless to inform him that he is not without redress—the above imputation upon him of wilful and deliberate untruth being an actionable libel, unless I can justify it in the opinion of a jury. | |||
{{Style P-Signature in capitals| Charles Carleton Massey.}} | |||
2, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, Nov. 15th, 1879. | |||
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london_spiritualist_n.378_1879-11-21.pdf|page=8|London Spiritualist, No. 378, November 21, 1879, p. 246 | |||
london_spiritualist_n.378_1879-11-21.pdf|page=5|London Spiritualist, No. 378, November 21, 1879, p. 243 | |||
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