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Trance and inspirational addresses, however, do not, in my opinion, furnish much evidence of the reality of…
Trance and inspirational addresses, however, do not, in my opinion, furnish much evidence of the reality of spirit control
Read record →Tappan-Richmond, an inspirational medium, from America, delivered a series of remarkable addresses in this…
Tappan-Richmond, an inspirational medium, from America, delivered a series of remarkable addresses in this country about twenty years ago
Read record →Some of the most perfect oratory, and some of the ablest and most cogent lectures and addresses I have ever…
Some of the most perfect oratory, and some of the ablest and most cogent lectures and addresses I have ever listened to have been given by trance and inspirational mediums
Read record →In all public meetings and in seances where a medium is expected to give trance and inspirational addresses the…
In all public meetings and in seances where a medium is expected to give trance and inspirational addresses the platform is “supported” or the chair surrounded by sympathisers, whose presence is esteemed favourable to “good conditions”--a “nebulous term” bette
Read record →There are many persons so organised, that when they come in contact with Spiritualism, (not knowing anything…
There are many persons so organised, that when they come in contact with Spiritualism, (not knowing anything about clairvoyance, psychometry, thought-transference, thought-reading, etc.) are so convinced by what they hear and see for the first time--so much ou
Read record →Here again, we have evidence of thought-transference
Here again, we have evidence of thought-transference
Read record →Firstly, from the cries of the ignorant--educated or otherwise, matters little--who charge them with fraud,…
Firstly, from the cries of the ignorant--educated or otherwise, matters little--who charge them with fraud, simply because such people are ignorant of the psychic possibilities of man; and, secondly, from the admiring and thoughtless many who are prepared to a
Read record →Spiritual phenomena, however, suddenly and quite unexpectedly was soon after developed in my own family
Spiritual phenomena, however, suddenly and quite unexpectedly was soon after developed in my own family
Read record →The phenomena Theosophists place so much reliance upon are the property of mankind--somnambulism, psychic…
The phenomena Theosophists place so much reliance upon are the property of mankind--somnambulism, psychic consciousness, clairvoyance, psychometry, thought-transference, etc
Read record →At a very early period he was called the "scribe (or secretary) of the Great Company of the Gods," and as he…
At a very early period he was called the "scribe (or secretary) of the Great Company of the Gods," and as he kept the celestial register of the words and deeds of men, he was regarded by many generations of Egyptians as the "Recording Angel." He was the invent
Read record →About 700 ushabtiu figures were found in the tomb of Seti I, and many of them are in the British Museum
About 700 ushabtiu figures were found in the tomb of Seti I, and many of them are in the British Museum
Read record →For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the…
For the priceless gift of free access to these grand tops of the Port Range the people are indebted to the efforts and the gifts of a few public spirited residents, but most of all to the exertions of Mr
Read record →There is hardly a more interesting specimen of vulcanism in New Zealand, for example, than the strange wall of…
There is hardly a more interesting specimen of vulcanism in New Zealand, for example, than the strange wall of grey-white lava rock which Europeans call the Giant’s Causeway and the Maoris “The Fire of Tamatea,” which protrudes from the hilltop just above Rapa
Read record →Inward in a huge half-cup, open to the south, and down this open side are strewn the disorderly remains of the…
inward in a huge half-cup, open to the south, and down this open side are strewn the disorderly remains of the old lava stream which flowed from the core of the volcano and which ran out into the harbour at Cass Bay in a tumbled black reef
Read record →Deep down in these twisting gullies below the straight cut harbour-facing cliffs, there lingers still a certain…
Deep down in these twisting gullies below the straight cut harbour-facing cliffs, there lingers still a certain quality of primitiveness and a suggestion of the ancient adventure; an atmosphere still in keeping with the legendry of these Hills
Read record →And this is not the only Hills name that holds a memory of the cult of the Rainbow-God
And this is not the only Hills name that holds a memory of the cult of the Rainbow-God
Read record →After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the various Ngati-Mamoe pas around the harbour, they…
After the Rangi-whakaputa and his merry men had conquered the various Ngati-Mamoe pas around the harbour, they found frequent diversion in hunting out stray members of the fugitive hapus and converting them to a useful purpose through the medium of the oven
Read record →A myth which to the Maori quite satisfactorily accounts for the readiness with which fire can be obtained from…
A myth which to the Maori quite satisfactorily accounts for the readiness with which fire can be obtained from the kaikomako by the simple process of taking a dry block of the wood and rubbing a groove in it with a stick of hardwood--with, of course an incanta
Read record →I thought that for beauty of setting very few Maori kaingas even in the romantic bushlands and highlands of the…
I thought that for beauty of setting very few Maori kaingas even in the romantic bushlands and highlands of the North Island were peers of this hamlet of the Ngai-Tahu, almost jostled off the map by the crowding hordes of the pakeha
Read record →Ce of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the pakeha; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of…
ce of the famous Tikitapu, inaccurately called the Blue Lake by the pakeha; high beyond the shark’s-teeth of the peaks that someone has named the Seven Sleepers are drawn in soft blue upon the rose of the heaven above, their feet are bathed in violet, and the
Read record →And feet above little Rapaki village, lying in its grassy nest below--how that great spearhead of rock has in…
and feet above little Rapaki village, lying in its grassy nest below--how that great spearhead of rock has in reality an almost level top, we come to a remarkable broken wall of grey lava moss-crusted and shrub-tufted, protruding from the grassy flanks of the
Read record →Ept literally the legend of the Maori, there she is to be seen now, metamorphosed in marvellous fashion into…
ept literally the legend of the Maori, there she is to be seen now, metamorphosed in marvellous fashion into mountain form, the lofty blue range of the Takitimu--mis-spelled “Takitimos” on the maps and locally spoken of as “the Takitimos.” It is curious that t
Read record →Patu-paiarehe, the fairies, whose craggy castles defended by the thick dark woods and the fogs and mists,…
Patu-paiarehe, the fairies, whose craggy castles defended by the thick dark woods and the fogs and mists, ringed all this harbour round and made the high places of the Peninsula an uncanny land, given up to all manner of enchantments
Read record →“Now, amongst the fairy pas,” the word-of-mouth historian went on, “there are two places of particular…
“Now, amongst the fairy pas,” the word-of-mouth historian went on, “there are two places of particular enchantment
Read record →Indeed, on dim and foggy days, and when the wet vapours becloud the long-dead volcano land, it is not difficult…
Indeed, on dim and foggy days, and when the wet vapours becloud the long-dead volcano land, it is not difficult to enter into the spirit of the Maori fancy, and in imagination people all these craggy pinnacles with the Patu-paiarehe, and the wooded gulches wit
Read record →This is the pinnacle above and to the north of the Hilltop Hotel, on the divide where the traveller gets his…
This is the pinnacle above and to the north of the Hilltop Hotel, on the divide where the traveller gets his first sight of Akaroa lying more than a thousand feet below
Read record →Their nippled upswells, dreamy on sunny days in their delicate wash of hazy blue
their nippled upswells, dreamy on sunny days in their delicate wash of hazy blue
Read record →D plaintive flute song of the fair-skinned folk who lived on these misty mountains seems to have appealed to…
d plaintive flute song of the fair-skinned folk who lived on these misty mountains seems to have appealed to the Native heart, for it is described as sweeter by far than the whakatangitangi, the “making sound upon sound,” of the ordinary Maori flute-players
Read record →To the matter-of-fact pakeha and the modernised Maori there is a very simple explanation of these fairy tales
To the matter-of-fact pakeha and the modernised Maori there is a very simple explanation of these fairy tales
Read record →It was probably either a tuahu or a burying-place; the tuahu was the spot where the tribal gods, or, rather,…
It was probably either a tuahu or a burying-place; the tuahu was the spot where the tribal gods, or, rather, their symbols in wood and stone, were kept, and where the wise men, the tohungas, resorted for incantation and occult ceremonies and the black art of t
Read record →A peaceful man, Well worthy of your love was he, Who, while the roaring Garry ran Red with the life-blood of…
A peaceful man, Well worthy of your love was he, Who, while the roaring Garry ran Red with the life-blood of Dundee, While coats were turning, crowns were falling, Wandered along his valley still, And heard your mystic voices calling From fairy knowe and haunt
Read record →The tomb, in Scott’s time, was to be seen in the east end of the churchyard of Aberfoyle; but the ashes of Mr
The tomb, in Scott’s time, was to be seen in the east end of the churchyard of Aberfoyle; but the ashes of Mr
Read record →The tract, of which the reader now knows the history, is a little volume of somewhat singular character
The tract, of which the reader now knows the history, is a little volume of somewhat singular character
Read record →It “transfers” thoughts of no value, at a great expense of time and of serious hard work
It “transfers” thoughts of no value, at a great expense of time and of serious hard work
Read record →Kirk’s first chapter, “Of the Subterranean Inhabitants,” naturally suggests the recent speculations of Mr
Kirk’s first chapter, “Of the Subterranean Inhabitants,” naturally suggests the recent speculations of Mr
Read record →Once more, we often read in the Sagas of a hero like Grettir, who opens a howe, has a conflict with a…
Once more, we often read in the Sagas of a hero like Grettir, who opens a howe, has a conflict with a “barrow-wight,” as Mr
Read record →A good case in point is that of Bessie Dunlop, of Dalry, in Ayrshire, tried on 8th November 1576 for witchcraft
A good case in point is that of Bessie Dunlop, of Dalry, in Ayrshire, tried on 8th November 1576 for witchcraft
Read record →Kirk recognises “an abstruse People,” who were before our more substantial race, whose furrows are still to be…
Kirk recognises “an abstruse People,” who were before our more substantial race, whose furrows are still to be seen on the hill-tops
Read record →All things, in Red Indian belief, have somewhere their ideal counterpart or “Father.” Thus a donkey, when first…
All things, in Red Indian belief, have somewhere their ideal counterpart or “Father.” Thus a donkey, when first seen, was regarded as “the Father” or archetype “of Rabbits.” Now the second-sighted behold the “Double-man,” “Doppel-ganger,” “Astral Body,” “Wrait
Read record →As Homer fables of the dead, their speech is a kind of whistling like the cry of bats—another indication of the…
As Homer fables of the dead, their speech is a kind of whistling like the cry of bats—another indication of the pre-Christian Hades.[6] They have feasts and burials; and Pashley, in his Travels in Crete, tells the well-known Border story of a man who fired on
Read record →The dwellings of these airy shadows of mankind are, naturally, “Fairie Hills.” There is such a hill, the Fairy…
The dwellings of these airy shadows of mankind are, naturally, “Fairie Hills.” There is such a hill, the Fairy Hill at Aberfoyle, where Mr
Read record →The Fairy belief, we have said, is a composite thing
The Fairy belief, we have said, is a composite thing
Read record →The modern recorders are not consciously copying from old accounts; the coincidences therefore have their…
The modern recorders are not consciously copying from old accounts; the coincidences therefore have their value, as proving that certain phenomena have occurred and recurred
Read record →Beginning, then, with what is nearest to us in time, we take Mr
Beginning, then, with what is nearest to us in time, we take Mr
Read record →A chair flew about, and at last lighted on the table, where victuals stood ready to eat, and was likely to…
A chair flew about, and at last lighted on the table, where victuals stood ready to eat, and was likely to spoil all, only by a nimble catching they saved some of their meat
Read record →I, casting my eyes thither, perceived a little white hand and arm from the elbow down, but presently it…
I, casting my eyes thither, perceived a little white hand and arm from the elbow down, but presently it evanished.” “There was never anything seen except that hand I saw,” and an apparition of a boy in grey clothes
Read record →In the presence of a clergyman, chairs walked about the room of themselves, “a bed-staff was thrown at the…
In the presence of a clergyman, chairs walked about the room of themselves, “a bed-staff was thrown at the minister, but so favourably that a lock of wool could not have fallen more softly.” The children, as usual, were especially haunted
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