On October 8th we had a seance with Mrs
- Date of account
- Published 1921
- Source
- The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
- Reference
- The Wanderings of a Spiritualist · selected passage 44
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
On October 8th we had a seance with Mrs
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyOn October 8th we had a seance with Mrs. Hunter, a pleasant middle-aged woman, with a soft South of England accent. Like so many of our mediums she had little sign of education in her talk. It does not matter in spiritual things, though it is a stumbling block to some inquirers. After all, how much education had the apostles? I have no doubt they were very vulgar provincial people from the average Roman point of view. But they shook the world none the less. Most of our educated people have got their heads so crammed with things that don't matter that they have no room for the things that do matter. There was no particular success at our sitting, but I have heard that the medium is capable of better things.
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Modern context
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