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He fell into an insidious illness with certain psychic symptoms, and within a few months was reduced to skin…

Date of account
Published 1921
Source
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist
Reference
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist · selected passage 68
Rights
public_domain
Language
English
Record updated
2026-08-24

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He fell into an insidious illness with certain psychic symptoms, and within a few months was reduced to skin and bone

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He fell into an insidious illness with certain psychic symptoms, and within a few months was reduced to skin and bone. Mr. Michie's wife is mediumistic and liable to be controlled. One day an entity came to her and spoke through her to her husband, claiming to be the spirit of one, Gordon Stanley. He said: "I can sympathise with your case, because my own death was brought about in exactly the same way. I will help you, however, to fight against it and to recover." The spirit then gave an account of his own life, described himself as a clerk in Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne, and said that his widow was living at an address in Melbourne, which was duly given. Mr.

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