CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17019, 16 December 1920, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

REV. J. J. NORTH AND spmrnsji. TO THE LDITOK, Oh "VIU I'RKSS." Sir, —I have just read Rev. J. J, Norm's efrusion* dealing with Spiritism. As the rev. tcutieiuau therein unices an assertion regarunig spirit phenomena which is quite contrary to Uu't, 1 loe! caile.l up-;n to challenge it. 'i'ne assertion 1 re tor to is t;:e statement by ill j Nort.i mat no proof has ever at auj ! time been given "to ti;o world of a spirii having spoken through a medium. Foi slider rignt-down cjiossal nerve, tilt U.,.v. North may. claim the medal I'e.ause lie himself has iiad no proof, i: mat any reason why thousands or othei people should be doubted, or made tc appear that they are under a delusion or suffering from hallucinations? Why the Engiisu and American Psychica R-escnrcn Societies liave'for years beer collecting evidence whi:-h proves beyond any doubt the existence of an unseen world, to s;ty nothing of the thousands of individuals that have durinf their lives at some period of time 01 other received manifestations of sonic kind or other of a psychic nature. 1 would advise the Rev. North to _ reac "The Dawn of the Awpkened Mind," written by no le-s an authority than Dr. J. King, a medical man of high standing, and one who has spent many years studying and investigating the ocyult. This book teems with evidence of spirii return. Having studied the occult foJ the past twenty years, I claim to kr.on something about the subject, and 1 have in my possession proof of the existence of "this unseen wor'd, and hold evidence also of the possibility of communication between the unseen and the seen, wh'ch is absolutely undeniable and irrefutable, and at any time shall he pleased to show the evidence to Rev. Noth, or anyone else interested. — Yours, etc., TRUTH SEEKER. December loth. FAIRIES. TO TOE EDITOR OF "TIIE PRESS." Sir, —From remarks made by Sir Conau Doyle at Wellington a few days ago, ■ one gathers that this new apostle of Spiritualism believes that genuine photographs have been taken in Yorkshire (of all places the most uncanny and superstitious in Great Britain), of creatures which remind him of the days when ho pored over • "Elves and Fairies" picture books. May I ask if Sir Co nan Doyle believes that the authors of theso picture books, or, indeed, any of the authors of well-known fairy tales, are, in some occult manner, inspired in their remarkable accounts of the "pretty little creatures," whose counterparts have at last been revealed by the camera ? Ant} if, - from the jrrima-facie evidence said to bo established, we arc askod to believe there is .i striking correspondence between the fairies met with in both ancient and modern literature, and those alleged to bo fluttering around us to-day, should we not also be asked to assume that tho illimitable feats' (such as transforming human beings into animals, ' and vice-ycrsn), fairies are credited with performing in tho remote past, should not {jlso bo happening in modern times? We are not surely nskod to bolieve that the fairy "story-tellers" arc correct in their description of the appearance of the fairies themselves, and are indulging in the veriest nonsense when they recount their wonderful exploits 1 But perhaps occult science, per Sir Conan Doyle, will bo able to give some elucidation on this point, as it seems to bo able to explain anything. I, for one, am not going to believo only one part of what the fairy-tale authors" say, and disbelieve, tho rest, if I believe anything at all. Tt does seem to me that some of our intellectuals of the present day have gone back to the. days, of which we read in Acts, 17-21, when they "spent their time in nothing clso but either to tell or to hear some new thing."—Yours, .ctc., H.B. (SPIRITUALISM, NOT SPIRITISM. •ro TUB EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." Sir, —On my return from "Wellington, "Wednesday morning. I see ono of iny doughty opponents has been busy at-* temp-ting to "queer the pitch. "Really, my dear sir, this will never do." Come along and see tho spirit photos t)his evenintr. —Touts, etc * PETER TItOLOVE.\ STREET tVTDENING. TO THE EDITOR bF "THE PRES3." Sir, —I will be glad if you will allow me Jto call the attention ol' the Tramway Board >uiid City Qouncil ( to tho fact that an opportunity exists m Rhodes street for streetrwidemng in a small way, and that the- opportunity seems in danger of being lost. I refer to the corner lately purchased by tho Board .and rounded off by tlhem. The Board have made no attempt to do more than round off this corner', although they aro in a position to widen Rhodes stireeb for a distanco of over a chain. It is surely a pity if this property changes hands and someone pu<B a brick slhop or something of the sort right on tho present line, tlvus making it a- costly business in tho future to do anything with it. It surely would meet the approval of tho ratepayers in cases like this to do what widening can be done in such narrow streets. MyJhumble suggestion is that the Board gives tho strip and the Council does the work. — Your 3, etc., ' . < ■ CITIZEN.