'MY FIRST SEANCE."

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18151, 14 August 1924, Page 11

'MY FIRST SEANCE."

j 10 TlfS BDITO3 CF "VHE rRESJ-

Sir, —I hope you will agree that the following'piquant patch from that gifted Irishman's (Dennis Bradley) latest book "Towards the .Stars" .is worth publishing., ' • •

•D.B. stuinblcd on Spiritualism a year i ago when staying at the house of a | wealthy American friend, and he'says: j "The two trumpets—aluminium things with luminous bands—werc-stuck up on end, and we four men sat-around about five feet apart. The medium had been invited to spend the week-end. The lights were turned off, and the whole affair struck -me as bebug idiotic. I wondered how a brilliant mind as that of my host—one of America's foremost lawyers* could be induced to -waste his time on such silly exploits. We sat talking, but itis a dull business making blind conversation, to while away the time, especially with men. Wc sang as entombed miners "might-do. We all had'rotten voices, and mine was the worst. Nothing . happened." -We .talked again. I- was getting-bored stiff, and waxing cynical at the stupidity of human beings! There were books outside and good cognac—we had iced water for dinner so that alcohol could not be accused of the evening's happenings. Then we sang hymns. They were worse than the songs. Twenty mintes went by. It was fortunate our facial expressions could hot be seen—mine at. any rate. This was my mental attitude —half interestedly amazed, then irritated, then "contemptuous. But without warning, or premonition, the soft, gentle accents of a woman's voice, full, of emotion,, called me by name."

- Thus came about 'what Dennis Bradley describes as the ."staggering .event of,my life. My fifteen minutes' talk with my sister who died ten years back." .Last year ,it was Bobert Blatchford testifying. This year it is Dennis Bradley. Who will it be next? —-Tours,. etc., . PETER TBOLOVE. .