SPIRITLAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 6

SPIRITLAND.

. . .MEDIUJIISTIC MESSAGES. . The ; New Centiiry■'ilall, /Jin'' Kent .Terrace, 'was. crowded lnsf/night, .When Mrs. Georgia Cooloy, spirituaUst and medium, who, is at' present conducting,- under the auspices of the Wellington Association/of Spiritualists, > mis-sion-in :New .Zealand, /gave' an ' address. The president .of the ..Association, 'Mr. Wm.' M'Leaii, was in thochair, and Mrs. Prior, who conductcd : a' series of lectures' on spiritual-'Wellifigfrfn'-'s6me' time ago, was also present.' The' audienfcei'-.it was easy to see.was not' entirelv -composed" of 1 spiritualists, Some .were' 'there "out - of m?i;e idle • curiosity,' .while a', fe.w-were in -tHat'-'particular -frame/of .mindwhicli oftensj precedes;.conversion.■ '■ Mrs.., Cooley.: delivered a short address on spiritualism,-and "Mrs. Prior, in a supplementary: speech, replied'to', the welcome extended to lier'by" the'previous'speaker. At the close .of the introductory'Scrvicc, the medium, .Mrs, Cooley, gave some > messages from _ spirits. It was an eerie exhibition; with a slight flavour of the sensational. mediums- havo different methods. mediums lapse into a sub-conscious stafe. .of mind, a trance, in fact. This is said, renders the subject peculiarly' susceptible to impressions from without.'Mrs'.''Cooley merely appears to close her'eyes;' . 1 / ' ' / \ The following may :be taken as a, typical examplfr'of' , tlio-' | l!taessaaes" which were de-: livercd bv Mrs. Cooley last- evening. ' Facing "the .audience, the medium closes her eyes. There is a moment of suspense," during which - the ' audience. remains perfectly still. Then the voice of'the medium is heard: 'I--feel' the influence 'of .a spirit, which'''directs 'me to the'back' of'the' hall, to that lady sitting at the third row from the "door."' Another pause,-rand a turning of heads by some of -tho audience.. The .lady thus, indicated blushes to find herself the centre of attraction for the moment/ Tho medium'proceeds: "This spirit,asks me.to.say to vou that all is well! It is >;our father, who has now been' 'two,' three years." While 'on" the'earth-plane lie-suffered from an ~affection of tho heart—is that'-right?" The person indicated'replies in the-affirmative.• 'I also see the letter ' L(another pause, during which the medium seems', to bo much agitated). *'Laura—that's tyr-ypiir. cousin, who left .the earth-plane live months ago." All this is admitted by the person: addressed by the medium to be correct. ' . • . • Other messages, more or less similar ■ in character, I 'were'given!' Some of the recipients of the messages appeared to. be much affected. All were, perfectly-.serious.