SPIRITUALISTIC RISKS.
Those who dabble in spiritualism and are interested in the occult (the Weekly Scotsman observes) should ponder over the remarks made by Professor Robertson at the annual meeting in Edinburgh of the lvoyul Hospital. He warned those “who may possibly inherit a latent tendency to nervous disorders to have nothing to do with practical inquiries of a spiritualistic nature, lest they shou.d awaken a dormant proclivity to hallucinations within their brains. Dining the last year or two he had seen at least three cases of insanity which were clearly due to spiritualistic practices. He had also seen many other cases which were induced to take a practical interest in spiritualism because lie believed, it» afforded till Gin a satisfactory explanation of the strange mental experiences through which they were passing. The members of this last vroup were, ol course not made insane by engaging m spiritualism, hut more rather diawn to spiritualism to account for their symptoms.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9797, 6 May 1924, Page 5
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