BAN ON SPIRITUALISM
CHUFtCH OF ENGLAND REPORT BY COMMISSION LONDON. Feb. 17 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Lang, will issue shortly a report of the Church of England commission on spiritualism. According to the News Chronicle the Church will launch a three-fold attack. Clergymen practising spiritualism will be severely disciplined, legal proceedings will be instituted against mediums on the grounds of false pretences, and a campaign will be undertaken, with the co-operation of doctors, warning the public of the dangers of interfering with the unknown. Spiritualism is making rapid progress in Britain, and the Church has lost thousands of members. Many clergymen are avowed spiritualists. A member of the commission said: "We believe that attempts to communicate with those in the other world are wrong and dangerous, and dishonouring to the dead. Even spiritualists admit that it is possible to come into contact with evil spirits who only do harm."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22971, 24 February 1938, Page 14
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