SPIRITUALISM.

Southland Times, Issue 3484, 21 August 1879, Page 2

SPIRITUALISM.

Mr Tyerman delivered another addi : e6s at Theatre Royal last night, the particular branch of his subject being— --"How to com- \ municate with departed 'spirits." After an eloquent ...exordium, the. lecturer said- that j to ac6omjpiish coinnlunicatib r hwithdepra'rted i spirits certain > conditions - were absolutely | essential, and' tlie various different pro-; cesses by which thisjwas done were clearly j and graphically described. These included \ m®h)atQiOcil mediumshipi writing medium- ! ship, trans-mediumship (or mesmerism), clairvoyance, and V daif-audience. He expatiated on the rarity of those qualified to be mediums, and' after adverting to these at great length, he gave many startling instances "in which Tie had either acted a part,or which had come under his personal j observation in different parts of the world. \ His first attempt in. the capacity of medium ! was made by himself alone. He sat in his study, and held the pencil in his hand steadily. For some time there was no . manifestation^ but t presently he felt a weight pressing upon his hand, and the [ pencil commenced to form letters slowly — :' " 0 : l-i-y." Then the manifestation ceased, and he got up and left the room, returning after a time, and took up the writirfg where it had been left off, : placing ius pencil on the last letter. . " Presently, 'the ! manifestation was resumed,' and, "slowly | and laboriously, tlie name " Oliver Crom- 1 well "..was; completed. .The iwriting; was' not his ownr Subsequently, he had the! -signature' comparedcwith '. the fdc simftejirf. '.. Cromwell's signature, and they exactly-co- ; incided. He was, not. thmking of Olivier j Cromwiell'at the time,' neither had he theslightest idea ofywiiatJiis-: hand writing was: I like. V That was his first_ experience. He; ..Jiad^m^hy, since, and all confirmed iiini^nj "his 'spiritualistic belief. Mr Tyef mahith>n| related, some, really remarkable experiences! of 'his own whilst' he" was' sojourning *ati Chicago,;:vyh.ere. he had "sittings;"- .with two! of the most remarkable mediums of thej age. The earnestness- and honesty of the lecturer is, we should think, bej ond ques-j : tion,l and, according to his showing, hej was not deceived at the seances in question.! He recouimended-that~" circles" should be| f ormedjn Jnyei;cargil !, . wjth , the. object ofi thor<^^lily ? i'§s'fiQg'''^ii l ithilisjni > .' ' In elos-j ing, he severel^,d^np^nced Professor (for-i sooth !) Baldwin, Vhp^was.ipally a mediumj but who yet, " pandering ~to the public; prejudices for the^purpose of] -obtaining! money, practised. ; the •.systein,^. and yet' professedto expose iti>:':--It'\Vas:a< scandal]' ioMmj .and grossly^ dishonesty ;(Applause.)The lecturercph'eluded ; by4ntirhatihg that on Sunday i!f evenihg :i 4ie :; w6uld-lecture on "Is there" r a D^yil?, or the scarebrbw of agesunmask'ed; ,f: -" 1 , , -.- ,J;; ;: J -^"yiysy j