G.R.B. AND SPIRITUALISM.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18890, 15 October 1929, Page 10

G.R.B. AND SPIRITUALISM.

To the Editor. Dear Sir. —Out of the fullness of his ignorance, G.R.B. writes on the topic of Spiritualism. It is passing strange that a subject which is occupying the

scientific mind to-day. and has been undergoing rigid tests in its various phases / ring the last thirty years, should be .so completely settled and solved by this great master-mind with> an examination of the facts. Had G R.B. been born some forty years er.rlier, when the telephone first came into use. he would have seen some of his fellow sceptics saying “ Bunkum! ” ‘ Bosh!” when they heard a voice, from the other end of the wire. Is it not strange that the really great are very humble, although G.R.B. thinks otherwise. A course of reading, not one volume, but many, and a humble, reverent personal investigation to follow the reading, will enlarge your contributor’s vision and show him “ there are more hings in heaven ami earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Now, then, G.R.8., “read, mark and inwardly digest ” the following books: —“ Experiments in Psychical Science.” by W. J. Crawford. D.Sc., dealing with levitation, contact and the direct voice; “ Psychic Structures of the Goligher Circle,” by the same author ; “ Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism,” by Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., etc.; “Ghosts in Solid Form,” by Gambier Bolton, F.R.S.; Schrenk Notzing’s voluminous work on “ Materialisations” (45s cost), with its numerous photographs and convincing experiments; Alfred Rusfc’l Wallace’s “ Miracles in the Light of Modern Science,” which cover? the field well, but may be out of print; Dr John King’s “Dawn of the Awakened Mind ” (a copy of which is in the Library) ; Professor Henslow’s “ Proofs of the Truths of Spiritualism,” also obtainable there; and ‘ Man’s Survival after Death,” by the Rev Charles L. Tweedale, F.R.A.S., also comprehensive. In Judge Manning's “ Old New Zealand,” the reader is given a good insight into psychic phenomena as practised by the Maoris. Psychic incidents re t--« be found in many of the bioraph.e* of eminent people on the ,’i ic Library helves. Finally I wi.u. . recommend everyone interested in the subject to read Ihe Undiscovered Country,” edited by Harold Bayley. and published by Cassells.—l am, etc., PSYCHO.