Mr Ellis’s Lecture.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1678, 25 February 1885, Page 3

Mr Ellis’s Lecture.

On Monday evenin'.' ft'. t.;c Town Had, Or*ytown, Mr W. A. Ellis dt-liveted a lecture O’. M idem Spiitaa'.i.-uj. A bum half an !, jur bjf re the- time of ■ pccinr a heavy r .in s-1 ;n which prevented whit vrotil i < : Lei wise Lave been a large ato r. lane-. ’ln- c.. or .vas t--;ea by Mr IV. C. N a ion, wL- m a (■, v -.v ,1-. relative to his own esp-iicnce conct.-rni'.g ti.e subject, intro in;.- i the heftier to the audience. Mr Ellis, in his cp-i.iug remarks, Stated tii.it in otic-r i arts, Greytown wig looked up JO 8; tic- li-'.tU 1 ,-f SpititU distil. and the UioVcUK-nt vdi'ch i.-.-l oiljii.aud in this toV.c, Lit I . x.nti-d i.aiJ.,i-l e b.t -1 -st in m u;y i' it- of :!.<■ w lid. lie objects Jto the Wot J Sj iutuali-iu. a- a meet inappropriate tern.. In Auckland the Society was calie 1 a

" Ptyc’e 'c>;;.- o " S .o ; e*y wlr.eh wo d meant " thr wi-.i in •■! the s> t.1," A= yet t-.ey knew iat lifh of it. i-u: its f..nu and ns« were kr.cwn i. r.u C-t,- ay .. and the i'dyptiai.s evin Luiit -at.e uf„j.v.. dcVoU-d t, its research. Amm psi t .vast ancient savage ietti. lb- kr. v. . Si.ituu-I :.-m was found, U. tin.. 'n> r.ative? of Mw Zeaiai d m n.e trn Co.ys . ' an instance, and asked [be ’1: n a'. .:, t . n. 1 a chapter from the lit* .(!.c„ • M.i.i :■ s ik "Old X«v; Zea.ciui. v.c.th fa 1% t-.-rttl. rated the Re. turer e s;at< m< it- Mr Ellis sai lh- hud La i acor.w-a.dn *'th • i.- ci ti.v t-hh L in this district aid fivm id in in- icni !■ srue-i much concerning in- inmc si; i t heir (.cvris Ti.e lecturer ml! R.i the remanraule puenctLena hioucnt ' it by ti.e .-Kepts of lama, and then pi-?c I■n t*» .-nsik or the ut.hty (A Spuita .liit.i, mLit it five to ths lei! iVc: hf.n 1 ti.e cunit'.iuiis re ; rl-ite for Du tbt.n:,.. g the piicßomen*. Ho tueu riescriLod, by his ]io~cr uf c-uiivoy.if.. - :. the presence of th- t of :» Mwi right before Litn and with i.ls clui: indici.: p v.v-r.-; he learned that he f at the -•■•.te p-.h in lighting ag>....-t ti.e K..r ;ms. A native was r-esout :n the fiont sett-, and Mr Luis .-.si i the spirit form w. tf j oiniing to him and claim j icg him a= a relation. He then icuael the name and np >a the n u : ve present hi ing asked if he knew the spirit ho fold it was true, tire person was his brother-in-law and was shut at the pat- pah. Then Mr Ellis stood at the f. ot of the slice uni called for.vaia any per= .ls who wottl I like him to try the power* of psych ,me:iy up m tliuu. This was done i.y taking lue hand of the subject and (■.•c-c-int? i* up in his forehead. He then describe 1 ti.e int-ru u oivans ut;e by one and tt.eir condition. In each ease those woo came for vaid for the test it'imiU-J taat Mr Eiiis’s liiagir .-is was correct, Tire lecture was e-j -y.-d ly ail, and Mr Ellis cfleitd to give tests to any persons who w< u:d like to call upon him privately. Since his atuy in (n\uown Mr Eliis has given the Maoris s me proof cf his power of reading the hum ,u ;.,ir..v, and some o! tin in claim lust the spit it of one of their tohuagas is in him.