PSYCHIC NEWS NEEDS YOU!

By Sue Farrow. The relaunch of Psychic News is just weeks away and we want you to be part of it! The J.V. Trust’s amazing gift of a dynamic, utterly independent new PN offers a powerful voice to every Spiritualist … Continue reading →

PSYCHIC NEWS – THERE IS NO DEATH!

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By Sue Farrow. With enormous delight and pleasure I can confirm that Psychic News, Spiritualism’s most famous and iconic voice, silenced for so long by the Spiritualists’ National Union (SNU), is to speak its truth again. Many readers will by … Continue reading →

Physical medium David Thompson speaks exclusively to Spirit of PN

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Physical mediumship has long been the ‘hot potato’ of Spiritualism but, like it or not, there would be no modern movement without it. What were those famed Hydesville knockings if not physical? Since those far-off days, physical mediumship has been … Continue reading →

STOP PRESS – PSYCHIC NEWS

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STOP PRESS A statement from Minister Eric Hatton, chairman of the J.V. Trust. My fellow trustees and I are absolutely delighted to announce that yesterday, 4th October 2011, ownership of Psychic News, its archives and other assets passed to the … Continue reading →

The vision thing

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“Where there is no vision, the people perish” – Proverb Back in 1964, former president Harold Vigurs was conducting a commission of inquiry into the Spiritualists’ National Union’s problems and opportunities, and exploring ways forward. In his report, he lamented … Continue reading →

Anarchy on the streets? What can be learned from the August riots?

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The riots which spread across England earlier this month stunned the world, writes Sue Farrow. TV news channels around the globe regaled their viewers with scenes of violence, arson and looting unprecedented on England’s streets. For some, the events which … Continue reading →

SNU responds to readers’ comments

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In an unprecedented decision to engage with a wider public about the SNU’s plans for the future, president David Bruton has authorised public relations officer Minister Steven Upton to respond to some of the many comments that followed Sue Farrow’s … Continue reading →

Evidence, evidence, evidence!

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Sue Farrow introduces a report on some exceptional survival evidence given recently to ‘Valerie’ by London-based medium Michael Bagan.        Few Spiritualists – even those who do their utmost to look on the bright side – can have failed to notice … Continue reading →

David Thompson séance – spirit or flesh?

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Veteran Spiritualist commentator Roy Stemman has paid a visit to a physical séance given by British-born medium David Thompson and, to say the least, his report makes interesting reading. The séance, held in Oxfordshire earlier this week, was part of … Continue reading →

The Etheric Connection

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Sue Farrow reviews the third and last book by Katie Halliwell on the work of the Stewart Alexander Circle. Spiritualists the world over know the importance of chronicling outstanding mediumship. Without those people who took time to record the amazing … Continue reading →

SNU AGM 2011

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Sue Farrow reports on the 109th annual general meeting of the Spiritualists’ National Union. Following a year of high-profile, and some would say controversial, decisions – the closure of Psychic News, the banning of Eric Hatton’s autobiography from Stansted, proposed … Continue reading →

Reunion in the Spirit World – how will it work?

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Our For and Against Reincarnation debate, launched in February and argued so persuasively by Roy Stemman and Leslie Price, has so far attracted an amazing 116 comments. A number of these have widened the debate to include related topics such … Continue reading →

Eric Hatton radio interview

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American-based radio station alignradio.com has recorded an interview with UK Spiritualism’s best known ambassador, Eric Hatton. The interview, which will be broadcast on Friday 10th June, at 5pm UK time, is part of the station’s Surfing the Psychic Waves series, … Continue reading →

Are the Seven Principles still ‘fit for purpose’?

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“When everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”  – George S. Patton. The Seven Principles have once again come under scrutiny. This follows researchers’ discovery that the idea the Principles were given to Emma Hardinge Britten (EHB) by Robert Owen, … Continue reading →

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE SPIRITUALISTS’ NATIONAL UNION AND MINISTER ERIC HATTON

Following the decision of the Union not to stock copies of its Honorary President Eric Hatton’s book, Taking Up The Challenge, the President, the Vice-President (Administrative) and the General Secretary of the Union held a meeting with Mr Hatton, Hugh … Continue reading →

SNU bans Eric Hatton’s book

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by Sue Farrow. In a move that has left many of its loyal members outraged, the Spiritualists’ National Union (SNU) has made the astonishing decision to ban the autobiography of its own honorary president from sale at the Arthur Findlay … Continue reading →

STOP PRESS

From the editor:  Publication of the May edition of Spirit of PN will be delayed pending an important announcement. All subscribers will receive an e-mail notification as soon as the new issue is available online. We apologise for any inconvenience … Continue reading →

How many mediums do you know who’ve been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize?

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Regular visitors to Spirit of PN will know that last week we made an important announcement concerning the ownership of Psychic News and its assets. A legal ruling has determined that the Spiritualists’ National Union, which unilaterally halted publication of … Continue reading →

For and Against: More Christians in Spiritualism

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For and Against is a regular feature in which two well-known commentators with opposing views on a particular spiritual or philosophical topic debate the issue. In this, our third debate, Leslie Price and Lis Warwood go head to head on … Continue reading →

Eric Hatton steps down at Stourbridge

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By Sue Farrow. The Spiritualist movement’s best known church president has stepped down after almost fifty years in the hot seat. At Stourbridge church’s annual general meeting on March 16, I watched from the back as members listened intently to Minister … Continue reading →

The unhappy mediums

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By Jim Warwood. March 31, 2011 was the 163rd anniversary of the beginnings of modern Spiritualism.  On this date in 1848, in a small cottage in Hydesville, New York State, the Fox family discovered that the rapping noises heard in … Continue reading →

Finding Schumann’s lost violin concerto

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The messages spelled out by the ouija board in English and German were clear and precise. They were from a spirit group (which included the composer Robert Schumann) to Jelly D’Arányi, a leading British violinist. The medium was her sister … Continue reading →

Spotlight on the Churches – Wimbledon Spiritualist Church

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This month Spirit of PN’s Paul Brett takes a look at what’s on offer at the very active and popular Wimbledon Spiritualist Church (WSC). Wimbledon Spiritualist Church ­– a family affair. A spirit message by way of an ouija board … Continue reading →

Chico Xavier, Medium of the Century

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Graham Jennings reviews a new book by psychical researcher Guy Lyon Playfair on the medium who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Some idea of the esteem in which Chico Xavier was held can be gleaned from his being … Continue reading →

Support for Spiritualist Dame

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A former contestant on the BBC The Apprentice programme has criticised the decision to strip disgraced super-head Jean Else of her Damehood. Adele Lock, a 35-year-old salon chain owner from Knutsford, Cheshire, was a pupil at Stretford High School when … Continue reading →

Steve Holbrook on tour

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Steve Holbrook, reported to be “one of Britain’s most accurate Spiritualists [mediums]”, has this month started out on a tour of the UK after a successful tour of America and the Caribbean. The tour starts on April 7 in Wigan. … Continue reading →

Have your say on the mysteries of consciousness

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On April 2 the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) launched a teleseminar series on scientific evidence that supports psychic abilities. A majority of people say they have experienced these, but lack the public support to discuss it. Renowned USA parapsychologist, … Continue reading →

Emma Hardinge CDs available

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In 1865, Emma Hardinge Britten gave a series of lectures entitled The Philosophy of Spiritualism. Her words were written down at the time, and a book was produced. Perry Rabbitts, who has transferred these lectures to seven CDs, along with … Continue reading →

Gordon Smith raises money for animal charity

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Staff at the National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) in Watford were delighted to receive a donation of £1,200, raised from an evening of mediumship. The money was raised at Finchley Christian Spiritualist Church on March 19, when a congregation of … Continue reading →

Spiritualist church robbed twice in two weeks

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Members of Walthamstow Spiritualist Church in north London are outraged that their church has twice been the target of thieves in less than two weeks. Churchgoers were stunned to discover on Friday, March 11 that hundreds of pounds worth of … Continue reading →