Glimpses Of The Next State.Pdf - Spiritualists' National Union

On November 26, 1905 at Pinner. Circle of seven. I asked Joey for his word. He replied:“Not much has been contributed to me”; and when pressed said: “I cannot give the word unless Iam in the same conditions.” On another occasion he repeated this, saying: “If I give you a word atSouthsea through A. (the sensitive in my room), I cannot repeat it through my medium here.” OnDecember 2 he made himself known again in my room by his usual violent lotions of the table, andwhen asked for his word tilted out “Money.”Grimaldi’s presence is unmistakable. He whirls the table about on one leg, apparently tolift it off the ground. In spelling a word he taps one leg rapidly on the floor, until he comes to aletter; thus he would tap thirteen times for M., and so forth.Sister Amy was in my room on this evening, and Mrs. Endicott’s control, “Violet.” I hadwritten to Mrs. Endicott two days before, asking her to send Violet to me between none and tenp.m., December 2, and to write to me the same evening. Of course, no allusion was made to whatwe should probably be doing. The same evening, Mrs. Endicott wrote that Violet had been down,and had told her that there were many spirits in the room and a séance was going on. The name“Violet” was tilted out at the table.But to return to the Pinner séance of November 26. Craddock’s pulse was tested before aphysician before he went into trance, and found to be normal. At the end of the séance, after theforms had been absorbed, but before Graem left the body, the doctor whispered to me: “Aboutforty, just consistent with life.” During the séance Joey, showing his location by a smallilluminated slate, came outside the circle, and twice floated up to the ceiling (eleven feet). It wasimpossible for a mortal body to get through the cordon of chairs, or around the edge of the cordon,without one or two of the sitters being aware of it.On December 3, 1905. At Pinner. Circle of seven.During the séance Joey, with a spirit light, floated over our heads, four feet above us. I saidto him at one time, “What were you doing last night at half-past nine?” He replied, “I went downto your house to see A.” “Who was with you?” “Your brother and sister, Admiral T., and theband.” (See account of séance in my room with A. December 2.)A relative of mine materialised twice and each time brought with her a daughter of myneighbouring sitter.An exquisite woman’s voice sang a solo in the cabinet.(22) On December 4, 1905. At a private house. Circle of fifteen, half of whom weremediumistic. A. was present. The medium arrived late, when the circle was formed andeverybody in their places. I sat next to an old fisherman, Mr. Endicott, who is clairvoyant. Hehad come from Devonshire to see Craddock for the first time, and had never been insider the roombefore. Directly the room was darkened Mr. Endicott described a form standing in front of me,and said after a long time: “She has now gone over to that gentleman near the cabinet (A.) and isbending over him.” (Mr. Endicott had not seen A. before). A relative afterwards materialisedtwice to A. and myself, calling us both by name, showing her face also to Mr. Endicott.Mr. Endicott described Red Crow and other spirits. He also said that he saw in the circle alittle old gentleman wearing a skull cap and using s stick for walking about. (This answers thedescription of a Mr. Schafer, who once owned the house; and the description Mr. Endicott gave isprecisely the same as that given by Mrs. Imison (Nurse Graham) a week before when Husk was themedium. (Mr. Endicott and Mrs. Imison do not know one another).The oriental spirits were specially active on this evening. I saw one, who brought his ownlight, fall forward and dematerialise at the feet of a lady three feet away from me. The illuminatedslates were seen in the air four to eight feet above us and about seven feet apart. Apparently therewere three or more Indian spirits, for one of the slates – that nearly over me – was dropped from aheight of eight feet above me, and caught by a spirit below who was level with me head. Mr.Endicott could see the forms.“Ora pro Nobis” was sung in the cabinet in a woman’s voice.Joey told A. he had been “Western-Parading” on Saturday night and doing “hanky-panky”with the table. (see notes of December 2.)35