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

41the strain put upon it. Nothing happened in the way of phenomena for fully half an hour; butmy arm was pressed many times, and my husband was able to speak to me three or four times, oncecalling me by a pet name known to no single person in the room.“Uncle” then came to me, and asked me to rise from my chair when they (the spirits) liftedtheir medium. I did so, and, tall woman as I am, had to stand on tiptoe, still holding on to themedium’s hand. The lights were then turned up, when we all saw Mr. Husk, sitting in a chair, onthe table at which we had all been sitting, just coming out of trance, and in a very dazed andbewildered condition, astonished to find himself in such a strange position. There were nomaterialisation’s because of so much power having been used up in the levitation of the medium.Some spirits joined us in the singing of a hymn, and Foli sand the second verse of “Rock’d in theCradle of the Deep.”Thus ended a thoroughly convincing proof of the power of this great medium, used by his band ofgood spirit friends – one of the very great and many proofs vouchsafed to me.(Signed) E. A. K. Alleyne.This was the last occasion upon which I saw Mrs. Husk. She passed over three weeks later,while I was abroad. She passed over three weeks later, while I was abroad.May 29, 1905. Circle of eleven people. A clairvoyante sitting next to me, whom I hadnever seen before, corroborated what other clairvoyantes had said respecting a figure standingnear me, which was certainly “Iola”; she materialised twice on this evening. The second time herhead dropped slowly down from two feet above the table ; when the neck was level with the tablethe slate fell over her.Husk was accompanied by an old friend, who sat next to him. The manifestations weremuch the same as usual in quality, but not so numerous.(30) June 20. Circle of fourteen people. In the middle of the materialisations two newsolos were beautifully rendered by male spirits, who declined to give their names—“For Ever andfor Ever” (by Tosti) and “The Children’s Home” (by Cowen).When Ebenezar took the Zither through the floor we heard the playing distinctly below.As it burst through the floor on its upward journey, I saw a light, or it may have been thephosphorescent patch under the instrument, as it touched the spare chairs at the side of the room.On this evening I heard, at one time or another, eight separate male voices, from base to tenor, andI saw faintly the figure of the Cardinal as he passed near me when giving the individualbenediction.On June 26, 1905, I sat with the medium Williams in a friend’s flat in Eaton mansions.On July 27. Circle of thirteen people. At our private room. Medium Husk. Unclecame to me and said : “I saw you last night sitting between Major and Mrs. R.” (Correct).Williams and Husk are both controlled by John King and his deputy “Uncle.” At one time thesetwo mediums worked together.July 24. Circle of twelve people.I now sat two feet from the medium’s left hand, where I could obtain a more private view ofany face that materialised to me. The zither on this evening altered its gyrations round the circle atmy request, and went from one person to another as I desired. When Iola appeared she reached outand touched me with the slate.A Norwegian lady was spoken to by her mother in her native tongue.A few days before this evening the room had been lent to some Parsees, who held a seance withHusk as medium, the only stranger present being Mr. Gambier Bolton. I understood that the onlylanguage spoken by the spirits was that of the sitters. Uncle alluded to this circle, and said that allthe time there was an animated discussion going on in the surrounding circle of spirits as to thepropriety of doing away with the Towers of Silence in Bombay, where the dead are laid out on