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

46A.: “Yes; Iola.”Q.: Have you a communication to make?”A.: “Yes, W.; I am going to arrive on session night to greet you both.” (Correct. Thesession of sittings was to begin in a fortnight in our private room in London, after a pause of threemonths; a member of my family had decided to go with me.)Q.: “Will you give me a test? You know the trouble we have had with personatingspirits?”A.: “Yes.”Q.: “What is the name of your youngest sister in earth life?”A.: “Dear T. (Correct. The name given had not been applied to her sister for thirty-fiveyears, as I afterwards found out. It was a pet-name and only used by one member of thefamily.) Five minutes later Mrs. Endicott said: “Who is G.- a little lady?” (the name wasthe working name of the sister called T.).Q.: “Please give the name of the town where you passed over.”A.: “Kilmarnock.” (Correct).Q.: “What country?”A.: “England.” (Wrong)Q.: “Can you give the number of years since you passed over? Please tap the floor oncefor each year.”A.: Thirty-one taps. (The proper answer should have been thirty years, four months.)Q.: “What is the short name of your eldest brother?”A.: “T.” (Correct).Q.: “What is the number of the house in R. Square, where you lived?”A.: Thirty five taps. (Correct).Q.: “What is the number of the house in which you lived in E. Square?”A.: Twenty-one taps. (Wrong’ but on my saying so, two taps were added, which madethe number correct.)Some private conversation followed with a male relative, the table tilting at right angles toits former direction.We now had tea, and afterwards sat again. Mrs. Nowell Endicott (a psychic, daughter-inlawof the fisherman and his wife) came in, and made a fourth sitter at the table. In a minute ortwo Iola announced her presence.Q.: “Can you tell me what I have in my pocket?”A.: “Yes, photographs.” (Correct)Q.: “How many?”A.: Three taps. (Correct).Q.: “Which of the three do you like best?”A.: “The one you have enlarged. (I laid photographs on the table and pencilled thenumbers 1,2,3 on them respectively.)Q.: “Do you mean No.1?”A.: “Yes.” (Correct. The face is four times the size of the others).Q.: “Do you remember the one which Captain Alleyne picked out?” (This incident isdescribed later in this chapter.)A.: “Yes” One tap. (Correct.)Q.: “What is the name of the lady who is taken with you in No.2?”Mrs. E. sensed Agnes, which is correct for the Christian name. The spirit could not give thesurname.Q.: “What is your first name?”A;: (Given correctly.)After some private details:-Q.: “Do you know we have just moved a picture of yours?”A.: “Yes.” (Mrs. E. said “Not long ago.”)Q.: “In what room did I put it?”A.: “Dr. -----.” (Mrs. E. called out the correct answer.)