Materializations With Lula Taber

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statues and .ases of roses artistically arran ed a!out the altar* Seats are found !efore thealtar for those who wish to tarry there for meditation*

he acti.ities of a day at Chesterfield conform to a eneral plan, as follows:;*(( a*m*, powwows or se appreciated her comin to our home and hope she will doso a ain soon*

he pro ram for our roup durin the week we spend at Chesterfield was appro+imatelyas I shall record* he se attended all work mentioned a!o.e, under the pro ram schedule for the day*Mr* 6ias2 class work was .ery interestin and well presented* It was entirely of aninformati.e and educational nature* If such work was a.aila!le to all, the truth of

spiritualism could pro ress much faster than is possi!le under present conditions*0onday, August th, 19 1# 0ateriali ation 2 0edium3 4ula $aber#

here were o.er twenty persons present at this meetin , amon whom were Mr* and Mrs*Ralph 4ressin , pu!lishers of 4sychic @!ser.er* hey were interested in seein 6yron2s.iolin and in hearin his music so we were .ery pleased when he materialized and

played* 6yron was the 6ritt2s son, who had passed in "#=# from influenza at the a e ofsi+teenB* >hen he had finished he held his .iolin out at arms len th and asked the4ressin s if they could see it well* Mrs* 4ressin then stepped up to the ca!inet and talkedwith him* he followin is an e+cerpt from the 0o.em!er tenth issue of 4sychic@!ser.er wherein 3race 4* Schafer, feature writer for the @!ser.er, wrote an article on5 he Mediumship of Re.* Lula a!er* uote: - >hat I like a!out Mrs* a!er2smaterializations is: there is no uestion a!out the spirits who come throu h* >hen theymake an entr


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hea.enly than an earthly instrument could produce* he selection played was 5SweetMystery of Life*2 1ow appropriateD

An interestin incident was when a soldier materialized to Mr* Morris, a.e a militarysalute, and said, 5Ma/or, I salute you* I am 1arry Atkins* I ser.ed under you*2 Mr* Morris

saluted in return, sayin , 5I remem!er you well*2 Later he told us that Mr* Atkins had !eenkilled in 7rance durin the 7irst >orld >ar*

At this same shen the 4ressin s heard Mr* aylor i.e his name they weresurprised and pleased, sayin that they had tra.eled a!road to ether some years a o*

hey, too, had an interestin .isit with their old friend*

o !e continuedB

hese materializations are interestin to study* As we ha.e !een discussin recently, the powers of thou ht and emotion are multiplied many times o.er in the spirit worlds, tocreate the su!stance and en.ironment o.er there* 4hysical mediumship is a wonderful

precursor of powers we shall all de.elop when our time comes* Richard RB

he standard of writin a!out mediumship and Spiritualism which we can find in the !est /ournals and ma azines is ideally what we would like to read also in the newspapers andhear in the !roadcast media* 8nfortunately it is not so* Instead, we et all this flippantoff-hand derision from youn fled lin writers* @ne useful pro/ect for our Spiritualist

societies, unions and or anizations would !e to offer persistently and consistentlyauthoritati.e and interestin articles to the press, and really inform pu!lic opinion* Manyof the writers and mediums who ha.e presented their articles here on the List mi ht wellcontri!ute in this* Already their articles appear in the 4sychic >orld, 4sychic 0ews, wo>orlds, Summit Li hthouse, the now defunct Ark Re.iew, 7ate Ma azine, the A?E4

0ewsletter, the 4arapsychic %ournal and similar places* hey need wider circulation*

Meantime, I thou ht I2d di another item out of the archi.es, and offer an e+ample of the !est standard of reportin * ?.en thou h this is &F years a o, the writin !rin s the e.entsto life as if they happened yesterday* Richard R

My Son Li.es6y Coleen @wen 6ritt

Arti!le in the sy!hi! Observer, *une 56th, 19 1#

Materialization is a scientific phenomenon which i.es the thinkin indi.idual the factual !asis for a li.a!le and !elie.a!le reli ion* Materialization i.es a!solute proof of lifeafter what we call death*


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Spiritualism, throu h materialization and direct .oice and trumpet se wereraised in a church en.ironment, each takin an acti.e part for years* >e did so for thesame reason that thousands of others did9 !ecause we had !een tau ht that it was the

proper thin to do* 1owe.er, also like thousands of others, we did not et the uplift orhelp that one should et from his reli ion* 6ecause some conscientious, or am!itious,minister a.e !eautiful rose-colored pictures of 1ea.en - if we were ood, and dark

painful stories of hell - if we were !ad, the thou ht of reli ion did not seem to impress usdefinitely* In our hearts we did not !elie.e the 6i!le as usually presented, and after duein.esti ation we found out that there were many more indi.iduals who felt /ust as we did*>e felt a need for reli ion, !ut reli ion as we could find it in no way satisfied that need*Reli ion as it has !een, and is, widely preached, is no comfort at the time of the death of

our lo.ed ones, at the .ery time we need its comfort most* It takes us to the ra.e wherewe are forced to say farewell in the deepest despair with no hoe of e.er seein or hearinthe one we lo.e a ain* 1ow different the chan e we call death !ecomes, throu hSpiritualism* >e know that our lo.ed ones are not dead !ut ha.e only left the physical

!ody, and that they in their spiritual !ody are now free to ad.ance to un!ounded hei hts,no lon er hindered !y the ills and pains and the riefs of earth life* Spiritualists not only

!elie.e this, they know it is true*

>hen our son 6yron went o.er to the spirit side of life, at the a e of si+teen, I almostwent insane* I !ecame an atheist* I searched !ut could find no source of comfort* A weekafter his passin his father and I were ridin o.er a uiet road in the @zarks when to our

ears came clearly the sound of the Morse code* >e were !oth startled and my hus!andstopped the car so that we could !e sure as to whether or not we were really hearinsomethin * he code continued for what seemed se.eral minutes, after which we dro.eon* >onderin * 6yron was an amateur radio operator and we talked o.er the fact that thecode he was always sendin sounded /ust like what we had heard* 1owe.er, we soon castthe incident aside as a product of our ima ination9 yet in my heart I knew it was real* Ayear later, in despair, I consulted a medium* She was kind and sympathetic, and told meof a materializin medium Re.* Lula a!er, of St* Louis, Missouri, who was to !e in ourcity soon* 4aul and I talked it o.er and decided to attend a se were not !elie.ers

!ut we were seekers after truth* >e knew no one in the roup which athered thate.enin * >e had made no appointment* >e had told no one we were oin to attend*

here were si+teen men and women athered in a semicircle In front of the medium, whosat !ehind li ht-wei ht !lack curtains durin the se all /oined in repeatin the Lord2s prayer and in sin in a few son s* In a few minutesa pretty little irl stepped out from !etween the curtains and told us that her name wasStar 6ri ht, the medium2s uide, and that she would do her !est to ha.e a ood meetinfor us*


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0umerous spirit folks appeared and talked that ni ht, !ut when 6yron, our son, came tous, said his name, kissed us and said that he was happy, we felt the first mental relief wehad e+perienced since he passed from earth life* Most of my time had !een spent in tearsand mor!id e+istence9 - now I could e.en sin son s, and that was somethin I had ne.er

!een a!le to do since I last san them with him* >e attended practically all of the shen we talked with him concerninthe code we had heard months !efore, he said, >ell Mother, you were con.inced !utGaddy wasn2t*

I could write for hours a!out the wonderful comforts and the interestin e+periencesfound throu h a study of spiritualism* Since meetin Mrs* a!er we ha.e found her to !enot only a wonderful medium, !ut also a lo.a!le lady, and a de.oted mother* his articlehas !een written !ecause of our feelin of thankfulness to Re.* a!or for !rin in !ackour son to us, and for makin it possi!le for us to a ain find some satisfaction in li.in *

6yron has told us that in spirit we ad.ance !y our own merits* >hat fairer method couldwe earth folk desireH >hat more wonderful fact need one know as an incenti.e to li.eone2s !estH

"e!ords of hysi!al 0ediumship 758 A wee+ at Camp Chesterfield, )ndiana 30ateriali ations with 4ula $aber 2 19 1#


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and nothin was said to her concernin the matter* >hen she came in we at once startedthe trumpet shy not let Mother take the flowers home* I will !e there and we can all en/oythem* - hat, to me, and I know to others, was a .ery lo.ely and !eautiful answer*

I ha.e often !een told that there was some one like a 1indu standin near me* At lastI know who it is for Romania materialized to me, sayin he was a uide for me* 1e a.ea fine messa e and then paraphrased the Lord2s prayer* 1e said he was a 6uddhist priestwhile on this plane* I am happy to ha.e him for a helper*

?tta 6ledsoe materialized to the roup at two different times, i.in us some of hercharacteristic inspirational messa es* She has only recently passed to spirit side* She

was a fine medium while here* >e appreciated her appearin to us*

@ne spirit lady materialized with lon hair which hun far !elow her waist* She tookfirst one side and then the other and put it in a roll on the top of her head* I did not knowthe lady to whom she came, !ut she remarked, Kes, that is /ust the way she did it* I amalways so lad when the lo.ed ones come to the friends and relati.es who are so an+iousto see them* he spirit ones are so happy to !rin the messa e dear to the hearts of all ofus, that is, that they are not dead, !ut e.en more ali.e than we* I ha.e repeatedly heardthe remark, Spiritualism has completely chan ed my outlook on life, and death* ohear intelli ent thinkin men and women make this statement is a source of reatsatisfaction to me, and to others who are also .ery an+ious to see the cause of

Spiritualism row*$uesday August 6th, 19 1# Camp Chesterfield

;*(( a*m* All of us attended a s


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An outstandin feature of his trumpet work is that one not only hears the .oice ofthose to whom he talks !ut can also hear the .oices of other spirits as they con.erseamon themsel.es* 7or e+ample, I record the followin * he son Ro!ert of the folkssittin ne+t to us, came and talked to them* After that 6yron talked to us, and /ust after hesaid ood-ni ht to us we heard him say @h you are Ro!ert, aren2t you* As I talked to

my mother in spirit we could still hear !its of the con.ersation of the two !oys* Soon6yron said, 3randma @wen, come o.er here9 I want you to meet Ro!ert* As themeetin continued we could hear them talkin a little distance away* Later 6yron a.e a.ery realistic demonstration of the short wa.e radio sendin of Morse code* As he did so,he said estin , testin , callin Mother* his is station 1-?-A-E-?-0 - 6yron* Si ninoff* he code was rapped on the trumpet and the whole demonstration was natural and.ery fine*

hose who read this please remem!er that we had ne.er met the medium !efore and hadhad no con.ersation !efore the shile all of this is oin on themedium sits and talks and en/oys the phenomena with the rest of those present*

to !e continuedB

Camp Chesterfield 2 hysi!al 0ediumship 7 8# (ednesday August :th, 19 1#

In the mornin we attended a se were in.ited to e+amine the slates /ust !efore the s


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I was especially pleased at this seance !ecause my Gr* Summer was the first to speak*1e told me that he had !een i.en the honor of openin the meetin * 7or me, of course,this was a real thrill* As the meetin proceeded the slates were !rou ht to us and placedon our laps or in our hands* hey were i.en to us !y some of our spirit .isitors* hemedium told us to hold our slates !y !oth hands, one on each side of the slate* his I did,

and at no time was the slate out of my hand or opened up* Later the trumpet came neareach slate and the scratchin of writin could !e heard for /ust a few seconds* I e+pectedthe writin to !e on the outside of the slate !ut when the li hts were put on I found theinside of my slate was where the writin occurred* My messa e was si ned 6yron andsaid, If you only knew how I like to come inD Anyway, I am so happy to !rin you thismessa e* I am interested in all of your earth pro!lems and I do lin er close and impress you a lot* 4aul2s messa e was from his father and read as follows,

3reetin s from us all* I am pro ressin nicely and come close to you e.ery day* %oseph6ritt* Mr* Morris2 slate contained the followin , My darlin !oy I am so happy tocome like this and will help in e.ery way I can* All is well* Mother %ennie* Mrs* -----also had a nice messa e, as did e.eryone in the room* ?.eryone kept his slate if he cared

to, which I !elie.e e.eryone did* o you who dou!t, I want to say that the appointmentfor this seance was made !y one of our roup, for four people, !ut only one name i.en*he names of the sitters were not mentioned !efore the seance at any time* %ust !efore

the close of this interestin seance the uitar was le.itated hi h in the room and a tune played on it for us*

In the e.enin our second seance with Mr* Lau hton was /ust as remarka!le as thefirst on uesday e.enin * As my lady friend and I met at the door on our way to thesecond of Mr* Lau hton2s seances, she handed me a copper Indian fi ureJ, as asou.enir* I took it out of its !o+ and since it was so pretty I set it on a .acant chair !esideme, sayin , >ell, we will let him attend the seance too* Later, in the meetin , Red

7eather came to me* I heard the trumpet ently !umpin a ainst my copper Indian, andthen Red 7eather spoke, I !elie.e I can pick this Indian up* 0o sooner said than doneand then he asked me to hold out my hand* I did so and found that my Indian washan in from the end of the trumpet* 1e held the copper Indian there some time while Ifelt all around the end of the trumpet* I tried to take the Indian in my hand !ut found thatit was held securely to the end of the trumpet* Red 7eather said, >ait a minute* I wanttotake this o.er to the little irl so she can feel it* In a few seconds the irl o.er on theother side of the circle said, @hD 1e !rou ht it to me* After a while Red 7eather

!rou ht it !ack to me and placed it in my hand*

Mr* Lau hton has partial materialization in his seances* ?ach of our roup had ademonstration of this and it was an e+perience which we shall ne.er for et* It is adifficult phenomenon to e+plain to those who ha.e not e+perienced the thrill of it* In thetotal darkness while 6yron was talkin to his Gad, he asked him to hold out his hand*4aul did so and 6yron rasped it accurately and firmly and wa.ed it a!out* Ri ht afterthis 6yron took my hand ently in his own, raised it to his lips and kissed it .eryfer.ently, yet .ery definitely* he kiss was sli htly damp and warm and the caress wasone of the most deli htful and satisfyin Spirit manifestations I ha.e e+perienced* he


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others had e+periences which were similar !ut I shall not attempt to tell of those sinceone must actually !e the recei.er to !e a!le to speak positi.ely concernin suchdemonstrations* Coleen @wen 6ritt*

"e!ords of hysi!al 0ediumship 7 8 A wee+ at Camp Chesterfield 2 $hursday#

Apports and $rumpet wor+#

$hursday August .th, 19 1#

At ei ht in the mornin we attended another apport seance* he seance was conductedmuch in the same manner as the pow-wow mentioned* Re.* %ohn 6anker of ?atonRapids, Michi an, is a .ery fine apport medium* 1is meetin s demonstrate a .ery hi htype of mediumship* he messa es and teachin s of his ser.ices are inspirational,spiritual and educational* Mr* 6unker is in complete trance durin his apport seanceswhich usually last for two hours or more* histle is an interestin and efficient trumpetcontrol, and she has an amazin memory* She is a personality one does not for et*

Apport phenomena are fascinatin to all who come in contact with them* Mr* 6unkersaid that he !elie.ed the Indians i.e the needed stren th for the work, althou h the lo.edones in spiritB are present and take an acti.e part* All present do not always recei.eapports !ut e.eryone did at the three seances we attended* he roups a.era ed fromtwel.e to twenty persons* At the start of the meetin lo.ed ones come to those present and tell them who is ointo try to !rin the apport to each indi.idual* he first day earlier in the weekJ 6yron ourson in spirit went for 4aul2s apport, and Mother in spirit went for mine* he second dayMar aret went for my ift, 4aul2s father in spirit for his* he third day hursdayJ 6yronwent in search of somethin he thou ht I would like, and 4aul2s Mother told him she was

oin to !rin him somethin to wear* o 4aul, 6yron !rou ht a piece of !eautiful

crystal, his father !rou ht an arrow head a!out two inches lon , and his mother !rou hthim a .ery pretty Me+ican opal suita!le for a set in a rin * o me Mother !rou ht twotiny white shells which she said she found !eside the ocean to the west and that shewanted me to ha.e them made into earrin s* hey are almost identical and are .erydainty* Mar aret !rou ht me some crystal from a ca.e, similar to that which 6yron

!rou ht to 4aul* 6yron placed in my hand a tiny arrow similar to the ones for which wehad spent hours searchin and were ne.er a!le to find* he arrow is a!out a half inch inlen th, .ery thin and nearly perfect* It is needless to say that we prize these apportshi hly* >hen 6yron told us that he secured the crystal from a ca.e in Switzerland itmade me realize anew how interestin and wonderful the other side of life must !e* I feelsure that the e+perience which we in our shortsi htedness look upon as death, is in realityfar more en/oya!le and satisfyin than any acti.ities in which we take part here* At theseance mentioned a!o.e on hursdayJ Mrs* ullis recei.ed an arrow head, a !luesapphire and two shells which are entirely different than those which were i.en to me*Amon other thin s Mr* Morris was i.en an ancient coin* 1is !rother Charlie !rou ht itto him, tellin him that it was a 1indu coin at least two thousand years old* hestones a!o.e mentioned ha.e !een shown to a /eweler, Mr* Stastny, of Lincoln, 0e!raska,and he told us the same as we had !een told at the seance in re ard as to what kind ofstones they are* >e did not dou!t what we had !een told !ut for the sake of the record


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we wished to .erify our information !y a ood /eweler*I do not pretend to !e an authority on the phenomenon of apport work !ut I do want to

tell you what Mr* 6unker told us* 1e recei.ed what information he has throu h spiritcommunication and personal e+perience* Mr* 6unker says that he feels sure that theapports come throu h his solar ple+us re ion* he articles are chan ed into a aseous

state so they can !e transported throu h solids, and throu h the air at a reat rate ofspeed* >hen Mr* 6unker was de.elopin his mediumship all the apports which camewere flowers* Since then he has had a reat .ariety of o!/ects* he lar est apport e.er

!rou ht was a tomahawk of stone, a!out fi.e inches in len th* Mr* 6unker was ill for twodays after this e+perience* Most of the apported articles are small* Some of the apportsare articles found /ust as we recei.e them !ut others are manufactured !y the spiritchemists* Mr* 6unker told us that he had asked that he mi ht ha.e an apport for himselfandthat one day he was shocked !y a force similar to the force comin from a near!ye+plosion* 1e stopped suddenly, saw a cloudy mass in front of him a!out the location ofhis solar ple+us, and an arrowhead fell on the floor at his feet* his happened in the li ht

and when he was not in trance*

histle the control told us that they ne.er apport articles of any intrinsic .alue !ecause ifthey did people would for et the spiritual side of the work, and that is the part in whichshe and the other workers are most interested* hursday e.enin we attended a trumpet seance !y Re.* Clifford 6ias* Mr* 6ias is afine youn minister of a!out twenty-fi.e years of a e* his winter he is to work at the1otel Statler, 6uffalo, 0ew Kork* 1is control Syl.ia is .ery efficient in takin char e ofthe seance while her medium is in trance* >e had a pleasant surprise at this meetin as6yron played for us on his mandolin* >e had ne.er heard him play on this instrument

!efore and the sweetness of the music was appreciated !y all who were present* @ne of

the characteristics of Mr* 6ias2 seances is that at nearly e.ery one Syl.ia !rin s a lo.elysweet perfume which permeates the whole room* She names the different scents %oy or7aith, or some similar name* My Gr* Summer came with an encoura in messa e andsaid that he would show me what would lead me* As he said this a perfect illuminatedcross formed in the lar e end of the trumpet* I was lad that each one could see the crossand thus more keenly appreciate the power and lo.e !ein manifested to us from thespirit plane*

to !e continued* e+cerpted !y Richard R* from reports written and collected in 6yron,Station to Station !y the Re.* Coleen @wen 6ritt and pu!lished in "#$'B*

hysi!al 0ediumship at Camp Chesterfield in 19 1 768 Friday# ;eneral review ofthe Camp

7riday ;*(( a*m* >e attended another pow-wow, findin that unlike other seances, themore people there are present, the !etter the demonstrations* >e could hear se.eralIndians talkin o.er which colors to use on certain pictures* he colors they say they areusin are the ones found on the finished picture* 7or instance, Red Maple said, Make mered* Make me all red* I Red Maple* >hen the li hts were turned on I found that his


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picture was all red* @ther touches of color had !een used !ut for the most part the artisthad used red, and with .ery fine results, too*

At one-o-clock we attended another pow-wow held !y mediums Maude 7o+ and LorettaSmith* 3reatly to my surprise and satisfaction my uide Romania came to me, and the

Indian artists drew his picture for me to keep* I appreciated the fact that Romania couldand would come to me* I had !een told that I should not worry a!out it if my uides didnot come to me at Chesterfield as it would !e a new .i!ration for them and for me*Conse uently I had made up my mind that I would !e happy a!out whoe.er was kindenou h to contact me* At the same time, howe.er, my constant prayer was that I couldha.e nice .isits with 6yron* 0ow after the lo.ely week of reunion with those who ha.e

pro ressed further alon life2s pathway than I, my appreciation of ood mediumship ise.en reater than !efore* At e.ery seance which I attended on the rounds ofChesterfield, 6yron and my uide, Gr* Summer, !oth came and talked with me* Red7eather came often to !oth 4aul andme, and Romania materialized and .isited me se.eral times* 4aul2s Gr* 6rown was also in

at e.ery seance* Gr* 6rown and Gr* Summer work to ether with 4aul and me and theyoften come to us at near the same time* It amused us at one of the Lau hton seances whenGr* 6rown spoke to me and a.e me a messa e for 4aul, who was a!sent* hen Gr*6rown spoke, sayin , Gr* Summer is here too* In a sort of aside, he continued plainly,

Kou may o in now, Gr* Summer* Gr* Summer replied, in rather a competiti.e manner,>ell, that2s mi hty white of you, 6rownD

;eneral impression of the whole wee+e attended seances of the mediums mentioned, other than I ha.e recorded specifically*In this report I ha.e attempted to mention only the most pertinent incidents, which I hopewill !e of interest to all*

he auditorium ser.ices, ordinarily consistin of a lecture, selected musical num!ers,messa e hour, and se.eral inspirational pipe-or an solos, are always .ery fine* here are


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many e+cellent messa e !earers workin from the platform* he most satisfyin of thosewhom we had the pleasure of hearin were Clifford 6ias, Mary 6eatte, %ohn 6unker,Maude 7o+, Clara nost, %ames Lau hton, Lula a!er, Ma!el Riffle, Mamie Schultz,Loretta Smith, @scar hrondsen, ?dith Stillwell, 0ellie Curry and Ro!ert Chaney* hesemessa es !rin much comfort to those who recei.e them* he mediums i.e the first and

last names of the person to whom the messa es come, and the full name of the spiriti.in the messa e, the names of .arious mem!ers of the family, and many otherinterestin items pertainin to health, !usiness or other topics of interest* 4art of themediums work !lindfolded, thou h most of them do not* Some read sealed uestions*Many of the mediums

/ust stand !efore their audience and i.e remarka!le e.idence as it is recei.ed !y themfrom spirit* he mana ement of Chesterfield tries to ha.e e.ery known phase ofmediumship demonstrated on the rounds*

?.ery afternoon there was a ser.ice at the Stone 4ulpit similar to the one held in theauditorium* his ser.ice is always held one hour !efore sundown* he pulpit is made of

natural rock and stands in a !eautiful clearin under hu e trees* Seats are placed in asemicircle around the pulpit* 6ecause of the natural settin this ser.ice is of reatinspirational .alue to most people* It makes one happy at any time to recei.e words froma lo.ed one, !ut it is especially pleasant to !e a part of this wonderful hour at the close ofthe day* Coleen @wen 6ritt*

to !e concluded, followed !y further physical mediumship seances with Lula a!er* I am postin these reports from many years a o to counter the impressions made in !ooks like

he 4sychic Mafia* >e should of course !rin all cases of fraud out into the li ht ofday, !ut not there!y re ard all mediumship, and e.ery Spiritualist Camp, as likely to !efraudulent* his is certainly not the case, althou h the attitude of /ournalists and the

media, enerally, remains ton ue-in-cheek, unfortunatelyD Also, confessions of formercheats and scoundrels pretendin to !e mediums are likely to !e suspect* hey may /ustwish to make a fast !uck out of an e+a erated and sensational re.elation, /ust as some

professional de!unkers do todayD Richard R*B

Another demonstration that wee+#

Mary Lan ley 6eatte a.e a wonderful demonstration of precipitated writin , on plainwhite cards, in the full li ht of day* Mr* Clark assisted her !y passin the cards aroundthrou h the audience so that all mi ht see for themsel.es that no writin was on the cardsat the time the demonstration started* he cards were of the dime store .ariety often usedin recipe files* Mary 6eatte carried a !ou uet of petunias in her hand and when Mr*Clark came to the platform with the cards she took them and placed the petunias atrandom !etween the cards* She then put ru!!er !ands around the cards, which she haddi.ided into two packa es* wo people from the audience were asked to come to the

platform and sit in the two chairs which were placed side !y side, facin the auditoriium*A lady and then a entleman went up from the audience* She a.e each one a packa e of the cards, askin that they !e held in the ri ht hand and allowed to rest on the left shoulder of the one holdin them* Mrs* 6eatte stood !ehind the chairs with her hands


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restin li htly on each pack of cards* After a short time the scratchin of writin could !eheard* >e waited, attenti.ely, for si+ or ei ht minutes !efore the two who had one upfrom the audience said that they no lon er heard any sound of writin * Mary 6eatte thentook the cards, and startin at the top, read the name appearin on the card* In answer tohis name each person went up and claimed his card* I read the messa es on uite a

num!er of the cards and no two were e.en similar, either in writin or in the content ofthe messa e*

Some were written in !lue, some red or another color taken from the .arie ated !ou uet of petunias* Mary 6eatte told us that her spirit helpers had told her how tosecure the writin !y this method, the flowers !ein the source of the chemicals used inthis fascinatin demonstration !y our spirit lo.ed ones* Mr* Morris, Mrs* ullis andmyself were present at this demonstration* Mrs* ullis recei.ed no messa e* Mr* Morrishad one written in !lue which said, %ohn Morris - Gear ones of earth, how nice it is tocome and tell you we are to ether and watchin o.er you* Sister Mary* I recei.ed nocard personally, !ut one was addressed to 4aul* 4aul had intended comin to the meetin

!ut at the last minute he had to o on an errand for Lula* I went up and recei.ed the card,which amazed me when I read it* he card said, 4aul - >e are all ha.in a loriouse+perience and I am so lad to S?0G a card to you* 3o on* All is well* Gr* 6rown*

he medium could not possi!ly ha.e known that 4aul was not oin to !e a!le to !e present at the seance as he did not know it himself until the last minute* I thou ht it wasso .ery thou htful that since I had !een pri.ile ed to see and hear the demonstation that4aul could ha.e a messa e sent to him* rue mediumship is a !eautiful de.elopment*

Mr* Morris, Mr* 6ritt, Mrs* ullis and myself spent another wonderful week atChesterfield durin Au ust, "#$'* he contacts were e.en more satisfyin than the

pre.ious summer, if possi!le* 0ow, does anyone ha.e any reports from 1IS year2s camps to share with us- '((;Hhat would !e an interestin comparison and contrast* Richard R*B

hysi!al 0ediumship 7:8 4ula $aber#

o continue with physical demonstrations, here are some further seances with Lula a!erfrom @cto!er " to #, "#$"* Coleen 6ritt is reportin *

As I think !ack o.er the wonderful meetin s that ha.e taken place I realise that Mr* 6ritt

and I ha.e !een especially pri.ile ed to ha.e !een a!le to hold these meetin s in our ownhome* >e en/oy the seances, and the medium, so much that we are ne.er ready for her tolea.e our home*

he second day Re.* a!er was here she completely lost her .oice and did not re ainit until the day !efore she left* o those who wonder a!out the source of the .oices thisincident should !e a complete proof that the medium is not doin the talkin * She couldonly whisper, and weakly at that, yet it did not affect the .oices of our spirit friends*


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hey talked to us /ust as plainly as e.er* he followin day Lula de.eloped a !ad cou h*Gurin the time she was sittin in trance the cou h !ecame a nuisance due to the fact thatit caused her to stran le chokeB and come out of the trance condition for a time* >henthis occurred, we had to sin until Lula went into trance a ain and Star 6ri ht could oon with her work* After a few seances where the cou hin interfered, Star 6ri ht !ecame

out of patience* >hen Lula came out of trance Star 6ri ht kept ri ht on talkin to her sowe all could hear* She told her that if she could not do somethin to help her cou h she had !etter o home !ecause she was not doin ood* Lula lau hedwhile Star 6ri ht talked and then said, >ell, I uess that2s ri ht*

At this same time I also had a .ery !ad cold and could not sin without !ecomin.ery hoarse* Star 6ri ht does not usually come out of the ca!inet while the seance is in

pro ress so I was much surprised when she came out and said, Coleen, I !rou ht yousomethin * I looked down at her and to the amusement of all she handed me aninhaler* he inhaler was one which we had !een usin that day and it had !een placed onthe !uffet !efore the seance !e an* Star 6ri ht said that Gr* 6urkett had told her to i.e

it to me* he incident was so interestin to all of us that !efore the seance !e an thefollowin e.enin I purposely asked Lula to place the inhaler on the !uffet !ehind thecurtain* Gurin the seance I asked Star !ri ht if she could !rin the inhaler out to me asshe had done !efore, as I wished the folks present to see her carry it out* In a fewseconds here she came, not only with the inhaler, !ut also carryin a !ottle of pills much lar er than the inhaler, !oth articles wrapped in two kleene+* Lula had /ust put the itemsall down to ether so Star 6ri ht !rou ht them all out* Star 6ri ht is a darlin and can !eappreciated !est after one has known her a lon time* I ha.e seen and talked to her ino.er one hundred seances and ne.er has there !een any difference in her appearance, inher .oice, or in her personality*

o !e continued**** 6yron plays on his materialized cello*Bhysi!al 0ediumship 7.8 O!tober 1 2 9, 19 1 7!ontinued8

@n another e.enin , two sisters in their teens were present* hey seemed so happya!out the contacts they had e+perienced and since they had ne.er attended a seance

!efore I thou ht they would en/oy seein Star 6ri ht a ain* 6ehind the curtain I had awhatnot shelf in the corner, on which were a!out a dozen articles* Remem!erin a littledancin doll which was on the shelf, I asked Star 6ri ht if she could !rin the little dollout to one of the irls* She did so, handlin the doll carefully to one of the sisters* >henthe irl thanked her, Star 6ri ht replied, true to form, Kou is welcome much* I am surethe irl will treasure the doll as a keepsake of her first seance*

At the last roup of seances some unusual thin s occurred* 4erhaps I should saythin s which were new to me, rather than that they were unusual* @ne e.enin a littlewhite do trotted into the room from !ehind the curtain, !arked se.eral times, ran a!outwa in its tail for a few seconds and then ran !ack !ehind the curtain* he do waslon haired, a!out a foot hi h, and had a tail which curled up o.er its !ack* >e did notknow to whom the little do came* If Star 6ri ht knew, she did not tell us*


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An Indian healer materialized with a !lack snake* 1e said his name was Chief 6lackSnake* he Chief held the snake in his hands* It measured at least four feet in len th andwas a!out the size of a !room handle in circumference, thou h I would /ud e a little !itlar er* he snake2s eyes were plainly .isi!le to me as was also the forked ton ue, whichmo.ed rapidly in the usual snake fashion* he Chief said he wanted to touch the snake2s

head to my face, so of course I let him do so* I am not a lo.er of reptiles in eneral !ut Iknew that Star 6ri ht and Gr* 6urkett Lula a!er2s control and uideJ would not ha.e letthe snake !e !rou ht into the seance if it had !een other than a helpful .i!ration* heChief a.e a healin messa e as he ently held the snake a ainst my cheek* 1e touchedat least two others with his !lack snake !efore he and the snake dematerialized* >henRe.* a!er was out of trance I told her of what had happened and she was not sure if she liked such a demonstration* I assured her that Star 6ri ht had told usdefinitely that the Chief used the snake for his healin work and that it was all a .ery

ood influence* Re.* a!er had ne.er known of the materialization of a snake in her, orany other2s materialization*

Little 6ri ht ?yes, uide of Mr* Morris, materialized for the first time* She has ne.erspoken ?n lish !ut she sin s Indian son s to us* In this seance she danced and san atthe same time* She materializes only a!out ei hteen inches in hei ht and seems to dancecontinuously*

6yron has often played his cello !ut has ne.er materialized it until this e.enin * heinstrument was taller than he and he said it had !een uite a /o! to !rin it out where wecould see it and so he was not oin to attempt to play it too* he cello was .ery plainand one could see the strin s and e.ery detail of it as 6yron stood there holdin itupri ht* %ust !efore the cello was materialized we plainly heard the sound of the sendinof MorseB code* 6yron had !een an amateur ham J wireless operatorB* Later 6yron

told us that what we had heard was him sendin a code messa e for help in materializinthe cello* >hat a little we know concernin the forces of natureD

4aul or I ha.e ne.er attended a materialization seance that 6yron did not appear* hatis, we ne.er had until the other e.enin when Lula and I were !oth a!out sick* At theclose of the meetin I asked Star 6ri ht to tell him that we missed him* She said, I will,

!ut 6yron has !een helpin me* 6yron then spoke from !ehind the curtain and told usthat since the medium and I were neither one i.in as much as we usually did, he washelpin Star 6ri ht !uild up the ectoplasm !ut that he could help with the medium so thatwas what he had !een doin * 6yron could not lea.e the medium so it was impossi!le forhim to materialize* he wonderful and amazin thin s which they tell us are e.er asource of interest and satisfaction to me and to the many others who are seekin aknowled e of the ways of a life into which we all shall so soon enter* hat side of life is

oin to !e a mar.elous e+perience and I am ready any day to take that step of pro ression* ?ach day while here, I want to search into the truths of psychic researchand so !e !etter a!le to help others who rie.e as I did in hopeless maddenin despair*

he other e.enin I had the thrill of seein a tiny !a!y materialize* he mother alsomaterialized and carried the infant into our .iew* >e were told !y this spirit mother2s


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friend that the mother and !a!e passed to spirit a!out a year a o, when the !a!y was onlya few days old* >hile the mother and !a!e were materialized, Star 6ri ht asked the other lady and myself to hold hands securely, across in front of the ca!inet* >e did so and atonce the spirit mother laid her tiny child in our arms and then stepped !ack, apparentlyentirely away from it* @f course there was a connection !ut we did not see it* After a !it

the !a!y cried lustily and the mother reached out and carefully picked it up, cuddlin itclose in her arms* he !a!y had a sweet face and had dark hair all o.er its tiny littlehead* his demonstration seemed a lo.ely one to me* It was a fascinatin picture ofde.otion from life2s finer side*

>hile I attend the ca!inet I do not really e+pect anythin to materialize to me9 only6yron, of course* Seein him is a satisfyin !it of hea.en* If others do come I am .eryhappy, howe.er* 6ut since I was not e+pectin anyone I did not pay personal attentionwhen a lady stepped in and said 7rances * 0o one in the circle claimed a friend !y thename of 7rances, so I turned to speak to her, then realized she was comin to me* 6eforeI could speak she said, McIntosh* 7rances McIntosh* @hD I thou ht I would surprise

you, Coleen* She certainly had, .ery pleasantly, !ecause I had not had the chance to.isit with her for nearly three months and hadn2t heard of her passin B*

Re.* Lula a!er li.ed in St* Louis, and came to stay with the 6ritt2s for this series ofseances, and was to return on other occasions* here were also seances with other

physical mediums, includin trumpet mediumship, apports and the le.itation of o!/ects*hese are included in Coleen @wen 6ritt2s !ook, 6yron, Station to Station self-

pu!lished in "#$' !y Re.* 6ritt* It is well worth trackin down a copy of these interestinaccounts of physical mediumship at the time* May!e the 0SAC 6ookstore at Lily Galestill has copies* It was ori inally on sale there !ack in the "#$(s, where my copy camefrom, circulated throu h the Lily Gale 0ews*

Richard R*

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