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THE BEQUEST OF
HARRY HOUDINI
1927

Vol 13
Answers 10,275 to 10,988
10 Nov. 1857 to 21 Feb. 1859

Crystal
Vol XIII
10 Nov. 1857 to 21 Feb. 1859

A Record
of Visions and Conferences with the
In-dwellers of the 
SPIRIT WORLD

Croydon
Fred Hockley

Bequest of
Harry Houdini
April 1927

1

Croydon 10th [Mars symbol] Nov 1857

10275
8 PM
Invoked the CA
The CA his here in white with black border. Crown Wings
May I ask if we can be favored with the continuation of
the Vision, if it is convenient for to show it

2995
I will do so
If any &c.

2996
10,276
I have no reason for appearing this Evening
except to satisfy you.

I did not know whether to request the vision to appear
or invoke you first, as I have done

10277  2997
You were right,
5' past 8 The CA left.

10278
The Vision Continued
The Mirrors clear, now its veiled here is the same
place come again, & the same same glass like
surface which seems to cover one immense plain

2
They are not the same buildings , its a larger space
not so many buildings but more people., theres a great
many people together in 3 or 4 places , it looks
further down the same Street as I can see the End
of the building with the Church window and at the
end of the Street theres an open place, with trees.
it is all colorless like india ink , the crowd which
looks like thousands of persons occupies only a few
inches some move about and some are on horseback.
they are round some buildings, they appear fighting
there looks like an old tower above them all
in the midst — its too small for me to See what they
are doing
Theres a Crowd here close together and
Something like the fireworks keep going up , they
are in a different direction from the people that are
fighting — those fighting seem in the dark or
shade , but these are quite light — Theres ano.r
larger number of people and in the middle theres
a little man Standing up in the middle in a pulpit
— then theres a smaller Crowd sitting down at
Tables, they are nearer to me, some are women
Sitting down , it seems a large dinner, theres one
large table across the top. and 3 or 4 comes straight
down from it. Its very light where these are, all
these crowds seem in a Circle — very nearly a Whole 
Circle — they are Coming this way now they've Stopped
The Soldier is there he is moving along
Quite alone , he does not seem like the rest, he is
going towards the place where they are eating, he
takes no notice of any one. ad they do not appear
to see him , he's gone up close to one of the Tables
and two of those sitting down get up and move
Away on Each side.    he does not sit down but
he keeps close to the Table theres something

3
on the Table like a plate, just before him — the
Table is Covered with things, and theres a goblet
on the side of the plate chased with [hand??] on Each
Side he has turned the plate upside down, he
has broken the tablet, & now he has broken the plate
in a great many pieces and thrown the pieces
away—Now hes turned round [& Coming] away
thou on the other side of the table do not Seem to See
him or even look at him — Now he's going to the
people where he preacher is —[[?]]the preacher has a
book open on the desk., he throws his arms about
and Seems So excited, he's much abovE the peoples
heads , the soldier has gone right thro' them hes gone
up into the pulpit and stands aside of the preacher
who does not seem to see him , they are about the
Same height, yet look So differently — the preacher
opens his mouth and thumps the book and the
Soldier puts his mouth close to the ear of the preacher
theres theres some little reading come between them
as though it was what the soldier said—hes poinitng
upwards & said
"You know that you blaspheme God"
The preacher stops & shakes but the soldier comes down he
looks so strange gliding about like a ghost , the people
dont Seem to See him when 3 or 4 persons Come along he
turns Sideways — he is going towards where they are
fighting — now where they are fighting covers such a
large space of ground that the furthermost are only
like specks — the Soldier's amongst them, he folds
his arms and altho in the thickest of the fight they
do not touch or See him, he is still dressed in doublet
Breeches & Great boots. , he's picked a Sword up off the
ground, there's a great many dead men + horses upon
the ground & rubbish like heaps of [?] Baskets and
[?]. broken guns. he stands close against that

4

with the sword in his hand he has put one
hand on the point of the blade + one on the handle
now hes put the middle across his knee + broke it.
+ thrown the pieces down on the heap + coming away
Now he's going to the fireworks, he is with
them in the front row looking at the things going
up - oh there seems to be cages all round these
fireworks and animals in them, its a circle and
the fireworks come on out of the middle with a few
people in it and the people who are looking on
appear to be standing upon a mound, and underneath
them on this side are cages of Wild Animals, the Soldier
is on the front row of the people. - he seems to smile
theres a little reading come under him -

2998
10279
"If you are merry rejoice but be not cruel
for wheres theres life theres feeling."

Theres a rail in front keeps them from falling over
where the wild beasts are. - theres more reading

2999
10280
"The trickeries of Art are harmless, but trifle
not with nature."

he seems to look in all their faces as he goes in +
out amongst them. now he is coming away

I said it was all in a circle and theres a
little white band about half the width of my nail
goes all round these things, its only a white mist
on the band is
"The Events of the Earth"

10281
the man goes up to where those words are + he feels
with his hand all along over the words + even long
past them. he is coming this way - he is a great
way from either of the crowds, but inside the band
but outside the band theres quite different

things but I cannot look at both, the Soldier 
himself is getting more shadowy, sometimes he 
seems to change, and then to be [coarser ?]. [?] 
again and then lighter and goes on quicker.

Now he's come to a house. with the likeness 
of his own house, but the [?] gone and the flowers, 
but the house is exact he's going into it he's in the 
room again - I see inside now.  It's exactly the
same and there's two men sitting at the table
One's dressed all in black,  like black {glass}, shiny
and the other dressed in clothes light, dark
[?] both men, they have coats on but not like
coats more like jackets [??] little tails, the
2nd one has lace over his hands, they have some
money on the table[s]. The one in black has writing
materials before him, he leaves off writing and
takes in some of the pieces of money, and puts
them down one on the top of the other, so [?}
counted and pushed them steadily across of the
other, he is doing the same to another lot, the
other man has put his hand over and pulled
them towards him - The soldier is close behind
him and he has put his hand over the other ones
shoulder on to the table and put his hand
sideways between the two lots of money. They
do not seem to see him - [?] the man has took
one lot up and pushed the other lot towards
the man in black. And the other in his jacket 
he seemed to [?] as tho he intended to put 
both lots into his jacket.
 Now the soldier is going all around the 
room looking at every thing.  Now he's come
out of the house he looks down on the ground
very sad and walks toward the [??]
where the {/} are - he's stepped over the land 












no. 1 began on the beak.

6

he looks back with his face over his shoulder
and theres a little reading under him.

3000
10282
"The last hour with the Associations of
life is past, and now to seek memories
death"

Theres a curious thing outside the band
not near enough for me to see plainly, he is going
towards it with his back this way. they are
beyond the band. the circle now is coming this
way as I can only see half. - theres like two
square blocks of stone. outside the band., + on the
top is like a stone ball and on Each ball a bird
with its feet on the ball large birds covered with
feathers the feathers all over the bird keep
ruffling up from the tail to the top of the head
keep turning up the wrong way and then go back
again, they do not appear real birds and under
each feather there's a number a figure, Every feather
has a figure under it. some I see on the back as
20-30 - and on the head 5-6 &c the feathers are
large they appear crimped and they keep turning
up regularly. they appear something like scales
the feathers are all one shape and overlay each
other like scales, they stand on each side of a 
passage, and the soldier is going towards them
their beaks are turned towards Each other inwards
and their tails spread out like fans -
The numbers go regular as far as the back
of the neck which is numbered up to 30. and
then begins one again and goes on to 30. which is the
middle of the back and then begins 1 again up to another
30 comes to the bottom of the back and theres 1 to
30 straight across the Tail + 1 to 30 on the heart

theres no feather on the legs, and one to 30 on
each wing - and a number on each eye - 100 on each
eye _
The passage which goes down on each side
has a cover on the top supported by two pillars
it seems all stone. pillar and all. it looks
quite like a loom inside, the backs a wall and
halfway up a white stone shelf, theres a good
many spirits, some with wings looking so
anxiously at the figures as the feathers [?] up
some looking at one part and some at another
the soldier is looking at the number on the
tent of one of them
On the shelf theres seven books signed in 
the back. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 and a little behind
above the figures.
10283
THE
LAW
1
The soldier is looking so intently at the
birds tail and one particular feather keeps on
turning over that has 3 under it now he is
going towards the books.
The shelf the books rest on is double
one half under the other with a hinge and he has
brought it our and made it double the width
he has taken down vol 1 they are big books
(folios) he is turning over the leaves and the
printing is in several lines together and theres a 
small space and [so?] down the book but some
paragraphs are much longer than the others
Now he has turned another page over on the
top of one of the paragraphs This is No 3. He takes
nearly all down the page, he stops there and puts

[*8*]

hand out he's turned [?o??nd] a little — If I
could see as well as at first I could lead it.
Requested — the vision to be Cont'd another Evening
10' to 10 PM.

I die 24 Nov. 1857. C. A Mirror
           Invoked the CA.

7:45 PM.
[I??en??ing] [I?????] to [Bi????], and that I hoped to
Continue or Setting's during the winter immediately
I trust that nothing will interpose to prevent
3001  our continued Communion, and that before long
10284  I shall be able to give you the concluding
part of the book. of which you have already
received the first.

May I ask when it will be convenient for us to be 
favored with a Continuation of the Vision.
3002  Next Friday if it will be convenient for you to
10285  look, if not it must be Tuesday,
I wish if possible to go to Ms. I. on Friday = & take one
of my crystals. Which had I better take.

3003  The Ispem Crystal is the smallest consecreted
one you have. and you had better take that
[* x Mr. T*] for altho She desires to See a Vision, if She does
10286  So her nerves are so upset, that She is ill from
it. — and being uncertain of her power of 
Sight, it is not advisable to call Spirits of
a high order who would have power by their
appearance of dispelling all fear or painful
remembrance in darkness or else when
afterwards, because such Spirits when called
frequently and are unable to be seen by
the person inspecting are harassed & disquieted 
so the smallest would do best and only

The W
The Waterloo Tragedy  X
  see 33
                                                      
                                

[*9*]

10287
3004  
ask for any Simple Appearance
had I better request a Vision of the Spirit of the Crystal
or Solicit Ada to Show the Vision.

3005   You had better ask Ada to Show the desired
10288   Vision.

As I do not use either of my Crystals now once in three
months do they lose their power or do the Spirits
neglect their Charge.
 
3006  They do no desert them and will always
10289   Appear with the same power, if they are able
when called, and if not able at that time
they will name another

Will you kindly request Ada to Show a Vision in the 
Japan Crystal when Called

I will do so. but at the same time Ada
3006   or any other Spirits power cannot make her
10290    See unless the faculty is in herself as well
as in them.

Can you tell me when it will be Convenient for me
to receive the promised poem from the Spirit of Byron

3008   I cannot name at once at time for his
10291    appearance.

Then I have your leave to repeat the question at
another time

3009   You have, and I will mention it at the 
10292    Earliest opportunity.

The "Waterloo Tragedy" has not yet been discovered
I should be pleased if any At Spirit would tell me
the name of the deceased

3010  he would not be at all unpleasant now to 
10293   be seen any more than any other person.

I explained that if I could see myself I should be
most desirous of doing so, but I had no right
to urge my Seer to do so.

3011  I cannot see that there can be any
10294

10

objection when you have an assurance
from his indistinct appearance he could not 
be distinguished from a being who had died 
under different circumstances.
     I was as careful that he should not 
appear when I knew that he was unfit 
to do so, as I am now willing to show it 
from the removal of that obstacle.

Whilst I was asking my seer if she had any object'n 
to see the deceased, there came.

3002   10295     I have no reason to urge it -- It would be 
neither to his interest or to the public for the 
person who did it is beyond human reach.
dead to the world as he is --
     The longer you wait the better he will 
be able to communicate, but it would not be 
until his 2nd appearance that he could do 
so freely -- no deceased person can.
     First they understand you only by 
gestures and signs, next a deeper spiritual 
faculty is awakened  and they answer you
with the mind.

I will then defer it.

3003     10296     I can say again that the appearance 
has at the present time, nothing to make it 
repulsive but that every day makes its 
comprehension more distinct of your 
questions & observations.

I will then defer it until the vision is completed 
May I ask if the vision we are receiving is a 
representation of an Event that has actually taken 
place or only symbolical of what takes place 
hereafter.

3004    10297       An actual representation of what has 
taken place and also symbolical of what

[*11*]

does take place every day in the progress of
others who are like him true to their faith

May I ask your view of the best mode of dealing with 
the Hindoo Mohammedan population of India
when the actual revolt is quelled - whether we should
Endeavor to Christianize them by Missionaries dispersed
amongst them & consequently occupying (judging from
the present Efficacy of the miss'y labors) an indefinite space
of time - or as some ultra pious people propose
use the strong arm of the conqueror & force the wild
doctrines of Christianity upon them at the point of the
Bayonet -

3005
10,298
Their religion should be left untouched
An uncivilized people such as they who
have revolted if living under a civilized 
government must be ruled with a strong
hand. but only so far as the interest of the
Nations are concerned.
     Rule them as Man may rule Man
the weak in subservience to the strong
but not as GOD may rule Man, humbling 
them body and soul before a self elected
divinity -
     So far as their mind & their spirit
is concerned let them be of their own
opinion and follow their own course for
if they have a conscience their own religion
the religion of their fathers will touch 
it and raise them towards good, but 
if they have no conscience the forced
doctrines of the hated Church and Sect
would make them far worse than they would
be even had they no religion of their own
and turn the man into an Evil Spirit, in flesh,

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Therefore when I say use over them strong,
Military discipline, guard their Cities with
Soldiers not of their own race , but with men
Supplied by Europe and govern them in the
Ranks. by officers distinguished for their
Perseverance, discretion and valor. and send
Among them men of kindness & humanity
Christian & sound intellect as citizens to
Set an example amongst them by revealing
their wants and teaching them.  they are
willing by benevolence and charity to follow
in the the footsteps of Christ , and if solicited
to speak of him and to teach a record
that remains of his Earthly existance and

upon the assurance that he gives
of his everlasting assistance but not speak
of it openly — not spout to unwilling
listeners and force it down their throats
as it were when their blood is boiling with
rage at what they deem the interference
of devils — and when I say - this would
be best I not only give my own opinion
but express the opinion of every one of us
who witness the fearful struggle, and
who know every one that it was furthest
of all from the desire of him who died
upon the Cross. that the foot of it should
always be died with blood.

I was returning thanks when Emma said here is
more writing coming.

3006
10299
I was about making a short observation
but if you have not time I will withdraw
it.

I beg to be favored with it

3007
10300
Men who enforce Christianity with all

[*13*]

their might, no matter by what means
upon unbelievers should consider themselves
for a moment placed in their opponents
position
I see nothing contemptible in the 
adherence by them to a law which their
religion prescribes for them. Even of the
carrying out of it be perfectly ridiculous if
considered in any other light.
Now the Brahmins consider the pig
an unholy animal and their religion will
not allow them to partake of it. because their
book strong to them as the bible. of Europe
tells of the Spirits that are in them.  of
their possession - and strictly forbids the using
of their bodies for any purpose under penalty
of eternal punishment - And if this is
believed in by the faithful, the enlightened
Men of good understanding and by them
taught to the ignorant people with the
priesthoods enforcement attached. they only
do that which is justifiable by their Law.
when they commit the greatest atrocities
in putting down their oppressors -
And as a follower of Christ in his way has
believed himself to be a martyr and given
himself up to death in the conflict to
retain his cause [?] - he does no
more than they. place him in their position
and he wd defend his faith with the same
exertions and the attack on their proscated
Meat + Animal is as great to them as their
attack upon his Christ would be offensive
to him.
[?] thinks

14

May I inquire if you are aware how Mr. Anderson
is  & when we may expect him in our Mirror

3008    10301   he is travelling towards India and is well
Ended 10' past 9 PM.

                   ♂︎die  15 Dec.   8 PM.  C. A M
                               Invoked the C. A
I mentioned my Seers health had prevented my Calling on
♂︎die last.  I asked if I could have the Vision this Evening

3009    10302     Yes I will show you part of the Vision this 
Evening. I am glad that you have called me
and wish you to do so as often on Tuesday
Evenings as you possibly can if it is only 
for a moment or two

I explained

3010   10303   I thought you might be scrupulous of Calling
me if you had not an opportunity of holding
a lengthened Communication --

That is so. When unable to have the usual sitting I was
afraid it w'd look disrespectful to call you

3011  10304   Not at all

If any &c

3012   10305   I have nothing particular to say, and I will 
not stay longer so that you may have the 
Vision longer

May we have the last part of the Vision repeated that 
my Seer may if allowable read the volume the Soldiers
appeared reading

3013   10306     The reading depends upon the Strength of 
your seers sight

8.5 PM the C A left 
     The mirror speedily veiled, but my Seer who
was still very unwell saw,  comparatively, but 
indistinctly

15

8.5 PM   The Vision Continued

     Now the place is Coming where the two 
birds were outside. Now I can See inside--it is exactly
as before the book open and the Soldier Standing
there -- the books open  at paragraph 3. & begins with
2 Capital letters

3014    10307    "3. IT is not sufficient that any Spirit of   
whatever degree order or habitation should
keep himself from actually producing any
suffering  the slightest evil or mischief upon
any Spirit with whom they may at any time
associate or be connected with that Spirit --
being of their own grade or any of the others
different to them - or if it [is] so happen one
embodied in the flesh living upon earth
but he must never when conversing with a 
Single being cause him disquietude by 
adverting thoughtlessly to any common
subject   he must only   Seek another with a 
fixed purpose of obtaining necessary information
and when the desired question is answered
If the discourse is confirmed he to whom you 
go must be the questioner -- no extraneous subject
must be treated upon by you until first
advanced by him lest you cause painful emotions 
or animosity from conflicting opinions about a
Subject on which you do not both think
alike.  therefore when one Spirit seeks another
with an object, and that object is accomplished 
by a favor from the one sought-- if a further
conversation is carried on the one sought is to
by the questioner and the one who has received the 
favor is bound to confine himself to the subject
upon which he is questioned"

16

That is all in that paragraph  the next is No 4 - Now
the soldier has shut the book up - he is standing as
though thinking  theres another one come now.  Its a
spirit with wings and taken down the 4 Volume from
the end.  hes opening and reading it the paragraph he's
reading begins with capital letters

3015   10308   "ARCHANGELS are so far entrusted with
the Holy Spirits power as to produce in a certain
degree -----

Now the Soldier's coming away - this necessitated my Seer's
leaving off reading the remainder of the paragraph  in
the book  to watch the soldier's motions -- now the 
temple's going -- and the outside & the birds - all gone
the soldier is coming to the left of the Mirror -- the
temple went out on the right.  he's stooped down
and picked up a large round green leaf  like a 
Victoria Regia - off the ground - its very thin & filmy
but there are no trees about   he's sat down  the place
looks all sand a level plain -- hes laid the leaf down
at his side and pressed it down flat with the palm
of his hand and took up some of the sand and
sprinkled it over the leaf  now hes taken up the leaf
and shaken it about and then thrown the sand
off and the leaf appears now quite transparent -- he's
laid it down again & hes writing with his forefinger
upon it  and where his finger's been over theres a white
raised mark come  he is going over it in straight
lines -- now he's done  its not writing but six lines of
curious little figures  as thought done with chalk, white
on green.  this one in the first row.

17 

     Now the soldier is getting up and taken the leaf 
hes going away with it —  Theres a little temple come 
very faint in the distance its like a Chinese temple 
of many colors.    the roofs inlaid with different colors 
with much blue about it,   there’s some one standing 
in the door way with a tight fitting  scarlet dress 
& long & full blue robes over it.  and a plain gold 
band round his head — his complexion very dark 
and hair very black.  he shows his teeth which are 
very white indeed — the soldier is still in the same 
form of doublet and breeches but colorless & quite shadowy 
hes given the leaf to the one in the scarlet dress, who 
is looking at it   when he gave it to the othe he 
Stepped back a few steps and the other one has 
Stooped down,  and taken up a handful of sand 
& sprinkled it over the leaf  and  shaken it off again 
and pressed the leaf between his hands and now 
theres nothing on the leaf  its just as it was at first 
Now hes put it on one hand and is writing with 
his finger — all sorts of figures — a great many   now 
hes done.— these are in the first line 

10309  [see line of figures opposite]

Now he has given the soldier the leaf who is going 
away with it — the other one has put his hand on 
the soldiers shoulder & stopped him & hes turned 
back. the one in scarlet is standing on the 
Threshold, the soldier a little below  they appear 
talking — now hes coming away, his arms are 
folded and his head bent down. 

25' past 9 PM   Action Ended.

18 
                      ♂die 22nd Dec'r  1857   C A M 
                                Invoked the C A
1/4 to 8 PM 
My seers health prevented our sitting longer last Tuesday 
Will you favor us with a Cont'n of the Vision this Evening 

3016    10310    Yes. 

As my Seer could not continue to read the paragraph
relating to the Archangels in one of the Vol's of the Law & at
the same time watch the Spirit of the Soldier may I 
ask if you could favor us with it at another time 

3017    10311    You could see that any time when they are 
opening it 

As I am afraid my Seer will not be well enough to 
go to Lime house,  I presume I have still your permis'n 
to receive the [prom] book on Spiritualism from Eltesmo
in this mirror 

3018    10312    You have 
I was about to mention Eltesmo's hope that 
you would be able to keep your kind 
promise of assisting M Lea in receiving from
Eltesmo a proof of his Guardianship & Care.
 
Shall you kindly inform Eltesmo [?] will [?] 
[?] to meet his wishes

3019    10313      I will do so 

If any &c

3120    10314      I was denied to speak also for Sevenomina 
I shall be happy to hear what you have to say & also 
to do as you wish 

3021    10315    I am quite extraneous from the matter 
myself — but he not having the priviledge of 
of appearing himself  is unable to convey to 
you his wishes 
     he desired me to say that through you 
he should be much gratified to communicate 
with his charge as he is unable otherwise

19

to communicate with him with any amount
of freedom.

Will you please also - to inform [Elte] Sevenomina that
I will take an Early Friday for the purpose

3022   10316   I will tell him

If any

3023    10317   I have nothing more to say.

8PM  the C A left.

10318                   The Vision Continued

     Now I can see the soldier he is going away
with his back towards me and beyond him as
far as I can see theres a thick white wall
about half the height of the mirror  solid looking
as thou cut out of Opal.  theres openings in the
wall at equal distances from the ground about
half way up with a figure on each side of each
[Illustration]  aperture,  they are spirits with wings but
dark hair and dark eyes and very large. The
soldier has taken the leaf out of the front
of his dress  he is getting near them hes
given it to one of them and gone through
one of the openings -
     Now the wall is coming this way, its gone,
the soldier is now in a very clear place shining
with light all over   at the further End theres a 
cave with long points hanging down like Crystals
of glass  and the outside is yellow and rough
all the pavement is like clear glass and theres
a pedestal with a bird chained by the leg, bird
& all is like crystal  and at the back  theres a 
row of buildings of the same with a road way
leading to them quite smooth & clear but at the

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sides its yellow and rough- at the further end
of the cavern theres some lights - the soldier is
changing so much he's getting quite clear and
from the shape of his clothes, he is getting almost
shapeless and losing his features, the lights in
the Cavern flicker up and down in many flames
one on each side- he man is going in there,
many other figures about like himself you cannot
tell that they are people beyond these lights in
the Cave theres a very large running stream and the
other side of the water at the back of the cave there
an image or picture beautifully colored, the water
runs along at the foot of it. It's a single figure 
nailed to the cross. its beautifully  done the
back of it is like clear glass. the cross is of brown
wood. color and drapery hanging from the left
shoulder down to the knees of a purple color. and on 
the head a gold crown with stones in it, but the
two great lights keep flaming up and down so much
as to under it indistinct it projects from the wall
but yet does not seem like a carving, the figure
has black eyes and black hairm the form upon
the cross does not look spiritual - the eyes are very
peculiar and the mouth open the face bent
downwards but the eyes turned upwards. Theres
a scroll on the wall over the head with figures
on thus.
10319 [drawn figure]
All this time the man seems striving to [?] off
the pavement he rises a little and keeps up and
then descends again and his shadow flickers about

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upon the water he is lifting up his Arms as
though hoping to fly over the water. — NO he is
trying to make his shadow touch the Crucifix
now he has done it he is abovE he ground a little
way which makes his shadow longer and it has
touched the Crucifix now he is going just ovEr his
Shadow without touching the water but his Shadow
seems to remain there altho he is gone over
Now he is on the other side and has
knelt down — I cannot make out the shadow that
was on the water for now it has risen up & formed
an arch like a bridge behind him — now theres a 
Spirit come into the CAvE. I did not see when from
he stands this side the Water — a beautiful
Spirit with white gauze dress the lowEr part a
Cloud or Mist — plain band round the head & light
hair. fine and silky Gold Color but not at all
Curly down to the waist. A most delicate looking
face — a light blue mantle the dress like gauze
the mantle delicate Silk a most Spiritual figure
the hands almost transparent , the mantle hangs
loose and fastened in the front with a large ([?])
Stone like a brooch. the wing are like white feathery
down.
The Soldier is coming back ovEr the
bridge he has lost his shape now. — only like a
little Cloud — now he is Coming out of the
Cave. along with this Spirit close at the
Side of him they touch. they are going along
together — the Cave is going out at the right
side of the Mirror & they are going to the left
the spirit in the blue. mantle touches the man
with one hand and the other is pointed out
Straight — now I see the other side of the
wall I saw before they are going towards

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it and now besides the door like openings theres 
a round opening which they are going towards 
theres a black [figure] frame round the opening 
and a transparent substance fills the space and 
projects forward like a ball in the wall set in 
a black frame, and just in the middle of the 
surface theres a little groove, its turning round 
towards me I can see thoroughly it magnifies very 
much and theres such a beautiful place the 
other side a long distance off like a landscape 
& homes - people walking about and shops and 
shop fronts. - pavements - trees little houses 4 [?] 
the spirit & man are going towards it now the 
spirit has put the man in front of him & [?] 
his own eyes but first he turned his head way 
he has put his hand on the top of the soldiers 
head & points with his arm to what I can see 
thro the hole.

The man has turned round from the 
hole towards the spirit and shook (his head) 
the upper part of his form - and they are coming 
away together . - (now I cannot see so plain) 
the wall is turning outwards and going away 
& they are going upwards now theres a division 
going across clear glass like but purple tinged 
above their heads like a ceiling on the top of it 
there are beautiful gates whole gates with a 
purple tinge ([above their heads like a ceiling]) 
[at] on the top of the gates - they are very much 
ornamented - they are going towards them 
but to get at the gates they have to come very 
far this way and then go up - now they 
have come upside next the gate and turned 
both round - and the spirit has put its arm 
right round the man - from [?] though [?]

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it and with the other hand points down to the hole
he looked thro' just now -- & then he points to the
cave where the image was -- now hes turned  the
man round  round and pointed to the inside
of the gate -- the man form[s] bends nearly  the 
middle of the body over the spirits arm  which
seems entirely to support it =
My Seers sight beginning to fail. We ended action 9' 15 PM

            ♂︎die 29 Dec. 1957.    C. A Mirror
8h 5 PM             Invoked the C A.
The C A is here
I have called you this Evening prior to requesting the
Continuation of the Vision -- in conformity with you wishes

3024   10320    I do wish it
I will continue the Vision for a short time
this Evening

As a new year is now opening upon us -- I look forw'd
with much pleasure to receiving as a New Years gift
the concluding book on Met. Philosophy  - which I
hope to receive

3025   10321   You Shall

If my seers health prevents my calling on Tuesday
& Wednesday being the night for Eltesmo to favor
Mr Lea with a cont'n of his work  I will with your
permission call you then.

3026   10322   I will appear first, but I would rather
that you called me also on the Tuesday if
only for a few moments

On one Tuesday /   /  when my Seers voice failed
her I called the Spanish Monk to produce his MS
for my Seer to Copy  I hope that did not displease
you

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3027   10323   Not at all
I have a different reason from that for
wishing to appear regularly about this time

If any &c

3028   10324   I have not

May I then receive the vision

3029   10325   I will show it - "The Man having renounced
the memory of the past is about to take
upon himself the clothing of the future Soul.

The C A left 17' past 8 PM.

The Vision Concluded

10326   Now theres the gates come and theres the
Spirit and the man just as when I left off
The one bending over the Arm of the other.
Now a little doorway in one of the gates has
opened, the gates are of open work  a great deal
higher than their heads -- high in the middle
& lower at the sides
     Now the gates have come this way  it is
very bright indeed through them  theres an
immense number of figures in the distance  very
faint but quite a crowd of them  the man
& the Angel are going towards them  theres a
semi=circle of [?] pillars & a great number of the
spirits are standing in a half circle near them
& the middle is also filled with spirits  these
now are going towards them  the place is exceed'ly
light  the front is open but theres a roof
on the top of the pillars - tho you can see thro it
     The roof is just as tho' composed of feathers of
an extremely light blue, tinged at the edges


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     either with gold or a very golden light shining
beautifully, the Spirits are all in white dresses
but their robes and borders are slightly colored
they all have something on their heads  Some
are a good deal taller than others -- some have
round things in their hands about the size of plates
& apparently feathery -- which they are now laying
down in a heap making a curious shaped pile
of them  theres 50  I should think of them  they
are placed round in a heap  with a hole left in the
Middle -- Now the man & the Angel have got up to
them.  And the spirits next the building have come
out and have closed quite round them keeping
them in the middle  theres a great number now
& they have hidden the two others from me --
     Now I can see the figure of the man
he is on the top of the pile  at least half on &
half out of the hole which was left, now he's changing
his face is coming again  and his hair  he is
rising up gradually out of it, and as he rises
he gets more perfect -- his head and hair are now
quite perfect & his shoulders are getting plain &
so is the band at the at the neck  where the gathers are
theres shadowy wings -- they are getting plainer
the tops bright -- pink wings -- Now he has risen
up as far as the waist and a band has come
round the waist, a pink band, now the skirt
of the dress is forming  that is now quite perfect
close to the band & round the hips & then it gets
shadowy and the folds are lost  the last part
which has risen out of the heap  is only like a
cloud, large & covering the whole of the lines  part
entirely -- now the figure is quite out.
     Each of the Spirits have taken up one of
the round things again as they put them down

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they carry them in their front on the dress but under
the robe—so you can only see the middle & not the Edge,
Now they have separated n two rows making an
Avenue for the Man & Angel to pass through. they
go upwards [?] and at the top of them at the [?]
theres something so excessivE bright that I
Cannot distinguish what it is , theres a great
number of Spirits all with wings more than a
 hundred I should think in the two long [?]
they differ in their features & faces, they are all
handsome, yet not alike, — The man has very
much the same face he had when alive — only
greatly changed clearer & spiritual.
The two are going up towards the
bright place they appear as though Joined
together the cloud that is under them is only
one that is they are perfect to a little below
the waist & then they are not distinguishable
apart , they place they are going towards looks
now like a square of very bright luminus Gold
and in the Middle of it a star of purple stones
they twinkle [light] like Stars they are seven
characters in one row made with Ametysts
now the two are getting near it , Now they are
Close to it. — they were [?] side by side
but now they've turned nearly face to face, their
shoulders however still touching — they havE
Stopped Still a minute — And all the Spirits
have bowed thEir heads — now the square piece
of Gold has opened down the Middle and they
have gone through. — its closed again — the light
inside [?] opened was most intense.—The Spirits
outside have raised their heads again and
its all going— its clear—
"The vision is finished"
9 PM.

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We were Sitting Conversing about the Vision closing
so unexpectedly — When Emma said — the Mirror is
Clouding again & the CA has Come back.
9.5.'
I returned thanks for the Vision — when the CA said
3030
10327
The passing of a Man, I mean an intelligent
being from the body to its highest and
most heavenly Spiritual existence, and
the incidents that invariably take place
in that passage through death and
unlimited space has been shown as
well as it can be depicted to a material
Eye. — Poor, weak, as such scenes are
when brought down to meet such a sight
an idea can then scarcely be formed
of what they are in their gorgeous
Reality— their perfection as Spirituality
is lost when they have the semblance
of material however fine and delicate
and yet such scenes cannot be pictured
to mans mind at all. unless they are
Clothed slightly with his own attributes
so that if I failed in representing them
beautiful as they are the image is
as complete as our different positions
will allow.—
3031
10328
I have appeared again to desire
that you will Review it with Care, and
that if you find in it, any remarkalbe
parts. I will most willingly answer
you upon them in explanation , there may
be some that you havE not understood
such I can make plain
1/4 past 9 The CA left — I retd. thanks.

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                ♂︎5 Jan 1858   C. A M.
                       Invoked the C A
7' past 8 PM.
I have not had time to make any comments upon the
Vision you have favored me with -- tomorrow is the time appt'd
for Eltesmo's appearance -- will it be necessary for me
to call you before I invoke Eltesmo

3132   10329   Yes call me
I am not so anxious to appear because I have
any thing of importance to communicate as
because I know that my presence [an Evil]
alone dispels an Evil.
     As Eltesmo will have I have no doubt a
lengthened Communication to make tomorrow
Evening you had better begin as early as 
you conveniently can, and not stay until
8 oClock.

have we your permission to see the Spirit of the person
whose remains were found on Waterloo Bridge

3033   10330   You have.

Is Capt. Anderson alive & well.

3034   10331   he is alive but wounded  I have been informed
by his G S.

I believe Capt R G Benton is still in Africa  may
we have a Vision of him in the Evani Glass on Tuesday
next.

3035   10332   I do not know whether he could appear
I will enquire

If he appears in the Evani Glass  shall we be able
to converse with him -- or will it be only a Vision

3036  10,333   Only a Vision  a picture introduced
by Spirits

The there would be no difficulty I presume in
Evanis showing that vision

3037   10334   I do not know that he w'd have any objection
to show it


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When Capt Benton was in Arabia I had a Vision wch 
from his [?] Work, appears to have been a correct one 
and I sh'd like to have another

3038 
10335 I will let Evani know what you desire and 
he will shew it you

Will Evani appear if called just in [t]his Glass.

3039 
10336 Evani himself had better appear in this 
the Evani glass is intended only for Visions 
and the likenesses of people - here he could 
answer your questions

Would you kindly ask him to appear on Tuesday

3040 
10337 I will

If my seers cold is not worse I will appoint 
Friday week for Seven o mina Comm'n to Dr Mackenzie

3041 
10338 I will tell him, he will be much pleased 
I think Mr Lea is improved under the 
Guardianship of Eltesmo.

I have been informed there is a Gentleman at Nott'm 
who has the faculty of seeing spirits without the 
aid of a Mirror or Crystal. are you aware of it

3042 
10339   No not even of his existence, although 
such a state could be obtained by any 
fully developed medium

On Saturday Evening last (   ) about 9 PM. my 
seer who having a bad cold had gone early to bed, was 
laying awake - saw an aged woman apparently about 
60. short gray hair little grey eyes  thin  - a black 
cap on   a black dress & black silk [?] with 
border & fringe come from the fire place across the 
bed where she was laying - leaving an impression 
of weight & go out at the door - may I ask if 
that was a Spirit - or merely an illusion of the Senses

3043
[103]40  Such things are not Hallucinations

Would you then permit her to appear in this

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Mirror that we might caution her not to appear 
in that manner again as tho my Seer has excellent 
Nerves, She of course does not wish to develope that 
faculty of Seeing Spirits — except when invoked

3044 
10341    I am unacquainted with that woman 
personally — I do not know by what names 
you could call her, although if such was 
Ascertained She could be compelled to appear 
Even against her will. 

Could you then prevent their appearing thus to her 

3045 
10342    I cannot control you Seers vision — Seeing in 
the mirror as She does more Clearly and 
advancing imperceptibly  perhaps to you to 
a more perfect State of mediumship  Such 
appearances as that cannot surprise one 

I explained my wishes and requested a Seal ag't it

3046 
10343    My power I would willingly exert but 
how could I impregnate a Seal that would 
be of value when I am not her G S. 
     I know of the forms of Seals but they 
are useless. unless impregnated with the 
Strength of the Spirit who may be in 
connection with the panty wearing them 

If you will give me the form.    I would get one 
made of Silver of any other material you may 
deem best and request Tresev to impregnate 
it. 

3047 
10344    When I appear again then I will give you 
Such a Seal to copy 
     But it must be made to meet a 
peculiar case, for while you desire to get 
rid of the visible out ward appearance you 
do not wish to destroy the whole of the power 
of Spirit Seeing — the line must be finely 
drawn that distinguishes the two  one from

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the other.
I will think upon it
I explained that my Seer used her faculty of Spirit
Seeing solely to meet my wishes , & that she had her
Wish to see spirits under any other Circumstances
3048
10345
I quite understand it , but in general
when a seal is made agt. the influence of
Spirits and to prevent their appearance, all
such is meant. — And much [con??d] as
the faculty of spirit sight may be it is
not in every way desirable — or more would
be possessed of it.—
I do not mean a Communication with a
higher order of Spirits , but with sight of
the supernatural.
I wish I had the faculty.—
3049
10346
where that faculty is not inherent, all
the Spirits of the universe Could not create
it.
They may call it into active life, feed
it strengthen its growth. make it perfect
but where the Seed is not what can be
worked upon.
But however much you may desire the
Power of Seeing You will believe me when I
Assure you most earnestly that it is far
better you should not. —
You could not do it. If you entered into it
it would entirely engross your attention
ruin you worldily. for if these things are
profitable they are no good.—
And then you would not be satisfied with
What you are you are now, but unmindful
of your Nerves or Strength. Seek farther
for visions of a different Character And

I had let the fire out. I took the lamp away with me because the
room  quite dark  but the Mirror appeared as luminous
& the C A as vivid as before

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Men may go on seeing without mixing 
otherwise with bad or evil influences, until 
the balance of the mind is lost. for there 
are sights, regions that a Spiritual Eye may 
penetrate, that reason cannot look upon 
unmoved -

It has always been my endeavor 
my firm purpose to avoid and oppose 
the appearance of every thing that would 
lead to aught save interest, gratification 
and well being in this world as well as 
future happiness

Will you allow me to leave the room for 2 minutes.

3050 
10347 Yes.

On what Evening may we receive your Concluding 
Work may I suggest Tuesday-week

3051 
10348 It is a completion of the old Work 
and the one I shall now give you completes 
that subject

When you have spoken to me of publishing 
it some future day, of having an idea of it, 
I objected to it because it was incomplete. 
it needs a concluding p art and if published 
a spiritual preface instead of the Vision.

I must mention again that when I 
gave it to you it was without the slightest 
intention of its ever being put in the form 
of a printed book. - only given by me to you 
as a mark of my individual esteem, being 
the only thing you could receive from one who 
can only present things to the sight.

The Vision at the beginning is not necessarily 
connected with them and instead of that 
I will give you a preface to follow your 
own introduction =

MURDER, AND MUTILATION OF THE BODY
AMONG the many murders, the records of which have lately darkened our
pages, this, from its accessories, stands out in ghastly prominence.  On
Friday morning last were discovered on one of the buttresses of
Waterloo-bridge the mangled and mutilated remains of the body of a 
gentleman who had evidently been murdered, and whose body had afterwards
been hacked into a thing of shreds and patches. This hewing of
the body of the victim after death calls to mind the similar doings of 
Greenacre and Good – both of whom after murdering their victims cut up 
their bodies – the former distributing the portions in different parts of the
metropolis, and the latter burning the remains.
The particulars of this most barbarous deed will be best gathered from 
the evidence given at the inquest which was held on Monday, at the
board-room of the Strand Union, by the Coroner for Westminster and a
jury of sixteen inhabitants.
The jury having viewed the remains at the police-station
James Barber, a youth seventeen years of age, was first examined.  He
said : I live at No. 2, Lumley-court, Strand, and work for Messrs. Smith
and Son, coal-merchants.  I was going up the river in a boat from Greenwich,
on Friday morning last, between five and six o'clock in the morning,
and I saw the carpet-bag (the bag was produced) lying on the third
buttress of Waterloo-bridge.  It was lying down on the side.  I was two
arches away from it when I saw it first.  We pulled alongside, and Frank
Kilsby, who was with me, took hold of a string that was attached to the
bag and handed it to me.  We pulled the bag into the boat, and then we
rowed as hard as we could to Lambeth, where Frank's brother lived.  We
did not open the bag on the way.  When we got to Lambeth we took the
bag into a barge, and John Kilsby, who was on the barge, opened it.  It
was locked, I think.  We forced it open.  It contained a lot of bones and
clothes.  There was one bone sticking out above the rest.  We then put
the bones back again into the bag and rowed back to the Adelphi, and
gave the bag into the hands of the police.  It was just high water when
we found the bag, which lay on the buttress, about six inches above the
level of the water.  I do not think the bag was wet.  I did not touch the 
clothes, but I saw they were very wet, though not dripping.
Police Sergeant William Buck, 5 F, said : About eight o'clock on Friday
morning two lads came to the station, accompanied by Police-constable
Venes, and stated that they had found a carpet-bag on one of the abutments 
of Waterloo-bridge.  They added that they had taken it up to Lambeth
and showed it to their brother, who told them to row back to the
Adelphi and give the things to the police.  The clothes consisted of a
brown over-coat, a black frock-coat, a black cloth waistcoat, dark mixture
trouser, a calico shirt, a merino inner vest, pair of drawers, and one
sock.  I found blood on the shirt, and inner shirt, and coat.  On further
examination I found seven cuts through the inner shirt and the region of
the heart, and also cuts on the inner coat.  I examined the clothes very
carefully, but could find no marks or writing upon them by which they
could be identified.  I then sent for the surgeon to the constabulary.
Mr. R.B. Paynter, 33, Brydges-street, surgeon to the F division police,
said :  On Friday morning, the 9th of Oct., about nine o'clock, I was called
to the station, and shown the carpet-bag now produced, which contained
a quantity of bones.  The bones shown to the jury are the same.  The 
clothes produced were lying by the side.  I then took the bones out of the
bag, and proceeded to examine them.  Having put the bones together, to
discover whether all of them belonged to one individual, I found they did
so belong, and that there was a complete skeleton, with these exceptions :
the parts wanting were the head, the whole of the cervical and seven of
the dorsal bones; several portions of the ribs, likewise the bones of the
hands and feet, the third portion of the left fibula, and the left clavicle.
The bones that I found were almost all sawn into one or more portions.
All the bones and parts of bones had portions of muscle attached to
them, the parts cut off having been detached in a rough, haggled manner
– that is, not taken off by a scientific person, or with a sharp knife.  Four
portions of skin only remained on the bones – a piece of considerable size
being at the back of the right wrist, covered with dark hair, showing that the
deceased had been a vigorous adult.  The flesh adhering to the bones was
neither fresh nor in a state of decomposition generally, there being incipient 
decomposition only apparent in the left acetabulum, and the corresponding
thighbone.  The capsular ligament of the right hip-joint was
cut open ; and, on rotating the head of the thighbone, I perceived a strong 
smell of decomposition, and several blue marks produced thereby.  The
remainder of the muscles and bones appeared to be undecomposed ; and, on
seeking to discover the cause of this, I found in several parts a saline gritty
matter, looking like salt.  To this I attribute the preservation of the remains.
The remains look as if they had been submitted to salt.  The
surface was reddish brown, and presented a brighter red when cut into,
just like salt meat.  I should have said the whole of the heart, lungs,
stomach, and viscera are missing.  In regard to the pieces of ribs which I
examined, I found a large portion of probably the second, third, 
and fourth ribs of the left side, with a piece of the sternum attached,
and having flesh adhering.  In this piece (probably between
the third and fourth ribs) was a cut of rather a smaller size than
the holes in the shirt and under-waistcoat, which portion of ribs, when


placed in the natural position, had the stab or hole exactly corresponding
in position and direction as in the clothes.  The long axis of the cut was
up and down, and the wound appeared rather smaller than the ma k in
the clothes, which would be accounted for by the fact that the flesh would
close a little after the knife had entered it.  In the portion of the flesh
round the stab a good deal of blood was extravasated into the tissues,
showing that the stabs were given when the deceased was alive.  The
blood was not merely round the surface of the wound, but was extensively
infiltrated round the wound.  The ribs below the portion in which
the stab to which I have referred was found were missing.  The bones
where the extremities joined were sawn, but great roughness was used
in separating parts of the bones.  The sawing, however, was very perfect,
showing that a very small sharp saw had been used.  The neck bones are 
all gone, and fourteen of the bones of the back are missing.  The cartilage 
has been cut through to disconnect them.  In examining the bones
I found they were of such large dimensions as to make me think, together
with the hair on the skin, that it was a male ; but on examining
the pelvis there was something inconsistent with the usual formation of a 
male pelvis.  I can entertain no reasonable doubt whatever that they were the
bones of a male.  I have measured the bones with my own, and I think
the deceased was a taller man than myself – say five feet eight inches.  I
also discovered some hair on the flesh – some belonged to the head, and
other portions to the whiskers, and the colour of both is dark.  I also
discovered some longer hairs, four of which, from the length and fineness, 
may be female hairs, but I do not think they belonged to the 
body fo the deceased person.  The short hairs are of the same colour as
those on the portions of skin which is attached to the bones.  I have no
doubt that the attempt to cut the body to pieces was not commenced
until after the rigidity of death had set in.  On fitting together
portions of the right leg I found the knee-joint and hip-joint
so strongly flexed that the leg must have lain with the thighbone 
at right angles.  The right arm was also strongly flexed, as if
pointing to the front of the body.  I do not think the decomposition in the
hip-joint could have set in under a week.  Why that portion should
have smelt strongly, and the other parts not, I cannot say, for all appeared
to have been immersed in brine.  I am certain, from the appearances of
the blood in the tissues, that the punctures in the chest must have been
given during life.  I should not be surprised, from the appearance of the
remains, if they had been boiled, as the ligaments showed a tightness
always observable in cases where flesh is boiled.  I cannot say whether
salt would have made the ligaments tight.  I have no hesitation
in saying the remains have not been used for anatomical purposes.
No person who had any anatomical knowledge would have gone
to work in such a roundabout fashion.  Moreover, the body could
only have been valuable for the bones, muscles, nerves, and arteries ;
and it is clear that the remains found never used for scientific
purposes.  The manner in which the flesh has been separated shows that ;
and the bones have been destroyed for anatomical purposes by the
manner in which they have been cut up.
Henry Errington, toll-collector at Waterloo-bridge, examined :  I was
on duty last Thursday night at half-past eleven o'clock, and remember
seeing a female coming up from the Strand to pass over the bridge.  She
placed a halfpenny on the iron plate, as persons generally do, and
attempted to drag the bag through.  She twisted it against the turnstile
and made it go round, and I said, "Why don't you ask somebody to lift
the bag up for you?  I have lost a halfpenny by the bag giving the stile a
turn."  I then took the bag up and laid it on the plate.  It had leather
handles and bottom, and a large flower on the side.  The bag produced is,
I have no doubt, the same bag which I lifted over the stile.  It weighed
from 20lb. to 30lb.  The female said something to me about why I did
not tell her the proper way to get through.  She had a black silk bonnet
and mantle, and her hair appeared to be matted down and powdered,
something like a footman's.  I remarked this particularly at the time.
I cannot say whether I should know her again, but if she were produced
in the same dress I might.  She spoke in a very gruff voice, which sounded
rather masculine.  She was about five feet three or four, short, and rather
stout.  She did not seem heated or distressed by the weight of the bag.
I thought she was going to catch the train from the Waterloo station,
which leaves at a quarter to twelve o'clock every night.
This being all the evidence tendered,
The Coroner, addressing the jury, said he did not propose to trouble
them with any further evidence that day.  The matter was at present in
the hands of the police for investigation, and the jury could not do better
than leave it with them.  He should, therefore, propose to adjourn the
inquiry for a fortnight, and at the expiration of that time the police
might be in possession of further evidence to throw light upon the case.
The jury then entered into the necessary recognisances to appear at the
adjourned inquest, and the inquiry was postponed until next Monday
week, at three o'clock.
The stabs through the clothes in the region of the heart are made longitudinally ;
and it would appear from other stabs in the shoulder and collar
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of all Spiritual gifts a book is most esteemed by 
me. I hope I shall still be favored by you with one 
occasionally

3502 
10349 It is the only proof I can give you now of my 
attachment to you.

As my Seer will have a long sitting tomorrow Evening 
I will conclude - how am I to call the Spirit 
I require.

3053 
10350 Simply desire that the vision of that 
purpose will appear - exorcise it when it does 
appear. - then ask if it is the individual 
it will answer by signs - if it is willing to 
appear again & communicate with you.

I could not myself exert any influence 
over that being except to prevent any thing 
from being in any way distasteful to you

I returned thanks

20' past 9. Called the Spirit of the person whose remains were 
found in Waterloo Bridge ( )

see page 9

Now theres something coming

Its grey & white, very indistinct - more of the shape 
of a grey & white oval, or egg shape - larger in the 
middle than at the top and bottom - now its 
plainer the mist is going from before it theres 
a head but no arms or legs ahead on the top 
of this oval form. - now I see the features quite 
plan

(Ex. 3 times).

10357 A stiff short beard & black hair quite 
straight and [coarse?] half the forehead coming 
down completely over one side to the eyebrow 
a rather hooked nose - a low solemn looking face


assailants, and that he was struck indiscriminately before the wounds
were made in the left side, any one of which would appear to be sufficient
to account for death.
The clothes which are hung upon a line in one of the corridors of the
Bow-street station, have been examined by several persons who had lost
friends for whose safety they were anxious.  They consist of a light
outside coat, made of brown or pepper-and-salt coloured cloth, with black
silk buttons; a single-breasted frock-coat of fine black cloth, with a
label attached to the second button-hole below the collar--a somewhat
unusual appendage to a walking-coat; a black cloth waistcoat, more worn
than any other portion of the garments; a pair of grey coarse woollen
trousers, cut in French fashion; a longcloth shirt with linen front and
wristbands; a pair of thick merino drawers, with one metal button in
front; and a pair of coarse cotton socks made of thread and very much
worn at the upper part of the sole.  The socks, it is hoped, will prove an
important agent in the detection of the murderers. They are of peculiar 
make and material, being hand-knitted, and composed of coarse thread,
ribbed.
The clothes have been pronounced by competent authorities to be of
foreign make--either French or Belgian, and made to order, from the
fact of their being of a style and workmanship superior to those of ready-made
or slop articles.
Two human heads found in Sussex-gardens were brought to the Bow-street
police-station on Monday evening and submitted to a medical examination.  
The result went to show that they have no connection whatever
with the remains found at Waterloo-bridge, and that they were 
probably buried in the place in which they were found by some persons
who had used them for anatomical purposes, as they bear the marks of
having been operated upon by a surgeon.  One of the heads is that of a 
man, and is quite hard and withered; the other is that of a female, with
red hair appended.
As an instance of the completeness and rapidity with which the metropolitan 
police can be set in motion it may be stated that, immediately on
the discovery of the bones, information, giving  description of the bag and
its contents, was sent to every division; and that in less than three hours
the printed "informations" of the police were in the hands of the whole 
metropolitan force.
Government has offered a reward of £200 for the discovery of the supposed 
murderer, and £100 for the discovery of the person who placed the
carpet-bag in the position where it was found; with a free pardon to any
accomplice not being the actual murder.
Ill London News Oct 17 1857
no. 883

(We have engraved the Carpet-bag, in order to facilitate, by this publicity,
the discovery of the perpetrator of this horrible act.)

[*22/5/71*]

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Are you the Spirit of the person whose remains &c
352 Now he looks very hard at you.
If you are so  - will you bend your head forward.
353 hes bent his head.
If you were murdered will you bend your head yes 
0354 Now he has put a hand out of the oval
and lifted it up towards the Shoulder.
If you are willing to appear next Tuesday will you
lift up your hand.
10355 he has held it up very [?]
If not a native of Britain will you hold your hand up
10356 Now he's held it up
9.30' dismissed him.

[symbol] 6 Jan. 1858 C.A.M.
30' past 7  Invoked the C.A.
According to your wish I have invoked you first
may I ask if you have any observation to make prior 
to my invoking Ellesmo as my friend Mr. Henry
Lea is now present
3054 10357 I have nothing to say this evening except
that I am pleased that I have an
opportunity of meeting him I will not
stay to detain you.

33' Invoked Ellesmo
Ellesmo appeared as usual
My friend Mr Lea is now here agreeable to your
appointment -- and we shall be most happy to
receive your promised Communication -- as I have
obtained the CA's permission to receive it in this Mirror
10358 I thank you
The short works that I give him
are to serve instead of a multitude

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questions & answers that might [?] on 
religious subjects, I thought it best to give 
them in this way because he could have 
them in a compact form and refer to them 
at any time and weigh their contents at his 
leisure.

My Seer is still very unwell & speaks with difficulty 
we shall be obliged by your work coming slowly 

10359 I am desirous of doing so 
I am scarcely acquainted with the niceties 
of this mode of Communication but when 
you mention to me it is coming too fast 
I will stop it for a time.

I thank you.

Eltesmo held the book in his hand which appeared 
only as a few sheets of paper

It has got a large title with a plain white 
fly leaf the title in large letters - with something 
like a verse under the title - thus

10360 "The Practical Laws of Life 
" and the rewards which obedience to them 
" ensures to the Soul

"Whosoever therefore breaks of the least 
"commandments. or teaches men to do he shall 
"be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven - 
"But whosoever do and teach them the 
"same shall be great in the Kingdom of 
"Heaven. Matthew 5 Chapter & 19 Verse.

"Being sincerely convinced through faith 
"of the Divinity of Christ - &c."

36

As my Seer was suffering from sore throat I explained 
that we would receive the rest at another sitting 
prior to his next appointment of the 6th April.

10361 A [?] work will be given then.

There is not a very great deal remaining 
but still if you cannot receive it this Evening 
Mr Lea can finish it at his house. or hear if 
that is not convenient on another Evening 
soon. - there is not sufficient to occupy 
a whole Evening - I think 3/4 of an hour 
would conclude it.

Will next Friday week suit your convenience

10362 I would rather do so before that time

Will you favor me with it, and I will send a copy 
to Mr Lea.

10363 being his Guardian Spirit my address is 
necessarily directed to him personally altho 
I am quite willing to give you my opinion 
or experience on any thing I would rather 
furnish this directly to him

Will you give it to him then in your own mirror 
his wife Mrs. Lea being [speculatrix?]

10364 She would not be able to do so

Will you then please to appear on Friday next

10365 Either on Friday or the two following days 
I would willingly appear

We will then say Friday with your kind consent 
We were discussing on the matter when Eltesmo said

10366 I can hear you speak

Mr Lea returned thanks and hoped our being 
unable to finish would not ocasion the loss of 
any portion.

10367 It will not 
It will be most convenient to me to begin 
at the usual time 1/2 past 7 or 8

37

Eltesmo then turned towards me & said

10368 I thank you very much for allowing 
me the opportunity of communicating this 
[?] with my charge.

1/4 to 10 PM. Eltesmo left.

[?]die 25' to 8 PM 8 Jan 1858. C.A.M.

Invoked Eltesmo

Eltesmo appeared directly with the book which at 
my request slowly opened & my Seer completed it 
at 8 PM.

May I observe that on being unfortunately prevented 
by my Seer's health. from obtaining your first work 
may I ask if we can have it at a future time

10369 I cannot being a work on any other day

May I ask then if the book is a "Spiritual Entity" 
existing in the Spirit World. or is it only the 
temporary Embodiment of your mind & consequently lost 

10370 It is not lost to me

May I ask the title of the first work we thus missed

10371 The Book of Spiritual Intelligence

What title shall we give to the book we received 
of you before this

10372 I had no title for it - It was but the thoughts 
drawn from my knowledge, while this 
last I had given you is in substance 
the Commandments of Christ for Christian 
living

You kindly promised Mr Lea a seal for the Vacant 
Corner of his Mirror will you favor us with it now

10373 Yes

26' past 8 my Seer received the Seal.

If any &c

10374 I have nothing more

38

1/2 past 8
I return & thanks

10375     I thank you
has Mr Lea any thing to say to me before leaving

Mr Lea returned thanks

10376   Be it so

Eltesmo left. 

                     12 Jan'y  1858.         C. A Mirror
                                Invoked the C. A.
1/4 to 8 PM
My Seer is too unwell to have a sitting this Evening but on Friday
Evening I am going to Mr. T.  Will you kindly appear
on that Evening if called

3055  [1037]7   I cannot appear myself on Friday

Will Mr T's GS. [Semvius?] appear if called

3056  [1037]8   Yes

As I intend taking my Japan Crystal as well as the 
Box Mirror will Ada appear & show us Visions therein

3057   [103]79   She will

If any &c

3058   [103]80   I was prepared with an explanation of the
Vision you have lately seen.

I hope our not being able to receive it this Evening
will not prevent our doing so next Tuesday

3059   [103]81   I will give it you at another time
Is Mr Lea interested in the book Eltesmo
gave him

Yes very much & I hope it will influence his opinions

3060   [103]82   I trust so

I esteem it very highly myself -- in as much as it
coincides & illustrates your views

3061   [1038]3   There are but one amongst those who


present  Mr Gill   Mrs T  -- W G.  Miss F. T.  & Miss Julia [Casemore?]
                          Selfs [?].

39
know the truth
The C A then left 8 PM.
♀︎ die  15"  Jan. 1858
[?] Mirror
At Mr Tells
Invoked Semirus
Semirus is here light curly hair very thick & short.  long
white dress pink robe — pink band - wings
As we have several young friends here desirous of testing
their powers will you kindly show them a Vision

10384  They must look in the Crystal not in this

has Miss J. C. the faculty

10385  The faculty lies dormant in her but it might
be developed.
   She might see a Change from its natural
state but I think not at the first trial

do you think it would be desirable for her to develop the
faculty

10386   It is not desirable for a person to develop it
Whose nerves are not strong or have been
wrecked by Some calamitous Event.

to what use is then being possessed of the gift if it is
not developed. Jc

10387   And so it is with this as with many other
hidden laws of nature. the purport is not
[dis???ced]

I have lately bought a book entitled "Spirit drawings" &
judging from the Sentiments cont'd therein — they appear
to been of a Very beneficial tendency to the writer.

10388    Whatever the power that moves the members
of the persons body and it is often indifferent
it is injurious to him who allows it, for it is
violating the sacred duty of man, that of
preserving himself free from the influence
of other beings , losing [?] by his own

40 
Responsibility—So long as the power is 
Extraneous Souly placed before his external 
Senses no harm can befal him because his 
judgment is left free and his weapon is 
unbiassed and his Sense of right can 
distinguish between the Good and Evil in 
Appearance or language 
When we say they are bad 
many are Atmospheric Spirits & they impress 
upon the parties their opinions and ideas 
Such may be good as good as that coming 
from a higher Authority but at the same time 
the many cannot be relied upon, and one making an opening by Such a process can 
Be followed through by others of a different 
grade. 
his safe I the faintly [?] 
10389 
I think not She could by the Crystal 
GCS. how long have you been my GS. 
10390 
As I advance in the Sphere above that in 
which I originally was tore my ideas of 
time. 
GVS Will you always remain My GS. 
10391 
So long as it pleases him who is the ruler 
of both. 
Now you tell Me who is Mr. Gs GS. 
10392 
I will Engine I will tell you when I 
appear again 
& Mifs I when Casemires [?] 
10393 
I will 
& Mr Matter & Miss Tells 
10394 
I will 
If I wrote Ada to Show a Vision in the Crystal to test 
them powers of Seeing 

41
10395
You can Call the parties those inspecting
are demons of Seeing
do you mean without troubling Ada to appear
10396
[?he] will appear at once it is no trouble
to Ada to appear but it is quite necessary
in the practice of this Subject to keep
distinct the two classes of Spirit
A degree of levity may be allowed in the
intercourse of persons who havE movEd
Among you        of yourselves part when
of the same Emotions and had tastes in Common
with yourselves when they appeared in the
Crystal— and with those Spirits who never
have been embodied — are in a different state
have no feelings in Common with you
except that of Affection and who are always
present as the Guardian protectors of one
or another individual therefore to persons
who havE not entered deeply into Spiritual
Commn. do not understand its worth or appreciate
its purity —  the lighter should be used.
but where the earnest researcher is bent
upon the discovery of a higher and nobler
Company for man and that gratifies the
lighter properties of the nature—and Seeks
to know more than is made manifest
to the Eyes of the Casual observer—Yet
because not made Evident not forbidden
the holier ones are ready to Communicate
with.
If any
10397
I havE not
[S??? A??.]


42

20' p't 9 PM   Japan Crystal
                                  Invoked Ada to show a Vision
Called Mr. Thomas Bolton
     Heres an old woman come in black.  short, black
gown.  little shawl  black crape bonnet  black veil
a short woman  a large face  but she turns it away
theres a grey donkey  at her side.
May I ask your name
     Now theres a rough looking man in the
distance -- Now she has put her hand in her pocket
and took out some money and pointed to the
man -- she looks round at Mr. T. -- it is old
Mrs. Legge. --
Mrs. Legge died in June 1855  and this being her first
appearance she could not answer us -- except by signs
I promised to call her again shortly into the
Mirror = & she left

                             Box Oval Mirror
                                Called Mr Anderson 

It is a long time since we met as I have waited
your letting me know when you were desirous of
appearing -- Are you in India

10398   I arrived at Cawnpore on the 28th Nov.
I have been wounded in my right arm

As to the mutiny
 
10399   We have crushed it success is certain

have you your Crystal with you

10400   Yes but I have found a stone in one of the
Palaces that answers better for the purpose
than that considering its size, It is peculiar
I do not know what it is  its Smoke
Colored

43
Is it a [?]

10401   I dont know, it formed part of what appeared
to be a broken idol  it was in the middle of
the horns of a bull.

Was it egg shaped

10402   Yes   I mean to preserve it safely if I can

Will you appear next Tuesday

10403   You will not be able to see me you expect
Company.

I told him about the "Waterloo Tragedy"

10404   I have heard that affair explained and when
you have received your vision we will compare
notes

I am now in Company with some ladies who are
desirous of seeing you, will you let them try

10405   broken down dispirited and wounded the 
attention of one is needed

they looked but in vain  When Capt Anderson opened his
coat and showde a bright star to them  which I
explained they could not see it

10406   My poor old Spanish order then is of no use.

We had some further Conversation, & Mr A informed
us Sir Henry Hancock's son was wounded in the left
side =  he also expressed great dissatisfaction at Dr M's
calling him in his mirror.  requested me to tell him
not to do so again or he w'd "certainly serve him out"

44 
                   ♂die 19th Jan 1858.         C A Mirror 
                                  Invoked the C A.
Present Ms G. G T. & Mr W. T.  
When at Mrs T’s house on Friday Evening a Person app'd 
uncalled.  & altho she has now been dead 2 1/2  years she 
was unable to speak.  or make herself understood [by] 
except by Signs. We are now desirous  of seeing her again 
do you think she will appear if I call her 

10407    As the woman appeared so readily on 
Friday Evening doubtless she will be able 
to appear again now. 
     You had better see her first and 
then you can see [Semirus?] in this Mirror 
and as you have an appointment 
with that other person for this Even'g 
it is not well to cause disappointment. 
You had better appoint 9 oClock for 
him to come, my explanation can 
remain as it is until next Tuesday 

I have made an app't with Seven-O-Mina to 
see Dr M on Friday next but my Seer is so unwell 
I am afraid I must defer it 

10408    He Seems very Anxious to come 

Then I will say Friday week

10409    I think he has depended upon 
Coming next Friday 

Then it shall be so — In which Mirror shall I 
Call Mrs. L. 

                               In the Box Mirror 
                                Called Mrs. Legge 
3’  She is here as before 
Mrs Legge we have called you this Evening that you 
might explain your wishes to us more fully.  I
am sorry to perceive that although you

[*45*] 

have now left this Earth 2 years & a half—you have
not progressed towards happiness.

10410   Its the thoughts of the money that
keeps me from being happy

Are you aware that Mr T is here.

10411   I am aware that Mr T. & his Son
are here.

Mr. T. & Mrs. L. had a long Conference in which she
expressed herself quite satisfied with every thing
that Mr G. had done in respect to her will and
wished Mr G to see. her nephew personally that
he ought be Satisfied—& not by worrying himself
about her disposal of her property  keep her from
progressing on to happiness — which Mr G promised
to do.

For the advancement of my Knowledge of Spiritualism
Mrs. L. stated that the figure of her nephew & the
Donkey which appeared with her on the previous
L Eveing "was only [a] pictures of thein and said

10412   "You cannot understand how our
Memory is regulated , it seem as tho'
we only see visions of what has passed
or that we have most thought upon
when living or most nearly affected
as upon earth. I know now that
you were my Ex., that you have had
the management of all my property
but I dont remember you. I know
Mrs. T. from her person. from being
with me and treating me kindly
at least from a feeling of Sympathy
     I remember the look of the Chapel
a square white building with a

                                                                                                                                              [*46*]
portico & some steps & a gate and
that I was strict in my religious
duties according to the manner of
the world , but I find now that the
"Religion of life" promotes happiness
is more Acceptable to GOD - than the
secluded church forms.
    I ought to have been more
charitable seeking more the comfort
of others when I had the means &
not neglected the duties of life.

have you any objection to being Called

10413  I have not.

does it hinder your progress

10414  It does not retard it - for if the
interview of an hour causes memories
of years to cease it must rather progress
than retard you —
    I am Satisfied of the Truth
I look upwards to it with the
light, but I cannot attain it
until the ties of the Earth are
dissolved.

Are you Still in the Atmosphere

10415  Yes

Is it your Nephews At. Spirit is his mental thoughts. 
in the body that thus distress you.

10416  The working of his Mind acting upon
his At Spirit— And I think if he was
Satisfied . I should be happier
I loved money too well myself upon
Earth & the memory of it clings to
me now.

What was the Cause or Law by which the Donkey
appeared.

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10417  I cherish the likeness of it —

Some years ago before I knew you   you appeared
Several times in my Crystal uncalled. are you
now aware why you did so

10418  I have heard of one being used in
Scotland.—

5' to 9 PM. Mrs L left.
9 PM.
Semirus appeared (uncalled)
your appearance is unexpected . I intended
calling you in my C. A Mirror

10419  I appeared in this last. It is by
the C.A's desire that I appear now.

Will you inform me Mrs W. [?]. s  G. Spirits name

10420  I find that Mrs. [?]. &  her daughter
have had fresh G.S. within the
last 2 years.
  The name of Mrs. [?]'s  is now
CONSTANCE a female Spirit
of the first Sphere. her name
signifies close attention unremitting
exertion for the benefit of her charge.
She is good and true. and
will in all probability be higher

10421  That of her daughter is
Oriderd but in Youth so strong
a GS. is not generally appointed
unless where circumstances make
it necessary for their protection.

10422  The name of her Niece's  G Spirit is
Leria - pronounced Lera.

10423  And her Son's Ovidiay both Spirits

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of the same Sphere the first

May I am if at some future time they will
appear when called.

10424  I have no doubt they will.

G J.T. have you any particular directions to give
me as my GS.

10425  My Office to you as Guardian Angel
protector ag't. the unseen Evils that
for ever beset you, is almost neutral
to you as far as body communion
is concerned, we so seldom meet by
the only known means of Communicating
Speech through matter. that I
cannot keep up       & instructions
that should to your Knowledge benefit
you in the body so that my office
is scarcely more known to you than
the office of those other attendants to
the beings that never know their exist'ce.
that believe not in their office - and
as it is with such so it must be
with you    my duties are fulfilled
as well as as steady. and as effect'ly.
as though you recognized them daily
and had interviews with me face
to face.
    The Will of GOD has hitherto
directed me and may it ever continue
to do so for your advancement
morally physically & spiritually

I ret'd thanks
4' past 9 Semirus left

49
CA M.
Invoked the CA
10 PM.
The CA is here & says

10426   My Mentioning that Semirus would
appear before 9 'oclk. was because I thought
Mr. T would leave when he knew you had
an appointment  as it was not admirable
in many respects that one so young as
Mr. T's Son should be present when one
who was a Stranger   Such as the dec'd.
appeared to you
    I think Such a thing cannot be
too guardedly treated or the evidence
too secretly taken— I could not speak
of this before Mr T without appearing rude
so I desired Semirus to appear in the
box mirror instead of this.

I explained.

10427  I could not sanction a thing I did not
deem proper his Son has not of course
the necessary discretion on subjects that
he may thus hear.  from his youth &
inexperience he naturally heals these
matters lightly.
    The man is quite willing to appear
now if you will receive him.

[?]

10428  I have nothing more this Evening
The CA left

5' Past 10 PM           the Box. Mirror
Called the Spirit [?]c.

Now the mirrors veiled  — now hes Come. The face
and hands as before the rest oral (Exorcised)

[* See also Vol. 12 / 156 *]

THE WATERLOO BRIDGE MYSTERY

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."
SIR—While passing time has almost caused the 
Waterloo Bridge mystery to be forgotten, even on the 
immediate scene of its occurrence, information has gradually
been collected at a place distant from it by thousands of
miles. Through that extraordinary freemasonry existing
among criminals who from time to time recruit our convict
class—men bound together by the war of society against
them, and leagued in fidelity to each other by an acquaintance
with or participation in each other's crimes—there
can be no doubt there were those at the time in London
who, if not privy to that murder in its inception, very
soon after the commission of the crime knew the particulars
of it, and could, if they would, have solved the
mystery.
   Without further preface, I will quote an extract from 
a letter received by B—, a gentleman well known in
this city, from his brother, at present in Tasmania, and
holding there a highly-respectable social position, and her
Majesty's Commission of the Peace, referring to a Mr. 
R—, the subject of the tragedy which it is believed has
been enacted. He writes:
   "I feel convinced that his (R—'s,' was the body
found in the carpet-bag under Waterloo Bridge. From
what I have heard from a  person lately come out, it
appears R— was lodging with a Jew named W—,
a returned convict, close to Waterloo Bridge at the
time that he had about £1,400 worth of Tasmanian
debentures, which for some time he had been 
endeavouring to sell; that he sold them to a 
respectable Jew named N—; that he received the money,
and the same day went home to his lodgings, and
is supposed to have had his money with him, from which
house he has never been seen or heard of ; and when Mr.
S—, a friend of his, went to his lodgings a few days
after, he could get no tidings whatever of R—, and the
wretch W— had fled no one knew where. I have no
doubt he knew R— had the money, then murdered
him, cut him up, put portions of the body, (the head never
was found) into the carpet bag, and threw it into the 
river. Not a paper, not a vestige of anything belonging
to him has since turned up, and I have no more doubt
that that was his fate than that I am writing this. We
have ascertained that the man W— is dead . . . . .
Mrs. R— is still very unsettled. I told her of my suspicions,
but still she hopes on. She says she would know
the carpet bag he took with him. No doubt the police
have got it. Would it be possible to obtain it, and any
other articles connected with it, and have them sent out
here for her to see them?"
   A very few words in further explanation will be sufficient.
B—, above referred to, the recipient of the communication
from Tasmania, and at present in Dublin, was
himself a resident of Tasmania some years ago, and while
there met R—, and knew him intimately ; he was then
a person of some property, and holding a respectable 
position in life. R— came to Ireland some time previous to
the Waterloo Bridge event, and soon after called on
B—, who at the time happened to be from home, and
did not see him, nor afterwards during his stay in Dublin
did they chance to meet ; but R—'s arrival in Dublin
from Tasmania at that time, however, is confirmed from his
having called on others here as well as B—. From Dublin
R— proceeded to Belfast, where he had business to 
transact ; thence he proceeded to London, where he was
also known to have arrived safely, and was called on there
by a Mr. S— (to whom, it appears, he was also in some
way known), a few days after the finding of the carpet- bag
with the remains at Waterloo Bridge, with the result
stated in the Tasmania letter.

R— was somewhat eccentric, and, though possessed 
of considerable means, his habits were frugal
and saving, if not penurious. It is by no means impossible
he may have known the convict W— when
that man was the denizen of a penal settlement ; 
perhaps he looked upon him as a "reformed criminal,"
and as more to be encouraged and relied upon than one
who has all along led an honest life. R— was known to
very few in London. I am not aware, indeed, that he 
was known to anyone there, except Mr. S—, who called 
upon him. His stay there was to be brief. In that
crowded hive it may have seemed immaterial to him where
he stopped for the time, provided his expenses were small.
In any case, it has been ascertained by those in Tasmania
who knew him that he lodged with this returned convict
close to Waterloo Bridge at the time referred to, and has
never since been heard of—he, together with the proceeds
of his sale of Tasmanian debenture, having alike
disappeared—neither have the mutilated fragments of the
human body found in the carpet-bag been ever since
accounted for in any way the least satisfactory or credible.
That it was the means adopted by some anatomist to get
rid of human remains upon which he had been 
practising—the suggestion accepted at the time when the
police failed to make any discovery—was not only 
exceedingly improbable, being so different from what is
customarily done in such cases, but was altogether 
inconsistent with the mangled—and not anatomised—appearance
which the remains presented.
   Had the information now possessed been at hand—had
Mr. S— known the description of person with whom
R— had gone to lodge, his disappearance at that
particular time might have suggested some inquiry ; but an
idea that such was his fate could not for a moment have 
entered S—'s mind, otherwise he would have acted upon
it. R— coming over to this country, not to remain, but
merely to transact some business and return, and moving
from Dublin to Belfast, and from Belfast to London, the
natural inference, on not finding him at his lodgings, was,
that he had finished his business in London, and gone
elsewhere ; that he had perhaps returned to Tasmania.
Even his known eccentricity was calculated 
to make his disappearance less remarkable.
   Have the London police information whether a 
returned convict (a Jew, named W—) was, immediately
preceding the event, residing close to Waterloo Bridge?
Do they know at what time he left that locality, and are
they able to trace his subsequent career? Possibly it may
not fall within their province to look after such characters.
Having graduated in a penal settlement, they may,
on their return, be regarded as fully entitled to exemplify
their matured experience upon society, unchecked by
any unwelcome supervision. Did the London detective
staff, at the time of the occurrence, discover that a 
gentleman had been lodging with that convict and that he
suddenly and unaccountably disappeared? Did they 
discover that that gentleman had previously sold Tasmanian
debentures to a large amount to another Jew, and been
paid for them ? Could they ascertain in what moneys
those were paid for, and through what channels they or 
any of them subsequently passed? Difficulties apparently
greater than any that such an inquiry presents have been
surmounted where skill has accompanied a desire to arrive
at the truth. I am prepared to give the names of all the
parties represented by initials in this communication, to
any person competent or having authority to investigate
the matter further. —I am, Sir, yours &c.,
GEORGE IRWIN.
Serpentine-avenue, Dublin, Aug. 9, 1864

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Will you tell me your name when alive

10429   Cicero [Martini???]

In what country were you born

10430  Italy.

(The original did not appear an English but translated
as the Seer read it and the writing was very small
& close)
May I ask the Circumstances attending Your death

10431  I will tell you if you have patience
to listen — may be that you feel pity
and compassion for the victim of such
an apparent outrage but when you
have heard my tale and know my
Origin that feeling will be lessened
and you may deem me [cont] deserving
of it — however I will tell you

    I was born of parents disposed
to Evil , reared in Evil , bred up to the
Commission of all manner of Sin
but I need not tell you how I
fell step by step, into the crimes
that was the cause of my death
do you know Sloane St. Westm'r

I know Sloane St Chelsea .

10432  Close to Westminster it was there that
I was killed and I will tell you
why — I was an accomplice or
[confe??ate]  of the parties that kept the
house. I was engaged in all kind
of Villainous work. between England
France & Belgium - I was for
hire . if a deed was Contemplated
by people who were willing it sh'd.
be done yet were ashamed to do it

THE WATERLOO BRIDGE MYSTERY

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."
SIR—The letter of your correspondent, signed George
Irwin, will be read with astonishment by those who were
horrified some few years back by the atrocious murder
which will for ever be known by the above title. There
cannot be any doubt but that a fearful murder was committed,
although the police tried their utmost to fix it upon the
shoulders of medical students who had endeavoured to
practise upon the credulous a joke which in itself would
have been too disgusting and revolting a character
for medical students to attempt. I very much regret this
report was put forward, as I feel convinced it was the
means of stopping many inquiries which might have been
made. I do not take upon myself to assert that the
police had the slightest faith in their own report ; in fact,
I know well they were convinced to the contrary by
several anatomical opinions, based upon such scientific
principles as left the matter beyond a doubt. I 
remember perfectly all the minutiae connected with the
fearful contents of the carpet-bag. I fully explained to
the police authorities present the perfect impossibility of
the wounds having been inflicted after death, the 
infiltration of the tissues, and the cuts upon the garments
being saturated with arterial blood, which could have
emanated only from wounds made upon a living subject.
The more immediate cause of my thus trespassing upon
your time is to corroborate, to some extent, the letter of
George Irwin. It may be remembered perhaps by those
to whom I made the remark, that the stockings of the
murdered man were foreign, and, like those worn in the
colonies, they were of a very coarse texture, knitted by
hand—these, as also the other articles of wearing apparel,
belonging more probably to an emigrant than a student. 
I had also incontestable proofs that the deceased was a
very dark man. I look forward with anxiety, and trust
that the police will not lose sight of the facts now made
public by your correspondent George Irwin. —I am, Sir,
yours, &c.,
A. H. H.
   St. John's, Horselydown, Aug. 11.

THE WATERLOO BRIDGE MYSTERY.
[*1 Dec'r / 64*]

   Seven years have elapsed since a startling
announcement was made that a horrible murder had been
committed in London, and that an attempt had been made
to conceal it under circumstances of an unusual
character. It was said that some boys who were out in a 
boat on the Thames had found on one of the abutments
on the western side of Waterloo Bridge a bag which
contained the bones of a human being with a suit of
clothes which, when examined, led to the conclusion
that a man moving in a respectable sphere of life had
been barbarously murdered, his body roughly hewn to
pieces by unprofessional hands, and the bag containing
the bones let down over the parapet of the
bridge with the intention that they should
sink in the river and be no more heard of. The
bag instead of going into the water rested upon the
abutments and was so found by the boys, who handed it
over to the police. Various rumours were in circulation
at the time in reference to persons who had been seen
on the bridge, and who were suspected of having
dropped the bag, but nothing conclusive was ascertained,
and the matter at length subsided, although
the most diligent inquiries had been made by the police.
Last August, the subject was revived by a letter which
was published in some of the papers from Mr. Irwin, of
Dublin, who gave the initial letters of the names of
four persons who, as he imagined, were implicated in
the matter, three of them being suspected of making
away with the fourth, who had mysteriously
disappeared under circumstances which he very fully and
somewhat plausibly detailed. Application was made to

the authorities at Scotland Yard that the bag in which
the bones had been deposited and the clothing might be
sent to Victoria, Australia, in order that the wife of the
missing man might see them, with a view, if possible,
to their identification as the property of her husband.
That request, however, could not be complied with in
the face of stringent police regulations. It was also
considered that the description would be sufficient to
serve most purposes, and that if the articles were
identified the detective officers might be instructed to
bring over any person whose evidence they might
suppose would tend to further more detailed inquiries.
To make the matter perfectly clear, it may
be mentioned that Mr. Irwin, in his letter, expressed
his conviction that the supposed victim was a man
named R——, who had gone out from England to
Australia some time prior to the occurrence, and had
amassed a large sum of money. He left his wife and
child in Australia and came back to England, bringing
with him securities of the value of 1,400£., for which he
received the money. At that time he was living in
the house of one W——, in a street leading out of the
Strand, not far from Waterloo Bridge. R—— remained
there a short time, and all at once he disappeared,
and this was about the date of the finding of the
bag of bones and clothes. Mr. Irwin's letter also
referred to parties with the initials S—— and N—— as
having had something to do with the monetary transactions
of R——. The circumstantial character of Mr.
Irwin's allegations necessitated in the minds of the
authorities in the direction pointed out, and the matter
was entrusted for investigation to one of the most
experienced officers of the detective force. The officer
ascertained in the first place that just antecedent to
the time of the discovery a man, named Woolfe,
lived at 15, Arundel street, Strand, which was
then a private hotel ; and about that time a 
person of the name of Ratcliffe came there
to see him. Ratcliffe remained at the hotel as a 
resident for a few days, and while there Woolfe took
the house No. 30 in the same street. During this period
of their acquaintanceship Ratcliffe told Woolfe that he
had some Tasmanian debenture bonds upon which he
was to receive the interest in the City, and that he
wished to turn the bonds into money. It appears that
Woolfe himself did not want to buy them, but he
introduced Ratcliffe to a man of the name of Sinnett, who
was understood to be a dealer in securities and bills, but
he did not require them, and he in his turn introduced
Ratcliffe to one Nathan, who purchased the bonds, 
paying the amount in Bank of England notes to Ratcliffe,
who almost immediately afterwards disappeared,
no one knowing what had become of him. Three months
later, however, as the detective officer has since 
ascertained, Ratcliffe opened an account with the Commercial
Banking Company, at Liverpool, and deposited a
considerable sum of money, doubtless the produce of the
sale of the bonds ; and after a short interval he withdrew
his balance, for the purpose, as he stated, of going
to America. From that day to the present nothing
further is known of him. The identity of the man
Ratcliffe, who lived with Woolfe, in Arunderl-street,
and who was imagined by Mr. Irwin to be
the victim of the Waterloo Bridge tragedy, with 
the man Ratcliffe, who three months afterwards
was at Liverpool, was proved by a comparison of the
signature on the Tasmania bonds with that on the
books of the Commercial Banking Company. It has
also been ascertained that Woolfe, having left England
for Australia, died in that colony about three years
since. The result of this investigation entirely puts an
end to the grave suspicions which Mr. Irwin's letter
not unnaturally raised, and leaves still undiscovered
the perpetrators of a crime which, at the time, created
a profound sensation in the public mind.

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Any Enemy desired to be got rid of
in Naples I assassinated him not
because I was his Enemy but because
I was paid — paid for the blow. - if a
false second in a duel was needed I
was the friend Ready to be Consulted
    If the design of a political
intrigue wanted carrying out  I could
do the dirty work , and besides being
employed for these purposes I worked
for myself whilst ostensibly on their
missions   I took every thing I could
lay my hands on with safety and
the plate that I brought from the
Continent any pieces that I could
pick up were taken by me to this
house in Sloane St. and by the parties
who occupied it who were Coiners or
rather were  was turned into Counterfeit
Money mixed with alloy 

Now he's put his hand to his head as tho' thinking

10433
When did I die   I cant remember the
date but it was a fortnight before any
thing was [found] heard by the public
that I came over in the boat from
Calais this voyage had been no
better than my former was . I had
been sent over to Belgium by a
Gentleman who frequents a very notorious
house in St James' Street. to fetch
bak a Belgian Woman taht had
been in London some months before
I was provided with clothes Suff't.
to make a fashionable appearance &

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10433
And money enough to make my
Entrance Easy to the places I was
obliged to follow her in — She was of
very good station—
    I won't trouble you with
what I did or the means I resorted to
but I succeeded & came over on the
boat from Calais and landed at [dover?]
Early on the Evening of the day that
was my last I went Straight up
to London got into a Cab and rode to
St James's St.   I then had with me
the bag that was found _ a black
bag that was taken away from Engl'd.
with me belonging to myself and
there was some luggage of hers
I took her into the house where
the Gentleman was writing for her
and he paid me the Sum that
was agreed upon — the room was
not very light he had on a cloak
and I had a coat with very large
Sleeves , and whilst he was giving
me the money I extracted his watch
and made off with it to Sloane St.
    I had not been gone long before
he discovered it and a man belong'g.
to the house followed me , he must
have done so. — I found some one
dodging me and instead of turning
down the [?]. I passed it and came
back again and then Seeing no
one about I entered the house and
went , after seeing the woman Mrs. Davis,
into the workshop under ground

53

10433
the coming was carried on with my
two bags in my hand _ David Isaacs
and two girls and Another man
were there ._ Morris — Iam Morris
was the other man , they were at their
work.  these girls belonged up stairs
I don't know what business they had
there at the time . the furnace was
alight and the large Copper of water
was hot.
    Mrs. Davis followed me down. &
her first words were has he paid you
I threw the watch down on the table
in the middle of the room and said
no, he hadn't ready money Enough
so Ive got his watch. they must
have had their suspicions as it
was not a very good Excuse as he
had made the appointment. but I
had an        indeed my only aim
was to keep the money that I
had and give them only what could
be melted into Counterfeit. _
    Some one came in & Mrs. davis
[[?oher]] went to see who it was, and
called immediately for me, it was
the man. who had followed me from
St James's Street we went into a
little room. at the side, and the
woman with us   he accused me of
the robbery of the watch.  and said
if I did not  not return it the Gent'n.
would send the police , I sent a note
back by the man threatening to
expose the whole affair , if I was

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10433
taken into Custody and saying it wd.
be much better that he sh'd say no
more about it but let me keep it
but still I was afraid that in his rage
he might take steps to recover it , so I
offered the man 10[?] if he would bring
me the answer to the note back again
as quickly possible — I had not
yet had time to take off my coat
I said that
and she drew from it of course that
I had the money besides the watch
when I went into the Kitchen or rather
the workshop for it served all
purposes   she accused me loudly of
having the money and wanting to
keep it from them   I denied it &
high words followed — however they
cooled down surprisingly, they
seemed very smooth to me' and
it passed off in a few minutes, in
the heat of my passion I had
said I had the money & more too
in the bag and that seemed to calm
them , they had an old canvass
sail of a ship which they had
tarred hung upon one side of the
furnace when I first went into the
room. when I went back again
this Canvass was on the floor with
the Edge turned up ag't the furnace
I stood upon it close to the fire
and the woman asked me if I wd.
not take something — I said yes
and the woman gave me something

53

10433 She had at hand & some gin - I had
my mouth full.  my face towards
the copper and my back to David
Isaacs when I felt a stab in my
shoulder, my first effort was to scream
that I could not fully on account
of the food in my mouth and when
I attempted the man lifted me up
by the back of the neck.  and turned
me face downwards into the boiling
water and so I was partially smothered
but I did not die until the third
stab entered my ribs, those minutes
I suffered [?].
    I fell upon the canvass that
was placed there on purpose and
then they began their work of
cutting up.  for a fortnight I was
picked and hacked about, they did
not know how to get rid of me
-- but there is no occasion for me
to say how they cut me up  what 
passed then seems to me now but
a remembered dream, whilst I was
laying partly dissected in a tub
of salt in that room the men
destroyed as much as possible  the
coining utensils and every thing that
could lead to their apprehension for
that offense.  and then David and
the woman being prepared [?]
flight and all traces of the deed 
being destroyed my flesh burnt in
the furnace and the bones packed
in my bag, the house being put

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10433
Quite in order David and the woman
let together at night , he carrying the
parcel with the hands feet and head
in and she the heavier but less
fearful   perhaps of the bones  they
went by different ways to Waterloo
Bridge  and there they threw over the
parcel  and the bag. The string she
lowered the body with was some I
brought with me from Belgium they
went to Waterloo Station and left for
Southampton by the night train, they
went over to Guernsey and soon after
landing the woman destroyed herself
by drowning   whether the circumstances
she had been engaged in turned her
brain or whether her Conscience g
She flung herself int the sea and
all traces of her are gone. the man
is still now there.

    The Gentleman in St James' Street
had nothing to do in nay way with
my death altho he was partly the
Cause unknowingly , but he was not
implicated and the woman I brought
over with me , who was the only one
that could have identified me at
the time was discarded by him
Shortly afterwards , took to the streets
for a living and a short time since
died in the London Hospital.

Now hes going
11 PM .

37 
LA Mirror 
♀die Jan 22 1858 
Presents MacKenzie 
As my Seer was unwell I placed the Mirror on the 
Tue Serem [?] near the fue [?] & I looked the L.A.—but the 
Mirror not replying [?] or any response being made—upon 
which I placed it as usual ago the Wall & 
10434 
I looked the L.A. 
May I ask if the position of the Mirror Prevented my 
having the req responses. 
10435 
It was new to me, when we are associated 
intimately with one custom we cannot 
discontinue it without an Effort. 
I thank you.—as Dr Mackenzie has formed one with a 
Vision this Evening to meet Seven Omnia—I will with 
your permission call him—but I called you first that 
the Evg might be under your influence 
10436 
You received that communication last 
Tuesday. 
I did it was most Canons next Tuesday I will make 
Some Remain Vis upon it. 
10437 
You can easily underplayed now why 
he does not using be in his present 
State with the Spirits of a high Caste 
If any de 
10438 
I have not. 
She Ca left. 
8 PM.  
I woked Seven Omina 
som is here as usual. 
this is the ever you kindly appointed to meet a LM 
he is now here—my I ask if you have any 
Communication to make to him 
10439 
I will answer his Questions. 
P.M. Asked if som had any Special Comm” to make 

58 
10440 
I was desirous of Seeing you, if having 
an interview that are bond of mirror 
might as much as possible be 
Strengthened and made fast 
Kill will you Kindly. Rs impregnate Seal. 
10441 
I will 
away of right then came down & touched the Seal 
GS oid Said 
10442 
It is done. 
If there is no positive end arrived at 
by over conversation. itself still from the 
meeting of one ideas & the interchange 
of thought. we are cemented by a tie 
that the unknown., unseen. and to 
you threatening Circumstances cannot 
Sever. 
KM. Is my talisman still useful 
10443 
Yes Continue to wear it 
PM., asked Som. as to his faculty of Seeing & when 
it would become developed. 
10444 
To what state of Seership you may 
Ultimately attain depends on agt 
measure upon yourself, it is being 
developed. the changes & uncertainties 
Are occasioned by your own Circumstances 
I mean being unable to pursue it 
Steadily is adhere to one course 
firmly or have you mind fixed upon 
the Subject you are desirous to grasp 
or that events put you in a tramatious [?] 
State of feeling when the greatest calm 
is necessary. for its progression— 
—If you can overcome these feelings 
you must. and having Set apart 
a time fore your investigation free 


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Yourself entirely from all business
matters and give your exclusive attentn.
to your stdy. do it methodically
at the stated intervals and do it
earnestly and then being in a fit
state the senses unimpaired you will
succeed but not else.

KM. as to advice on worldly movements.

10445
I cannot advise for the best.

KM. as to his future wife S.O.M.'s co-charge til
she also possesed the sight

10446  
She has not.

KM. as to the book on astrology

10447
I can give it when I have sufficient
time without interuption to do so.

KM. You proposed that I should lecture on Spirit."
Is it not time to collect materials.

10448
I think it advisable that you shd.
collect the materials for it You must
read the works lately published
on it - so as to be able to refute
their doctrines for they are all either
Evil or absurd -
You must substitute a true
theory for their false one. all the
works lately published are alike
there is not that I know of amongst
them one that can stand the test
of light

KM. my friend the Revd Mr W said he did not
believe in the doctrine of Atonement by vicarial
Sacrifice - will you explain that doctrine to me.

10449
First on what grounds does he 
disbelieve

KM he did not tell me

[notation] KM. So much difficultly exists in reference to the 
doctrine of the atonement Will you kindly
explain it in such a way as to satisfy the
intellect of man.

[notation] 60
10450
It seems scarcely possible to me that
a man can believe in the death of
Christ having intellect, refusing to
believe in the death of Christ having 
merit with GOD. Sufficient to procure
the boon for which he died , I wanted 
to know if he believed in the divinity
of Christ.

KM. That I believe he does.— Swedenborgs view of it—
10451
Because if you believe him to be
divine come by miraculous means
for a special purpose. with the Spirit
of GOD. made men by its conjunction
with flesh. You cannot believe that
His words would be ought but
inspired but being inspired by the
being from whom he came. every
word that came from his mouth
must be perfect truth., and if all
his words are perfect truth. what is
the meaning of that part often repeated
that he dies to save man ?

KM. Referred to the [?] Angels Remarks on
Sacrifice
10452
I do not think it a Sacrifice in the
Common Acceptation of the team —
his whole life was a sacrifice to man
And his death was a greater one
for he went through Sufferings
feeling them so acutely that the
body [Shrank] Sank under them
with a resolution and firmness that
was never shaken — because he
deemed it to be his duty necessary for
the furtherance of his Cause. He

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Sacrificed himself for the sake of the world
but the flesh and blood of his body was
not for a moment contemplated by him as
being acceptable to GOD.
KM. the soul after death seems to be incorporated
with the G.S. do we retain individuality after
death or how do we in Eternal life attain
happiness.
10453
the individuality of the person as he
Appears upon the Earth and is known to
others is gradually lost as he changes
his feelings , desires , faith & aspirations
and his form becomes clothed with the
sentiments of his Spiritual invisible
body but as he loses his material
appearance he gradually Assumes a shape
by which he is recognized and which
remains to him invaluable for Ever
and it is not until after he has
progressed to a certan state that the
GS. is united to him., he accompanies
him upward if necessary is inseparable
from him , he doe snot become one with
him until he final close of all
Spiritual progression when the bar of
Judgment has been passed and one set
of beings the late mortal as I
as the spirit from Eternity is as capable
as he of Enjoying the [?] happiness
provided.
KM. If any remark as to the final Close fo Spiritual
progression
10454
My Serious thoughts arrived at after
much reflection gathered from the
concurrent Circumstances that are and

62
and have taken place Around are cannot
be given in a few lines I have Sought
deeply and inquired much. and the [?]
of it is the Conviction that the events that
fill up that space of imeasurable 
distances unlimited length is such that
the imagination even of Angels cannot
picture it unaided by Evidence drawn
from external objects and if they cannot
do this who livE and movE in the same
Space and are [?] taking now of pure
Spiritual existence how much less shall
the mind of man fathom its [?]
chained as he is in the prison house
of the flesh.
KM. AS to the personal history of S.oM.
10455
No Answer.
KM. We mortals find it difficult to understand how
you Spirits can be disembodied inteligencies
living and yet without organization, can you
explain this too us for while you say that the
brilliant visions that you Sometimes show have
no positive existence for Sight, You still speak
of the Scenery of the Spheres , I know my
Question is obscene but I know not how better
to express it.
10456
Cannot you imagine the embodiment
of intelligence without matter when you
close the Senses of the body to all.
external impressions and wander withouht
to the Ends of the Earth to the bottom
of an imaginary Receptacle for sin or
Sign upwards to the footsteps of the 
throne in Communion with your maker
Are not your ideas as clear , Your

[?] as firm, Your Comprehension
as [acute?] as though you had no [form?]
or can you tell [tiarelling?] thus far
backwards or forwards by what means
you do so, or for [him?] the [?] body
with which you go into any Shape,
And as it is with that mind that
upon your [tiarelling?] ----- So this
with the same body. free and unfettered
by the [?] that prevents it in you
from being ought but the embodiment
of ideas
Are there any persons who have no [GSs?].
because one might think So by SOM's remarks
"One cannot for a moment feel that any other
beings however near to him in purity and
goodness or however far in darkness and Sin
Can be absolutely necessary to keep up an
Action that he has begun" SOM's remarks in
reference to a passage on [?]
There are beings who have So low
as to be attended by Evil Spirits, when
Such is the Case the good one flees
When the man makes his Choice
between the two presented to him in
the two [?] of life - the
Cannot have any further influence and
it is of no use fighting individually
with the Spirit that besets him of Evil
but as every Child is born without Sin
So every Child [naturally?] is endowed
with a guardian Spirit, but when his
own responsibility is felt by him and he
Chooses knowingly a wicked life and
falls into the Snares of his Enemy

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the only Enemies that man has he
makes himself Answerable in the Sight
of GOD. for the loss of he fine influence
that might havE been his for life —
What a fearful hateful doctrine that
is which some men Among you hold
of Children being born to perdition unless
Saved by Some special intercession—
As though one life was not as dear to
the Creator as another , as though He
did not do his share towards promoting
the Eternal happiness of Each so long
as he was not repulsed by their bodily
Resistance
KM. for the natural world does free will occupy
the primary rank And is it sufficiently powerful
to over come all that spirits desire and advise
And is there not in the spirit world a similar
free will able to control by its superior force
the will of man. — as is Shown in this world
by Mesmerism and cognate phenomena.
10458
You make a Muddle there the free will
of Man carries him through everything
[????fluenced] — Mesmerism and all other
States in which he loses his Consciousness
he gives himself up to the influence of
others and so destroys his free will by
a voluntary Act. which therefore no longer
exists. but so long as he retains it
by his Strength of mind and [?] of
purpose All the spirits of the [?]
cannot rob him of it. for it is the special
gift of a GOD. Kept inviolate from all
intrusion and from that he is able if

65

he determines to surmount every obstacle
that sin places in his path. but whilst
he has the strength. to conquer he has
the power to be subdued if his will
flags in his duty.

KM When a Vision takes place in a [C] or [M] before
it is charged is any Spirit invoked in it in
what light are we to regard that vision as to
truthfulness and does such [C] or [M] always
afford to those who can see a vision of a portion
of the Spiritual World or Atmosphere on Earth.

10459
You have put two questions in one I
can answer them separately
No reliance can be placed upon those
visions which appear spontaneously, but
at the same time they may lead to good
results for the interest of the party inspectg.
may be involved in disclosure, that
could not otherwise come about. so that
they must be taken guardedly and
with care and exorcism. after being exorcised
the narrative or vision may be attended
to or looked at - and treated according[ly]
to your judgment
The Second question I can 
Scarcely answer so well. for from its
appearance you will most probably be
able to tell in what place the Scene
takes place whether the Earth the
Atmosphere or a higher place or whether
the party appearing may be living
dead or Spirit

KM. If any advice &c. and as to guarding his Mirror
from Evil Influences.

10460
It is almost superflous for me to say


66

that I guard you and that because
my desire for this interview tests it
better than words and that I shall be
able to continue this guardianship
satisfactorily is a prayer and a wish
that finds the first place in my mind

I returned thanks for Dr M. I myself. &c

10461
I thank you
9.25. SOM left.

C. A Mirror
[symbol for Mars] 2 Feb. 1858  Invoked the CA.
5' to 8 PM
My Seer was too unwell to inspect on last Tuesday
Evg. I hope it will not prevent our Recg the Commn.
promised for that Evening

10462
It will not

May we receive the explanation of the Vision this
Evening

10463
I am not prepared with it this Evening

Shall we be able to receive Either that or Your concluding
book next Tuesday Evning

10464
I will give Either the one or the other

I explained at length as to Mrs. Legge. ( ) and
asked if it were possible that the Mind of the
living nephew could prevent or rather retard here
Spiritual progress.

10465
Such is the case when the deceased party
has allowed one desire for money and
over anxiety respecting it in all their
dealings to fill up their Earthly lives
and take the place that should be
Assigned to different purposes in their
Minds, they die with these all
engrossing thoughts Still within them

67
And it appears to them when materiality
is far below in a State of being , and if
another person having had connection
with them in the world associates his
thoughts and desires to them unites
himself to them by congeniality of tastes
and with them having a mutual
desire for the possession of wealth. the
Connection is there Continued and so the
one alive influences the dead. And the
one dead can influence the living
     Many cases have taken place in
which deceased parties have frightened
the heir from the possession of property
which they  had they lived would have
inherited,  because in idea  they grasp it
in imagination  they are personally present
in possession   and to him who is the
sole obstacle between them and their
imaginary object   they present themselves
by their fixed and intense desire .-- will -
we should call it in Man for it is
the same property which he then has
as an attribute of his Nature.

Is there any way in which her spirituall progress
Could be accelerated by relieving her from the [?] of
his thoughts

10466   Her condition depends more upon herself
then upon him — if she carried her
mind[s] to things above her  she would
be free of his Memory — he would not be
able to molest her, but while she too
turns her attention to things of the
Earth. her Spirit adheres to his and
his to her.

68

some years since before I knew her by sight she
often appeared uncalled in my crystal  may
I ask the reason of her & others appearing in my
crystal uncalled

10467    Such appearances as those are occasioned
by very slight circumstances occurring
at the time  It may be that she was
near your atmospheric spirit or that
the thought of her might have been
in someones mind present or Mr. T. may
have been near her and then near you
     A secret influence is at work even
in such slight things as that  that
neither meets the eye nor the comprehension
of a man.  

I remarked as to some discrepancies in the Spirits stat't
as to his [?] [?] [?] St "[?]" -- the woman diing
in London Hospital  so soon  after her introduction to
the party &c.

104608   I do not know his statement  I do not
wish to know it -- It was the spirit of
the party who appeared   I know because
spirits that have been near to him
have informed me of it.  he is a foreigner
you are aware  and his communication
was made plain by the spirit of the
Mirror
     That spirit knows that Communicat'n
throughout from translating it therefore
you could speak to him about it

I wd [?] the  opportunity -- Can I do so this
Evening.

10469   Yes

My Seers health has delayed us much in carrying
out P de C.  The Spanish Monks wishes in reference

69
reference to his MF. I hope it does not distress
him.
10470
[?] be glad When you havE finished
it.
You were kind Enough to promise my Seer a
[?] to prevEnt her Seeing spirits [whe] except
when Engaged with My Mirror
10471
I cannot this Evening I am not prepared
with it there is not one existing that can
exactly met the purpose for which it
is required.
I explained the Sect of Thuggee. and then
Sacrifices to [Bh??ance] havE you Ever heard
of that. sect.
10472
I know of all the Sacrifices that are
made to these images of a GOD.
And I havE also heard fo the Especial
band of Robbers taht you havE mentd.
for I believe taht their Religion was but
a Cloak the better to hide then [?]
villainy and they were but one amongst
the many gangs taht exist all over
the Earth.
But in Hundustan they are numbered by thousands
10473
And in the Uncivilized parts of America
there are bodies of men who carry on
the [S??ine] trade. — In China What sacrifice
Are made for the Sake of Robbing a Victim
but the murdered Come to us Sinless
And unanswerable for their [Sins] offenses
the Murderers heavily laden with their
own and the murdered ones Sins.
I explained the difference between Thuggee & the
hostilities between the various holies of North American
Indians

70

10474    They commit the murder for the sake of
the robbery not for the sake of the sacrifice
to their goddess   And those I have spoken
of in the uncultivated parts of America
are of different tribes  one tribe having
Enmity towards another and so
murdering its people by vow.  for these
men though uneducated have reason
And according to that a devotional feeling
towards a particular object.  and if their
language cannot be understood it is
systematic and one of the same tribe
understands  the speech and they can
plot and advise and adhere to each others
instructions  as well as civilized beings
And they Estimate human life cheaply
the blood of the enemy is sweet to
them   and what he possesses  even if it
be but the produce of his labor in collecting
food fruits  animals  of the forest  or
ought else it [is sufficiently]  it is
sufficiently valuable to be coveted by 
others.  who are desirous of obtaining it
without using the means.

If any &c

10475   I have nothing this Evening
The C A left  5' to 9.

9 PM.          Called Mr Anderson
Mr Anderson is here

10476   I can appear this Evening but I think
it will be the last before I get home

Are you then about returning to England

10477   Not yet  I anticipate doing so before

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the Summer comes  but if I can appear
I will

I hope you have got well of your wound

10478    It has not quite disappeared yet

I presume the mutiny is now in a fair way of being
suppressed  except in Oude

10479    They are centred there now  so that it leaves
us for the present idle  but then if they
are routed from one part they take up a position
in another  they will be some time chasing
them about there.
     I want to go more into the interior of
India before I return if I can possibly do
it  I am anxious to see some of the 
places

I have often wished to see [?] Elephanta - & still
more to witness some of the magical feats of the
Natives

10480     I have heard about it from some residents
here.  I know that the names of their
GODs and Goddesses are used in a kind of
incantation  whether it is efficient or not
is a question -- whether they do it as a
kind of preamble to make it seem more
mysterious or whether they really believe
in appealing to them.  I dont know  but
if they do appeal to them I should think
it was useless  for those horrid ugly stone
& wood statues cannot have power of
interfering

Certainly the idols have no power Except as theyre present
Spirits of Evil -- when a Catholic holds his Crucifix
up & prays - he doesn't suppose the image can
assist him --

10481     how do they get hold of the names they

[Cluster?] their idols with
Your question's about the names of all their idols have 
a determinate meaning the same as scripture proper 
names.

10482 
I imagined these names must exist in 
a book which has been through their 
generations as our bible in ours

Of course what else are their Sacred Sanscrit & [?]
works the Vedas

10485
But there must be one book amongst 
them that must be known even to 
the commonest because they all worship 
the image named by one with the same 
devotion and if such a name arose 
from any magical MS or any thing 
else that was only in possession of a few 
the mass would not worship it.
   I am very desirous to know from
what those names originated because I
want to know of the Spirits they are
intended to represent.

I have just finished reading Captain Meadows 
Taylor Confessions of a Thug

10484
I have read it -- but it is suppressed 
Now altho I should not like to [?]
in many parts. -- but a great many 
would cease to carry it in for fear of
discovery since active measures have
been taken, but I think generally the
Indians are a poor harmless lot,
if they are not interfered with but
they are jealous spiteful and resentful
of injury

Have you heard if Capt. A.J. Burton has joined
the Indian Army




73

10485
I don't think he has, if so its very lately
I suppose. The East India Company will
cease to exist before long and India be
governed by her majesties troops.

I mentioned the princess's Marriage & departure
You have not heard that I presume

10486
No I knew it was to be about this time 
before I left but I have not heard any thing
since, I suppose the Germans have made
a pretty good job of it this time

[M?] have been very moderate 40,000 down &
8000 a year for life. Now I have told you a piece
of news. Cant you tell me some.

10487
Theres nothing to tell you that will be
in the papers there's been nothing doing
since [c?] was relieved

do you mean In Colins defeat of the [?]

10488
Yes

What is your opinion of Col. [Windham?]

10489
I dont think him a fit man for his
position a difficult one it is true.

Are you at [C?] now with Sir Colin

10490
I am not with Sir Colin I am some miles
from him.

What is the name of the place that you are at

I am near [C?] and so Colin
Campbell's Army is going towards [?]
The camp outside [C?] theres no name
to the place weve got huts

May I ask what day of the Month it is with
you now 

10492
29th Jany. thats what it is with you is 
it not

No its the 2nd Feby. with us the princess was 
married on the 25th Jany & gone home to day. 

74

10493    Have you heard anything fresh lately

I get on but slowly with the Spanish Friars MS. 
I have had a very interesting conversation from
Eltesmo  have you had anything in your
Crystal lately

10494    I have had visions of two or 3 people
lately that are dead, I have not called
my friends  from England or Spain, I
hesitate in doing so because I feel
sure it inconveniences them.  I dont
Know in what way but every one agrees
that it does so -- indeed I am satisfied
of it  for I know a case or two where
parties strenuously exerted their will to
cause parties to cross water   they partially
lost their senses and went into a state
of trance for some time,  and sleep walking
I believe to be in some cases occasioned
by it -- and perhaps other illnesses that
we do not know the Cause of

Ive another piece of news for you to tell your
friends in India

10495   I do assure you I shant tell them.  If
they think I obtain it from any one Else.

The Great Leviathan was safely launched on
Sunday.

10496   I should have thought she would have
been finished by this time.

It seems strange to me that you cannot tell me
any India News.  the death of any officer &c

10497   No officer has died, nothing has taken
place of any note.

Are the natives in possession of Cawnpore at this date

10498   No

I mentioned your wishes to Dr. M.  not to be called by


75

him & he says you came into his M uncalled

10499   He has called me, its not likely I sh'd
be continually appearing without.
he is not particular  what he says.  I
dont like him at all  I found out two
or three things lately and I think it
doesn't do very well to trust him.

What are your duties now.

10300   dancing attendance upon an old
Jackass that dont know his own mind
I hope however to be soon out of it --
If I do get back and dont have something
handsome  I'll sell my commission
however I must leave now and if
I have an opportunity of appearing again
I will do so

I thank you,

110501   Good night
10 PM.
                               ♂︎die  9 Feb.  1858     C. A. M.
                                      Invoked the C A.
5' to 8 PM.
In white dress, no border, Purple Robe &c.  a roll of paper
in his hands
May I ask if we can receive this Evening  the 
Explanation of the Vision  or the Continuation of y'r
Metaphysical work.

10502   I wish to give you first the preface of
the work  any thing in it that you may
wish to alter  or if there is any part that
ought to be left out.  or any addition to be
made I rely upon you for doing it

76
I should not like the book to have a Chance
of publication unless a few words of explanat'n
preceded the Contents.

Now the CA's unfolding it.

10503   You will probably not be able to finish
it this Evening as the latter part of the
book follows on the same sheets — When
You have done  it is sufficient for you
to desire it to leave.

We will copy as much as possible & I hope
we may resume it next Tuesday.

10504   Yes you can
If you have no Questions to put I will
leave.   but there is one remark first —
     You had lately here Seven O Mina to
meet his charge  and he gave him
very good advice on religion  something
has transformed since  I don't know what
which seems to threaten a separation
[SOM] has informed me that Dr M acts
so exactly at variance with his own
desires and expressed opinions that they
are not fit companions  having scarcely
any unity of feeling between them.
SOM is disabled from performing his
duty.

I explained.

10505   I do not wish him to know that I have
interfered — if you could see SOM a
few minutes  he would speak about
it and you can send him that. —
but Mr M. does not not act fairly with the
Spirits — he is always trying some subterfuge
they do not mind being openly questioned
on any Subject. Their answers tested by

77
all that can be urged for or against it
They like to be exercised because by it
they know their goodness is Strengthened
but when that has been done certainly
a degree of Confidence may be place in
them  and their Answers to questions
received straightforwardly and then
chopped  and it is not necessary that
the subject on which they are conversing
should be carried further.

I explained I would see SOM.  but my seers
health rendered me unwilling to open any
further seances between SOM and his Charge.

10506   It is a great pity that two men like
Mr M. and Mr Lea  after being so
desirous of receiving  the benefit of a
higher GS.  And each meeting with
one so perfectly unobjectionable to every
idea that can be formed of goodness
and truth.  not only in their words
but in their actions should when their
services are gained be treated by the
one so Lightly and by the other so
slyly —

Will SOM appear before or after the book

10507   he will appear when called.
8,25  The C A left.

Now the books unrolled — its opened & begins

                            The Spirits Preface.

10508   The Distribution of a work amongst the
public that tends &c.

9.15.  requested the book to leave.  
9.15. requested the book to leavE.

78

9h 20' PM             Invoked Seven-O-Mina
I explained at length. & ment'd Dr M's Communication

10509     It was not me that appeared
I tried to impress upon him when he was here
and have always done so,  the necessity of
his giving his serious attention to these
subjects  if he studies them at all. - of course
I am not desirous  that he should devote
a great length of time to my appearance
or that he should give up his pursuit of
any one occupation  that he might be
otherwise engaged in - his interviews with
me need make no difference to that. There
is no need of its infringing either upon
his business or his rational amusements
is Even his Study of other Subjects --
     But whilst he is with me and I am
trying to make one , our opinions & inclinations
I on my part doing all to give him the
benefit of my acquired knowledge he must
receive it with sincerity and so far prepare
himself for the meeting as not to take
part in it with his intellect impaired by
drink.
     I scarcely like to mention it to him
feeling a reluctance to raise in a persons
breast feelings of pain anger or regret.
may be there are Circumstances that
extenuate it.  Still being so more than
once - I could not pass it over without
remark. --  And after having a little
strong liquor he is more affected than
many men. would be with a much
larger quantity  but still when in this
state at all You will agree with me

79
that it is the greatest disrespect he can
pay to the spirit he has called and
I regret to say that at such times Mr M
behaves foolishly. -- and has artfully
maneuvered to try to cause me to say
something in regard to himself and others
and then brought the same thing round
again so dressed up with other questions
and opinions to make me contradict what
I had at first asserted —
     I think all you need tell him, is
that I am more than Ever desirous that
he should while occupied with his mirror
give it his calmest and closest attention
that on the day he intends to use it ; the
day at stated periods set aside for it he
should take no more than a sufficient
quantity of intoxicating liquors and more
than this  he should be earnest in his
supplications to the Almighty  to keep him
in a fit state to Receive the Communications
that may be given him by spiritual
means. — but if he does not attend to
this strictly  Evil will befal him —
      That will be sufficient .

Will you favor me again with any stated day  & hour
on which he should Endeavor to develop his power
of seeing

10570     He must keep to a particular time, that
is what I desired him to do , a day
that suited him would suit me or two
Evenings a week.,

I explained

10571     Nothing can justify his being in that state

80

if the interviews are limited & the days
apart

I will communicate your wishes

10572    I thank you
1/4 to 10 PM  SOM left.

                   ♂︎die 16 Feb. 1858.  C A Mirror
                           Invoked the C. A.
8 PM
I referred to the previous observations of SOM relating
to Dr. Mackenzie   I explained

10513   I think it would be best for him to give up
the use of the Mirror until he has in some
measure overcome his embarrassments.
     Unless he can give his calm attention 
and his sole attention at the same time
things are certain to go wrong, he loses
the control of himself and also over his M
it would be best  much best both for
himself and Seven O Mina, otherwise a rupture
will take place
     His G S. will still do all he can 
for him without personally appearing
do not you have any thing to do with it
his affairs I mean.

Do you mean &c

10514     Yes  I would much rather that you would
not recommend him to one, if it was
possible for him to get one by other
means  for whatsoever business he may
enter into  he never will give a proper amount
of attention to it,  his head is always full
of different subjects  & he cannot control them
all.  

81

Mr M. has at the same time enclosed me a letter 
from the Rev'd      Wood to him on the doctrine of the 
atonement. Shall I place it ag't the mirror

10515    I should prefer it being read  I do not 
wish it to come in contact with the M.

I read the letter. & asked if I had made myself 
intelligible.

10516    I have understood
I should like to see  Mr Wood
I can sympathize with his expressed object'ns
but I cannot tell from what they arise
I should like to converse with him upon 
it.  on a Tuesday Evening --

I will appoint one at an early opportunity

10517   Do So.
20' past 8 PM    The C A left and the book came. 

10518    "To him in whose hands this may chance
to rest &c -- to the end of the preface.

Now the C A's come back

10519   Will you if you have time now or on
another Evening read it to me again

I will do so next Tuesday Ev'g

10520   I thank you

Now the C A & the books gone
20' to 10 PM

82

                   ♂︎die  23 Feb.  1857.     C. A. M.
                          Invoked the C A
Mr.     Jones of Peckham  a Gentleman who has lately
taken much interest in Spiritualism & somnambulism
Especially its visible manifestations called upon me on
Wednesday Ev'g last (17th) not having seen any thing
of div'n by C or M he is desirous of investigating
it.

10521    It would be better at present that he sh'd
remain a stranger to it

I showed him my Ms & C and he expressed a
wish to have one like my box mirror with the requisite
formula.

10522    It is not well for the two modes of
communication to be [?],  if he could
see or be persuaded of the fallacy of
his own spiritual dealings I should be
pleased to see him.

On Tuesday next  a very old friend of mine who
was formerly much attached to this subject is
desirous of having an evening.  & to have the benefit
of your opinion upon some questions

10523   I will appear

With your permission I will now read your preface
as my seer is inspecting   She can inform me
of any remarks you wish to offer. -- shall I do so
 
10524    Yes, it was for that purpose I desired it

I read the preface and asked if I had been
understood.

10525   I perfectly understand it  there is
nothing I wish altered  unless you
have an objection to any part or a
suggestion for some addition

I have no objections to it -- [Do?] I have your permission to
alter the construction of some of the sentences to 

83

make it read smoother

10526   
You have.

Can you favor me with the commencement of the
4th book this evening.

10527    
I am not prepared with the concluding
work this evening.
I had thought there were some alterations
to be made that would have taken the
usual time.

Can we receive it on Tuesday Week.

10528    
You can.
I would not call next Tuesday Evening
Spirits in any mirror save this

I thank you I will not my friend formerly
used the Crystal - but not being a seer himself
& the visions proving very desultory sometimes
successful at other times failures he abandoned
the study.
         
10529          
For a man who has sought this kind
of knowledge and so signally failed in
his endeavors to obtain it as to disgust 
him with its futilities must have
attendant upon him a Guardian Spirit
unwilling to help him in a truthful
search.
   Enquire who that Spirit is and for
his worldly benefit as well as his hereafter
be assured by his presence of his goodness.
   If it is explained to your friend he 
would desire that a change should
take place for his benefit and it would
be best before he leaves England that
he should be attended by one better
able to guard him in the danger
attending such a journey



84
I am afraid my meaning has been misunderstood
my friend was not disgusted with it, but gave it
up solely from not having the power himself of
Seeing & not being aware that it was a special
gift — he was completely working in the dark

10530    But in his first possessing a Crystal
and its being inspected by one person
who had but a slight vision , if he
had had a guardian Spirit desirous that
such an intercourse should have taken
place it would have been sufficient to
Charge it once — he would then have
had pointed out the means of progress

I explained at length my own [experience?] of the
difficulty I labored under procuring visions

10531     but if any person  be possessed of a
Guardian Spirit        the advancem't
of the Cause and such a means of
Communion be opened between them
Every trifling  vision shown to whatever
person however for between is gradually
developing it , it does not matter how
frivolous , how seemingly far from the
Spirits motive  he is doing all that
he can thro' the means in his power
of advancing his charge towards his own
opinions , he may not be seen himself
his ex       may be unrecognized, his
appearance unknown  & yet he works
towards his End —
     But if a man has belonging
to him a GS. who is careless of his
benefit or a spirit attached to him who
is Evil they do not make the means open
useful for promoting his good

Mr. James Elliott of Garden [?] [?]
gave me the first Crystal I have  10, July 1834.
it was a sphere similar to the one described in
Aubrys Miscellanies  p 129. -
                   [Illustration]

And in                     1838 Mr. Tho.s Hare / of Pothare /
gave me the Oral Crystal.  ded'd to Hunder.  from
whose Custody by his consent I discharged it &
gave it to L. P. J. Burton.  The [?].

I first commenced the Study of the Crystal in Aug.t
1824.  copying a number of old MSs upon
circle work which my kind old friend Mr.
[?] Denley lent to me.

In 184       on the decease of my friend Mr.
James [?] Stevens I became possessed of
my beautiful Japan Crystal.  & in 185
the late Earl Stanhope game me my E. S.
Crystal.


85
they neglect it and going on at random
the student either gives it up or falls
into the Company of spirits who lead him
to destruction.

let me observe that not only in my former Experiments
from 1834 to 1842 were the results unsatisfactory
to me — some persons seeing a Vision   others not
& not being aware that Spirit Seeing is a special
& even rare faculty — I at length  out of regard to my
wife gave up its use — but even since her decease
& when I had obtained the assistance of my
present excellent Seer — the visions were so uncertain
& so frivolous that I almost despaired of [pressing?]
it to any real use, now with the Exception of
M Brown of Nottingham. who deals only with
planetary Spirits   I know  of none  but of the
great number of practicers who have succeeded
so well Even as myself.

10532    do you know of any among your
Acquaintance or by hearsay , who has 
striven so long a time to arrive at
ultimate success.  who have thought
so much upon the Subject, who have
collected every kind of work bearing
upon it , and who have at last when
seeing a possibility of success so
steadily pursued it and been so
devotedly attached to it as Yourself

No I do not.

10533    Then why do you wonder that you have
succeeded when others have failed

Since I have been favored by your Guardianship
my success has far exceeded my expectations but
formerly  from my limited knowledge of Spiritualism
I had nearly abandoned all hope.  & others most

86 
Must have felt & experience the same. 
10534 
but for this want of knowledge you 
lust no interest in it 
I was aware that. Communication could be made 
by the Crystal but I thought it could only be 
done by Emblems. —as if I asked a time. the 
Herb would be Shown.—or a Vision of an absent person 
required their form would appear but I did not 
know that languages could be expressed had 
my then GS only have given a word it might 
have shown me that important results were 
within my reach & tabued accordingly— 
10535 
And do you not know that no Spirit 
can speak first Either in the L or M 
at least when I say no Spirit I mean 
all those classes from the first to the 
Seventh: who do appear in Such 
beyond that exceeding the limits of the 7 there are such that can do it. 
It is an old halation Amongst Cabalists & Exorcists 
that a Spirit must first be spoken to and if 
you remember on [?] You Kindly spoke 
first at my request. but I had thought that 
the speaking alluded only Conceived Circle work. 
10536 
I mean the first appearance, the first 
words, it is not so after the first interview 
the Spirit is requested he can begin 
the Conversation after that—So that the 
Appearance is all that can be given 
to one first using it. 
For years after & first had I tomders Crystal I 
did not know that—Language would appear in 
a Crystal. but only Symbols 
10537 
When they are not addressed they used 
such signs 


87

My friend Mr Oxley gave it up & also astrology
partly from the odium attaching to it.  & partly
because religious scruples led him to conclude it
might be unfortunate.
Can you ascertain how many G S's I have had

10538     Yes I can

Can I also have their names

10539     I will learn the names of the two
Earliest ones. -- up to the time of [?]
Guardianship you had two

I should much like to see them.  there are
some questions I would like to ask.

10540   I will do so.

When will it suit your Convenience to give us
the explanation of the vision  or shall I wait
until the fourth book is completed

10541   The Book will not take long to
finish

I will then Call you on Tuesday next

10542   I will appear

9'h 5'  The C A left.

  dear Emma's last Vision in the mirror

My dear Emma's last Vision in the Mirror.

88 
2nd March 1858. M Mirror 
10’ past 8 PM Awaked the L.A. 
Present Mr Jhis Randolph Oxley 
You were kind enough to provide to accutain the 
names of the GS I had before Hinder became my GS. 
10543 
I have engined about them, and find that 
You had two attendant upon you at the 
Same time one Good the other Evil 
DESTRAY a good one vut not of great Eimerce—a Spirit now calling himself 
PROGRESS. 
10544 
The other one ABTEMMUMAR a low 
Spirit belonging to one of the planets at that time Venus I believe. and since a 
wanderer of the Earth. 
Nere those the Spirits attending one from by birth useful Hander became my GS 
10545 
I know your birth useful the time Hander 
became your G.S., I think, you have 
that dat if not I can produce it. 
I shall be obliged by your doing so 
The doctrine of Bulardian Spirits is to us inexplicable 
we are every referred to them in the New Testament may I ask how an Evil Spirit became my GS 
10546 
They were attached to you at Birth but 
before your intellect was developed and 
your actions guided by your will as a 
responsible being neither had any influence 
over you because you needed not the 
power of the one to strengthen you against 
the projects of the other your nature being 
free from Sin 
Are we not biassed in our actions & Consequently 
in the Events of own Lives by our individual 


89
Organization shows a Man may be Selfish proud
& [?] yet not Commit Sensual Sin's, or he
maybe very Sensual Yet exceedingly affectionate &
Benevolent.--
10547
The child or the Man that sins unconsciously
Cannot with Justice be responsible for his
Sin, but directly that he Knows that it
is Sin, with that Knowledge of it he has
the power of Opposing it, of going a different
Way and is justly punishable for as the
passions in Youth become developed So
also does the [?] Strengthen--it is not
the body that must be blamed, for that is nothing
but the [?] of the Superior [?]  [?]
Inflected on my[?] past life
19548
And So it is with too many, and Such
Cares occurring in [?] place and in
Every age Shows the increasing necessity
of fixing firmly your [?] of Principles
that shall speak to the hearts & consciences
of the offenders and make their Sense of
right and wrong more keen
But why do Some persons have only a good Spirit
to protect them--whilst Others have their baser
qualities instigated by an Evil Attendant.
10549
The Sins of the parents are Visited
upon their children, if Evil has been
Attached to a family it clings to each
Succeeding generation--So that it remains
for Each Man to fight his own battle
and so Standing alone break down
the barriers between him and God
by Surmounting the difficulties & obstacles
of the things of the world placed in his
path and having the means of

90
defeating all Evil machinations against
him his victory depends upon himself
no matter if he have from other Sources
50 Evil Associates near him a 1000 Sins
besetting him on All sides as tempting
Snares he may overcome them all dash
them from him with a blow mightier than
the Swords of an Army by calling in
Sincerity and humility upon his Almighty
maker.

Mr. Oxley took hold of my Seers hand & requested an
Answer to his Questions

10550  I can answer your questions at a more
Convenient distance to yourself.

[?]RO.  Has my past life taken altogether been Sinful
or good.

10551  It is hard to say whether one man's
life tends through its whole course either
towards sin or truth. , at different times
he is different. and not one action or ten
actions can be the Criterion
     It is not for me to say whether the
past has been good or Evil, your own
Conscience can best tell you, and He
alone knows who reads the depths of the
human heart—If you have had reliance
upon his Son, faith in his merits as a
Saviour , hope in his mercy for that future
when the body of flesh shall give [forth]
place to the body of soul you have done
well.    If such have been your conduct
be guided by it in future remain firm
to those principles   strengthen by all the
Evidence you can obtain And you have a
Comforter within you that shall be of

91
greater Service than the things of life
that shall avail you when frailty
[?] Support you in [?] or misfortune
and carry you safe to the resting place
of happiness prepared for the believer
[?] Have I my remarkable Spirit attending me
Good or Evil now.
10552
You have a Grandiose Spirit and he is
good for his name is VERTERUAL
of the first Sphere.
I find that he is opposed to the
Communion of Men with Spirits on the
grounds that it is injurious to them as
mortals and not necessary for their Spiritual
welfare he argues it would have been
mentioned in the bible (NT) and [as] it is
not mentioned there although not prohibited
Is Verterual a good & faithful Spirit
10553
Yes he is a Spirit of the first Sphere
My friend has been all round the World & is [?] on
the Eve of Starting to New Zealand to a Settler with
[?] wife & Children altho' much attached to this
Subject & also Astrology formerly he has disciplined
the Study, and fearing it  might distract his brothers
for the Serious duties entailed upon him and Strange
land he does not feel inclined to resume it.
19554
It would not be Well for him to give his
Attention to this Subject he had better go
on in an ordinary [?] having nothing to
do with things beyond the Common [?]
of life and traveling to his Maker to extend
his holy influence so as to guide him
on the way most pleasing to his Light
and whether his Special welfare be watched
over by a being unknown to him and his

92
Interest prayed for by supplication assisted
by an extraneous intelligence need be to him of
no moment. - As other men have gone on
before him , and will after him, so with him
possessing a good friend working for them
watching for them praying for them.   without
their Consciousness of it.  they at the same
time placing their dependance upon a higher
being

MO. Is my mother's Spirit at rest.

10555  She is progressing towards happiness.

MO  Can you tell the cause of Certain horrible dreams I
had for many years about her.

10556  I do not know how his (TRO) were occasioned
particularly but I know how they are
occasioned generally. Only a few evenings
since you had an instance of a party
living and a party dead causing each
other uneasiness from the thoughts of the
one acting upon the other.   that was the
thoughts of the living fixed upon the dead,
this may be the desires of the dead fixed
upon the living    it is so in many cases
a person dies with extreme regret, at leaving
one particular being or object has at the
last a long desire to be with it and with
the thoughts fixed upon it  they awaken
to their new existence still the mind
dwells upon that same object as firmly
as when on Earth   it keeps the deceased
person from arising.  for whilst their
thoughts are directed downwards they
remain there , it needs that they shall
be directed to a high and     before
they can ascend and it troubles the

93 
beings on whom then thoughts sopatrainomy 
rest 
Is m father at rest is he satisfied with my Gratitue 
10557 
He is progressing towards happiness and 
is Consequently ignorant of the things of 
the world. Until the remain takes place 
his sone is nothing to him. he only 
knows of beings of his own sphere, doing 
as he does for the same end and the 
same purpose for looking back none 
of them can pressure 
My friend being about bearing England firsts Antipodes 
May I ask if you dc 
10558 
For his material advantage I can give no 
advice I am too little acquainted with 
things to judge of the best mode of 
proceeding and for his spiritual State 
the doe times of Christianity are Sufficiently 
grounded within him to make the souls 
welfare sane I would recommend him to 
Strengthen those principles by the record 
of that existence divine yet human as 
surpasses for example and precept away 
words that could be angled however strongly 
by Either Spirit is mortal, and if the 
same body yet having all the qualities 
that it. Will be acceptable to 
him he has mine 
If any be 
10559 
I have not 
The CA left 10’ past 9 PM 
This prose may pow Near Emma’s 
Last Vision in the IM 

94 
♂8 PM. 16 March 1858 Some house 
Misinou Mirror 
Awaked Ellesmo. Ms Lea Spex. 
I mentioned my Seers illness requested Ellesimo to paror us 
with replies to our questions. 
10560 
I will do so. 
I am sorry to hear so bad an account of her 
heath. but I must under the influence of him 
who is the fiver of all good. that the will 
Soon be restored to health again, and I deeply 
regret her hot being able to inspect the Mirror 
not only on behalf of yourself but for the 
benefit of my charge 
As my Seers health is so bad the wise be unable to 
receive your much coreled communication on the appointed 
6 April next—As we shall all lament losing the oppit 
may I ask if you would fown us with through our 
present Seer Mrs Charlotte Lea. 
10561 
I will try to do this but I should have 
Preferred its being with your Seer. her 
vision being at present so much more 
powerful. 
As it is unfortunately quite hopeless to expect Miss 
Leigh to be able to inspect—may we Solicit your kind 
Endeavors to impose Mrs Lea’s Visions—that are 
may by enabled to receive it. 
10562 
I will use all my influence between this 
time and then, in trying to impose her 
power of sight Sufficient for the occasion 
by Mrs Lea diligently Calling me on Tuesday 
& Fridays and my advise the CA may 
have to give you doing your Seers illness 
I should be most happy to give through 
the means of Mrs Lea’s Seer. 

In your last esteemed work you quoted Matt.  May I ask of you to favor us with your version of the Gospels - I should be pleased to be at the expense of publishing it for the benefit of other Spiritualists.  I should like you very much to do this.  I should like that all your fellow  creatures would be enlightened on these Subjects and be brought to think more Ernestly and deeply of the life to come. 
You could Either favor us with one of the gospels or such portions of all as would make one complete. 
I should prefer the latter and I [?]  that Mr. Lea will still endeavor to lose a little of the anxiety that he has Concerning these Subjects it would be better for him and his [?] he is too anxious but he is much more [blank/missing word?] of them than he formerly was.  
The C.A. regretted that Mr. Lea healed there [?] too lightly.
There is not a word that he receives that he does not ponder over seriously, too seriously.  I do not wish it to weigh heavy with him I merely give my opinions for his good but I do not [?] them to be impressed too much upon his memory, but he is rather foolish at times with with his remarks that he makes but I do not feel this as I know his mind too well, and I feel pleased also that his Seer directs her mind of every other feeling when inspecting the mind. 
Leo asked me to inform Mr. Lea

96 
That he would like to appear to him this 
evening if agreeable but he will not be able 
to top long with him—I think his wish is to inform him fo his progress onwards 
will it be agreeable 
Mr Lea will be most happy 
10566 
he will appear in you (Mr Lea’s other mirror 
Some time since a spirit calling himself the CA 
appeared in Lea’s Mirror—to Mis Lea.—but it was 
not my GS the CA. & tho he asserted himself to be so 
10567 
It was a C.A. but not your GS. 
I am most willing that the CA your 
guardian Spirit should appear in this 
Mirror & this mirror only. 
then if any Seer continues unwell I will take an 
opportunity of Soliciting his Appearance 
10568 
You can do so 
May I ask what kind of Spirit the other C.A. was 
who so strenuously insisted that he was my G.S.—
As Mis Lea had never seen the here C.A.—I could 
not have detected his Imposition but form formula 
my GS. gave to me. 
10569 
He was a good Spirit and he wished to 
come in contact with a mortal. I do 
not know why he stooped to that piece 
of deception. 
But such false assertions casts a doubt upon his 
“Goodness” 
10570 
that is not the only doubt that it is 
given rise to. 
Can we commence on next Friday with the gospels 
10571 
her sight must be more strengthened then 
it is at present. besides I have already 
informed you it is a book which belongs 
to others as well as myself. I do not 

97 
know whether I should be able to have it so 
soon
I am afraid I am misunderstood I meant the Translation 
of the Gospel  not your promised work on the [?]d April 
I did not understand you 
I would rather that you should pick only
10572  
Some questions and I would answer them
and as her fight strengthens  I would give 
more lengthened responses. 
Is is my wish that you should be thor-oly 
satisfied upon my question  upon religion 
that you should think put to put. 
Mis Lea the Speccolatrix here remarked Mesino is rising 
upon which I requested him to stay—and instanced 
that my kind GS. the Aonned Angel stayed with 
me until I requested him to depart. 
10573 
I would stop any time if Ms Lea wished 
me but I have explained to him that 
I stay till I find it is becoming painful 
to his Seers Eyes, I do not ask this 
when I find that it is affecting her head 
& leave—I would not willingly leave I 
would prefer staying longer. 
May I ask of when you leave me under be favered with 
a vision— 
10574 
I would have no objections showing a Vision 
but I do not wish to test her sight too 
severly for what would you gain i f
you were to gain all the information for 
one evening and then lon it for some 
half dozen to come 
I hope on next Friday to be here again, & I beg to 
assure you of the perfection your responding affords me 
10575 
I feel fully satisfied of this, I must 
Express my pleasure at your being here 

Lero appeared dressed in white  with a pink robe
lace down the robe and lace sleeves,  wings
slightly appearing above the head -- with a band
with a Cross in the middle -- & a band with stones
round the head  and a beautiful light round
him =  .     See Vol.

98 
this Evening as you and Ms Lea being 
such very old friends he feels it very much 
when you stay away so long. 
Elsesmo left 20’ to 9 PM. 
8.47 PM. Sero’s Mirror—Mis Lea invoked Sero. 
his former GS. 
Sero appeared & altho Endently the same yet so much 
alluded by his brighter smire Chemfue appearance that 
Ms Lea ex. requested & e 
10576 
A.I. 
when I appeared to you last you assured 
me you would be happy to hear of my 
progress. and I have chosen this 
opportunity of thanking you for the 
many kind prayers offered by you 
for my progress. and the happy results 
arising therefrom. 
I am only occupied now in still 
Endearing to gain a higher & happier state 
For what sphere and you. 
10577 
I am in the 6th 
Mr Lea hoped he are attain the highest state of bliss 
i cannot reach it without earnestly and 
diligently seeking for it 
? 
10578 
I also wish it 
10579 
I did do so 
I could not now give you any unduly 
advice 
I know what it is to have fallen and I now 
doubly appreciate having reached that 
state of happiness and goodness that is 
so much desired 

99
H L.  You kindly promised to introduce a good Spirit
who would in your place give me advice as to my
temporal welfare.

10580   I will enquire when it will be convenient
for him to appear.

Lero then left and returned  at 9'h 7 PM.  & said

10581   He will appear on Friday Evening.

Will you favor me with his name

10582   Eltesmo will give you his name and
will also use his influence with you while
he is appearing   you will then be under
no alarm of any Evil attending him

May I be allowed to call you at a future time when
I so wished

10583   It would not be agreeable at all times to
be called as I do not at present fulfil
the office of a Ministering Spirit --
     I would now leave.

May I ask[e] the nature of the office of [a] Ministering Angel

10584   Eltesmo will inform you and would be
able to explain it better than me.
I cannot expect to progress so rapidly
I trust in  him  who is the giver of all
good.

H L. expressed his wishes for his advancement in happiness

10585   I thank you and may he who is the giver
and disposer of all mankind still continue
to shower down his blessings upon you

Lero left at 1/4 past 9 PM
Action ended


100 
Minehouse ♀ die 19 March 1868. Ellesmo’s Mirror 
Invoked Ellesmo Mis Lea Spex 
Ellesmo immediately appeared. 
If previous to to my questions E had any Communication to make 
I have it is from your Guardian Spirit the 
Crowned Angel. 
10586 
I informed him of the illness of you 
Seer and he regretted it very much. as he 
knew the disappointment it wd. be to you not 
to continue there studies which are so dear 
to you, at the same time wishing me to 
inform you that his influence for your 
welfare would still be with you, and on 
any occasion that you wished for his aid 
to call upon him diligently and he would 
be with you. 
I beg Ellesmo to convey my thanks and that I would 
take the first opportunity of calling the CA. my 
Seers health permitted 
10587 
I will inform him 
If any communication for. H. Lea 
1058 
I have not 
I referred to his quotation of Mr Matthew. c. v. 
with opening of his work on the Practical Laws of 
Life.—which tho not precisely the same as Either our 
protestant vision or that of the Roman Catholic—Untain [?] 
of Guesback’s. was equally connect.—& I mentioned the 
Book of Revelations & the diversity of Opinions held 
by learned in reference to it.—and asked if 
Ellesmo possessed an accurate version of the 
original this opinion thereon . 
10589 
I am aware of the existence of such a book 
and they were visions that were given to 
him Visions that were most readily 
given then than now for more had the 

107

power of beholding and understanding the
doctrines that were then given to them

I read the 1st Chapter. of the Revelation of St. John
the Divine and at verse 12 Elt: said

10590    It ought to have been the Seven Spheres not
 the Seven [branches] [Candlesticks] Churches  v 11
 
I read verses 11 & 12  When E. said "thats a wrong

10591    translation  there could have been no Candle
Sticks   he saw seven spirits representing
Each one his different Sphere.

I ended the Chapter

10592     There were no Churches and the light
that he saw was not from the Eyes (v 14)
but a light sent forth by [?]

I read the 2nd chapter.  & at Verse 7 E said

10593     It is wrong  He hates nothing, there is nothing
in Creation that he has a hate for.  that does
away with the idea of His being charitable
and loving to all mankind

Verse 7 

10594    It is wrong   may I trouble you to read
3 verses back

I reread v 10

10596    That is very wrong "It was be faithful
unto me and in the end thou shalt
recieve Crowns"    it would have done away
with all his goodness if he had told
him the troubles he would have had to
surmount.

Verse 11

10597     he is wrong Spirit doth not converse with
power of speech.

V[?] 24 [?]
he never received that in his vision for it does
[*10598*] away with  the goodness and loving kindness 
and with the last and greatest  not of
our Savior in dying upon the cross for
the Sin of Man
End of Metaphor
He never gave [hope?] loving this Earth
[*10599*]He sent his Son upon the living to know
Mans [?] and tho' [He?] became
acquainted with Mans desires and he
kept with the rule [here?] to himself
I have read the [?] first that it happens, many I ask
whether they form a portion of the New Testament
You have not the Spiritual world - the same as
your quotation from Matthew.
[*10600*] I [can?] inquire
do you not know the contents of the whole
Testament as received by the [Xiam?] World.
[*10601*]  I do.
Then at a future time if agreeable to you all [ten?]
and [devote?] his [evenings?] to receiving from you
a presentation of the Gospel. Either the 4 is the 
perfect one.
[*10502*] This quite do, and as his [?] Light
improves there are many interesting
books belonging to us in the Spirit
world that I should like not only
him but both of you I became
acquainted with.
The Seer remarked that [Elterno?] appeared about
having I [requested?] him to stay for observation
long the a remained with me at our many sittings.
[*10603*] You are not so anxious for me to appear
as I am to remain.

103

If you cannot remain longer will you favor us with
a Vision

10604    You had better not have a Vision
Mrs Lea's health is not so good this Evening
and I do not wish to tax her power of
sight too much.

Lero informed us that you would give the name of
a Spirit who is good & healthful -- yet could give
Mr Lea advice as to his worldly affairs -- will you
be kind enough to do so.

10605    If Mr Lea wishes it most Certainly

We shall be very glad to receive him if we have
your Sanction

10606    He is a good Spirit but a low one
if he was not he could not come in 
contact with mortals to give you any
worldly advice

Will you please to give me his name that Mr Lea
may invoke him in the other Mirror.

10607    A - - - L

be pleased to accept our thanks and on ♂︎Evening
we will renew our Enquiries --

10608    I shall be most happy to appear at the
time   I must also be allowed to express my
regret at your Seer not being able to inspect
for you   I will mention your kind 
wishes to your Guardian Spirit  the C A.

In [?] this Eltesmo turned round so as to
look between the Seer & me.
5' to 9 PM.



104 
19 Mar 9 PM Sero’s Mirror 
Mr Henry Lea Invoked AS. 
He appeared to the Seer but very small & indistinct 
and on my ML. requesting him to appear plainer 
he replied 
10609 
I shall be able to be seen better on my 
next appearance 
To what order of Spirits do you belong 
10610 
I am a Spirit of the Sun. 
He appears all in white but only about an inch & 
a half long. 
Will you appear next Tuesday 
10611 
I will do so—I regret not being able to 
make myself plainer 
but it is my first appearance in any 
Mirror or Crystal. 
How can Spirits of the Sun have any interest in 
or wish to communicate with spiirts of this Earth. 
10612 
was I a Spirit of a high order of the Sun 
I should be unable to do so—I am at 
present but a low spirit. 
but will you not also progress as Sero has done
10613 
As Sero or any other Spirit who has a 
wish to advance 
What were you precisely to being a spirit of 
the Sun 
10614 
I was a Spirit of the 2nd Sphere 
The Second Sphere of what 
10615 
The 2nd Sphere of the Sun 
how many Spheres are there 
10616 
Seven. 
There are Seven——(this was illegible) 
I must leave. 
Will you appear on Tuesday if Called 
10617 
I will 
he left by rising to the right of the Mirror 20’ past 9 PM 

105 
♂ 23 March 1858. Limehouse 
8.30 PM. 
Ellesmo’s Mirror Mis. Lea. Spex 
Invoked Ellesmo 
Ellesmo appe. 
May we continue our questions upon the Revelations of 
St. John 
10618 
You can ask your questions but I am afraid 
Your Seer is too unwell to use the responses 
As AS could not appear plainly on Friday owing to 
its being his first appearance in a M or C may we 
inspect the other Mirror to see him as being a lower 
Spirit he wd. appear with less pain to the Seer. 
10619 
I would much rather that she did not 
inspect at all 
If any advice & e 
10620 
I have only to express my regret at Mis Lea’s 
return of illness & trust it will not be of long 
duration. 
Ellesmo left. 
8 PM. ♂ die 6th April 1858. Limehouse 
This being the 6th of the 3rd Month, I expressed my regret 
That my Seer Miss ESL was unable to receive Ellesmo’s 
Esteemed work and asked if our present Seer Mis 
Lea would receive it 
10621 
I also regret your not being able to receive 
this the 4th book. but your Seer will not 
be able to read it her sight is not suffly 
strong and I have reasons for her not 
inspecting the M for any lengthened period 
I hope Mis. Lea’s sight will gradually strengthen 
that she may have longer sittings 
10622 
It will do so but she had better be 
content to receive a little now & ultimately 

[See illustrations on opposite page.]

106

be able to receive so much useful information
that I can give him.

Our greatest solicitude to receive your works at the
time appointed,  is the regret at their being lost to
us by an unavoidable omission on our part  we have
already been deprived of the 1st book.  and to lose
this  the 4th is indeed vexatious to us.

10623    As the time comes round again  so shalt thou
receive both of these works,  your book would
not be complete without them.  and you
shall know them from the others for they
will be marked.

10624     The first   [illustration]
                The fourth.  [illustration]    /see opposite/
     
     By these thou shalt know them from the others
whilst we were discoursing there appeared.

10625     do not fear you shall have them all in due
time  I mention this so that in making 
your books you should leave sufficient room
so as to receive them in their proper places
That was my reason for giving them in
that form.

I beg you to thank the C. A for his communication.
I am indeed sorry at not being able to comm'e
with him.

10626    I know that he too with myself, only
too deeply regret not being able to appear
to you
     If you have any remark to make
I will willingly be the bearer of them.

May we request you to favor us with a Spiritual
Vision which will interest us & improve the Seers

"This was the first time the Seer had seen 
the "Mirror Veiled"  & was a part of her progressive
faculty of Seeing.

[*Vision*]                                                         [*107*]
[*10627*]  I will do so and you must be careful
in writing them down. [?] [?] Seer's
vision [responses?] I will explain the meaning
of them all to you.

It will appear in a quarter of an hour.
20'  past 8 [El?] left
25' to 9 PM   [El?] [M?]
[*10628*]  The Vision
Now the Mirror's [?], something has fallen    
down very [rapidly?] from the top to the bottom
of the Mirror its a beautiful lace veil with
splendid flowers [?] as if [?] in part 
of the lace. Now the veil is receding from the 
front of the Mirror [?] In clearing away the 
lace seems to have gone and left the flowers.
Now the flowers are changing, they are
[?] [?] in exceedingly bright light, no they
are figures - spirits - they have on gold skirts 
like gold lace [and?] all the body [while?] their arms
are bare with 3 sets of bracelets on each arm. The
dress only comes to the knees leaving the lower
part and feet bare, they have very small downy
wings which reach only a little above the head
Here are 8 of them and they are [?]
dark hair, all their hair is curly, the light
behind them is just as though the sun was
powerfully shining
Now they are moving and under them 
is forming little pedestals of Marble and they 
are rising there are 7 in Each group on the 
marble stands—there are 8 groups 4 on each 
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108 
to the sides of the Mirror—now they have come 
to the front of the [M] they have dropped some 
splendid flowers—its forming into a festoon of 
the most beautiful flowers form one to the other 
there is one very pienlsive & beautiful white 
flower. Shut in all the top with splendid pink 
tendrils coming out of them.—theres seven now 
of these white flowers.—and now they are 
opening the bottom one is quite open and theres 
a beautiful little Angel coming out of it—no its 
the flower itself being turned into one that is 
dressed like the others only a white Spirit 
and a little violet colored [?]. its little 
arms are naked and on the right wrist theres 
a gold word with a splendid stone in it 
its wings are a little higher than the others 
now the 2nd white flower is opening 
& using up 
into a little Angel it has a white Skirt and 
a lively blue cape over it. he has nothing on his 
arms. he is standing on the very tips of his 
toes with his arms stretched out. he has a 
reath of flowers in his hand. 
Now the 3rd opening & forms another Spirit 
in white its kneeling on one knee with a book 
resting on the other with a band on each side. he 
looks as though singing I can see in the book 
“The praise thee” 
Now the 4th forming like the others this Spirits 
all in white on his hand a little harp his 
Little fingers are moving over the chords—Now 
the two top ones are moving higher and the two at the bottom are falling lower.—the light is now 
so intense that is hurts my eyes but it is 
Exceedingly beautiful—theres a Spirit come 
the largest I have ever seen in a splendid 


109 
white lace chess bearing a long way in the ground 
he has on a beautiful belt of stones the circle is 
a very splendid clear yellow topaz—he has nothing 
on his arms on his head is a plain band with 
4 [flowers in it] arches on it covered with beautiful 
stones of all colors.—I can see part of one 
foot under the dress. with a sandall on it 
and even in the sandal theres set beautiful 
stones Now all the Angels on the mantle 
pedestals are bending forward to this large 
figure—now the large figure is rising up 
his Wirgrase Splendid 
Now he’s putting his hands out just 
over the figures on the pedestals and they are 
rising up. Now the larges Angel has turned 
to go away he has turned his back to me 
and is going up his wings are surpassingly 
Beautiful and his lace dress hails after him 
a great way Now I can see for miles such 
a lovely place, such beautiful trees. a perfect 
paradise and there last little figures are 
going after him and between each tree theres 
a number of little figures like those which 
formed out of the flowers as thick as they 
can be and as he goes past. he waves his 
hands over them. & they vow down. own he 
Has got to the end of the Space with his face 
towards Me. and behind him is rising 
Such beautiful marble. Slates—Now he has 
Sat down in the middle, he looks so 
Angelically lovely—Now all the figures from 
the trees and Amongst the marbles are closing 
round it his feet and he is looking at them 
with such a friendly smile over his face. now 
the like figures are going right & left & the Angel’s rising up very rapidly—Its all gone. 2’ past 9 PM

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[?]die 13 April 1858
[???house]
[E????'s] Mirror
[M???] C Lea . [Spe?]
8 PM.
Invoked [Elle???]
[Elle???] appeared
Of any Communication from the C.A.
10629
He still regret very much the illness of
Your Seer. (Miss [?].) and [?] me to
inform you that his influence is still with
you and will Ever remain with you, &
Should you feel ill when out to mentally
Call upon him he wished me to be very
particular in Stating this to you
If any Communication to Mr lea.
10630
I have not but [?] wishes to appear
to him for a short time this Evening if
agreeable.
Mr Lea will call him In the other Mirror
10631
I will Either answer your questions or
I would grant you a Vision which Ever you
feel will be most interesting to you.
Whilst [?] deciding which to have I + Mrs. Lea
wishing for a vision there appeared.
10632
I feel pleased at your choosing a Vision
and I [?] in a short time your Seer
will See [?] and read Slower, it will
be a greater pleasure to myself and to you
also , I find her Sight is wonderfully
improvEd
It is so, and I hope during my Seers illness to be
able to Call for her — & strengthen for power of Seeing
10433
do so and I will make it a point when
your Seers sight is Strong Enough to givE
you a little work — it will only take one
Seancé
[1?] ' past 8.
The Vision will appear in 10 Minutes

111 
20’ past 8 PM The Vision. 
10634 
The Mirror is now darkening all over, also 
distance—now its coming to the front of the Mirror 
its getting light and the Mirrors veiled, the flowers 
On the veil are becoming light or rather the veil’s 
Going and the flowers are left, theres the same 
Spirit that was in the Middle of the last Vision Sitting on the marble seat dressed as before 
He has moved and has helped up his hand 
there is a beautiful pain of splendid doves, caused 
all over with angels and flowers in a most delicate 
manner.—he is knocking at the door, the doors 
opening wide this way now he’s standing in 
the threshold—
Now I see another Spirit dressed very 
different to any I have seen before he is coming 
forward in front of the doors—his dress is all 
Lace, I can see right through the dress he is 
like a statue with a lace veil over him and 
round his waist a splendid band of beautiful 
topaz stones, he has light hair with long 
circles, and very long wings all while except 
at the lop edge which is tinged with a beautiful 
flesh color—he has a different crown on his head 
made of different Stones Ruby and diamond 
and in the centre at the top is a topaz. 
they appear conversing together, the first 
One has boned to the other, who has taken him 
by the hand. and they are crossing the threshold 
they do not seem to go any further as [they are] 
there is a veil beyond them.—Now theres such 
a beautiful smile come over the 2nd Angels face 
now the Veil’s opened 
Theres Seven Spirits as tho’ on a white 
Cloud. they are flouting down to these two 

112

The first one is kneeling  the 7 spirits are dressed
all in lace  they appear to be singing, now they
are down even with the others  some standing up
and the Cloud is underneath  quite flat -- now they
have raised the Cloud up  it looks like gauze.
I can see some reading -- they are holding it
up in front of the first angel and he is looking
so anxiously at it

[10]635     "Thy faith has been stronger but thy reward is Greater"

they have given it to the 2nd spirit  Now they are
taking the first Spirit onwards  they are all going
on together -- There are such beautiful trees.,  but all
appear as tho' of splendid stones -- and theres some
beautiful flowers  are coming up  there are 4 rows
or squares on each side and seven spirits on each
square.
     the first spirit of the 7 others that first came
has some very little children with him, theres one
small spirit  in each compartment  (7 spirits & a little
one to each square) -- Now the 1st and 2nd spirits have
gone to a beautiful seat of carved gold.  They are
sitting  looking at the 4 rows of spirits on each
side  at the back of each department of the 8 spirits
there are thousands of other spirits
     Now its altering
     In the 2nd square on the left side theres
an immense lot of books and in the next (1) to that
Myriads of minute flowers.  the leaves of which
appear to be one sparkle of diamonds, the next (3) one
seems to be full of musical instruments & golden harps
& in the fourth (4) one  they are all kneeling as tho' praying
  4     5     on the right side at the top (5) the spirits
  3     6     appear as though watching over something
  2     7     but I cannot see what. -- now the next (6)
  1     8     is becoming plainer  they seem to be busy



113 

teaching in the next GI they appear as tho’ anxiously 
& busily watching a little child.—the end one [8] 
has not changed.—[the 1st and] they are still 
sitting with the one child in front. 
Now the 8 figures are all going off to 
the sides leaving the first and second spirits 
sitting on the golden throne., they are all 
gone. Now theres a splendid light more 
brilliant than any I ever saw. coming over 
their heads—now theres another spirit coming 
thro that light—he seems flying, I see it now 
very plain it has a wreath of flowers something 
like may blossom only the little petals are diamonds 
he has come in front of the spirits and turned 
slowly in front of them on the diamonds are all 
Letters or characters. he keeps on turning the 
wreath. The first spirit has bowed his head 
and this last spirit has given the first the 
wreath.—now the 3 spirit has put out his 
arm & dipped his head slightly & is floating
away from them.

Now the 1st and 2nd Spirits are getting
up the first one looks so much more cheerful
they are walking down the [arenne?] to the golden 
gates towards me. They have come as far 
as the veil and the veil has fallen & closed
them in. and I can see in front of the doors
an immense number of Spirits flying upwards
they are all going -- the Mirrors becoming quite
clear -- Its all gone

6' to 9 PM.

Die 4 May 1858  [Limehouse?]
 Mm. Charlotte [Lea?] [Apex?]
Eltesmo [offering?]
Invoked Eltesmo 
Eltesmo is here as usual
May I be allowed to propose some questions this ev.
[*101136*] You can do so
Have you any communication from the [la?] for me
[*10037*]  I have not
Have you any communication to make to Mm Lea presently 
asking our questions
[*10038*]  I have not
Will you favor us with a Vision this Evening as they
are not only exceedingly interesting to us but so
[maternally?] assist us as Seers Vision
[*10039*] I will
Oh. last I met at [Saint?] [Moonsons]?/3rd [K?] with
other Gentlemen [Dr?] Batchelar who related to me that
a few years since a person who used Crystal [work or with?]
enabled him to see a Vision in a crystal by placing
his hand on the back part of the head of the Dr.
The particulars of which he related to me - goes as 
this time the practice with doesnt [?] - I may
invoke of you here [?] of  the [?] & power
by which it was done, as Dr. B is made to
see [mat?] since. It was only a transient power.
[*10040*] I am not but I will inquire and
learn if I can give you my information
upon the subject.
[?] Caglios had [?] & also Hodges [?] and [?]
I would ask next Tuesday.
[*10041*] You can do so I will make many
inquiry
I have had [assistance?] with Spirits of the [Sun?]
Moon Saturn & Jupiter but not [symbols for Venus, Mars or Mercury] are


115

those Spirits able to appear in Crystals & Mirrors
+ if so can we have a Vision of them in this
Mirror.

10642
They are and if you wished it one could
appear.-
Not in this Mirror I do not wish
any Spirit beside myself and the CA
to appear in this - In Mr Leas other
Mirror he can have on consecutive
Evenings a Spirit of Each planet.

Then on Tuesday next with your permission I
will call one if you will favor me with his
name.

10643
I will give you his name on next Tuesday
Evening when I appear in this Mirror
I must beg of you when calling them
to be particular in exorcising them.

I presume my usual exorcism will do

10644
It will be quite sufficieent

I will use it 3 times

10645
I was going to tell you to do so

After I have rec'd their answers to my questions
will you favor me with your views as to their
correctness.

10646
I will do So - after their appearance
You will then have their explanation
and my opinions upon their different
points of view and doctrines
I trust your Seer's health is improving
(Miss Leigh)

I thank you I believe it is slightly

10647
I learn that her health will always
be affected unless she takes more
exercise - She must do so. It would

Ths  ws  a  rsn  whn  th CA. xprssd  a  wsh  fr  y  nt  to  st  in  hr
r--m  s-  mch  thr  was  a  f--ling  grwng  up  wthn hr  twrds  yrslf  nd
wshng  t  mght  nd  in  th  sm  rslts  as  it  dd  wth  a  nghbr  of yrs 
     I  thnk  y  cn  it  is  a  pty  bt  it mst  b avdd

116
be much better for her health and as
far as I can learn for her worldly prospects
if you could prevail upon her to seek
some new employment, It is her
mind that is constantly destroying her

10648
I am not able to answer that question
neither have I any wish to come in
contact with mortals sufficiently to do so.
but I can learn it from the same source
as I have informed you of

[/C?/] If I could have a talisman to prevent it

10649
I will in the mean time find out a Sure
Talisman but you must wear it yourself
and keep it a secret. or it would lose its
power.
It was Your GS. wish that I should 
mention this to you for he could not - 
possibly give you this through your Seer
bt sh hs son a how tht sh wll smn sngl + cm to
that. H wshs y to b vry grdd in 4 yr ctrs hrts
hr bt y hr bght it m yrslf m a gt mor

Then on Tuesday next I will invoke you again

10650
You can do so

As to the effects + power of the Talisman if not correctly drawn

10651
be not disturbed upon this point I will
use my influence upon you that it sh'd
be done correctly. I would not be so
anxious but it is necessary.
y will ltnly lve y will b blgd to do so

My seer being unable to inspect I am quite prevented
from applying to my GS. for advice + for past
reasons I cannot with confidence call him here
as another C.A. Endeavored to delude me ( )

[Yom Gs?] would not lead you to do that  [*117*]
[*10652*] which is wrong for he is good and he is
holy. And he would not have undertaken 
you in his charge to have neglected you 
when you most needed his protection.
[?] you will you favor me with the vision
[*10653*] I will do so
The vision will appear in a quarter of 
an hour. 
[El?] left 3' past 9.
18' past 9 PM    The Vision
[*10654*] The [?] is gradually [?] a long 
distance from the front of the Mirror and coming
gradually up the front - Now the veil is [?]
& parting off towards the sides
I can see the 1st c 2nd Spirits and all
the beautiful trees again, the Spirits are [sprinting?]
to the trees and they have both turned their 
faces to the row of trees on the right and
under each of the leaves of the trees [?]
pretty little angels sitting down with their 
little heels resting each on a leaf, they are 
singing - The 1 c 2 Spirits have bowed to them
and they are also singing.
Now they are [turning?] to the left, the trees
on the left differ from those on the right they
have long leaves like [Indian?] [h? h?] with
precious stones hanging from them all
brilliant & bright and at the back of the 
stones are [?] flowers as though
suspended from [branches?], all the branches 
have now changed with little angels exactly

118

as though they were flying  they have something
like gauze which each holds in the right hand
it looks like a Cloud -- now its rolled up and hid
all the Trees,  its a light blue cloud with white
fleecy edges and the little Angels are flying
with the Cloud over the 1 [?] 2 [Angels] Spirits.  now
its slid down by the side of both of them
and now its even with their feet and the little
Angels that were sitting -- & those with the Cloud
are going up as though over the trees.
     The Cloud has gone under the 1[?] & 2 Spirits
feet and all the little angels are lifting them
up.  or rather they are going up. -- the 1 [?] - 12 Spts
and all the rest are singing -- they are moving
up and I can see the Trees again underneath
them. -- the Trees are all gone  & the angels &
cloud are still ascending  (that is the other portion
descends)  now they are lowering again  and I
can see some most lovely  gates far  very far
surpassing the others   I cannot describe them
they look like frosted silver   Edged with
Gold  and tinged in various parts with a
beautiful pink  all carved in figures and
flowers of the loveliest kind.
     Now theres come on the Gate
10655     "From Whence none shall Return"
     The 1 [?] 2 [?] spirits are going up  the cloud 
rolls away with them.  The Cloud is gone
and left them at the Gate and between them
and the gate are all little angels,  the gates
are gradually opening, and just behind
a kind of lace Veil or Curtain has fallen down
and I can see a great number of angels all
in the finest white lace dresses -- the dresses

119

are off as the shoulders and and all over 
the throat are beautiful flat stones down to the
waist -- a breast plate of stones 
   The 1c 2 Spirit seem unceasingly singing
they look so happy -- the lace veil is still
between them and the [spirits] figures - now
they are going in at the gates they are inside
and the gates are closing -- the Spirits are gone
in and the gates shut
   Now the gates are going the Mirrors
clearing -- theres some reading come.

10656
"Beyond this no mortal Eye must penetrate"

The Mirror's quite clear. 20' to 10 PM

[Mars symbol]die May 11 1858: Limehouse
Eltesmo's Mirror   Mrs. Lea Spex
10' pat 8 PM   Invoked Eltesmo

Eltesmo appeared as usual

May I ask you Eltesmo if on [?] die you made
a communication to Mr Lea thro AS the spirit
concerning my "thoughts"

10657
I did

Allow me to offer my most grateful thanks but Mrs
Charlotte Leas health is such as to make both 
I and her afraid of putting her in a trance
for a Spirit to speak through her, besides -- 
There are the objections to such a procedure given
in numerous responses by the C.A.

10658
It would not have been a Spirit 
speaking it would have been herself

Still I should be afraid of it injuring her health
& my own health gives me [ant.?] objection


120 
10659 
I would not have hurt either her or 
or yourself it would only have been as a 
fascinating fit—but I would in no ways 
grant that now I know Mis Lea’s 
objections, but it is upon to other 
ground than fear. and I should all
like in fact, I would not give any 
response or advice that was not strictly
true. at the same time inspect reliance 
on all that might have transpired ————— 

I hope you do not feel our decision it is out of 
any  disrespect to you 
10660 
No, at the same time I must 
not to feel it unkinc on the 
Mis Lea. 
May I now ask the name of the Spirit NS 
propose calling this Evening 
10661 
FRITH 
Is that the Spirits
10662 
it is 
To what planet does he belong 
10663
was he ever embodied on this Earth 
10664 
he was not 
has the name any spiritual  meaning 
to that the spirit name 
my seer is in pain may i ask you to render y. 
responses plain
10666 
Spirit this for she has already one 
several responses
do you all ends to the meaning of the name 
10667 
yes
has it a spiritual meaning 
10668
it has

121

As I shall most most probably not be in London
next Tuesday. I must postpone calling any other 
spirit until I return, but on Tuesday next Mr Lea
will call 

10669
Is can be so but I am sure Mr Lea is
always happy when you are with him

Oval Mirror (my mirror)
1/2 past 8 PM
Invoked Faith
He is here with streaks of gold light down each 
Exorcised thrice
May I ask your name 

10670
Faith

to what planet do you belong 

10671
Venus

Were you ever embodied on this Earth

10672
I was not 

do you dwell on the body of the planet Venus
or in the atmosphere or spheres surrounding it

10673
on the planet 

Is Venus inhabited by beings similar or 
analogous to the inhabit and of this Earth 

10674
some parts of it 

do they build dwellings &c

10675
they do they no sooner have a desire
and that wish is gratified

but that shows the inhabitants & their dwellings
[and] are spiritual and not material like those
on this Earth 

10676
they do build their houses but they can 
more readily do it than you upon this 
present Earth.

122

Were you ever called or did you ever appear in
a M or C before this time

10677
I was not but I am pleased at being 
able so hold communion with man and 
so are all spirits that are good 

how many spheres if any surround [venus symbol]

10678
no answer 

repeated the question

10679
no anwser

have you any objection to answer that question

10680
no answer

have I made my self understood

10681
you have

If you have an objection say yes or no

10682
Yes

what are the nature & offices of the spirits of 
the planet Venus

10683
my mission is doing good, seeking
to lead others to do good, but there are 
spirits on [venus symbol] whose occupation are of 
a different nature.

Are your offices confined to the inhabitants of [venus symbol]
or do you interfere in the affairs of mortals
on this Earth

10684
I do not 

Why then is it a pleasure to enter into communn.
with us if your offices do not lead you to do so 

10685
At times I am with mort it is
when they have a strong desire to surmount
Evil and become good then like another
ministering angel I am by their side
at the time and that makes the difficulty
pass away and then good must 

May I now ask you to show me &c

10686
A

123

May I ask the meaning of that Single letter

10687
A
No answer

I briefly mentioned Astrology and asked if he understood
the Science

10686
I do not understand it but I know many
Spirits that do

Will you at a future Evening ask one of those S
to appear

10689
I will

May I ask the nature & offices of some of the other 
S of [venus symbol]

10690
They do with more worldly matters and
do not at present seek to rise any higher
they are beings that have been mortals 
on this Earth.

Is it possible that Mortals from this Earth go
to the planets.

10691
There are many who do, they have a
clinging to this Earth and they hold 
communion with Atmospheric Spirits

Your appearance & their are similar to the Spirits
appertaining to the spheres of this Earth are the
Spirits of [planetary symbols] like you

10692
I am aware of their being such
planets but I do not hold communion
with any Spirits connected with them

Have you been a Spirit of [venus symbol] from the first
formation of the world

10693
I have

Then your knowledge must be extensive & various

10694
It is so

do you believe in the Divinity of J.C.

10695
I do, and that most devotedly

May I ask for our Instruction your [views?] on


124

on Some points of Christian faith

10696
On another Evening you can do so I trust
it will not be the only time I shall be
called.

Would you favor us with a Vision or picture of
the inhabited portion of [symbol for Venus]. - as it inspires the
Seers Vision so much.

10697
I can show her that part inhabited
by those who were once mortal
You must bear in mind that it is
my first appearance, and I am only
too well pleased that your Seer has been
able to read my responses and I shall
be most pleased to appear on any
Evening you may be disposed to call
me. and I trust that your Seer will
not have so much difficulty in reading

Can you inform us how me + my friend Lea
can obtain the faculty of Seeing in Crystals

10698
No Answer

did I make myself understood

10699
You did
If it had been wise that either of you
should have had that power it would
have been granted to you before this

On my return to London I will do myself the
pleasure of Calling You

10700
I shall be most happy to appear.

May we now have the vision

10701
It will appear as soon as I leave this

[?] rose up. + left at the top of the [M]
1/4 past 9 PM.

125

10702
1/4 part 9 PM             The Vision            Oval Mirror
     Now there's something Coming , its a large
Mansion of reddish brush with high slanting roof.
Nine windows in a row along the front, 3 rows
high and the Chimneys are built at the sides
with high Chimney pots of plaster. , a large
flight of steps with Arched doorway with
figured hinges  garden and fields  all round
its a very pretty place,  now the doors opening
theres marble pavement in the hall  Octagons  black
and white.  and an immense lot of flowers
inside,  theres another door inside like a
green baize door — such a beautiful staircase —
stone stairs all up with beautiful carved and
polished balustrades  [all]  now there's a door opening
I can see inside — such an immense room
theres a door at the other end   I can see
a man and woman sitting in this large
Room.  She is dressed so strange   She has
got a short waisted frock on and short sleeves
like a little childs frock body  of very beautiful
blue Embroidered Satin — they are both reading
the chairs have high backs with twisted pillars
down [them.] The sides and worked backs and in
Each window  is  such a large China Jar.—
All but two and they have Chinese Cabinets. — I can
see the pictures on the wall.  one of the persons in
the picture has long light stockings and pointed
shoes and large Rosettes in the shoes  and
large buckles in the Rosettes , Red trousers
fulled all out like a balloon and a satin
waistcoat with immense pockets & flaps over
them  an old fashioned coat with large sleeves
and lace sleeves underneath  on the table is a
large Cloak with Ermine on & a fur Cap like a

126

a coronet, a crown + a sceptre.
The Gentleman is dressed the same as
the one in the picture - theres a table with an
old fashioned time piece on it -
Now the room is going and the doors
opened in to the other room its full of books
all round and a great many on the table
very nice Shelves all round, I can see in [*shelves*]
the rooms above, its a bed room there's a 4
post bedstead white satin hangings beautifuly
worked like tapestry, the looking glasses are
all wrapped in Muslin with bows over it there
are large ottomans and only 2 high backed
chairs, crimson ottomans with raised flowers
the floor is polished but no carpets -
its getting faint its gone

[symbol for Mars] die June 15th 1858     [?]
8h 10'PM.  Invoked Ellesmo   Mr LeaSpex
[?] appeared

10703
It is with deep regret Ellesmo cannot
appear to night he has some duties
to perform. in the Spirit world.

26' past 8.  Invoked Faith - oval [M]
on 2' he is here but indistinct
I requested him to appear plainer

10704
I am not able at present to make
myself more plain

In reference to the Vision last Seen may I ask
who the parties were + the place

10705
No Answer

I repeated the question

10706
It is not in existence now but it did
exist in devonshire it was Father and

127

daughter and their name was Leigh

were they related to my Seer

10707    I do not know of their being related
I have not seen your Seer but I have
heard of her.

I mentioned her lengthened illness  our fears  that it
was hopeless. I asked what he had heard Concerning
her.

10708    Of her being Such an admirable Seer &
being able to draw  so well.  but if you
like I will leave and  enquire whether she
will get well or not. —
     Yet how far more happy would she
be were she to reach that land of happiness
which once gained none wish to return
     Surely if you mortals could but
divest your [eyes] selves of the horror of
leaving so miserable a place as this Earth
is , and reaching  that where all is joy
peace and unity , all with one thought
one feeling — none deviating from the ways
of truth.  no one wishing to take advantage
of another ,  imagine all this and you
will then fall short of the happiness
of the True believers.

I referred to my poor Seer — & that from Circumstances
(See page   )  I was afraid at present to call my
GS. the C A. to [?] his instructions & requested
Faiths advice

10709    I would pray earnestly & in that prayer
would ask your GS. to nominate one
to watch over her and Continually be
with her that her health might improve
under the Guardianship   but [a] I have rec'd.
while being here a Communication

128
10710
"Your Seer will have sufficient warning
given her in her self not by any other
Mortal. when that time shall arrive
She has Seen that Spirit once She
will see him again I think you are
acquainted with the Circumstance

I mentioned Constantine appearing  [*185*]

10711
You are quite right

When do you think the time will be

10712
We have no idea of time - all seems to us
as nothing.

here he held his hands spread out.
I mentioned again my regret at not being able to 
Call the CA - because the present Seer had never
Seen him + could not therefore Identify him

10713
Your GS. did appear to Mr Lea on one
occasion when he made an appointment
for Mr Lea to come to your house
that appointment was kept, but the
2nd appearance of a C.A. was not [kept].
Your Guardian Spirit - I cannot make
out why he insisted he was so.
Ellesmo would not allow any Spirit
to appear but him Either in his [M]
or in yours

I will take an opportunity of Calling the CA.
Now theres a Shp come at the side of the Glass and
Faith is intently looking at it Now the Shp is turning
to light and its gone.

10714
Your Guardian Spirit would have informed
You through Ellesmo and will do it thro'
Me.
He wishes me to inform you that he is
Continually with You. and uses all his
influence on your behalf + will still
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10715
I could not ask him that. the message
I havE receivEd Comes thro another order of
spirits before it comes to me.
It would take some time for me to inquire
that way back. but on my appearing again
I will inform you whether he will do so.
I could havE answered it [now] but I do not
wish you to detain me now we are all
May I ask the occasion
10716
we are receiving others into our Sphere,
and those other duties which I am not
allowed to explain .
10717
It is not impossible for Evil spirits to
do any thing no good spirits could
do this — I should be very sorry for
any person devious of their future welfare
to attempt it
May I ask if when you leavE You could favor us
with a spiritual vision
10718
I can not givE you a Vision Now. I
could not stop with it and I should
not like you to receivE one unless I
could be with it
10719
I am sure when I inform you that
I am called to carry the souls of the
departed to the realms of peace you wd.
not wish to drain me , and may [?] he
who is the disposer of all mankind watch
ovEr us all and make us to walk in
the paths fo peace now ^ Ever Amen
hes gone 5' 10 9 PM

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10’ past 9 PM. 
Called Mr Anderson 
he is here light same however, very handsome short 
Front, worked braces, a very loose coat. dark. 
I ment. my Seers illness & as Mis Lea my friend 
Seer was not certain that she had seen him I 
asked his name. 
10720 
do you mean pow Emma I am the same 
Yes she has been confined to her room 14 weeks & 
has an gone to the seaside. 
10721 
I know she is ice 
The Doctor gives but faintly hopes &e &e 
10722 
do not be down hearted, that is more 
than he can tell, he is not the Sharer 
out of human, life, the lord help us if 
he was. how’s my intended my friend 
Sally. 
I so not know who you mean by Sally 
10723 
I didnt say Sally Selma I meant. 
Ant from the nature of he care &e 
I do not believe she will die, but she 
will be a long time ill. 
10724 
May I be allowed to make a remark 
She will not be offended will she 
I dont like fat Ladies in Jackets 
but I must complement you on looking 
so well. 
Are you still in Juden 
10725 
I am and likely to remain, should you 
like to be here that wd pull you down. 
& here’s your legiment stationed now 
10726 
We are at Luckrow.  
You see I’ve shifted Since you last called me 
Can you tell me a recent Event which has happened 
at Lackrow lately which I can afterwards verify by  

The newspapers as that [neg?]? [?] are now at[Auckinow?]
we have no books stationed at [Auckinow?].
[*10727*] I am about to return home with a lot of
[invalids?], who cannot be conveyed home
we shall have to stay here for a while longer
than I should like.
What day of the month is it with you
[*10728*] It is Sunday the 17th
just at this moment a knock came to the street door
[JMAnderson?] said.
[*10729*] There's the landlord at the door, you
had better [alert?] the Misses.--
Upon  the maid going to the door I passed the Landlord
of the home.  Quite unexpected by my [?] he came
in & I drew up an agreement between him & my friend
Lea.  This detained us at [modiable?] home and at a
1/4 to 10 I called him again but he did not appear.
22nd June 1858.  Eltesmo
10' to 10 PM  Mm Lea & [pax?]
Invoked Eltesmo
I mentioned the [dream?] of Mm D. on O at 3:30 AM
I asked if he had any advice to give us.
As far as his worldly prospects are 
[*10730*] concerned I always gave my advice
through a benefit from
himself. 
When she was [dreaming?] he mentally called [Lea?].
I was with him and tried to impress upon
[*10731*] him the necessity of making her peace
and offering up her prayers to Him
who is the [disposer?] of all things. I tried
to impress on her mind the necessity







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   of forgetting all worldly objects and think only of Him [this?] could carry her. Safely to that place of [bliss?] [where?] [none?] would wish to [Return?]. If [this?] [?ill] [near?] the South [?] hopes she is [?] with what he has done [?]. He can rest assured of this for she knew before leaving this world that he would do that which was right and just.
10732  I must strongly urge [thenecssily?] of [?]. not calling her [?] he has my [?] for doing so at the same time she will be [with?] when she does appear to inform him of her progress onwards at which I am sure he will be pleased. 
If I bring my [?] next Tuesday [?] you pledge yourself that another Spirit [?] [?] [?] would appear.
10733 None other should appear but do not bring your [?] [?] next Tuesday. but the following Teusday and I am sure the [Ca?] he pleased at [?] with once there to hold [?] with you by this means. 
May [?] the nae of the Spirit of Theo, my oral [?]
10734 This will changed it is Michael I am going to [?] to Mr. Jones of Peckham. S [?] the necessary [?] for [?] it 
10735 you can do so and I will inform the Spirit of it -
Ended Action

 

133
[Symbol for Male?] 29 June 1856
[Worked Finish?]
[?]
10' part 8.
he is here
[?illided?] to my dear Seer Emma
10736 [?]
10737 I am aware that they are very bad to come in [lorlad?] with such of her but I must her G. I will be able in a great measure to [?] then influence with respect to her health. and if he [?] all his influence he will be able to carry her safely through and a perfect state of health will be restored to her.  Influenced as to. 
10738 There is nothing upon this Earth that he cannot become acquainted with if he wishes. Are there [?] many [?] [?] has who inhabit [?] as we do this Earth.
10739 There are persons who are [?] [?] go to that planet from this Earth. So the planet [female symbol] a place of [porsalin?] or [terrace?]
10740 I hardly know how to [?] that [question?] for this is a place for [?]. The Seer thought [Lena?], learning and [Irequested?] [him?] not [?].
10741 I who, not going to lears do the planets [symbol for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune] occupy the space of the seven spheres. 
10742 They do then the distance of [symbol for Sun] to [symbol for Neptune] is millinos of miles
10743 I cannot [?] you a description of the length but if I[hood?] and looked I  

134
should say it was without end but you know there is nothing without this. 
10744 I shall always be willing to answer any question you may think [?] to put.
10745 I will do so at the same time I'm happy to inform you that you [?] [?] will be able to inspect for you more correctly than she is able to do now. Our [mear?] [?] has a Vision of [?] [?] with the [?] of one of our [?].
10746 I think at present you had better sense a vision of my [own?] [?].
Now he's using - he's stopped and said
10747 "The Vision will appear in ten minutes
28' 10 9 Tm.
10748 The Vision
Now the Minions darkening, this [de??ece?] from any thing I have seen before, the [?] dark with a bright ball in the middle -  now the ball is spreading like light all over the [clea?]and theres the same house I saw before but only the room I saw upstairs and I can see inside of it, and by the [?] in the [?] there is a child sitting, and at the back of the child a Spirit - [?] mortal, the child is playing with a doll and some [flowers?] in its lap, the Spirits flew right over the child [?] do the [?] the Spirit was light when near the child. Changed into gloomy as it went way [?] there which way while guaze has become [?], the spirit

135
looks so gloomy. the Child is so distinct that I
can see its little socks  She is Clothing the doll with
flowers , Theresa little kitten playing with the doll's
clothes with a piece of String —   the Spirit is Staying
at the door—
Now the Lady is Coming in but the 
spirit
does not movE. nor does the lady see it, she is
turning towards the Child and the Child is holding
the doll up and dancing it.  Now the 
Spirit is
extending its Arm : it has a scroll in the hand now
he's waving his hand towards the Child and the
Childs face is [?] , its looking gloomy + Sad
and dropped its head so rapidly , the lady has
run to her in such a fright and the Child's fallen
and the lady has picked it up.
Now the Spirit's Smiling, and as the
lady goes out and up the stairs the Spirit
accompanies her — Now they are in a bed room
I can see the bed — the lady's ringing a bell at
the side and the Spirits taken up a position at
the head of the bed  three a servant entered the
room and the ladys spoken to her , the Servant's
gone away , the doors opening again and theres Such
a strange looking old man Come in , hes feeling
the Childs pulse he has got such an immense
Watch in his hand — he's shaking his head
and the spirit still smiles — the Child looks to
ill. , and the lady's weeping , the Child dont
move its gone so White as tho it was dead
The Spirit is still there + Smiling, Now the
Spirit is rising and gong thro the head of
the Bed. Now the Spirits gone , the lady is
Kneeling at the bed side praying — the Doctor is
still at the side the Childs dead and the Doctor 

135
raising the lady from the floor and leading 
her from the Room. he's turned his hand
back and throw the sheet over the Child

[symbol for male] [?] July Mrs. Charlotte Lea Spex.
[?][?]
[invoked El?]
May I [?] of you have enquired of the [?] appear on the next if I bring my [?]
10749 I have not seen him I will inform him of your intention of bringing your [mirror?] here for Mrs Lea. to inspect for you.
This is the 6th of the 3rd month on which we have in hopes we should receive another of your [Cleansed?] works, I cannot say how deeply [I?] my from Seers health [?] her learning it.
10750 I [?] surge of it and sleepliy do I regret that you will be unable to learn if you do not [?] anxiously wish for the time allotted to expire in the Seer now inspecting to be able to see it then I do as Mrs Lea reads your Responses [?] [leadily?] I was in hopes the world be able now to read that she is only at present able to [receive?] Visions and communications that are short.
10757 It would [?] at least [?] and your seer is as anxious as [?] to [?] if but she is with [?] [?] so long a time.
[?] I have promised that you shall receive it and I can do no more. I sincerely thank you [?] must [?] with [influence?].

137
10752 The present Seer will be able to do so. After a time - that time has [?] specified she will then retain that power, but if it was grounded sooner you would [love?] it again, for her [after whine?]
I [?] to [?] that the Spirit [?] [?] that the Spirit [?] [?] Spirit of [Symbol for female or Venus] does not answer my questions in relation to that planet but only to such questions as we can get better answered by you. 
10753 [?] is what he is taught and [?] not wish to who [?] a spirit that had not [that?] [?] about him you are [?] and prone to [?] 
If truth only repeats what he has been taught [?] had better confine [our?] [?] to your [?] Solemned Communications
10754 There are things that he can inform you that I cannot and I have no doubt that you will find it so in [?] Communications one with the other. I have been just lately informed that a [?] who is [?] in [London?] [?] to some acquaintance of mine that [?] [?] Mount [Viginius?] there exists a learned philosopher [?] [?] and [unearthly?] that when a [?] was placed behind him, this gentleman asserted he himself - [?] this light through him. 
10753 It was not through him that he saw [?] [?] can be seen through, he was hidden from view by the [?] of [?] [possible symbol for Jupiter] in fact there is nothing that can be done by the will of [?]. 
There is now an [?] [?] in London who [?] at the [?] of some friends than present [?] a perfect stranger [?] tracking [?] [?] to [?] [wound?] and walk back some distance then [?]

138
alone [Serenal] Sheets while he whined back to the [?] where he first [?] upon him, when he confirmed his way by that [?] [?] that done 
10756 I am untrained I have never heard of that, I [?] Engine into it I explained the action of the [Moraic] wind and asked if he knew the [law?]
10757 No answer
Hear you [?] objection to answer that question 
10758 It is a magnetic power which some persons possess.
It is with that as with this [?] not every one that has the power. The higher the grasp it is Caused by the strong will it is not the grasp that has to do with it - it is the will.
Now these characters have come. 
10759 [T IMS T?]
what are we to understand by the Characters our 
Seer has copied 
10760 
They are marks of the Spirit having to do 
partly during they use those three letters 
or they would not have the power but 
there is only Evil attached to it. 
Should they engraved on the lod or town by 
the person. 
10761 
The Spirit who attends them uses them 
but if they were Engraved on the wand 
it would become much more powerful and 
they are known to but fear 
I presume there need be hr invaccation used 
10762 

I have [?] written my paper many cunning accounts of urgent [?] very men to has frees [?] to appear thats like together [?] then down. Then Huntry with and go home- I such [?] reject. He will they done

10763 [strikethrough] none 
none would be done by [?] and I should [come?] to be [af?lting?] guardian for my [?] if I was to allow my Soul to come in contact with them. [Are you aware of the founder?]

10764 I was at the time I offered those words for your use.

10765 It was a something [counted?] with yourself and you [?] [cried?] [?] I wished you to become acquainted with but that is passed when [clairvoyants?] are [Cordial?]  on [?] of which are [solemnly? ] [?] on their Normal [?] by what [?] one they [E?alled?] to speak so [?] diagnosis of [?] and then comes

10766 This [?] themselves that are speaking their spirit has [?] the body [for whine?] and it is supplied by another.
I have to [?] long [peril?] suffered from hearing of the right to be of the [?] which makes me fear paralysis, and I thought of [comanding?] [a?] [Dedies?] the Clairvoyant - of you [?] 

10767 It was upon this that I should have spoken - When I have done communicating with you in this dialogue I will leave for a short time, to Connect you GS. I would rather you [?] go by his will I feel you would have more confidence that from my self.

I have [?] my advice to give [?] on his affairs 

10768 I have not any upon this wordly [?] [hers?] a [?] to [?] of [?] who I know

140
he can depend upon for his answers
Now hes leaving
how long shall we await Your Return.
10769
twenty Minutes
then I presume we Cannot in the mean time havE any
Vision.
10770
I do not wish you to hold any Communication
till I return.
12'10 9 PM.
8'. part 9.
The Mirror is Clouding Ellesmo is here
GS.
10771
Your Guardian Spirit the C.A. would
rather that you should apply to a
Medical man , but at the same time
wished me to inform you that he has not
the Slightest objection to your going to this
Clairvoyant but must impress upon you
the necessity of your earnestly Calling
upon him at the time and he will be
with you.
He wishes me to inform You that
it is his wish that you Should on every
other day while at [?] Call upon
him mentally at the hour of ten in the
Morning at the same time placing your
hand on the side of the head most affected
You had [?]. — he wished me to say , You
had better let cold water run on the one
Side of your head till it aches & then rub
briskly for 5 Minutes with a Coarse towEl
As Spirits havE different inclinations & offices are there
Any good Spirits who are Capable of giving medical advice
10772
I will Enquire of the CA and when I appear
next Tuesday Evening I will inform you if he can
appoint one

On Tuesday next their I will solicit your kind appearance. 

10773 I am [appeer?] and [?] then way the blessings of Him who is the ruler of we mankind rest with you and no for her [ther?] Omen. Es gone 20' past 9 pm.

[Male symbol or symbol for Mars] 13 July 1858
[?]
[Ellcomro? Mimer?] [Mrs C. Lea Spex?]
[Invoked Eltesmo?]

Have you seen the CA. as [?] alledical Spirit

10774 I have but he has not [app?r?led] one [mayor] kindly ask the C A if he has any advice to give me about my dear young friend and Seer. 

10775 I will do so. 
I will do mine for you I will give you a seal if your seer can copy [it?]
[Ellesmos] going hes gone - 3' now his coming [?] [?]

10776 You G S [wishes?] one to inform you that you must not leave your seal with your seer. 
The seal then appeared which one Seer copied and as we were discussing some of the [characters?] upon it there appeared

10777 You can remove and explain and after all Hickley has copied it I will return [?] if he can then fold it in a piece of soft leather his seers eyes must not rest upon it - he can then send it by foot and have his returned.

When I had finished my Copy at 9.15 I walked Ellesmo and and when he appeared I explained what I had [on?] [me?]

10778 It is my earnest wish of you [?] to arrange it, to send it by the first frost you can write your letter and the instructions which I will


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give you

10779    You can go out and get a box if you so
wish it  and send it in --
     I wish her to wear this near her heart
placing her finger upon it night and 
morning saying the Lords prayer, she
must not be one minute without it, and
I think that you will have news of a
happier kind in a short time
     be kind enough to breathe upon it
at the same time calling upon your guardian
spirit and me when you leave it at the
post.
     I must leave the rest in the hands of
Him who is the disposer of all

25' past 9.
While I am gone for the box will you kindly show
a Vision

10780    I would rather decline as I wish my
influence to remain with what I have given
You

1/2 past 9  Eltesmo left.

143

[symbol for Mars] 31 Aug[?] 1858                 [??? house]
Ellesmo's Mirror
Invoked Ellesmo

May we ask some questions this Evening
 
10781
You can do so 

Can we also be favored with a Vision 

10782
You can have a Vision if you your questions
Are not too long

I regret to say the Gentleman who attends my dear Seer
ESL. gives us no hopes of her.

10783
You must not despair it would be better for 
her if she would carry out my instructions
more strictly 
You must urge upon her the necessity
of doing so.

May I ask your opinion as to her declining to receive
a Clergyman.

10784
her own prayers will be sufficient if 
they are addressed to Him who is the 
[disposer?] of all things - and a strong 
faith.

She suffers great pain -  Yet from many reasons I
am afraid to mesmerise her.

10785
It would be very wrong of you to do so 
very wrong indeed - I will give you 
another Seal if you think she will
adhere strictly to the rules I might lay 
down.

I will ask her and let you know next Tuesday

10786
You can do so - 
I think it would be as well to sit and 
converse with her on matters connected 
with the next world - 
You can do this without bearing too 
closely upon your own opinions in 
respect to her health.

Mr Lea's sister is here - if she takes the 
Seers hand will you inform us if she has the faculty

* same time  I know full well how it has acted

144

faculty of Spirit Seeing --

10787    I will but before doing so I have one
remark to make -- you have omitted to
say how the rules I gave you for your 
own guidance has succeeded at the *

I thank you much.  I have followed your instr'ons
and find my brain much better.

10788     I will give you some further instructions
in respect to that at another time

Mrs Thorne laid hold of the Seers hand. and I asked
if she had the faculty

11789    She has that power

Would it be best for us in trying to develope the faculty
to use a Crystal or a Water Vessel.

10790     A bottle of water  I would prefer, it would
not take much time -- her power of 
vision would be after a short time far
exceed the power of Your Seer.

May I ask if FRITH is really a Spirit of
♀︎ as from his Evading giving me any answers to
my questions relating thereto  I felt somewhat
inclined to doubt

10791     I should not have mentioned him had
I not known him to be that.

But he appears either unable or unwilling to give
me any information relative to his sphere.

10792     he is able to do so.  and I think willing
at the same time  I have laid down
that he shall not lead your views to
any thing that is wrong, I think
that after his appearance at a few more
sittings  say 3 or 4 times  he will be able
to give you that which is interesting & 
also amusing

As I have to write down the responses  may I
solicit that they may not come so fast.  as we
often to our great regret lose a portion

10793     I have explained my reason for doing so
before,  it will not always be thus.  


Have you any objection to some of your responses
being used in my intended article for the Telegraph
10794  [?]
I am very [desirous?] that my [kind?] 

146

10790
"So have I passed away"

I can see a smile flit across the face of the spirit
on the side were the words were & theres more
reading Coming on the other Side

10799
"As I have Sown so shall I reap"

the spirit above says.

10800
"And this shall be thy reward"

The spirit above is flying over the head and Coming
in front it still keeps the wreath in its hand
it is coming down to the front of the Chest of
the figure and theres a ray of light gone into the
chest of the figure somewhat in the shape of a heart
I can see the light right thro the figure — now
the side spirits are coming in front they do not
float like the top spirit they are moving in
front and their heads Arch over in front of the
head of the figure — one has a book which he
given to the figure about 3 inches long but not
so wide. on the back of the book is

10801
"This is the work of a Truth which thou
must learn and when completed thy
End shall be peace."

Now the figure has turned its head and bowed
and the spirits have moved back.— Now the left
hand spirit is moving he has a golden Key
he has put it over the neck of the figure there
are many precious Stones round the handle
of the key.

10802
"This shall open the gate whence no
Traveller shall return."

& now he has placed a small wand in the other
hand. & said

10803 
"lean not upon this reed lest thou Stumble"

The mortal is now turning round and the little
spirit with the wreath has turned its heels to me

147

Now the other Spirits have [?] and they are   
going away and the [Medal?] with them. [It follows?]
them as if were motionless. 
Its all gone. 10' to 9PM

[Ellesmo?] is [Returned?]
Will they appear if invoked

10804   
I will appear on the 2nd Tuesday in
September, and bring his mirror with you.

& any advice to give M [Lea?]

10805   
I have [not?]

May he inspect in the other Mirror to see [Ms Anderson?]

10806   
You can do so if you wish but I would
rather the Seer should [leave?] off inspecting
for this Evening - 

[die?] 14th Sept 1858                 Limehouse
[Ellesmo?] [6?] Mirror                 Mr. Lea Spex.
Invoked Ellesmo

25' to 8 PM

As we wish to [l?] Mr. [Th?] [p?] had we better
call for an [old?] Spirit [first?]

10807   
She had much better begin with visions
I shall do all in my power to [prevent?]
any evil in coming in contact with her
while inspecting - 

[I thank you?] [?] [?] in other [?] where
[?] inspected for the first time they have been
much alarmed by the appearance of evil forms.

10808   
That was my reason for wishing her to see
a vision before calling a Spirit as she
will not be able to see a good one at first

Had she better lay hold of my left hand

10809   
She can do so

148

As my dear [S?] [E?] is now confined to her bed     
and for certain [lea?] can not any longer wear
your seal how must I dispose of it

10810   
As I gave it for her benefit which she 
cannot wear you had better destroy it
with respect to [worldly?] views you can
either bring it here and destroy it or destroy 
it at your own home
  You had better bring it here, and
destroy it, and before destroying it, call
upon me and I will appear

& any advice for M Lea

10811   
I have not

12' to 8
Now [Ellesmo?] has [thrown?] such a [strange?] & [immense?]
light past my (the Sun) shoulder to you (F.H. 
who was standing behind the [levers?]). 

10812       
I was about to tell you to place your 
Mirror in front of this.

I [invoked?] Ellesmo for his past form

10813    
I have only given you advice - it [has been?]
from [your?] GS. [He?] having no other
means to communicate but thro me.

7' to 8.  Ellesmo gone.

                                  The C.A. Mirror 
Invoked the C.A.         Mr. Lea Spex

The C.A. is here I never saw any Spirit so [beautiful?]
& luminous before. It is almost more than I can
bear. I [?] strongly. and earnestly [explained?]
a hope that my present Seer might not be deluded                
as before (                )

10814   
Do not have a doubt

149 
I regret exceedingly having been deprived of the 
happiness of receiving your advice for so long a time 
away to the illness of my dear young friend. Yet 
I feel you must be aware how often I have 
Solicited whom kind services 
10815 
do not distress yourself upon this matter 
I have been with you and shall ever be 
with you to the end of time. 
I have taken upon my to become a 
responsible being for all your actions and 
when you can have not longer a Seer to 
inspect for you I shall still use my 
influence over you. 
I am only too happy to find that 
Mis Lea’s power of vision is improving 
and I trust will be able to receive and 
I am sure will be willing to receive any 
Commucation I may make thro the 
Mirror when your late Seer shall cease 
to be. I gave her that seal through 
Mr Lea’s G Spirit to ease her as far as 
her worldly sufferings were concerned 
but she is now beyond the help of 
Mortal and must remain now and her 
in Him who is the disposer of our destinies 
but as Your Guardian Spirit I will use 
all my influence on her behalf in trying 
to bring her to make that peace that is 
so requisite to all mortals before quitting 
this Earth.— 
I am asked her to see a Clergyman but she has 
declined 
10816 
I was about to make this observation 
to you, It is not that I hold with the 

150 
Churches of any particular sect but I 
think he would explain to her passages 
of scuplure better than you or any other 
mortal who is not acquainted with the 
docterines—if you know any one who is 
a Christian at heart. 
10817 
Let that be as you please I shall always 
be happy to give you my opinion upon 
that or any other matter you may 
think a fit subject for inspection 
The CA then again promised to use his influence 
and be always near me. & in very small letters 
the following came 
10818 
I am aware what has transpired between 
you and your employees with respect to Mr Lea 
and Ms Leas GS. I gave him my opinion 
as well as his own upon the matter which 
————-I have leant this from his 
GS and must now leave it with you to be 
the best judge 
10819 
I wish you to offer up your prayers tonight 
& morning Calling upon me when you do 
so on behalf of your Seer E.LS. 
The CA left 13 past 8 PM 
10820 
20’ past 8. 
The Vessell of Water 
Mis J. Inspected—Mis Leas setting after 
right side—holding her hand—during the inspection 
Mis Jouly Saw a bright light appear & vanish 
and then little specks of light—Mis Lea at 

157 
the same time inspecting saw a scene in a 
J’nest and the moon rising and passing this that 
Came to a water scene with two ladies and a 
Gentleman sitting at the edge fo the water the 
ladies had parasols and one of them had a 
fancy basket in her lap—& at 25’ past 9 it vanished 
10821 
Called Mr Anderson & there came. 
“Mr Anderson will not be able to appear 
this Evening but will Endeasor to appear 
the next time when called. 
Called Mr CZ Rea 
No vision—& there came 
10822 
“I do not wish Mis Lea to inspect any 
longer. it will strain her Eyes.— 
Will est show Mis J. another vision that she 
may perceive the change. 
10823 
She may inspect a little longer. 
Mis. J not perceiving any change he ended action 
5th October 1858 
Sometimes 
Ellesmo’s Mirror 
25’ to 8 Invoked Ellesmo. 
Mis L. 
Ellesmo is here as usual 
Since I was last here I have lost my beloved Seer 
LSL. 
10824 
I was aware of her death I informed your 
friend Mis Lea of it before you wrote to him 
I know of her death for my influence 
was with her as you had not destroyed 
my seal. 
I hope to have the Seal. next Tuesday when I will 
under your instructions destroy it— 

*  a silvered Mirror formerly Lero's, called black
    from the frame.  

do to
Your late Seer Est will appear this evening
She wishes very much to do so but if your
friend Mm Lea will not feel offended he will
oblige her by leaving the room.
If my dear Seer wishes I cannot object if Mm Lea
is willing.
[*10825*] I am sure she has no objection to put
for you.
Shall I call her in this Mirror
[*10826*] No you had better use the Mirror you have
[inspecting?] this evening
but that has not been [Consecrated?] & consequently
not under the Charge of my good Spirit
[*10827*] I was not aware of that you can call her
in the black mirror [*X symbol*]
When Lea said to me "but will that interfere with A----
appearing to which E replied 
[*10828*] No it will not
Will you ask the [La.?] to appear next Tuesday and I
will bring the [?].
[*10829*] I will do so
[*10830*] I will inform you after you have had a Vision
of you late Seer and I will inform you
what the [La.?] asked to communicate to you
After the interview I should prefer being
called into this Mirror again
I am surprised my late dear Seer should with to
appear She always appeared in her lifetime her great
objection to doing so.
[*10831*] [This?] something she wishes to inform you
of.
I will then call her trusting to you to present any
Spirit other than you from appearing.



& onwards and great will be her reward if she seeks diligently
and were not your kind G. S and myself being the GS of
your friend not to (watch continually over your welfare) we
should cease to be what we now are to you.  our occupation
is to watch over you diligently, and when &c.  

153 
10832 
I would not have mentioned it to you had 
not I intended to use my influence on all your 
behalves.—You will not allow yourself to be upset 
when she appears to you as it will be fore your 
good and her’s also 
My only objection is my fear best any one else may call her 
into heir Mirror by the formula. 
10833 
That will never occur to her when she has ceased to 
Commune with you she will then progress 
onwards, and when He shall think fit to 
call you from the face of this Earth. You will be 
more prepared to meet him than you would 
otherwise have been 
That which is perfectly hidden from 
Man are the ways of Him who is the father 
of us all and that must be your wish as 
well as your fellow mortals also to penetrate 
————————— 
We will pray, &e 
10834 
That will be so, and when she shall 
have gained an order there will not be a 
Shadow of doubt that your GS. will bring 
her with him for her to tell you how rapidly 
She has progressed he will be continually 
watching over ————————and when I 
informed you of this I am sure (you will be pleased) for her progress onwards if it had 
been otherways—————— 
I hope my dear Seers will soon progress &e 
10835 
It will not be a long time past 
If any &e 
10836 
I hope not, only that you & I will appear 
next Tuesday Evening he gave me no further 
instructions for you. 
[Action Ended]— 

D Mackenzie has the article in [type?] ready for 
next month.

10842   
I would prefer its not going in.

Your wish shall be attended to

10843   
I thank you

I am going to Mr. T's tomorrow evening [?]
my [?] [crystal?] to see if Mrs. T can have a vision  

10844   
You can take it with you and try

When my GS gave me an [?] like your last. I
found that I did not succeed and I would rather
be told Yes or No at once it would [save?] their &
my disappointment

10845   
has she ever inspected for you before 

She has inspected 2 or 3 times I had [slight?] visions

10846   
before I answer your question further I 
will [?] if your GS who she is 

Ellesmo left and returned instantly

10847   
It would be best for you not to [develope?]
that faculty -

I thank you [?] then take the Crystal
May I ask if I can call the Spanish Monk to 
learn from him when my present Seer shall begin
the [?] or rather continue it

10848   
You can call him but do not be disappointed
if he does not appear. I think it is possible
you will have to call him 2 or 3 times
before he appears - but it will be fulfilled 
through her.

Their [?] asking any questions in the Gospel may
I ask why our Lord did not leave his [?] doctrines
in a complete form & so prevent the [?]
misunderstandings [?]
& minutes of different [?]

10849   
They have [?] them to sail their own
wicked purposes - he did leave behind 

155

him [rules?] that were [strictly?] laid out       
for mortals to follow, but they have been 
destroyed - could he help after he was 
called to his heavenly home the [dangers?]
of wicked men

Yes because I have divine teachings which he left
for the Eternal welfare of mankind he also has
the power to [protect?] and [prevent?]

10850 
No answer

Can you favor me with their lost [rules?]

10851   
I will do so after you have had your Seer 
3 or 4 [first?] lessons - You will then see [and?]
be able to [?] better the meaning of her              
lessons and also the doctrines that are 
destroyed

Then we must let that rest until after our dear 
[friend?] appear which we suspect to be in Febr. next

10852   
let it be so

We see from Matthew XIII [v52?] that [Jesus?] had 
[altered?] and expanded [?] parables in
[re?] to the Kingdom of God. [If?] his disciples &
had been [warned?] that they [?] them
but then appear to have been lost.

10853   
It was so but they did not hand them 
down

Can we have them also given to us

10854   
I have already promised that you should 
have much more than your expectations
[could?] [reach?]

As our Seer [labors under?] a [severe cold?] can you
favor us with a vision

10855   
I can grant her a vision but I did not 
expect she could have seen at all she
has been so ill

We will then postpone our visions questions while another 

157

Evening and [?] the Vision  
              
10856   
let it be so
You will have a Vision in a quarter of an hour 

25' to 9

10' to 9 PM           The Vision

10857   
     The Veils come I can see a Spirit as tho
draped in a thin gauze or rather the gauze before it 
which I can see through it has a crown on its 
head which seems a blaze of splendid stones
and something round his neck that hangs down
in front and [t?] off at his [robe?], there are [two?]
center rows of stones and two outer. he has a [?]
under the gauze and one fastened [round?] the waist with
a band his fingers are loaded with rings, the
the face is very much like the face of [Our L?]
     Now I see as though there were very [rough?]
[waves?] and now there's a small vessell with two 
[persons?] sitting in it but they are more like mortals
they appear like fishermen, the [waves?] now are
dreadfully rough and the vessells tossed about 
from one place to another, it looks as though 
they would go down - Now the Spirit has folded 
his arms very quietly & calmly I cannot see the 
boat theres nothing but the Spirit & the waves
the Spirit is [?] on the water & the waves
are rolling about [?] as he [cracks?] along. The 
waves become as smooth as glass. - he is 
standing now in the middle & the [?]
roll about him, they are getting calm and I 
begin to see the boat - the Spirit has extended 
his arms at full length. Theres a [light?] gone 
from the tips of his fingers & the waters are 
becoming still [?]. His [rings?] now are ablaze 

158 
of light—he appears walking backwards, no its 
the boat coming along quietly and I can see 
the shore again most the boats gone away its 
vanished. 
Now theres come 
10858 
“ There forth was strong & they are Saved” 
the water has become very rough again it looks 
almost as though I was looking into the Sea 
its so plain there are many people in the water. & theres come 
10859 
“ O thou of little faith 
gone out from him the people are disappearing 
as though washed upon the shore, there are 
two such little children dead amongst them 
Com up out of the water.—& these words are come 
10860 
“Blessed for thou art the Kingdom of 
Heaven” 
I can see like smoke going out of the tops of 
their heads—now its going and the figures gone 
Its all gone 
10’ past 9 PM 
30th November 1858 
8.10 PM 
Ellesmo’s Mirror 
Invoked Ellesmo 
I have called you first this Evenign but my G.S 
The C.A has promised me a talesman to perceive my 
health which my Seer is to receive. 
10861 
I am aware of his appearance here 
this Evening 
Could you give Mr & Mis Lea Talismans for the same 
purpose 
10862 
I could do so 
Have you any objection to forming them with one 

                                                                                                                          /28th. Dec/

159

10864   
I have not

When will it be [convenient?] for you to do so

10865   
The last Tuesday on the next month

May I ask if it will be best to call you [Ellesmo?]
one week and my G.S. the C.A. the other [alternately?]

10866   
I will [convene?] with your GS upon this
subject.

If [C?] [&?] Mr. Lea wished to to contact you on my
Tuesday he could do so

10867   
I will always appear most willingly when 
called

The 6th of next January is the day on which we hoped 
to have received your [co?] [work?]

10868  
I think you Seer will be able to [receive?] a 
small work but will not be able to receive the
[co?]. [I?] should be given to you
4 times a year but that will be.

I shall be glad when the Seer does [not?] [read?] so
quick - she seems to see too quickly indeed of too
[?]

10869 
You are [wrong?] in supposing she sees too
quickly - it is her not seeing quick enough

but she sees and [reads?] quicker than I can write 

10870   
Some of the words are there long before [she sees?]
them and it is only with great difficulty 
that I put sufficient illumination for her 
to read them, you see it is not my fault,
but she will [?] that

we will [?] with you [as?]

10871   
   I am [s?] you cannot have a doubt upon 
the subject - [Shes?] equally powerful to
me when part of my sentence is lost
but I must [away?], I [tarry?] too long
Your Guardian Spirit is [impatient?]
  Will you be kind enough to discharge 
her I shall not appear again this evening

8:20' PM

160
Invoked the C. A.
25 Past 8 PM
The C. A is here
This Evening is the one appointed for you to favor me
with the telesm agst Sickness may I request it

10872
I should like to ask you if you have some
Vellum ready. as I should like to impregnate
it this Evening for you.

Will you also kindly impregnate the telesm you gave
me some years since

161

regard to his faculty of Seeing in the M or C not
in any way improving — and my iintention of invocating
for him as I worked to assist him.

10877
I do not wish you to do this Especially
for a time —
     I have given you my opinion upon writing
and writing mediums  as my other Communicat'n
with Mortals different to the one that
you adopt.
     However good the doctrine may be Let
forth for a time it is only as a Subterfuge
to hide their Evil designs and when they
have gained a sufficient power over mortals
they then find out their Error when it is
too late.

I mentioned before that  T. Jennings'  (Dr M's. Spirit
friend) discourses where not unexceptionable . and
that he had Stated he was a Spirit of the 5th
Sphere.—

10878
He is not of the Sphere he is a very
low Spirit had he belonged to that sphere
he would have known his GS.
     SevnOmina would not lend himself to
any such deception

Will S.OM. inform me how Dr M will best
develop his Sight

10879
I will learn from SOM all I can on
his behalf. I do not wish to give him
any advice of my Own. 

Shall I speak to you again next Tuesday fortnight on the
Subject 

10880
You can do so
May I now refer to the System of Divination by
Cards   You favored me with (       ) & observe that
I have some queries in relation thereto & may I.

162
Ask them When you appear again
10881.
Not the Next time
I will ask when we again meet when it will be agreeable
10882
do so on my Appearance at any time after
I will readily answer any question you may
ask
May I ask you to favor my Seer with a Vision
which at once greatly gratifies us & improvEs her
Sight.
10883
Not this Evening
Mr Lea's GS informed me he did not wish
her to inspect for too lengthened a period
I then referred at length to the tradition of the
Wandering Seer & the numerous Anecdotes connected
with him — and asked his Opinion
10884
Our Saviour was never so Revengeful
he was Ever just and Kind,
It is doing away with his Charity
towards mankind was he to inflect
upon a mortal so heavy a punishment
had he insulted Him — He would havE
Shown him the Error of his Ways and
givEn him a time for repentance and
had that been fulfilled in faith
he would have been savEd—
The Subject has been so much discussed specially
Among [?] of the [?] like m[e]yself. that
I hope you will not deem the question frivolous
10883
You are but Mortal.
May I [?] that I am desirous of Calling the
Spanish Monk — when shall I do so
10886
I would prefer your Calling him in any
other day than a Tuesday — it is not the
only work that will be givEn thought
Your present Seer — That will Astonish

153
Your much more than that
I think if you refer back to some
of your MSs. you will find there an
offer from me respecting [him?] [finding?] [your?]
[in to?]seers possess of vision to your present
one, that is now granted .
I hope I've lent to all [some?] happiness here and
hereafter.

10887 It would not be granted would it reach
            any other result
May [lack of times?] &etc.
10888 I hear not I am going to ask you to
            dismiss me.
10 ' to 10 PM .

Yr. December. 1858 [Shinshonse?]
      Miss [Charlotte Tea Spex?].
   Elter miss [iltim?]
    Invoked Selesino
[Ellenino?] here
Dr Mackenzie is  [d???s] of pub your article
"The practical laws of life" in the [seventh?] number
of the [Burlingine?] Review.  and I also should be 
pleased to see it there
    I cannot help or understand Dr M's 
    vein or yours but I have reasons of 

10889  my own, I do not (apt) wish that 
             article to appear yet.
Instead of humbling you with requests [??]
wait till you inform us when it may appear 

10890  let it be so.
May we be favored with a Vision
             I will grant you a Vision of one who
10891  Left this Earth. Who spent his life in

164
the service of his fellow men and did
not look for a reward hereafter.

before receiving the vision may I remark that all
Mackenzie has expressed his Entire willingness to
give up his present Spiritual Commn by his Mothers
Med??ship - altho it wd be a great deprivation, if
SOM wishes it - and I am desirous of receiving
SOM's instructions as to developing [MW's?] sight

10892
It would be much better for him to withold
his communion with his [??iting] medium
for his power will never be developed whilst
he holds communication with those whom
he has so often been guarded against.
He must have a little more patience
tell him he has not been so long a
seeker and a devoted servant to these
sciences as you and your friend

Will you request SOM. to appear or favor us
with a message for DrM. by the CA. next Tuesday

10893
I will do so.

When will it be convenient for you to give us the
lost parables [?] by our Lord to his disciples
as referred to Matthew. xiii.-52.

10894
You shall have Every thing you require
in due time

We wish also to Call the Spanish [M???]. So
that my Seer may get used to him - after the
vision

10895
You can do so be kind enough to use
the other Mirror for your vision to appear
in

do you mean the [M] formerly [Xero's?] or the unconsecrated
[M]

10896
It would be useless calling a Vision into
the one not consecrated - the vision will

The [Seeress?] had never seen it [Chosen?]. [Shied?] [all?] say it exactly describes him with his [Cap?] and hear him [pet?].

165

appear in five minutes
Mr. Lea [if any?]

10897 
[I have not?]

[Ellesmo?] left 20" to 9 PM

Lero's M

10898         The Vision

Now the Mirror is becoming clouded the 
mist is of a different color to any I saw before
its like the suns rays - its a [gauze?] colored veil
[be linen?] amber & yellow - [n?] it has [p?] down
the centre
   I can see the figure of a Mortal a
very, very old man he has a black velvet cap
on fitting low all over the top of his head
he has something in his hand like a horn
and a black coat very long theres [some words?]
[come?].

10899
"As I was"
he's gone as though he fell away vanished into
nothing (this much startled the Seer)

   Now theres something else coming its the
same face again but dressed in white edged 
with black - theres more words come.

10900 
"As I am"

I can see his long bony hands so thin his face
looks 10 years older than in the other [dress?]
now its becoming so light I can hardly look
at it yet a different light from that of other [x?]
it does not seem to come from him, but thrown
down upon him - now there's 4 small Spirits
by him they are floating near his shoulders



166
theres such a beautiful expression gone over his face the 4 Spirits are Children - & they have held over 
him a Crown of flowers—the flowers are very 
beautiful yet unlike any I have seen. the 
Children have wreaths of flowers over their right 
shoulders & fastened at the left side with another 
large flower., their dresses extend a little 
below their knees their Arms, legs & feet are 
bare. There dresses are white pink, blue and 
lavender.—they also have beautiful little crowns 
on their heads, their hands meet holding 
the crown over his head. now they have placed 
it on his head and thry are flouting back 
coming away from him—now they’re stopped 
Now from the right a [“a” inside double box] hand comer 
of the Mirror theres a larger spirit coming 
Down a tree has a staff in his hand with a 
wreath of flowers running down it, he has come 
in front of the old man. [depiction of staff] and said 
10907 
“ As thou hast sown. so shall thou reap” 
and he has placed the staff in his hand—these 
letters are very beautiful and have flowers at the 
top and bottom. they are something like our 
flowers but much more beautiful.—they are 
standing looking at each other but the spirit 
is moving to the left side fo the Mirror [depiction of Mirror] 
and theres a little dark spot at the back 
of Mir Ousn.—its now a tree & very splendid covered 
With a large yellow fruit—but the leaves of the 
tree are not very large.— it is indeed a beautiful tree. 
Now there are 4 more spirits coming 
From the top one fron each corner and hot 

167

and two in the middle the two corner spirits are
in purple and the two middle are in pink
these last 4 Spirits have feathery wings very
large extending above the head - the wings of the
other Spirits are smooth and small, these [s?]
are very beautiful they have gauzes with them
the same color as their dress which they hold
in their hands now they're divided and the
middle Ss are come on each side

Now the 4 top Spirits are coming down
they are below the children and 
the bottom Ss [?] up
they have opened their 
gauzes which have gone 
under [Mr. O?] 6 feet as
though he was standing
on it and the Spirit has gone behind him
now the children have taken Mr. O by the arms
& feet and laid him on the gauze with the
staff by his side and the first Spirit is kneeling
on the gauze and the little children are also
on the gauze - 
   Now each of the 4 Angels have lifted
up one hand their other hands holding the
gauze and they have thrown out from them
as it were a wreath of flowers which rest above
Mr. O, it looks so beautiful - Mr. O is quite
encased with the gauze I cannot see him now
the four Spirits have changed their position
they are floating with their hands [?] backwards
supporting the gauze & floating away with it
its nearly all gone - its gone. 10' past 9 [& theres?]
[come?]

10902
"Such a reward waits no such mortal"

Its all clear.

168

Unconcealed Mirror

Called [Adel?] the Spanish Monk

The Mirror slightly clouded then cleared 
Picture ended

Dec 14 1858

C A Mirror Mr. Lea Spex

Invoked the C A

10903
In white purple brings  crown &etc.
M MacKenzie is desirous of part of the essay by [Elleinso? [in]
"The Practical  laws of life" in the [present?] No of the [Biological?]
Magazine - may I ask your opinion as to its being [pub?]?
Thy were given to M Lea by his guardian
Spirit - they were given by his GS. to him
as a lesson.
M. has also expressed his determination to give up his
Spiritual Comm'n with S. J.  [though?] his mother is an
initiating medium and as he is so earnestly desirous of
[?] opening his faculty of mirror seeing - he wishes me
to call for him, that it may be the speedier developed
With respect to the writing mediums you
have my opinion upon those subjects [not]
before not only now but at a former time
I do not wish you to call for him with
any one there beyond yourself.
May I ask if you have seen [sessions?] of [mine?] and obtained
any communication from him for T M.

10905
I have and his advice for T MacKenzie 
is to dismiss all ideas from his mind of
using Communication with tapping and writing
mediums - if he persists in doing this
soon will cease to be his S.J.
He must wait with all due patience
and he will regain his power of Vision
had he adhered strictly in calling him

[169?]

10906
he would have been able to have seen 
S.O.M. by this time 
SOM wishes you to impress upon
D.M. the necessity of strictly adhering
to all that is good and beautiful
further wishing me to state than on 
Some future evening he will appear 
to call Lea and give her some instructions
for him
Will you please to name a time

10907
I have no idea of time and SOM did not
inform  me
When shall I favored with the concluding
book of your Spiritual and Metaphysical Philosopy

10908
No change
I repeated the question 

10909
I did not rightly understand you
As SOM as her Vision is a little more
powerful
As my seer is unwell may we be favored with 
a vision that will interest her without distressing
her sight so much 

10910
you are quite right I will give her one
I mentioned as to my Telesm  I also am fullfulling
his instructions as to my health - of sight &etc

10911
you do but you do not inform me
Whether your health has improved since
you have [?]
I replied JC I also hoped it would be better when I
returned [from London?] for good -  as my mind would be less
distressed

10912
when you have left all that will pass
away.

170
If [?] &c
10913
I will speak with you if your friend will
leavE the room.
Mr Lea left. and the C A gavE me the information he
[denied?] —
25'. to 9 PM
thE Vision
10914
Now there is a Splendid Curtain or Veil all
ovEr the Mirror — a perfect beauty its a most
magnificent lace veil — Now its suddenly gone
instantaneously. and he Mirror is one overpowEring
blaze of light like the Sun setting in the EvEning
It is almost too strong for me to look upon.
I can see such a beautiful garden , the bees
in it Appear all gold and silver flashing all
ovEr with light and beauty. and all round the
roots of the trees — are small yet most perfect
and intensely beautiful leaves some are like palm
trees in shape and there is one tree in the Middle
with such an immense leaf very like the palm
tree in [?] Gardnes but indescribably beautiful
I never saw anything like ti before
Now there's a Change Coming ovEr the
Trees, oh the tree are full of the most minute
little children some mot longer than a pin yet
as perfect as possible. the three is completely loaded
with them And three such an immense number
of them on the Ground among the leaves of different
[?] & tho so small yet perfectly
distinct . There appears thousands of them ^ all have
got wings They are passing about Some one way
& Some another — Some have such beautiful curly hair +
the Children are on the leaves with seems to
_ some fair some dark & their robe, of all ([?])

171
bend and wave under their weight is such a 
lovely sight - its gone -
My what name shall we call this Vision

10915 "The Vision of the happy land"
[?]
[?] Mirror
Invoked the [?] Angel
[Odie?] 19 Dec.1858 1/4 past 8 pm
The Mirror's Angel - now its [?] theres a
figure at a great distance off at full length but 
not sufficiently plain to describe it appears as a
misty shape with something on its head, a long
figure in loose robes
I ask the spirit please to give me his name 

10916 MET
Can the spirit present do any thing to make my
seer to see it plainer

10917 no answer
will the [?] Angel - appear when called on 
another [O die?] evening

10918 Yes-
[?] - 9:30 pm
Unconsecrated Mirror
called [P of C?]
The [?] sounded in the distance there [?] by 
 brawny hands come at the back theres

10919
[drawing of two hands]

172
Now they are gone — do you wish to appear at
another time — are the hands a signification that
you will do so.
10 920
It is not
May I ask if you will appear another Evening
so that my present seer may get used to your
appearance.
10 821
Your seer requested me not to appear
When will my present seer be able to receive
Your work.
10, 922
You will not receivE any communication
from me till then but I wish you to
call me and by that time. I shall
be able to appear very plain.
As I am rarely here except on [? o die] will it do for
Mr Lea to call you.
10 923
I would rather that you were Present
If I call you for a few Minutes the last thing
on a Tuesday will that facilitate your appearance.
10 924
It will do so
do you think my present Seer will be able to
Complete your M.S.
10 925
She will be made to complete it.
Could you favor us with a Vision that would gratify the Seer and interest us—
10 926
I would but I am not allowEd to do so
I gavE my word to, your seer and I
cannot go from it.
Could you suggest any means to facilitate her Copying
it— that she might practice
10 927
It must be as I havE Stated.
As we cannot havE a Vision may I ask you Some
Questions as to the F. R[?].
10 928
I am not permitted to hold longer Converse with you
Its quite clear. 20' to 9 PM.

1858
[?] [?]
8 pm     Invoked [?]
will you favor me with the telesms you kindly 
promised me to [?] my health.
10929  Yes I will
Now [?] has taken something from under the
Edge of his robe the edge of the robe has lined
backs, and it seems lined with figures Characters
around the edge of the inside of the robe some of them
look like precious stones, now it has fallen
quickly back. now there's a [?] seal in
the Edge of the robe
10930
8. 5.  The seal came which M Lea described
and so I draw it on parchment - and Eles[?]
verifed it = - and in the meantime I
invoked the C. A.

10931
C. A.  [?] [?]
Invoked the [??]
25 to 9 pm
May  I observe that last Saturday was [?] day the
anniversary of the Birth of Our Lord as kept amongst
Christians  may I ask if that also is a day of rejoicing
amongst good spirits
It is there cannot be too much rejoicing at
such a period as this when he was sent
to be the means of reclaiming so many
lost ones.
Is there any probability of one being informed of the
right time according to [?] chronology of JC's birth
He was born in the las month of the

174
Year and the date was not as you mortals
Suppose the 25th but the 7th
On Saturday next is the Commencemt of the new Year
I hope on my own part to keep up and preserve
Your kind protection & guidance for my Eternal Welfare
10933
I do not see any thing to prevent it
and I trust that you may turn your
mind more than you have done to the
world to come , for be assured you will
find more peace and Consolation in
following out that which is good.
And on behalf of my Seer I hope an increase of
her power of discerning Spirits that I may receive
Your fortune [?] correctly
10 934
It will be so but you must wait with
all due reverence.
May I depend on Your presenting the other intending
C. A Spirit[s] who asserted his Guardian ship over
Me from appearing in this [M] consecrated to you
and thereby defending me
10 935
I should cease to be what I am were
I to do so.
I thank you I alluded to it only because my Seer
not being so well acquainted with your appearance
might be united as before.
10934
He did not appear in this [M.]
Mr. [?]. Jones of Peckham has returned my Mirror
which I lent him (    ) with the intimation
that whilst he possessed it his seers lost their
faculty of Spirit seeing both in that and also
in his Crystals and that he also lost the greater
part of his Spiritual powwr or faculty of receiving
impressions may I ask why [?] View of the Cause
10937
Trust the Spirits that he called here
of a low order — they were Evil and he

175
Seers havE not the power of inspecting
his seers had the faculty of discerning & had receivEd
visions which were, not least one of them was, accurately
fulfilled & verified—
10938
That was done by Evil and it is not to be
supposed that using your box Mirror +
the Call rightly first that any could
Appear therein .
Mr. [?] to havE two Ms made like my
oval or box M. Shall I get them made + get you
to givE good Spirits to them. or let him get them made
by the maker.
10939
I should wish you not to mix yourself
up with him as he is entirely Surrounded
with Evil Spirits.
Mr. Jones has written. this letter requesting answers
to the following Questions
1st. would a C.A become the guardian of a M for me
10940
he would not.
2: Could my late wife be the Gn. of a M for me
10941
No that would not be allowEd she would
not havE the power of being a GS until
she had passed through certain Spheres
— not one to be relied upon
gn. HavE I the faculty of Seeing in a M.
10942
He will never be able to inspect.
4.
What spiritual rank has the Guardian who
acts  in me and could he be a M guardian
10943
He holds no rank he is a spirit of
[?]
the worst Kind.
5 What are my gifts as a Medium
10944
No Answer.
I think May I observE that Mr. Jones appears to
havE a holy Christian faith—& an Earnest belief in
Spiritualism — it is therefore very desirable that

176 
he should be placed in the one true path 
10945 
There are many who believe in the 
Redemption thro our Lord & Savior Jesus 
Christ, and there are many who profess 
to believe in Spiritualism but it is merely 
To show the world that they possess a 
Something more than their fellow men 
and forgetting that they are Mortal. 
May I observe that on very many occasions my 
late dear Seer Read Visions in my Crystals aromdly 
in reference to her sister Selina and her allinate 
marriage with one called by us Mr H. & Vision of 
her Children &e. were they all delusions or illusions 
10946 
They were merely given us visions to 
amuse them. not as realities had you 
not received visions or Scenes of this kind 
Your Seer would have objected to look for 
You. 
That these Visions also appeared to allude & that
pointedly to my dear Seer and her death in 
1864 may I ask by what kind of Spirits 
Such Visions & illusions were given 
10947 
They were not bad Spirits, Your Seer 
would have lived upon your Earth for 
Some short time longer but you have 
had this explained to you before. 
From the first commencement of my late dear Seer, 
inspection we have had ( to ) contained 
visits from an al Spirit known to us by the name 
of Capt Anderson. with whom we have heard very 
numerous & to me interesting Conversations. & who also 
has related to us many & irregular Spiritual occurrences 
Is he a real person. in this world I shall ( ever 
know him 
10948 
he does exist and you will meet 

177

I regret to say that I continue much bothered with
spasms & my head is exceedingly bad - but I 
hold the talisman & have your [instructions?]

10949 
had you not [wanted?] that you would
have been [?] - You must call upon
me at the times stated, it will then
have more influence.

I [refered?] to D.M. having finally given up his connection
with his Spirit friend S.J. - that his mother is
a writing medium. I was referred to the apparent
excellence of the [d?] [?comes?] so [received?]

10950 
I have given you my opinion of inviting
mediums some time back.

Mr. Jones has sent me this book entitled
"Astounding facts from the Spirit World witnessed
at the house of J. [Gridley?] Esq by a circle of
friends embracing the [expenses] of Good [?]"
May I ask your opinion of it

10951
do not put it near the Mirror

May I ask your opinion of this diagram of
the Seven Spheres.  Can you see it

10952
I can do so it is entirely false

If they are evil how can they be thus allowed 
to mislead the truly unfortunate searchers after
Truth who previous to their conversion to Spiritualism
to [have?] many of them Materialists & not having
the benefit of Spirit Guidance like your own 
have our dreams of testing them except by the
instructions given in John IV v3 -

10953
Were they strong in their belief of
Salvation through our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ to pray earnestly
only for Good. No Evil  Spirits 
would then be able to rap or more 
tables and chairs at their bidding

11 Jan 1859 8 PM      C.A. Mirror
                             Limehouse Mr. Lea Spex

Invoked the CA

May I ask if we can be favored with a Vision this [eve?]

10959
You can have a Vision 

May I ask if our [late?] friend Robert [Owen?] [wishes?] to
communicate with us or any thing to say to his son
the Hble Robert Dale [Owen?]

10960
I have not been informed of any wish of his 
at present would your friend Lea leave the 
room for five minutes

My friend left the room & the CA gives me a 
communication from my late dear Seer [Ess?]  

20' to 9 PM

10961  The Vision

The Mirror is veiled it is different from the Veil in the
[East?] it is much handsomer, something [like very?]
splendid [Valenciennes?] lace only the flowers are
more beautiful, they appear to stand out like thick 
branches it is white all over flowers and all - its gone

Now I can see only a large piece of square
white marble now theres a little figure coming down 
all in white with wings at the end of the wings 
there appears something like a diamond now there's 
another coming down from the opposite corner B
with a kind of yellow looking stone at the 
end of its wings. they [?] their wings 
waving them gently but not spread open
as birds wings are when flying - their
dresses are all lace & very beautiful, they
have rested on the square of marble - Now
the marble is changing into what appears
a large block of chysolite white with a tinge of 
green perfectly beautiful - I did not notice that

179

Each has in its left hand a line or [?] - Now
theres a Spirit come down from C. - (the block
changed its appearance as soon as the two first
Spirits settled upon it - the Middle Spirit is
much larger his wings have opened they are
very large and beautiful and come over on front
of them, theres something on every one of the 
feathers. It has a [ship?] of something in its hand
about as wide as my finger holding it with the
fingers in both hands and the other
two Spirits are looking at the [band or ?] which
is changing and theres letters coming upon it - the
third Spirit is dressed in a white dress and a 
purple robe very like C A's - the words are

10962
"All hail to the New Year"
I have come to visit another part of the happy land

and from the two former Spirits [theres?] gone "Welcome"
There is such a difference tho both very beautiful
in their countenance - they have fair hair & [curly?]
[curls?]. The last Spirit has darker hair - now
the 3 Spirit has [hung?] the band to his left
side and the two little Spirits have taken
hold of the 3rd Spirits hands and they are rising
up

Now there is such a [l?] [grass?] [M?],
a [dozn?] miles long lined with orange trees
with the fruit upon them & blossoms also 
one tree seems all blossom and the other all
fruit it is a very beautiful sight and the three
Spirits are flying down it

Now there thousands of all those little
Spirits I saw last time some of them are not an
inch long and yet perfect in the extreme they

they have wreaths of flowers and especially roses
of all colors hanging in festoons one to the other
the flowers are so beautiful they look [p?]
the little Spirits are now all going as rapidly 
as they came and only the three are left, they 
are flying up the grove, they look so lovely
and beautiful now they ve come back & the groves
gone. Now the 3rd Spirit is gone and only the 
first two left - now they are gone also -

9 PM

Sun 7.25.1859      
Limehouse
C. A. Mirror

Invoked the CA
1/4 past 8
[?]

10963
You are at liberty after the 24th to go to any
places of amusement you may wish to go to
I have for some time past placed my hands on my head
according to your former instructions

10964
You must still continue to do so I will
give you timely warning when you may 
leave that off.

10965
I hope my late dear Seer is progressing and
I wish she would do more that I request 
of her but we will pass this over for the
present.

10966
You can now put any questions you wish
As to the System of Divination by Cards

10967
You can ask any questions you like but
I though that I gave them in such a 
plain way that you could not raise a
question upon them.

180

[&?] have a vision this evening

10968
You can have a Vision in 20 minutes time 

I will now read [?] the instructions you gave & you can
favor me with your comments

10969
It will be much better

I received the further instructions till 1/4 to 9 when
the C A said

10970
You must now rest your Seer Eyes.

The C A left

10' to 9 PM The Vision

10971
   The Mirror's veiled, the ground work 
is of very fine lace with figures all over it - all the
figures are Angels like Cupids in different attitudes
This veil hangs down in folds - Theres a splendid
light come at the back of it - its all gone (3')
   There something coming in the middle 
its the square block of marble, the side facing 
me has flowers upon it - it has folding doors 
which have opened and there's splendid flowers on
the inside of each door - they are flowers of precious 
stones of all colors and shine brilliantly and 
the inside is made to match & form like a
little room. Now the top part's raised a little
and it is painted on the top with figures of 
Angels - the inside of the top - The outside is  
like a large precious stone.
   There's the same figure which I saw
before which came down upon it - Now theres
7 small spirits not longer than ones finger they 
are inside the room 3m one side and 4m
the other - the first has walked into the
middle of the room and knelt down and put
his hand up he has  2 rings on one hand

and one on the other he is kneeling down facing 
me, the face a little up—Now the little spirits are 
Kneeling & their little hands up their hands do not 
seem larger than a finger nail 
Now there are two more coming out at the back not so large as the S Spirit Yet larger than 
the others I can see their wings plainer than the 
others they are in white robes and they hold up 
their robes in their hands as tho’ they were
bringing something in it where’s a band gone 
from each of the two last—spirits. 
10,972 
"I have brought you this reward for thou
art faithful"
They have all rose from their knees and the first 
Spirits have taken flowers out of the laps of the 
other two he has 3 flowers in one hand and 
two in the other and the last two spirits have 
gone there are small ribbons on each bouquet 
and on it “Faith” one of the 4 Spirits inside 
has come in front and turned his back to me 
now the top of the room has fallen back and the 
doors have fallen back and the little spirits 
have risen up level to where the ceiling was 
So that they are as high as the first Spirit 
they have suddenly taken a flying position 
they are all going up the Children carry up 
the flowers so that they hang over the 1st Spirit 
Now his wings open so beautiful—they are all 
going—the room goes up with them the Spirits 
are gone and the lids fallen [up] over again the 
doors have closed the bright appearance has gone 
off and its turned like a block of marble again 
Its all gone 8’ past 9 PM

181

Limehouse
[A die?]     1859     [6 am?]

Invoked the C A

The C A appeared as usual

As to my head [&c?]

10973
You must still continue to do so

I hope my Seers sight will be strengthened so that she 
may receive the [comm?] I so much covet

10974
Your Seers sight will be wonderfully 
[improved?] in a very short time, it looks to
me as if it was the [present?]

My dear Seer promised to appear in Feb as I do
not intend calling - I must request you to advise me
of the time.

10975
I will inform you when she will appear

May we have a vision this evening

10976
That will depend entirely upon the 
[time?] the Cards will occupy.
I would complete the Cards as you
wish it, this evening if possible.

[If my?] [&c?]

10977
I also wish that should you feel a 
faintness come over you in the street
or any other place to make a mark 
across you chest in this direction

(the CA did it with his left hand)

10978
In no way 
forget to do this

Am I to use any words or merely call upon you
[*this came in [c?]*]

10979
You have only to say the word
"Trust"
If there is any thing you wish to 
ask inform me & it can be so

We then received the communications [required?] which
[occupied?] til 1/4 past 9 - and then upon
[asking?] if we could be favored with a vision

there came

10980

I think indeed I know that it would be 
better for her not to inspect any longer
tonight - with your leave I will take my 
leave.

[?] 21 Feb. 1859     Limehouse

Invoked the C.A.

5' to 8

As to my health improving

10981

I do not see the slightest doubt.
You will find yourself so much better in 
London.

As to our seeing the 4 book

10982
All will be done for you that can in
due time.

Lt. Mackenzie has written me this [?] & also an address
to his G.S. --  [?] [?] he cannot        it
develope his Light  he is extremely anxious for me to
call for him &c.

10983
I do not wish to communicate with DM at
all but you can read his note and I
will give you my opinion upon it
I do not wish you to take this in hand
I do not wish to become the GS. of [?]
one in fact I could not
[?] as to my calling S.OM. for him

10984
No answer
Read DM.S address to SOM.

10985
on some future evening S.OM. I have no 
doubt will appear. and he will be able
to answer all those questions to his 
satisfaction all I can say to him is as [?]
GS. that he should remain strong in faith
to [?] at the time appointed for him


182

to inspect his Mirror and he will then
succeed but he must not be dull at
having wasted 2 years when you have
studied so many years and only been 
able to communicate through another
with the Spirit World so few out of so
many and then in the end he will
have the power of inspecting for himself

As I shall [now?] shortly commence preparing for my
leaving [Croyden?] & my friend is also preparing to 
lessons I shall not be able to ask the questions
I wish till I am once more settled.

10986

I shall not address you till you have
left and are residing in London.
I will have then some instructions
to lay down for you.

When you have left the house 
kindly dismiss every Spirit you have 
called while residing there.

And when you enter your new 
lodgings call upon me.

The Vision will appear in 5 minutes

28' past 8

10987   The Vision

Here is a different curtain, its a white net
with gold stripes, its fallen down quick, I can see
only a [the] large Square [Solid] piece of [marble] white
something like white [calico?], [its?] gradually falling 
back very slowly - now its curled all up like a 
wreath of smoke and left such a beautiful square of
glass under it an immense piece splashed all over
with spots - They are trees like a beautiful word

I can see a figure in the distance but an immense
way off as tho miles distant, yet I can see it has
a book and looks as though weeping, it has the
book up to its eyes, it has no wings  it's gradually
coming this way walking in and out of the trees
All the trees appear to be moving as well as the
figure - Now I can see more walking, there are
three more only they are holding these books in both
hands, the first figure has one hand up as though
weeping  They are still moving on trees and all
as though bringing another part of the wood up to
the glass, the trees are very beautiful, of many
different kinds, now there numbers of figures there
are 14 of them  I can see another figure that has
wings, it is sitting but I cannot see upon what
there a crook on staff at the side of the sitting
figure, a wreath of leaves around its head, the wings
do not come up over it's head, it has a plain white 
dress and a pink band toward the waist, no letters or
[?], the walking figures are going towards it.

Now the sitting spirit has got up and
is walking  it was sitting on an ivory pillar very
beautifully carved.  like the Chinese carvings   all
the other figures are standing around in a semicircle
with the Angel in the centre  the others are mortals
with loose garments and books, they fall in around
the waist but have no bands, now they are all
kneeling  I can not see their faces, which are as tho
purposely hidden  Some have light and others
dark hair

The angel is walking toward them
he has looked on all their books with such precision
almost all at the same moment  he is now

dividing them  he has sent 3 to the first one
the rest he has directed to the other side of
the Glass  a  [illustration] through the trees   he waved
his staff and they are gone  he has turned
his back and come to the [?], b,  and sent them
among the trees on this side and now there's
some words gone between them

10988  "Tarry a little while and shall return"
its all going, its getting faint   its gone

5' to 9 PM  action ended  21  Feb. 1859

NB.  In consequence of my leaving [?]
to live in London  my friend Mr Lea also
being about changing his residence I did
not have another action until [mars sign] [d??]
25th April 1859.

184

Owing to my unsettled state & [consumed?] by the death 
of my late beloved Seer. -- & the evenings devoted to
her appearance in the Mirror - which I have entered
in another book - & other matters connected therewith 
the following responses which were given in or about 
the month of November 1858 were omitted. 

[?]die Nov. 1858
Invoked Eltesmo
9 to 12 PM
As to Seven O [Man?] & Mr Mackenzie

10989
I have enquired of his GS and you 
must not call for him - but SOM
would be happy to appear
 
although the doctrines of Saml. Jennings his [writing?]
spirit appear excellent I cannot feel in regard
to them as I do with yours & the CA

10990 
they cannot be relied upon 

If direct Mr Lea as to certain matters

10991 
he can seek all that knowledge from
A I am willing to give him advice 
as far as his spiritual welfare is 
concerned and as his GS I am
bound to do so

If favor my seer with a vision

10992
not this Evening her mind is too much
disturbed

[?]die Nov Invoked Eltesmo
10' to 9
If any advice for Mr Lea

10993
I will give you my opinion upon any questn.
you have to ask upon a future evening
but as your seer has expressed an opinion
of [your] being unwell.. I have no [desire] 
advice to give you this evening -- as far
as your worldly welfare is concerned 
you can still continue to call A.

When will our Seer be able to receive the Cont'n of your
Esteemed works

10994  I cannot say having no idea of Time
but it does not seem long before she
can receive my works.  and other
things I wish her to inspect for your
welfare & spiritual knowledge.

1099[9]5  I am obliged to be careful with your Seers
sight or you  or you might overstrain
it,  I do not wish to do this, as I
am as anxious for you to receive any
communications as you are to receive them.

November. 1858.
8 PM.               Invoked Eltesmo.
As to my seeing the C A with E's permission in Eltesmos M.

10996     Mr Lea will perhaps leave the room, the
C A may have some private communications
to make
               I will appear again

5' past 8 Called         The C A.
as to ESL.

10997  It entirely rests with herself.
I have used all my influence over her that
I am able but she does not progress so
well as I should wish, you had better
fulfill all her wishes, and then she
would perhaps forget your Earth.  I have
used a deal of influence with her.  Knowing
she was your seer and the means of 
communicating with me.  

10998   You can ask any Question you think fit


As to my leaving Croydon
It is my wish also that you should do so
as it will not only lend go your worldly
benefit but to your health 

This my wish I was able to put my
wishes into a form thro the aid of your 
seer and convey them to you 

do so your seer hold me your friend Lea
was about taking a larger home possibly
you might go and live with them.

but [?] leads you to be the best judge 
in those matters - I do not know whether
it might be agreeable to them [?]
much so I might be to yourself 

As to my illness
I will [?] you a seal which will present
you have a serious illness I shall not
be able to give it you till the last Tuesday 
of this month 
If any Advice 
do not put my Mme Communications
before the public at present
I do not wish you to [?] publish any 
thing yet or to trouble yourself with [?]
I will then give you an article to put
forth that shall be of benefit to yourself
and you fellow men
I need not add that I shall be always 
with you and when any trouble comes 
upon you call upon me mentally and
I will lend you my Aid 
As to my being dull 
I do not think you will feel I dull
11006

11007
you will find yourself more at liberty
than you have done for a long time
for you has (suffered) [?] yet have 
great [disagreeable?]   but I trust
they will soon pass away

11008
It will be as well for you when calling
not to keep Mme Lea too long sitting
in one position

11009
Especially when so unconscious sitting
for a long time in one position
I do not wish her to feel in pain
She is in an unnatural state. 
though of strong mind she is [nervous?] 

November /58
Invoked the C A

11010
Let it be so you can now ask what 
is most important to yourself and I 
will give you my opinion 

11011
I trust that you will be able and I am 
sure that you will cease communication
in this form for your worldly welfare
but other times you will leave as 
usual

11012
That I would wish only to be known 
to yourself, there were often opportunities
for me to do so before but I could 
not.

11013
I should prefer your coming before Xmas
it will be much better for your health and
help lead to your benefit that you 
should be here.

11014 
But her End will be peace -------
It will be a work of time -------
11015
I do use all my influence with her. --
but I am happy to inform from you she has
shaken off all bad feelings to any mortal
upon your earth and when she has reached
that state of happiness it may please God 
to call her to ------------------------
she will be able to appear three times
before leaving this Earth.
11016 
her appearing only leaves her nearer to that
State of bliss which it is the wish of all
to obtain.
11017
You may do so
11018
I would wish ---- I have a great wish -----
it is with respect for yourself with your
Employer.  You had done wrong with respect
to raising objections to your friend Lea going
to the office, it has so added to your
benefit. he is a man who does not forget
and it would have been to your advantage
if he had been, for you are about to have
a severe illness.
11019
It was a pity your Seer lead that which
was not placed before her, but she now
sees the folly of having an ill feeling
towards any person.

11020
You will find Every thing of ------------
I should cease to be your Guardian Spirit -----
You may not see the propriety of my
tennet.
11021
I have no idea of time I can see that this

This is about to occur and I think it my 
duty to apprize you of it.

11022
I allow you to be the best judge of all these
circumstances, being a moral and at the
same time you must exonerate your
friend Lea from doing any thing shabby 
from one mortal to another he would not
if he was to suffer any thing that a mortal
could suffer.

11023
I have a ask that you should not write
another article for publication after the
one you are about to write until I inform 
you may do so.

11024
It is my wish, not but what I should like
all these wishes brought before man for 
his benefit but your Employer Mr Bigbie
has a very great objection to these sciences

11025
I was aware of that & had I known for it 
was my wish that brought my __________[*?*]

11026
I used my influence in respect for you had
I known that I would not have done so 
but I find from your remarks that it has
done you no good.

11027
Your Seer is about to return
I do not wish her to be aware that ______
but it does her no harm _______

11028
I would prefer your Calling her in the Mirror

11029
But you can rely upon all

The CA left

187

10278 The Spirits progress [upwards?] a Vision cont. 
10284 CA [contenance?] of his [Met?] [Mrs C?]
86          "   As to Mrs Leas sight her [weariness?]
93          "   The [?] [?]
95
97          "   The Vision an event that has actually [received?]
98          "   As to [missionary?] [uses?]
10308    "   As to [F?] [R?] [on true believers?]
302        "   Wish to be called every Tuesday "Even for a [moment?]" 10322
307        "   The Vision cont.
309        "    Mystic characters
316        "    as to [S.O.M.?] [?] to appear
318        "    The Vision continued
319        "    Mystic characters
326        "    The Vision concluded 
327        "    Remarks on the Vision
328        "    CA's  [promised?] [cont?] of the book
331        "    as to Cap. Anderson [armadas?] & Capt [Bent?] [vision?]
336        "    The [Eram glass?] only for Visions & [short?] [p?]
340        "    The old woman [?] then [crossed?] [E?] bed
341
343        "     As to a seal agt these Visions 
344        "     "would think about it." a nice [p?] [?]  
346        "     The faculty must be inherent -- crystal seeing -- 
                     & his objections to my seeing --
348         "    As to [publishing?] the [Wall?] & a preface promised 
350         "    [Waterloo?] [?] -- Instructions for calling
                     His first apparition
358         "    Eltesmo's reasons for going [?] walls
360  Eltesmo  The [M?] [?]  of life 
3              "    remarks about cont [?]
368          "    returned his thanks to me 
371          "    "The Book of Spiritual [?]" [*the one we lost the oppy of receing]
372          "     seal for his mirror

[??] st M Tills
[???] in [Membership?]
10384 For my at Mr Tills
3881 Secures a membership
39
Mr. League uncalled
10398 Mr Ardeum had been crowded. See no
he reformed a beryl  
404 [?] myself
407 Ch. for Knr Legg
410 Mrs Legg conferenced with her
[?].- goes the names of the F.S.[?]
425 address to Mr Tell

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RBSCD                         50 Mirror at low [???ding]
                                     88 Emma has Vision

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