their will suffices. (A Spirit showed himself to the medium with the features of Allan Kardec; he gave to his fluid, successively and at intervals, the colors of red, rose, blue, yellow, milk-white; this fluid was very pure and very luminous; the brilliancy of the diamond is pale compared to it.) 3. The Spirits can give to their perisprit the form and appearance of others disincarnated, even when these Spirits are their superiors; consequently they can take the form of an incarnated. 4. The fluids pass through all bodies; we have experimented with cast iron, wood, porcelain, glass and crystal. 5. These fluids can be made, not only visible to all eyes, but palpable under the form of dust; by concentrating a certain quantity of their molecules. I am convinced of the phenomenon by numerous experiments made here and by our friend and brother Blanc, of Gaillac. The process is very simple; it is only to pour some drops of distilled water into a glass or other receptacle; magnetize the water for some time, and afterwards evaporate it-by the sun or by the fire. The evaporation accomplished, there is found at the bottom of the receptacle a deposit, which is the concentrated fluid, the distilled water leaving no traces. POSTHUMOUS HISTORIES. A work has been published in Spain, entitled "Histories from beyond the Tomb," by M. Emmanuel Corchado, Deputy of the Assembly, and translator of the works of Allan Kardec. The author is an ardent Spiritist, as also is M. Fernandez Barcelona, and they are both earnest defenders of Kardec's philosophy. The work referred to contains a list of the names of some of the more distinguished Spiritists in Spain, from which it will appear that the subject is strongly represented by those who hold eminent positions at Madrid. We make a record of the names as follows: Don Alejandro Benisia, Assistant Director of Finance; Anastasio Garcia Lopez; Manuel Corchado; Marquis de la Floride; José Navarrete, (Deputies); Antonio Hustado, Ex-prefect, and a distinguished poet; Antonio Torres Solano; Eusebio Ruiz Salovinia, General of Division; Lieut.-Gen'l Joaquim Bassols. A SPIRIT TELLS THE STORY OF HER LIFE. M. Joseph Palet y Villava has published the life of Charlotte Didier, (a leaf from 1793), obtained by somnambulic mediumship from her spirit. At the age of sixteen Charlotte saw her mother mount the scaffold, a victim of the blackest calumny. Abandoned by her father, who fled from Paris, she obtained work from a poor woman. She longed to die; and stationing herself at the entrance of the Girondist Club, she called Marat assassin as he was entering. Very much astonished, he stopped to see who had apostrophized him. The scene with Marat is very touching. Charlotte affected his heart by recalling to him his own mother; he could not restrain his tears. He pardoned her. She passed her last years in a small village of Lorraine, where she did all the good possible. She was called the mother of the poor. The work is written with great simplicity, with beauty of style united to the purest moral. The alleged motive of the Spirit was to propagate Christian Spiritualism, the doctrines of which are said to be lucidly expressed. The work is adorned with a portrait of the spirit, obtained mediumistically by-so says the Revue Spirite-M. Joseph Tolosa, member of the Spanish Society of Spiritists. ALMANAC OF SPIRITISM. This work has had great success in Spain in spite of the attacks of the clergy in the Carlist and retrograde journals. It is a collection of articles from the most distinguished Spanish Spiritists, of poetry and communications from Spirits. A striking particularity in the Almanac is the Roman Calendar (santoval), a work dictated by the Spirits, who indicate the medianimic qualities of a part of the saints of the Romish Church. The idea of this publication was inspired by Spirits—the guides of M. Joseph Palet y Villava, a Spanish writer of some renown; also Spanish Consul in England. The Almanac is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece and six fine portraits, wood engravings, representing Allan Kardec, Daniel Dunglass Home, M. M. Fernandez, President of the Society of Barcelona; General Bassols, Ex-minister of War and honorary President of the Society of Madrid; and Ausó, President of the Society of Alicante, with fac-simile autographs of the persons. The Review remarks that this work is destined to give a new impetus to the diffusion of Spiritism. UNIVERSITY HONORS.-A proposition has been presented to the Constituent Assembly of the Spanish Republic, to establish a chair for Spiritism in the Spanish Universities. This proposition, due to deputy Don José Navarrete, is signed by the Deputies Garcia Lopez (D. Anastasio), Corchado, Benitez de Lugo (Marquis de Floride), and Redondo Franco. M. Navarrete will be charged to sustain it in the approaching session (January). As an orator he is a celebrity in Spain. E. A. W. SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, Literature, Art, and Inspiration. VOLUME ONE, ELEGANTLY BOUND. THIS splendid octavo, of nearly six hundred pages, printed on superfine paper, with ORIGINAL PORTRAITS on steel, is now ready for delivery. It is by far the most Substantial and Elegant Volume that has thus far graced the Periodical Literature of Spiritualism. This Book contains important contributions from J. R. Buchanan, M.D., Professor of Physiology in the Boston University; George Sexton, M. A., LL.D., London, England; Hon John W. Edmonds, New York; Mrs. Fanny Green McDougal, California; Miss Belle Bush, Principal Belvidere Seminary; Judge Israel Dille and Alfred Cridge, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Charlotte Wilbour, President of Sorosis; Rev. Sumner Ellis, Boston; Arthur F. Ewell, Professor of Mathematics; Mrs. Emma A. Wood, Quartermaster's Department; Mrs. Elizabeth L. Saxon, New Or7. leans; William Fishbough, Horace Dresser, LL.D.; J. K. Ingalls, Giles B. Stebbins, Rev. D. J. Mandell, and others; with over two hundred pages on Spiritualism, Reform, Literary, Philosophical, and Popular Topics by the Editor. VOLUME I. May be had at various prices, according to the style of binding selected, as follows: In Muslin, with heavy beveled boards and marbled edges, $3,75; with Turkey backs and corners, $4.75; and in full Turkey, with gilt edges, $6.00. If ordered to be sent by mail, fifty cents must be added for prepayment of postage. Address, BRITTAN'S JOURNAL. THE ANGEL IN THE DREAM, By the EDITOR 176 SONGS OF THE WINDS, (Poetry,) By FANNY GREEN MCDOUGAL 177 182 THE WINGS OF SCIENCE. 199 JUDGE ISRAEL DILLE, By the EDITOR.... MATTER, ETHER AND SPIRIT, By JUDGE ISRAEL DILLE. THE GATES OF THE MORN, (Poetry,) By BELLE BUSH ADAM, THE FATHER OF MEN, By FANNY GREEN MCDOUGAL. LESSON OF LIFE, (Poetry,) By J. ELFRETH WATKINS SOCRATES AND EVIL SPIRITS.-J. K. INGALLS-EDITORIAL ETCHINGS-Qualifying the Truth-Destructi n of the World-Is Science Dead?-All Nations Inspired-The Nobility of Nature.-The Solar Harp-Natural Clairvoyance-Reckoning with the Graphic. -Hon. JOHN WORTH EDMONDS. ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE SOLAR HARP, By Prof. GEORGE HARRISON 205 224 231 244 252 253 260 261-291 292-6 |