Note on Chapter 2. Clairvoyance in spiritualist churches
THIS phenomenon, as exhibited in Spiritualistic churches or temples, as the Spiritualists usually call them, varies very much in quality. So uncertain is it that many congregations have given it up entirely, as it has become rather a source of scandal than of edification. On the other hand there are occasions, the conditions being good, the audience sympathetic and the medium in good form, when the results are nothing short of amazing. I was present on one occasion when Mr. Tom Tyrell, of Blackburn, speaking in a sudden call at Doncaster —a town with which he was unfamiliar— got not only the descriptions but even the names of a number of people which were recognized by the different individuals to whom he pointed. I have known Mr. V
