1915
The White of the Egg is Recommended
This is one of the least known of all methods of foretelling the future, according to the ancient, secret wisdom of prophetic insight. Yet it is one of the most interesting, and easy to perform — though, of course, like all methods of the kind, some skill and practice are necessary in order to interpret quickly and speedily the symbolic interpretations of the signs presented, writes Prof. Sothnos Lalillier in the New York American.
In order to practice this part of cabalistic interpretation, you must procure a fresh egg — as new-laid as possible — and carefully separate the white of the egg from the yolk. Nearly fill a tumbler with cold water and drop the white of the egg into it, a drop at a time. Now place this glass carefully aside for 24 hours, being sure to cover the glass carefully, and that the water does not become warmed by proximity to a radiator, etc.
When you again look at the glass, you will find that your white of egg has congealed into various odd-shaped figures — circles, squares, animals, trees, crosses, etc. — which are to be interpreted according to the formula that follows.
Long, wavy lines denote losses and troubles; straight lines, on the contrary, denote peace, long life, prosperity and happiness.
Squares denote peace and happiness; a ring, marriage. If a letter can be discovered near the ring this will be the first letter of the name of the person you are to marry. If clouds are about the ring, think long and carefully before accepting this person, even if he offers marriage.
If a leaf is seen, speedy good fortune will come your way from some unexpected source. If an anchor is seen, fidelity in love is indicated. If a dog is seen, this is a good sign, if near the top of the glass, denoting faithful friends; if near the middle, doubtful ones; and if near the bottom, enemies to be avoided.
A lily or similar flower foretells happiness, if near the top of the glass; disappointment if near the bottom. If a number of small dots or spots are present, money is coming your way, unless clouds surround them, in which case you will receive bad tidings and notice of losses. A heart denotes a love letter which you will shortly receive. The sun, moon, or stars denote happiness and success.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The Ouija Declines
1920
William and Isaac Fuld are contestants in a comparatively unimportant suit in a Baltimore court. Each claims to have invented the Ouija board. Each one claims the right to profit from the sale of the invention. The court is asked to settle the dispute and decide who is entitled to the profits from the sale last year of 375,000 of these popular instruments of modern psychism.
Newspaper correspondents were quick to grasp the incongruity. A court with all its admitted human failings was asked to decide the question. The arbitration of the all-wise and all-known Ouija board was refused by those who might be expected to know its virtues best.
The Fuld brothers hit on a queer policy of advertising their wares.
Frequently it is reported that Ouija board devotees have become insane through too great faith in the mysterious powers of the omnipotent board. It would seem that the Fuld brothers were a trifle crazy so publicly to confess the purely mundane origin of Ouija. After such a confession in court it would appear that only those who already are mentally unbalanced would purchase Ouija as anything more than a toy.
If Ouija cannot designate its own inventor, what can be expected of it in other fields?
—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 20, 1920, p. 6.
William and Isaac Fuld are contestants in a comparatively unimportant suit in a Baltimore court. Each claims to have invented the Ouija board. Each one claims the right to profit from the sale of the invention. The court is asked to settle the dispute and decide who is entitled to the profits from the sale last year of 375,000 of these popular instruments of modern psychism.
Newspaper correspondents were quick to grasp the incongruity. A court with all its admitted human failings was asked to decide the question. The arbitration of the all-wise and all-known Ouija board was refused by those who might be expected to know its virtues best.
The Fuld brothers hit on a queer policy of advertising their wares.
Frequently it is reported that Ouija board devotees have become insane through too great faith in the mysterious powers of the omnipotent board. It would seem that the Fuld brothers were a trifle crazy so publicly to confess the purely mundane origin of Ouija. After such a confession in court it would appear that only those who already are mentally unbalanced would purchase Ouija as anything more than a toy.
If Ouija cannot designate its own inventor, what can be expected of it in other fields?
—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 20, 1920, p. 6.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Death Merely a Transition is "Word" of Dead Boston Pastor
1921
While the experiences of Dr. Elliott and the Braintree business man have been advanced by British spiritists as valid physical proof of the existence of another world (involving a guardian angel and visions of the crucified Christ), psychic manifestations are still being reported in the United States as competent evidence.
In Boston, Mass., a series of lectures are being delivered by what is represented as the personalities of various men and women who have died, through the body of the Rev. F. A. Wiggin, pastor of Unity Church. The first of these lectures was given recently when Dr. George C. Lorimer, late pastor of Tremont Temple, who died in 1904, supposedly spoke.
There was nothing uncanny about this service. After congregational singing and a prayer, Rev. Mr. Wiggin stepped forward, closed his eyes and announced his text from the seventeenth verse of the seventh chapter of Corinthians — "As the Lord hath called every one so let him walk."
It was Rev. Dr. Lorimer who was now talking through Mr. Wiggin. As Dr. Wiggin lifted his head the whole gesture was undeniably reminiscent of Rev. Dr. Lorimer, according to those who knew that well known pastor.
But "Dr. Lorimer" made no reference to the unusual fact that he was addressing a Boston audience for the first time since he had died in 1904, nor that he found anything new and strange in the Boston of 1921, nor to the fact that the world had been through one of the greatest wars of all times. He "spoke" as he might have spoken in 1900, using such references and analogies in the application of his text and the development of his theme as were common at that time.
"Dr. Lorimer" did assure his hearers that death meant nothing except a sort of transition into another world, in which men continue the work of this world in much the same way as they had worked and lived here. And Christ was just as much of a force for good and just as much of a mystery there as here.
—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jan. 1, 1922, section 4, page 2.
Comment: That's a very interesting statement right at the end, that after the transition into another world Christ is just as much a mystery there as here.
While the experiences of Dr. Elliott and the Braintree business man have been advanced by British spiritists as valid physical proof of the existence of another world (involving a guardian angel and visions of the crucified Christ), psychic manifestations are still being reported in the United States as competent evidence.
In Boston, Mass., a series of lectures are being delivered by what is represented as the personalities of various men and women who have died, through the body of the Rev. F. A. Wiggin, pastor of Unity Church. The first of these lectures was given recently when Dr. George C. Lorimer, late pastor of Tremont Temple, who died in 1904, supposedly spoke.
There was nothing uncanny about this service. After congregational singing and a prayer, Rev. Mr. Wiggin stepped forward, closed his eyes and announced his text from the seventeenth verse of the seventh chapter of Corinthians — "As the Lord hath called every one so let him walk."
It was Rev. Dr. Lorimer who was now talking through Mr. Wiggin. As Dr. Wiggin lifted his head the whole gesture was undeniably reminiscent of Rev. Dr. Lorimer, according to those who knew that well known pastor.
But "Dr. Lorimer" made no reference to the unusual fact that he was addressing a Boston audience for the first time since he had died in 1904, nor that he found anything new and strange in the Boston of 1921, nor to the fact that the world had been through one of the greatest wars of all times. He "spoke" as he might have spoken in 1900, using such references and analogies in the application of his text and the development of his theme as were common at that time.
"Dr. Lorimer" did assure his hearers that death meant nothing except a sort of transition into another world, in which men continue the work of this world in much the same way as they had worked and lived here. And Christ was just as much of a force for good and just as much of a mystery there as here.
—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Jan. 1, 1922, section 4, page 2.
Comment: That's a very interesting statement right at the end, that after the transition into another world Christ is just as much a mystery there as here.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Spiritualism Classified Ads
Reno, 1929
SPIRITUALISM
RIGHT REV. MARY M. BURROWS, Church of America (Spiritualist-Theosophical) — Public Services Sundays and Thursday, 8 p. m. Readings daily 2-4, 7-9. 1810 B. Street, Sparks, Nev.
QUEEN MAY, ordained spiritual medium. Phone 6079, 118 West Avenue.
SPECIAL this month in Readings. Rev. Nellie Van, Psychic WONDER. Seances every Tuesday, 8 o'clock. Room 20, Home Hotel. Phone 6204.
MADAM ROSETTA — Ordained medium; readings daily; seances Fri., 8 p. m. Phone R-6215. 734 Scott.
MADAM Estelle, ordained minister of the Gospel of Spiritualism. New York's well known psychic. Positively reliable. 237 W. Fourth street.
—Nevada State Journal, Reno, NV, Aug. 22, 1929, page 6.
SPIRITUALISM
RIGHT REV. MARY M. BURROWS, Church of America (Spiritualist-Theosophical) — Public Services Sundays and Thursday, 8 p. m. Readings daily 2-4, 7-9. 1810 B. Street, Sparks, Nev.
QUEEN MAY, ordained spiritual medium. Phone 6079, 118 West Avenue.
SPECIAL this month in Readings. Rev. Nellie Van, Psychic WONDER. Seances every Tuesday, 8 o'clock. Room 20, Home Hotel. Phone 6204.
MADAM ROSETTA — Ordained medium; readings daily; seances Fri., 8 p. m. Phone R-6215. 734 Scott.
MADAM Estelle, ordained minister of the Gospel of Spiritualism. New York's well known psychic. Positively reliable. 237 W. Fourth street.
—Nevada State Journal, Reno, NV, Aug. 22, 1929, page 6.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Go See Mrs. A. Brockway, High Priestess of Mediums
Iowa, 1903Click image for larger.
Mrs. A. Brockway advertises herself as one "who is acknowledged as the high priestess of all mediums." Anyone with that kind of reputation would, of course, have to be good. And according to her advertisement, she is. "She has given many years of study in occult science, which is the coming science of the age," plus her methods are clean and honest.
"A private reading will establish the fact in your mind that she is the peer of all mediums."
—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 15, 1903, page 4.
Clairvoyant's Classified Ad, 1903
Davenport, Iowa, 1903
CLAIRVOYANT
MADAME SABINE — The only clairvoyant who tells the very things you want to know without your speaking or writing a word. Other psychics can not do such wonderful work and many resort to trick writing. Madame Sabine explains free the tricks by which clairvoyants read written questions, names, etc., during private consultations and fool their patrons. You write nothing, say nothing, yet this lady tells you the very things you want to know. Can tell your past and present as if she knew you all your life, and just what is best for you to do concerning your important affairs. Describes the types of persons who would advance you and your interests, also those you can influence easiest. Everything she predicts comes to pass. Reliable and invaluable, the finest readings anywhere in America. Was 30 years in Washington, D. C. An expert phrenologist. One dollar; no less. Reads you three ways without extra charge. 10 to 9 p. m. daily. 529 Brady street.
—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 8, 1903, page 3.
CLAIRVOYANT
MADAME SABINE — The only clairvoyant who tells the very things you want to know without your speaking or writing a word. Other psychics can not do such wonderful work and many resort to trick writing. Madame Sabine explains free the tricks by which clairvoyants read written questions, names, etc., during private consultations and fool their patrons. You write nothing, say nothing, yet this lady tells you the very things you want to know. Can tell your past and present as if she knew you all your life, and just what is best for you to do concerning your important affairs. Describes the types of persons who would advance you and your interests, also those you can influence easiest. Everything she predicts comes to pass. Reliable and invaluable, the finest readings anywhere in America. Was 30 years in Washington, D. C. An expert phrenologist. One dollar; no less. Reads you three ways without extra charge. 10 to 9 p. m. daily. 529 Brady street.
—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 8, 1903, page 3.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
In Madras With the Yogi, A Venerable Mystic
1901
Hocus Pocus and That Sort of Thing
I saw a Hindoo out in the open street take three good sized balls, larger and heavier than hens' eggs, and commence tossing them up in the air, catching them as they returned. Soon his hands were motionless, but the balls kept ascending and, so far as I know, are ascending still. They did not return. Were they dematerialized by some invisible psychic power? Such is my opinion.
During my stay in Madras there came down from a mountain a genuine psychic and seer. He was truly a venerable mystic. In a bungalow on a bright sunshiny day, 8 o'clock p.m., a dozen present, this old yogi burned incense, repeated some mantras and said in substance, "Now I can move any object in this room by my will." Reflecting a few moments, I said, "Command those peacock plumes up there to come to you." Focusing his thought, his will, upon them, they leaped at his bidding from the case and, sailing around the room, fell at his feet. Other objects were moved in a similar manner. This was genuine white magic. — Humanitarian.
—The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 31, 1901, page 2.
Hocus Pocus and That Sort of Thing
I saw a Hindoo out in the open street take three good sized balls, larger and heavier than hens' eggs, and commence tossing them up in the air, catching them as they returned. Soon his hands were motionless, but the balls kept ascending and, so far as I know, are ascending still. They did not return. Were they dematerialized by some invisible psychic power? Such is my opinion.
During my stay in Madras there came down from a mountain a genuine psychic and seer. He was truly a venerable mystic. In a bungalow on a bright sunshiny day, 8 o'clock p.m., a dozen present, this old yogi burned incense, repeated some mantras and said in substance, "Now I can move any object in this room by my will." Reflecting a few moments, I said, "Command those peacock plumes up there to come to you." Focusing his thought, his will, upon them, they leaped at his bidding from the case and, sailing around the room, fell at his feet. Other objects were moved in a similar manner. This was genuine white magic. — Humanitarian.
—The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 31, 1901, page 2.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Clairvoyant Brought Here From New York To Find Valuable Papers
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1906
Clairvoyant Powers
Was Brought Here from New York to Locate Some Valuable Papers
Mr. Bauer Astonishes People Who Call to Test His Occult Powers — Reads Thoughts and Tells Past and Future — Insists Upon Giving Satisfaction to His Clients
Without a doubt one of the greatest known clairvoyants in the world today is Mr. Bauer, the distinguished clairvoyant and psychic, who has just come to Fort Wayne from New York.
The marvelous manifestations of his wonderful powers are as far superior to the ordinary palmist and fortune teller as the perfect automobile is to the wheelbarrow.
Those who come to scoff may not remain to pray, but they go away with a puzzled look on their faces, wondering mightily. Perhaps you laugh at first, when you see the rather peculiar methods used by the professor in telling a fortune, but when he commences to talk and pile up fact after fact, which you know to be true even to the smallest detail, your laugh dies away, and you gaze in amazement akin to awe at the mysterious man before you as though he were some uncanny being fresh from another world. You sit chained to the chair with fascination while your past and future are laid bare before you. After answering the final question, you are perplexed and abstractedly draw forth your purse, throwing an inquiring glance at Mr. Bauer. He smiles and asks if you are satisfied, saying that he never accepts payment until assured that a person is perfectly satisfied and that he believes he has received fair return for his money.
Most assuredly the professor differs from other clairvoyants. You laugh, still rather confusedly, and like everyone else, declare that you are glad to pay the small compensation asked. Many affirm no money value can be fixed upon the good they have received.
The professor tells fortunes by astrology and clairvoyance. He is absolutely reliable, and, realizing that merit, brings reward when the reading is over with, you do not have to p»y unless you feel satisfied with what you have been told.
Those who have been humbugged by the hundreds of fake fortune tellers now on the road, will do well to consult Mr. Bauer. He gives advice on business, speculation and courtship. He settles lovers' quarrels, reunites the separated, causes speedy and happy marriages. In fact, everything.
Clairvoyance is a branch of mesmerism, though it is more far-reaching in its effect. In clairvoyance it is the mind reader and not the subject who is affected by the mysterious influence. Mesmerism does not lift the veil of the future, whereas clairvoyance goes beyond the surface of the present and delves into the hidden depths of the "great beyond." Clairvoyance, in short, is a polished and advanced form of mesmerism, which has long been given world-wide recognition.
Mr. Bauer is both a clairvoyant and an astrologer. He possesses, besides, remarkable spiritual powers and employs all three gifts in arriving at the truth of matters presented to him for elucidation.
Mr. Bauer has been studying every phase of this problem since his arrival and feels confident that he will be able to locate the papers. This would, indeed, be a manifestation of occult power which even the most skeptical critic could not sneeze at. There have been many manifestations of mental telepathy in connection with hidden articles, but the recovery of lost papers is an achievement vouchsafed to a few men. If Mr. Bauer crowns his Fort Wayne career with the recovery of the missing documents he will command more respect for clairvoyance and astrology than these mysterious sciences have hitherto enjoyed, though they have not lacked for devotees.
Therefore, it must be said that Mr. Bauer is of the very highest class of clairvoyants. His beliefs are that the material heavens have a moral influence over the earth and its inhabitants. There are some wiseacres who scoff at this idea, not knowing, perhaps, that the first study of the heavens embraced and dominated over every other attempt at science. Astrology was the beginning of science, the first encyclopedia of the world. In the ancient ages physicians consulted the stars before they applied potions and gave nostrums. The cosmogonists explained the earth by the influence of the heavens. The zodiac was the first book that lay open for all to read.
As for clairvoyance it has both supporters and enemies. The theory of clairvoyance, however, is inseparable from a science that has so firmly impressed itself upon the public mind as to leave no doubt of its truthfulness. Reference is made to mesmerism, or hypnotic influence, which of late years has been demonstrated to be as virile an occult force as one could well imagine.
Ladies and gentlemen can visit Mr. Bauer without fear of having their confidence betrayed, as he considers his business a sacred trust. Mr. Bauer can be consulted dally at residence, 1129 Clinton street, near Lewis street. Madam Bauer receives all callers.
Hours — 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. 10 to 4 Sundays. He will positively see no one after hours.
—The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 31, 1906, page 4.
Clairvoyant Powers
Was Brought Here from New York to Locate Some Valuable Papers
Mr. Bauer Astonishes People Who Call to Test His Occult Powers — Reads Thoughts and Tells Past and Future — Insists Upon Giving Satisfaction to His Clients
Without a doubt one of the greatest known clairvoyants in the world today is Mr. Bauer, the distinguished clairvoyant and psychic, who has just come to Fort Wayne from New York.
The marvelous manifestations of his wonderful powers are as far superior to the ordinary palmist and fortune teller as the perfect automobile is to the wheelbarrow.
Those who come to scoff may not remain to pray, but they go away with a puzzled look on their faces, wondering mightily. Perhaps you laugh at first, when you see the rather peculiar methods used by the professor in telling a fortune, but when he commences to talk and pile up fact after fact, which you know to be true even to the smallest detail, your laugh dies away, and you gaze in amazement akin to awe at the mysterious man before you as though he were some uncanny being fresh from another world. You sit chained to the chair with fascination while your past and future are laid bare before you. After answering the final question, you are perplexed and abstractedly draw forth your purse, throwing an inquiring glance at Mr. Bauer. He smiles and asks if you are satisfied, saying that he never accepts payment until assured that a person is perfectly satisfied and that he believes he has received fair return for his money.
Most assuredly the professor differs from other clairvoyants. You laugh, still rather confusedly, and like everyone else, declare that you are glad to pay the small compensation asked. Many affirm no money value can be fixed upon the good they have received.
The professor tells fortunes by astrology and clairvoyance. He is absolutely reliable, and, realizing that merit, brings reward when the reading is over with, you do not have to p»y unless you feel satisfied with what you have been told.
Those who have been humbugged by the hundreds of fake fortune tellers now on the road, will do well to consult Mr. Bauer. He gives advice on business, speculation and courtship. He settles lovers' quarrels, reunites the separated, causes speedy and happy marriages. In fact, everything.
Clairvoyance is a branch of mesmerism, though it is more far-reaching in its effect. In clairvoyance it is the mind reader and not the subject who is affected by the mysterious influence. Mesmerism does not lift the veil of the future, whereas clairvoyance goes beyond the surface of the present and delves into the hidden depths of the "great beyond." Clairvoyance, in short, is a polished and advanced form of mesmerism, which has long been given world-wide recognition.
Mr. Bauer is both a clairvoyant and an astrologer. He possesses, besides, remarkable spiritual powers and employs all three gifts in arriving at the truth of matters presented to him for elucidation.
Mr. Bauer has been studying every phase of this problem since his arrival and feels confident that he will be able to locate the papers. This would, indeed, be a manifestation of occult power which even the most skeptical critic could not sneeze at. There have been many manifestations of mental telepathy in connection with hidden articles, but the recovery of lost papers is an achievement vouchsafed to a few men. If Mr. Bauer crowns his Fort Wayne career with the recovery of the missing documents he will command more respect for clairvoyance and astrology than these mysterious sciences have hitherto enjoyed, though they have not lacked for devotees.
Therefore, it must be said that Mr. Bauer is of the very highest class of clairvoyants. His beliefs are that the material heavens have a moral influence over the earth and its inhabitants. There are some wiseacres who scoff at this idea, not knowing, perhaps, that the first study of the heavens embraced and dominated over every other attempt at science. Astrology was the beginning of science, the first encyclopedia of the world. In the ancient ages physicians consulted the stars before they applied potions and gave nostrums. The cosmogonists explained the earth by the influence of the heavens. The zodiac was the first book that lay open for all to read.
As for clairvoyance it has both supporters and enemies. The theory of clairvoyance, however, is inseparable from a science that has so firmly impressed itself upon the public mind as to leave no doubt of its truthfulness. Reference is made to mesmerism, or hypnotic influence, which of late years has been demonstrated to be as virile an occult force as one could well imagine.
Ladies and gentlemen can visit Mr. Bauer without fear of having their confidence betrayed, as he considers his business a sacred trust. Mr. Bauer can be consulted dally at residence, 1129 Clinton street, near Lewis street. Madam Bauer receives all callers.
Hours — 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. 10 to 4 Sundays. He will positively see no one after hours.
—The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 31, 1906, page 4.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Secrets Revealed! 1906 Psychic Advertisement, New York
Antique Advertisement
Middletown, New York, 1906
SECRETS REVEALED
PAST! PRESENT! FUTURE!
Consult this gifted clairvoyant and Psychic Medium. She is controlled by the honest Hindua. You will find out who are your friends and who are not. Also if you are in trouble or in doubt of any character concerning anyone or anything, feel yourself invited to call and be convinced and you will receive satisfaction.
The charges are within the reach of all and the strictest confidence is maintained.
Residence, 18 Railroad Ave., Middletown, N. Y. Open day and Sundays. Charges are 50c.
--Middletown Daily Times-Press, Middletown, New York, May 4, 1906, page 4.
Middletown, New York, 1906
SECRETS REVEALED
PAST! PRESENT! FUTURE!
Consult this gifted clairvoyant and Psychic Medium. She is controlled by the honest Hindua. You will find out who are your friends and who are not. Also if you are in trouble or in doubt of any character concerning anyone or anything, feel yourself invited to call and be convinced and you will receive satisfaction.
The charges are within the reach of all and the strictest confidence is maintained.
Residence, 18 Railroad Ave., Middletown, N. Y. Open day and Sundays. Charges are 50c.
--Middletown Daily Times-Press, Middletown, New York, May 4, 1906, page 4.
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