http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/-t1.htm Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:56:08 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver/site_logo.gif http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/-t1.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/implications-of-spiritualism-barbanell-t602.htm Admin The Implications of Spiritualism By Maurice Barbanel All religions are founded on the fact that there are some principles in man that defy death and survive. Orthodoxy has built a system of reward and punishment hereafter, based, to a large extent, on the acceptance of certain creeds, dogmas and doctrines. Nearly every sect has taught in the past, and may still do today, that acceptance of their particular brand of teaching was the only sure passport to heaven. Obviously, the people ... Spiritualist Philosophy Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:56:08 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/implications-of-spiritualism-barbanell-t602.htm#2449 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/implications-of-spiritualism-barbanell-t602.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-s-last-words-t450.htm zerdini These are the very last words spoken by Silver Birch at the final meeting of the Hannen Swaffer Home Circle: Silver Birch’s Last Words We end where we began. We began with the Power that has neither beginning nor ending, the power of the infinite spirit, the supreme creator, the apex of all being, the perfect love and wisdom. You have been in the presence of liberated beings who have cast their radiance on us. The ground on which we meet is hallowed and sacred because of ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:06:42 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-s-last-words-t450.htm#1620 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-s-last-words-t450.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-flint-and-higginson-t576.htm zerdini “Our allegiance is not to a Creed, not to a Book, not to a Church, but to the Great Spirit of life and His eternal, natural laws.” The truth about physical mediumship THOUGH famous mediums are very attached to their own guides, they are always delighted to receive an invitation to visit Hannen Swaffer’s home circle. There seems to be something about the simple wisdom expressed by Silver Birch at this circle that has a magnetic attraction. The corollary is that this guide always ... Spiritualist Philosophy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:12:05 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-flint-and-higginson-t576.htm#2329 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-flint-and-higginson-t576.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-alec-and-louie-harris-t483.htm zerdini Mediums are instruments of “great power in the universe” There is always a specially warm welcome for mediums from Silver Birch when they visit Hannen Swaffer’s home circle. The guide greeted them as “those who are moved by the power of the spirit, in its several ways, to perform the tasks so necessary in your troubled world today.” One medium had come from South Africa and the other two from America. Silver Birch said: “You stand as the living emblems of the reality of spiritual ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:39:38 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-alec-and-louie-harris-t483.htm#1753 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-talks-to-alec-and-louie-harris-t483.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/spiritualism-has-the-facts-on-life-higginson-t539.htm zerdini SPIRITUALISM HAS THE FACTS ON LIFE by Gordon M. Higginson, M.S.N.U. FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH Wise spirits who have lived on earth teach us that God is Universal Power not an individualised spirit. Heaven is a reaching out to perfection. Man is a spirit being that survives death. Man is ageless with an infinite mind that cannot be destroyed. Each one of us can find the life force within that can be used in every aspect of our life. We can love every living creature and find that ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:56:33 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/spiritualism-has-the-facts-on-life-higginson-t539.htm#2121 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/spiritualism-has-the-facts-on-life-higginson-t539.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-vital-message-t471.htm zerdini Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writing of conditions in the Afterlife in his book The Vital Message: We come first to the messages which tell us of the life beyond the grave, sent by those who are actually living it. I have already insisted upon the fact that they have three weighty claims to our belief. The one is, that they are accompanied by "signs," in the Biblical sense, in the shape of "miracles" or phenomena. The second is, that in many cases they are accompanied by assertions ... Spiritualist Philosophy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:22:27 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-vital-message-t471.htm#1690 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-vital-message-t471.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/-t461.htm Admin Wonderful Z Spiritualist Philosophy Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:34:02 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/-t461.htm#1665 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/-t461.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-2-t444.htm Martin T This is from a sitting Gordon had with Silver Birch which I believe dates from 1967. Again such wonderful and uplifting philosophy: There is always a special welcome by Silver Birch, guide of Hannen Swaffer’s home circle, for visitors who are mediums. This was evident in his greeting to a well-known medium [Gordon Higginson]. The guide addressed him as “a colleague who is also an instrument of the spirit world.” “I know what mediums have to undergo. Anyone who thinks it is easy ... Spiritualist Philosophy Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:08:58 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-2-t444.htm#1604 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-2-t444.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-t440.htm zerdini "Our allegiance is not to a Creed, not to a Book, not to a Church, but to the Great Spirit of life and His eternal, natural laws.” HERE is the characteristic welcome that Silver Birch, guide of Hannen Swaffer’s home circle, gave to three mediums, all friends of his, who were visitors that night: “It is always a great pleasure and privilege for me to meet any of our cooperators with us in spreading divine truths which are so much needed in your sick, violent, destructive world of ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:07:21 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-t440.htm#1585 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-and-gordon-higginson-t440.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-the-voice-of-reason-t441.htm zerdini The whole purpose of the return from our world to yours is to draw attention to spiritual realities. It is as simple as that. We could easily be unconcerned with your world and its activities. There is no compulsion to associate ourselves with you, and you have no means of forcing our attention. Our efforts are voluntary because we love you, with the whole of humanity, and desire to help you. It could even be argued that perhaps our love, like a good many forms of love, is a little selfish because ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:09:58 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-the-voice-of-reason-t441.htm#1586 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-the-voice-of-reason-t441.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/1864-and-the-first-accepted-principles-of-spiritualism-t127.htm Admin The first ones recorded were adopted in 1864, now that's long before either the National Spiritualist Association of Churches in the USA or the Spiritualist National Union in the UK came into being. These principles are First: A beneficent power and wise intelligence pervades and controls the universe, sustaining toward all human beings the intimate relation of parent, whose revelation is nature, whose interpreter is science, and who’s most acceptable worship is doing good to all. ... Spiritualist Philosophy Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:26:54 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/1864-and-the-first-accepted-principles-of-spiritualism-t127.htm#308 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/1864-and-the-first-accepted-principles-of-spiritualism-t127.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-t310.htm zerdini A. W. Austen describes the early days of Hannen Swaffer's Home Circle and the teachings of Silver Birch: Once a week, for nearly eight years, I have reported this spirit’s words. Every week - except when the circle has broken its series of sittings - I have sat in total darkness listening to superb oratory coming from the lips of an entranced medium, and recording the guide’s words in shorthand. Because we sit in the dark, the task was, at first, very difficult. As I used an ordinary note-book, ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:54:32 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-t310.htm#1043 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/silver-birch-t310.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/a-couple-of-thoughts-from-silver-birch-t309.htm Admin “Pain and suffering are regarded as miseries; they are not. They have divine parts to play in the evolution of the individual” and "We can never promise that your life will be free from problems, perplexity, or even pain. We can promise that within yourself you will find the means to overcome all handicaps and disabilities. As you strive to express the highest, the deepest, the greatest within yourself, so you will attract to your aid those beings from our world who love you, ... Spiritualist Philosophy Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:38:45 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/a-couple-of-thoughts-from-silver-birch-t309.htm#1038 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/a-couple-of-thoughts-from-silver-birch-t309.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/religion-of-the-future-t128.htm Admin RELIGION OF THE FUTURE by William Denton {1823-1883) , an early pioneer of Spiritualism We venture to say that the new movement will spring from the Spiritualistic ranks which by and by, all of the orthodox will Unhesitatingly recognize all of the spiritual teachings and Reinterpret their doctrine in the spirit of the new. We hope there will be a reinterpretation of the old, and it is to be Hoped that all religions will convincingly tend toward the same goal. Spiritualism ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:20:27 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/religion-of-the-future-t128.htm#310 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/religion-of-the-future-t128.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/greater-world-christian-spiritualist-association-declaration-t136.htm Admin Hi All, As a Spiritualist but one who is not a Christian Spiritualist I forgot one other major organisations Principles. Their declaration and pledge. There are many reasons why I am not a Christian Spiritualist, probably because it takes one set of wisdom and remains too close to the orthodox bible and position of Jesus coming to save us albeit he inly claimed to be a son of God as we all are. Of course behind that much of the underlying truths are the same. The Greater World ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:52:36 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/greater-world-christian-spiritualist-association-declaration-t136.htm#355 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/greater-world-christian-spiritualist-association-declaration-t136.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-seven-principles-a-discussion-on-their-creation-t131.htm Admin Hi All Once upon a time I was naïve and accepted the affirmation these were as given to Emma Hardinge Britten by the Spirit of the Reformer Robert Owen at Cleveland Hall in 1871. Unfortunately those were simpler times before I discovered Emma Hardinge Britten’s Auto Biography, The write up of the Cleveland Hall lecture in the newspaper “The Medium and Daybreak”, comments made by Zerdini and the excellent work of Paul Gaunt the SNU historian. I have drawn much of this information from ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:58:39 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-seven-principles-a-discussion-on-their-creation-t131.htm#319 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-seven-principles-a-discussion-on-their-creation-t131.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/emma-hardinge-britten-s-3-fifty-year-cycles-t129.htm Admin The following quotes come from EHB on her projections of teh cycles for Spiritualism. The Rosicrucians have made a further projection adding to this. It should be remembered that in teh early days many of Spiritualism's founders were equally involved in oer esoteric areas and you will find EHB fairly highly regarded in some of these. Emma Hardinge & Rosicrucian Quote 1st Cycle - 1848-1898 Spirit communication would roll like a mighty flood across the world; it would be ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:27:19 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/emma-hardinge-britten-s-3-fifty-year-cycles-t129.htm#311 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/emma-hardinge-britten-s-3-fifty-year-cycles-t129.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-nsac-and-their-declaration-of-principles-t125.htm Admin Hi All to balance up the & Principles INTRODUCING THE NSAC The National Spiritualist Association of Churches(NSAC) is proud of its distinct religious history The NSAC is recognized as the oldest and most respected Spiritualist organization. NSAC was incorporated on November 3, 1893 in Washington, D.C., as a nonprofit religious organization. Its recognition means that Spiritualism is a recorded, legitimate religion in the USA The National Spiritualist Association ... Spiritualist Philosophy Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:59:18 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-nsac-and-their-declaration-of-principles-t125.htm#306 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-nsac-and-their-declaration-of-principles-t125.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/seven-principles-of-spiritualism-commentary-t123.htm Admin SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUALISM With a Commentary and thoughts by Lis "I often hear these days that the wording of the seven principles is rather old fashioned and even sexist! Some would seek to neutralise (perhaps neuter is the right word) the principles, yet I continue to find value and truths in them, even after over 43 years of involvement in Spiritualism. 1. The Fatherhood of God: This reminds us that there is an Infinite Intelligence behind our creation and existence. ... Spiritualist Philosophy Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:16:07 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/seven-principles-of-spiritualism-commentary-t123.htm#302 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/seven-principles-of-spiritualism-commentary-t123.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/presentation-of-spiritualism-october-1893-t118.htm Admin PRESENTATION OF SPIRITUALISM A PAPER ARRANGED BY THE GUIDES OF MRS. CORA L.V. RICHMOND FOR THE WORLD'S PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS AT CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 1893. READ AND PRESENT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. ____________ "God is spirit, and they who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth." - Jesus. "Now brethren, concerning Spiritual gifts, I would not have you ignorant." -St. Paul. Millions of Spiritual beings walk the earth both when we wake and ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:46:00 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/presentation-of-spiritualism-october-1893-t118.htm#287 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/presentation-of-spiritualism-october-1893-t118.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/uriah-clark-1863-plain-guide-to-spiritualism-t116.htm Admin Hi All, As a follow on to my previous post thoughts on Spiritualism I was looking through some old books and this was one of the first detailed Guides to Spiritualism only 15 years after Hydesville. I think we often forget the sheer enthusiasm of the day and the impact of the ability to communicate with the loved ones on the other side. Here is wonderful Victorian Prose Uriah cuts loose about the impact. "The morning dawneth! For more than a quarter of a century the Christian ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:10:39 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/uriah-clark-1863-plain-guide-to-spiritualism-t116.htm#285 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/uriah-clark-1863-plain-guide-to-spiritualism-t116.htm http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-triune-man-part-1-t10.htm Admin Hi All Over time many of the earliest topics from our past have been forgotten a very good example of this is the concept of the Triune Man and the closely linked view held by the Spiritists’ of the "perespirit". It seems that we have nearly forgotten this as Spiritualism has accepted the concepts of Chakras and Auras introduced from Eastern traditions by the Theosophists. The shame is that there is a clear link from the Triune concept to aura’s and chakra’s but this is rarely ... Spiritualist Philosophy Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:43:37 GMT http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-triune-man-part-1-t10.htm#40 http://spiritualismlink.forumotion.com/spiritualist-philosophy-f6/the-triune-man-part-1-t10.htm