ABOUT SPIRITUALISM

Spiritualism is a religion,
a science and a philosophy.

We believe in the existence
of God although our ideas
about God are not fixed. We
believe that all mankind should
live in harmonious brotherhood and
we believe that a part of man, his soul or
spirit, exists for eternity.

These concepts are common to most religions,
however in Spiritualism, we try to give people
evidence that the soul exists and that after death
it continues on into another realm, in the spirit-
world. Spiritualism doesn't tell you what you
should believe or how you should interpret
religious philosophy.

We have no
books that
must be
followed,
we have no
preachers whose
word must be
obeyed. As a
guideline to our religious
thinking we have our Seven
Principles, but exactly what
these mean and how they can be
applied to our lives is up to the individual.

The purpose for our lives and how we should live them are not dictated by Spiritualism. We have an individual flexible concept of God and beliefs among Spiritualists are often different. How we understand the world and spiritual matters depends upon our individual experience and Knowledge.

For all of history mankind has known of and experienced some form of communication with a spirit-world. Spiritual beings, or angels, have visited mankind on many occasional to give knowledge, wisdom and guidance.

During sleep many people have experienced vivid dreams where spirit people have made their presence known, renewed their bonds of affection and given information.

In the 1840's a family in America, was bothered by 'ghostly' noises which grew more and more troublesome. When the family spoke out and asked questions the noises seemed to respond, so they realised that a system of communication was possible. They would ask questions and receive a reply, using alphabeitcally coded rappings: one rap for A, two for B to 26 for Z. By this method the family found out who was making the noises. The spirit communicator gave details of his life and explained that he had been killed and buried in the cellar.

The publicity about this incident travelled throughout America, England and other parts of the world and encouraged others to seek communication from the Spirit-world. The logical system of 'one knock for yes two for no' seemed to work well for many thousands of people and formed the basis of communication.

By this method spirit people explained about the spirit-world and were able to give instructions how best to develop and improve the systems of communication with them