Note 100 — Chapter VI · Diabolic Possession and Modern Spiritism (continued 2)

“Seventeen Elementary Facts concerning Spiritualism.” Light, 21 February, 1925. Here we also have the frank avowal: “Modern Spiritualism is only a revival of phenomena and experiences that were well known in ancient times.” It should be remarked that similar phenomena, believed to be a genuine case of haunting, occurred at the house of Mr. Samuel Wesley, at Epworth, Lincolnshire, in 1716, and attracted universal attention. It is said that the knockings at the house of Parsons, Cock Lane, West Smithfield, in 1760, were proved to be fraud, but I do not know that the case has ever been candidly studied.