Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-10
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LECTURE ON SPIRITIsM
 CROWDS DAVIS HEATER
 Under the auspices of White Cross council. No. 13. Knights of Columbus, Rev. Charles NJ. Heredia. S. J.. of Holy cross college, lectured Sunday afternoon at 2.30 at the Davis theater upon "Spir- itism.' speaking to an audience that fill ed the theater to the doors, while several hundred people who could not get in had to be turned away. The lecture was free for the general public
 Father Heredia declared that he be- heved in spirits but not in spools and he went on to an entertaining discussion of the subject of mediums, ouija and the phenomena associated with these dem onstrations. Following his lecture he gave a demonstration of such phenomena which he assured his audience were all performed without the aid of spirits.
 Preceding the lecture that was a fine concert programme by an orchestra of thirteen pieces directed by Herb Smith, rendering a number of classical selec- tions as well as music of the present day.
 Ex-Mayor J. =- Desmond. also a Holy Cross man. introduced the lecturer who spoke of the desire that has been found among all peoples and at all times to know what is beyond the grave There is no reason to believe that God may not allow the departed soul to appear, but there must be a real reason for its appearance. He said he believed in spon- taneous phenomena. but not in provoked phenomena. and he does not believe there Is natural power to recall the dead. Real mediums can provoke a phenomena but no medium can control phenomena. He classed the mediums of today with the witches of 17th century, when people believed that the devil was in the light hing but Franklin's discovery put the witches out of commission. He called attention to the fact that a real medium who can Ievitate or move a table can not do the same with a tin can. There seems to be an unconscious force. that won't work on metal If ouiJa is wet. 1t will not move It seems there Is some natural force behind 1t that we do not understand yet.
 There fs a special prohibition in Scrip ture to have nothing to do with those who believe they communicate with the dead. The prohibition of the church is not for it's own protection but for the benefit of the people. The ouija habit is intentional craziness for a time. Ev- erybody that does it loses his own con trol becomes an easy prey to tempta- ton. Don't do it, says the church. For the Catholic that is enough.
 Promising to fool his audience in spite of the closest watch they could keep on him and telling them that from this point on they were not to believe word he said. he said he would proceed to give them a demonstration of psychic phe- nomena for the rest of the afternoon. This, he said. was accomplished through The astral body and the communicating medium. Raps were heard on a chair f-. 41,a 2 Of the stage when he asked if Raymond Lodge was present. The chair was also seen to sway back and forth when he asked the orchestra to play some shimmy music. Six men were called from the audience to the stage to place theiI hands on a table with him, while the or chestra played Nearer. My God to Thee and the table rose from the floor and moved across the stage. Three people seated around the table when Father Heredia found their hats suddenly shift cd from head to head in the moment of complete darkness that he called for One woman's hat flew out into the au- dence and was found in the seat thai she had left.
 Automatic writing was another phase taken up by Father Heredia, who was seated at a table where he wrote th' names of over a score of people in tht audience and told messages about then which they acknowledged were true.
 He lighted a cigar. which he placef against his eyes. a mans bald head ant among a fur neckpiece and the feathers On a hat without burning them. claiming this immunity was due to the trance con diton.
 While blindfoided he read spots ol cards by touching them with his elboV ss they lay on the table where they ha' been placed by men from the audience who picked them from the pack. He al SO told which of three glasses persons had touched. claiming that he did thi through the sense of smell while in tn france condition.
 He also showed crystal reading an, among his most startling demonstration was one where he had his hands tied t a chair but managed to get out of hi coat while in this position Goats wer taken from the backs of people he in r'+ed from the audience and the sleeve mrned inside out in the moment of dark ness when he called for the lights to b turned of.