Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-17
SPIRITUALIST PARTY TO VISIT
CHRIST'S TOMB FOR SEANCE
Will Seek to Get Word From
Savior and Pyramids
Makers.
Biggest of Egyptian Monu-
ments Is Held Prophecy
in Stone.
BY HAYDEN CHURCH.

III
London Correspondent OF The Star and
North American Newspaper Alliance.
LONDON, October 16.-To talk with
the spirits of people who knew Christ
and possibly with the Savior himself
while holding seances in Christ's tomb
and on the top of Calvary is the hoRe
of body Of British Spiritualists who,
perhaps arcompa nied by some from
the United States and Canada. will
leave England. October - on as eX-
tfaordina.N d tour az any on record.
Under the leadership of an English
clergyman, who claims to have beer
in communication with Christ once
already, and, on numberless occasions,
with one Of the Masters disciples,
they plan to hold seances not only at
the Holy Sepulcher, near Jerusa lem,
and at the summit of the hill on which
Christ was crucified. but also at the
reputed site of the Savior's birth
place, in Bethlehem. and at Jacobs
Wen. where he talked with the wom-
An of Samaria.
What spirits will communicate with
them during these seanCes the leader
Of the party, the Rev. J. w. Potter.
declined 10 predict. because. as he put
It, We never ask for messages from
OILY IIIttLN hIudl III TIC spirit WI III anu
never know in advance who will come
through" But the reverend gentle
man added: 1T is possible that we
:u1T Speak with the woman os Sa-
maria and Joseph of Arimathaea. an(
perhaps even with the Master him
self"
Will "Sit" in Pyramid.
Later, while in Egypt, these Spirit
ualists intend to hold one or two
"Sittings" in the dense hlackness Of
the inside of the Great Pyramid and
possibly others In the Tomhs OF the
Kings. al Luxor.
Their spirit teachers" have in
formed them. II seems, that those
theorists are right who claim that the
Great Pyramid is not really a tomb
but "prophecy in stone" that was
constructed to the order of the spirit
world. and has predicted. to the hour
and even to the minute, the outstand-
Ing events in history. During THEN
"sittings" in the interior Of this
mighty pile. which covers IS acres
0vertopS st. Paul's Cathedral and took
100, 900 workers 90 years to build.
they think they may get further con
firmatiOn of this from tho> spirits who
designed the pyramid an controlled
its builders-and perhal<H few NOR,
prophecies.
1t is possible. they say, that they
may get into communication with
Cheops, the mighty King of the
fourth dynasty, who was the actual
builder Of the Great Pyramid, but they
aren't particularly interested in him,
since he was. according to their belief,
only the instrument" Anyhow, they
don't expect to see Cheops. if he
comes through" or any of the other
illusuious shades whom they think
may communicate. since these particu
lar Spiritua!iste set their faces stern
ly against materializa ions" and al
other forms OF phenomena. as they
claim such can be produced by quite
lowly and even by naughty spirits,
and they are hent on communicating
only with the highest ones.
If these intentions seem fantastic,
AT least their proponent. the Rev. j
w. Potter. who has orcan ized thi
sptritualistir tour and is the source
of information about it. doesn't in the
least suggest mailman.
Former Baptist Clergyman.
Before he became a Spiritualist Mr..
Potter was Baptist clergyman Now
he is a pastor of the Spfritualistic
Church of ST. Luke, in South Nor
wood, a suburb of London. He is edi
tor of the Christian Spiritualist,
psychic weekly with, apparently, quite
lot OF readers In America. and the
author of two books on Spiritualism.
1ncide ntaily, he is the founder of
the "Counselor Circle of which many
well known Spiritualists, including
Frederick Bligh Bond, the ecclesiasti
cal architect and author: Hammer
Swaffer. the dramatic critic and edi
tor, and Maj r. A. Marriott, a dis
tinguished soldier. who Served with
Kitchener in the Sudan, are members
Thu counselor" of this circle is
declared to be one Of Christ's dis
c:ples. and the Savior himself is
stated to have communicated at least
once. The circle has held over 500
sittings and it's members claim to
have talked with the spirits of Glad
stone Tennyson and Ruskin-not tt
mention several famous murderers.
The plan of going to Egypt to hold
soances in the. Great Pyramid was
born In Mr.. Potter's brain after .
spirit named Daniel had told the
circle how and in what circumstances
!he pyramid was constructed Later
II was decided to make a comprehen-
sive tour Of both Egypt and Palestine
and hold "sittinCS" in the most his
toric and sacred places in those Coun
tries.
There viii he two parties" Mr.. Pot
ter said yesterday. The first. which
leaves London on October 10. will he
relatively small one, numbering per
haps so. There may be some Ameri
cans and Canadians in this party, bu.
our project was announced only two
months ago and most Of our friends in
America who wish to join us are I'm
able to go as early as October.
The second party will proba bly,
number 200 or 800 persons,
You have some very good mediums
in the United States and Canada
Unfortunately. however. your investi.
gators have made 1t impossible to pro
duce good evidence or get good results
because they have gone about it al
most like hutchers-the tests OF Mar
jorie' being only one instance.
Will Visit Tomb.
Another sitting will he held IN the
actual tomb in which Christ's body
was buried. which is not the Church
OF tho Holy Sepulchre, but the so
called Garden Tomb. The garden
which surrounds II 10 this day, was
that Of Joseph of Arimathaea. who
built the tomb for himself hut laid
the body Of the Saviour in II after OBJ