100 Years

Pearl Watson – Her Story

I came into life with parents who were Spiritualists, and my mother was a trance medium. When I was quite young they had their own church in which they were very much involved. About this time they were running circles which I was still too young to take part in. I...

A Spiritualist in New Zealand – Henry Parker

Mr Henry (Harry) Parker has been a Spiritualist for many years. Before he came to New Zealand in 1946 he was President of the Romford Church in England for a number of years, and also President of the Essex Federation churches – 28 churches in all. While in England,...

The forming of Porirua Church and the Tawa Healing Group

Actually the healing group came first and they consisted of Trixie ?, Cliff Schofield, Eric D?, Jack and Muriel Clapton, all of whom were healers and members of the Petone Spiritualist Church. We had to find somewhere to hold the healing. We went to the Scout Hall in...

The Beginnings of Porirua Church

Mrs Swaby wanted a healing group in this area (Tawa) to represent Petone. Originally she hoped her son would do it but her son died and so four of us from Petone opened it out here as the Tawa Healing Group. We must have run about 18 months before but the obvious...

Nelson Spiritualist Church

I have been asked to write about our groups in Nelson so here goes. The first spiritualist group of which we have on record in Nelson started in 1975. Over the years many interested people have come and gone, but Pearl and Hugh Watson had a vision for the future....

The lion, a witch and her wardrobe

The strange case of the medium whose message upset the Admiralty at the height of World War II. Richard Ford reports. It was one of the strangest moments of World War II. In the propaganda battles of 1944, the British lion was preparing to roar back against the Nazis...
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