Religion: Suppressed Spirits

Nowhere in the world is Spiritualism so respectable as in England. There it rates as a real religion, has attracted some great names (Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). Although England's 2,500 Spiritualist societies do not keep membership rolls, at least 250,000 believers go to Sunday-night meetings and probably 1,000,000 altogether call themselves Spiritualists. The Confraternity of Clergy, Ministers and Spiritualists claims that 100 Christian divines belong to the cult. Alarmed by this trend, the Archbishop of Canterbury more than four years ago appointed a committee to investigate Spiritualism.

Headed by Dr. Francis Underhill, then Dean of Rochester, now Bishop...

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