THE POTENT POWER OF PRAYER BY GORDON HIGGINSON

Spiritualists do not have a special knowledge of why their loved ones are taken at the time of passing. They have the knowledge of continuous life.  The Spiritualist does at least know that no life is wasted, no experience is wasted, although we cannot see the whole pattern.

 

Concerning prayer, I have often said that the training of mediums should not include instructing them how to pray. I stand by that.  By the time a person is entitled to describe himself or herself as a potential medium, they should have knowledge of what prayer is.

 

I believe that prayer is important in our lives, perhaps the most important part of development. It has such powerful implications; it can have such an effect upon us.  It is no use developing the psychic unless you have also learned about yourself as a spirit being, a part of God.

 

When you pray, you become the prayer. We understand that God is an inner power, not outside at all.  When you ask for something in prayer, it is no use expecting an outside power to come along and give you what you have requested.   But if you recognise that and become your prayer through the sincerity and depth of your thoughts, then you have the answer.

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The following article was given to me by the late Jean Bassett as part of my research into Gordon.  I presume it was given to Jean as background to her biography of Gordon, ‘On the Side of Angels.’  The article offers a fascinating insight into what took place on Physical Phenomena Week at the Arthur Findlay College and contains two great descriptions of Gordon’s physical seances and the evidence within them.  Given the value of the article, I feel it should be shared for all to benefit, and I do hope you enjoy it.  The author is unknown other than we know she is called Mary.  If anyone knows the identity of the author, do let me know.

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SNU President Issues ‘Scrapheap’ Warning on Spiritualism’s Future

In a rousing speech to the Spiritualists National Union’s annual conference at Sheffield, President Gordon Higginson urged delegates to rekindle the fervour of Spiritualism’s pioneers and carry forward their beliefs.  The world was crying out for the message of Spiritualism but too often “we go on altering our rules, worrying about petty things instead of concentrating on the main issue concerning life itself and our purpose on earth.”

 

Gordon warned delegates that unless Spiritualists found a way of getting the fundamental philosophy of Spiritualism across, the movement would “end up like all past religions – on the scrapheap of the world.”

 

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