Mr Simon's Lecture.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3655, 13 September 1880, Page 2

Mr Simon's Lecture.

There was bat a moderate attendance at Mr Simon's lecture on Spiritualism at the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon. Mr Jeremiah Horn accepted the responsibilities of Chairman, and briefly introduced the lecturer, who announced that the subject was " The Principles of Spiritualism." He briefly summarised the subject matter of his previous lecture, which professed to remove some of the stumbling blocks in tho way of the belief on Spiritualism. He then proceeded to give the heads of the present lecture, viz. —the identity of the spirit in man, the philosophy of good and evil, the philosophy of Spiritualism, and the spiritual philosophical explanation concerning the phenomena about to take place. He first explained the reason why there wag such a diversity of views on religious matters The conscience was the echo of the spirit within. This might seem strange, but it was nevertheless. true. Had not those people who were more spiritually inclined than others adopted wholly the system of the schools in which they were educated, and had Shey not been taught to believe that the echo of the spirit within was the conscience. He explained that failing to recognise the identity of the spirit was one of the obstacles in the way of those seeking to investigate Spiritualism. The only way to identify the spirit was to listen to the dictates of the i conscience. In answer to a question that had been put to him on the last occasion on which he had lectured, he would say to them, accept nothing as true unless it is sympathetic with your own conscience.' 1 (This was in answer to a question concerning his views on Biblical authenticity.) Speaking on the Spiritual philosophy of good and evil the lecturer pointed out that according to the law of arrangements a perfect line of thought was visible in everything, and animal man had the same senses as the animals. What people termed evil came just as natural to them as what they termed good. Whilst they lived earthy lives the spirit remained in its infancy, until it entered the spirit world. He asserted that there was no such thiug as an evil spirit, and referred to the dangers that clairvoyants, &c,

would have had to submit to in the ages of superstition. He stated in conclusion that he did not believe in the predictions of the near approach of the end of the world. At the conclusion the lecturer was asked a number of questions by Mr W. Wood and others amongst the audience.