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Psychic News (1932-1967): Available Online

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The UK-based Psychic News (PN) was first published as a weekly newspaper for Spiritualists on Saturday, 28 May 1932, with the support of top Fleet Street journalist Hannen Swaffer. Its founding editor, Maurice Barbanell, was also a gifted trance medium, and famous Spiritualist author, J. Arthur Findlay, helped him finance its launch. PN boasted a record of continuous publication for 78 years, with only two issues missed during February-March 1947 due to a fire in a London office building. It ceased publication with issue number 4066 in July 2010. A successor company, Psychic Press Ltd., resurrected the publication in December 2011. Today, PN continues as a monthly magazine, available both through print and digital subscriptions: https://www.psychicnews.org.uk/

The Psychic News Digital Archive comprises 4,125 items when special advertising supplements and book lists are counted. It offers a rich source for historical study of Spiritualism and psychical research, both within the United Kingdom and internationally. Biographers will discover tributes to Spiritualist mediums, healers, and church leaders, many of whom were previously difficult to trace, as well as well-known figures associated with, for example, the Thomas Glendenning Hamilton Family’s psychical research experiments in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Introduction Continued:
https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/psychicnews

Catalogue (Free to Access):
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm:2939726
 
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