Spiritualism
Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:
Official: Cabinet: correspondence., 24 Apr 1912 - 27 Jan 1913
Includes: a letter from [2nd Lord] Selborne [earlier William Palmer] on appointments in South Africa; a letter from [Lord Morley, Lord President of the Council] criticising WSC's stance on Foreign Office relations with Russia and a note from [Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary] on astrological conditions.
Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - L., 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, S - T., 28 Jul 1947 - 21 Dec 1953
Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 19 Jul 1939 - 31 Aug 1939
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1932
Transcripts of interview between WSC and Edwin Hill for the Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast on the Hart Schaffner and Marx Trumpeters radio programme, 10 March, on subjects including WSC's road accident, superstition, the future chances of war, the world depression, the importance of co-operation between the English-speaking peoples and the strength of the monarchy; also includes list of preparatory questions.
(Untitled), [1912]
Note [?written whilst in Cabinet] from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] to WSC asking how the date (April 6) of the unexpectedly favourable decision of the Miners' Conference fitted with the astrological prediction [of R G Hickling]. Grey himself thinks Easter is a more likely explanation.
(Untitled), 13 Jan 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on how astrological conditions could affect the search for a settlement in the Balkans.
(Untitled), 24 Jan [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] to WSC on the way in which astrological conditions relate to the revolution in Constantinople [Turkey] and the prospects for a settlement in the Balkans.
(Untitled), 18 Feb [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on forthcoming favourable astrological conditions for a settlement in the Balkans.
(Untitled), 27 Feb [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on forthcoming favourable astrological conditions for a settlement in the Balkans and for the solution of industrial relations problems at home.
(Untitled), 27 Mar [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC praising his speech on the Naval Estimates and the role of Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] in the settlement of the Balkan problem and the avoidance of a general European war. Refers to a recurrence of the astrological conditions which brought about British victories during the Boer War.
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on future favourable and unfavourable astrological conditions, including a good time for negotiation and conciliation on 9 May and a dangerous time for the King [George V] in the coming summer. Predicts that there will be no danger of war in 1914.
(Untitled), 02 May 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norfok, [Norwich]) to WSC on the propitious astrological conditions for the achievement of settlements by negotiation and conciliation, with special reference to the Balkans question. Praises Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Falldon] and claims that the same conditions brought about British victories during the Boer War.
(Untitled), 05 May [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the influence of astrological conditions on the search for a settlement of the Balkans question. Also refers to the settlement of the coal strike.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the effect of astrological conditions on the search for a settlement of the Balkans question and on the settlement of the rail strike in 1911.
(Untitled), 02 Jul 1913
Letter from James Masterton Smith (Admiralty) to Sir William Tyrrell conveying WSC's request that a letter from the astrologer R G Hickling [see CHAR 2/62/42] be shown to Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon].
(Untitled), 16 Jul [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC on the effect of astrological conditions on the search for a settlement of the Balkans question, and on the safety and fortunes of the King [George V].
(Untitled), 02 Aug [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC commenting on the settlement of the dock strike and giving advice about the best astrological conditions for actions such as an address in Canada or the launching of a battle ship. Annotated with comment by WSC about the accuracy of Hickling's prediction about the ending of the dock strike.
(Untitled), 28 Nov [1913]
Note by WSC circulated to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George]: "my astrologer is in full accord with the policy of HMG" Refers to CHAR 2/62/104-105.
(Untitled), 25 Nov 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC stating that astrological conditions are inauspicious for a settlement [in Ireland] but that they will improve.
(Untitled), 03 Dec 1913
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC asserting that astrological conditions will bring a troublesome period in December (mentions industrial unrest in the Post Office) but that next summer Britain's prestige can be greatly enhanced.
(Untitled), 17 Dec [1913]
Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC giving astrological advice on the best dates for him to go abroad, a dangerous period for the King [George V] in January and February, and the great enhancement of British prestige in the following summer.
(Untitled), 05 Jun [1922]
Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC passing on a message from Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lady Randolph Churchill warning that it would be dangerous for WSC to go to Ireland.
(Untitled), 07 Jun [1922]
Letter from Shirley Carson Jenney (Box 91, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) to WSC conveying messages to WSC from Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lady Randolph Churchill, George Meredith and Mary Shelley on the Irish question, increasing German influence in Canada, the nature of the after-life, and other matters. Encloses CHAR 2/123/12-35 and asks WSC to try to get it published.
(Untitled), [Jun] [1922]
"A song of Italy": a work purporting to be by Percy Bysshe Shelley allegedly received by psychic means and written down by Shirley Carson Jenney of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Sent with CHAR 2/123/3-10.