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June 7, 2025 41 mins

Beyond the Veil: The Wallis Guide to Ethical Mediumship

Journey back to early 20th-century London for an in-depth exploration of one of the most comprehensive and responsible guides to psychic development ever written. In this feature-length deep dive, we unpack the groundbreaking work of E. W. and M. H. Wallis, whose practical manual on mediumship became essential reading for serious spiritual seekers of their era.

At a time when séances filled Victorian parlours and spiritualism was sweeping through society, the Wallises stood apart with their rigorous, ethical approach to psychic phenomena. They understood something crucial that many missed: developing mediumistic abilities without proper safeguards and discernment could lead to spiritual manipulation, mental instability, and dangerous self-deception.

This extended episode explores their detailed instructions for cultivating clairvoyance, automatic writing, and healing abilities through disciplined breathing exercises and mental concentration. We'll examine their warnings about the pitfalls of vanity, the importance of maintaining robust physical and mental health, and their revolutionary emphasis on personal willpower as the ultimate protection against negative spiritual influences.

From their London perspective, witnessing both genuine phenomena and countless fraudulent mediums, the Wallises developed a framework that treated mediumship as a natural human faculty requiring the same careful cultivation as any other skill. Their work reveals how authentic spiritualism should elevate practitioners above superstition and fear, not deeper into it.

Discover how their century-old wisdom about spiritual discernment, ethical practice, and psychic self-protection remains startlingly relevant for anyone exploring consciousness, meditation, or the mysteries of human perception today.

A comprehensive exploration of forgotten spiritual wisdom from the heart of Edwardian London.

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