J. J. Morse was known for giving lectures through trance mediumship. His travels to the United States helped spread Spiritualism beyond Great Britain.
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Advertisement for Hudson Tuttle’s “Life in Two Sphere’s, or Scenes from the Summerland” and J. J. Morse’s “Practical Spiritualism: A Course of Lectures Through the Trance Mediumship of J. J. Morse.” In pamphlet “The Mysteries of Mediumship. A Spirit Interviewed: Being an Account of the Life and Mediumship of J. J. Morse with a Full Report of an Interview with his Chief Control Tien Sien Tie. Also, as an Appendix, a Lecture Entitled: Some Experiences in Earth and Spirit Life of the Speaking Control of J. J. Morse Known as Tien Sien Tie, as Delivered by the Spirit, With Portraits of Medium and Spirit,” reprinted from Light magazine. Thomas Olman Todd, Publisher, Sunderland. The Progressive Literature Agency, 26 Osnaburgh Street, London, N.W., 1894, Folder “Mediumship,” Box 30, Eileen J. Garrett Parapsychology Foundation Collection, Collection 331, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).