The Spiritual Magazine (the oldest journal of Spiritualism in England, and which • ontains a record of the movement from its establishment in Jan., 1800), has the follow ing as its motto: " Spiritualism is based on the cardinal fact of spirit communion and influx; it is the effort to discover all truth relating to man's spiritual nature, capacities, relations, duties, welfare, and destiny; and its application to a regenerate life. It recog nizes a continuous divine inspiration in man; it aims through a careful, reverent study of facts, at a knowledge of the laws and principles which govern the voccult forces of the universe; of the relations of spirit to matter, and of man to God and the spiritual world. It is thus catholic and progressive, leading to, true religion as at one with the highest philosophy." At a conference in Liverpool-in Nov., 1873, at which delegates from about 40 socie ties attended, steps were taken which have led to the establishment of the ." British national association of spiritualists"—" to unite spiritualists of every variety of opinion for their mutual aid and benefit; to promote the study of psychology; to aid students and inquirers in their researches, by placing at their disposal the means of systematic investigation into the now recognized facts and phenomena, called spirit ual or psychic; to make known the positive results arrived at by careful scientific research; and to direct attention to the beneficial influence which those results are cal culated to exercise upon social relationships and individual conduct."
.In the United States the principal journals of Spiritualism are the Banner of Light, Boston, established 1857; and the Journal, published at Chicago. The Quarterly Journal of Spiritual Science, edited by professer Britton, takes rank with the best quarterlies of the day. In England there arc three monthly magazines and three weekly journals devoted to Spiritualism; and there are about 50 journals of Spiritualism exclusive of those in England and America. The literature of the move ment is very voluminous. The following in addition to those already indicated are the principal works on Spiritualism published in England and States, to which we must refer our readers for further information: From Matter to Spirit, by Mrs. De Morgan, with preface by professor De Morgan; The Two Worlds, by Thomas Brevior; Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World, and The Debatable Land, by Robert Dale Owen; History of the Supernatural, by William Howitt; A Defense of Spiritualism, by Alfred Russell Wallace; Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism, by D. D. Home (1877); Mesmerism, Spiritualism, etc., Historically and Scientifically Considered, by W. B. Carpen ter, F.R.S. (1877).