As part of an event entitled ‘A Weekend of Commemoration and Hope for the Future: Stories of the First World War from Edgbaston and Ladywood’, there will be a day dedicated to Raymond Lodge at St George’s Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Saturday 19 September 2015.
As part of an event entitled ‘A Weekend of Commemoration and Hope for the Future: Stories of the First World War from Edgbaston and Ladywood’, there will be a day dedicated to Raymond Lodge at St George’s Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Saturday 19 September 2015.
It includes talks on ‘Sir Oliver Lodge; Mediumship, Séances and Survival’ and ‘Religion and Spiritualism during the First World War’.
Sir Oliver Lodge was a prominent member of the SPR and its president 1901-3 and 1932. His book Raymond (1916) is the most famous book dealing with ostensible communications from the afterlife to be published during the conflict.
Details about the day can be found here: