ARK Review

The Ark Review -
Journal of the Noah's Ark Society

NB. Until February 1998, this was The Noah's Ark Society Newsletter.

Please Note: The Ark Review (previously the NAS Newsletter), which has been published regularly since 1990) is sent to NAS members as part of the membership subscription: it can also be sent for a lesser amount which does not include membership.
The Ark Review, published every two months, includes a variety of interesting and informative articles about physical mediumship and survival. It contains news and comments from the President, information concerning current and forthcoming plans for the NAS, 'Circles seeking Sitters' where circles wanting sitters (or sitters wanting to join a circle) can advertise. (There is no charge for placing these advertisements).
In addition to the above, the contents of the Ark Review, since 1995, have included the following:-

Vol.7. Issue 125. July/August 2002. Direct Voice (George Cranley); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Physical Phenomena -Excerpts from "LIGHT" (Submitted by Heather Margetts); The Day I Met Colin Fry (Anita Stubbs); Visit to See Bangs Sisters' Portraits (Jan Dayton); Look What You Missed (Freda Watts); The Phenomena of Materialisation (Riley Heagerty); Physical Phenomena (Annie Brittain).

Vol.7. Issue 124. May/June 2002. Direct Voice (George Cranley); Behind The Scenes Of A Direct Voice Séance (4) (Nandor Fodor & Others). Leaves From The Book Of Memory (Earnest W. Oaten); Transition Of David Duguid (James Robertson); Spirit Ministry & Spirit Direction (David Gow); Why I Believe In Home Circles (Noah Zerdin);Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry).

Vol.7. Issue 123. March/April 2002. Direct Voice (George Cranley); What Grandad Did In The Dark (Chris Eldon Lee); Infinite Items (Joan Hughes & Heather Margetts); Leaves From The Book Of Memory (Earnest W. Oaten); The Phenomena Of Materialization (Riley Heagerty); Book Review - The French Revolution (Michael E. Tymn); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Behind The Scenes Of A Direct Voice Séance (3) (Nandor Fodor & Others).

Vol.7. Issue 122. January/February 2002. Direct Voice (George Cranley); Materialisations In A Private Circle (Heather Margetts); A New Year's Eve Séance (Harry Emerson); The Phenomena Of Materialization Pt 2 (Riley Heagerty); Leaves From the Book Of Memory (Earnest W. Oaten); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Behind The Scenes Of A Direct Voice Séance (2) (Arthur Findlay); My First Direct Voice Experience (Paul Unwin); Unite from The Voice Triumphant (Mrs Cecil M. Cook).

Vol.7. Issue 121. November/December 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); Leaves from the Book of Memory (Ernest W Oaten); Amazing Cures of a Brazilian Miracle Man (Robert Pellegrino-Estrich); Scientific Investigation (Lloyd Kenyon Jones); Call to Arms (Alfreda Watts); Behind The Scenes.. (Sylvia Barbanell); The Phenomena Of Materialization (Riley Heagerty); Infinite Items (Riley Heagerty); Haste Ye Back (Mary Armour); Nearer The Light - A New Video (Michael Courtney-Hunt); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Christmas Tree For Spirit Children (Harry Emerson).

Vol.7. Issue 120. September/October 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Miracle Man (Robert Pellgrino-Estrich); An Unusual Séance (Emma Hardinge Britten); Interview With Bob Kennedy (Riley Heagerty); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Summer Séance (Pat Fletcher); Infinite items (Emma Hardinge Britten); Leaves From The Book Of Memory (Ernest W. Oaten); A Scientist Speaks (Riley Heagerty); Cloning And Life (Garth Willey).

Vol.7. Issue 119. July/August 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Mediumship of Elizabeth Blake (Riley Heagerty); Weekend At Burton-on-Trent (Josephine MacKenzie); Direct Voice Mediumship (A. Campbell Holmes); Five Pints & Knees Up (Pauline Hampton); A Psychic Operation (Viv Messado): The Great Experiment (Noah Zerdin): Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry).

Vol.7. Issue 118. May/June 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Mediumship of Elizabeth J Compton (N Riley Heagerty); A Tiny, Plump, Warm Hand (Mandy Journeaux); Another Brilliant Seminar (Freda Watts); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Olcott & Pyschical Research (Leslie Price).

Vol.7. Issue 117. March/April 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Mediumship of Elizabeth Blake (N Riley Heagerty); Richard Hodgson Physical Researcher (Sean Taylor); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Helen Duncan Book Review (Mary Armour); Personal Responsibility (Graeme Hunter); Circle News From Harlow (Ian Martin).

Vol.7. Issue 116. January/February 2001. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Mediumship of Elizabeth Blake Part 2 (N Riley Heagerty); The French Revelation Book Review (George Cranley); Why Sit In The Dark (Hannen Swaffer); David LaBaron - Medium (Caroline Robertson-Heagerty); Infinite Items (N Riley Heagerty); Infinite Items (Joan Hughes); Healing With A Differance (Denzil Fairbairn); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); When A Child Dies (Ron Gilkes); Lodge & Survival (Leslie Price).

Vol.7. Issue 115. November/December 2000. Direct Voice (George Cranley); The Annual General Meeting (Elizabeth Wheeler); Elizabeth Blake Part 1 (N. Riley Heagerty); Voices In The Dark (Colin Fry); Time To Catch Up (Mary Armour); My First Séance (Doctor A); Training & Education Officers Report (Colin Fry); Séance In Seattle (Graeme Hunter); Magnus Spells it out (Michael Ayers); Helen Duncan Book Review (Mary Armour).

Vol.7. Issue 114. September/October 2000. Direct Voice (George Cranley); Sir John Gielgud Communicates (Mandy Journeaux); Our First Physical Séance ((Geoff & Sandra Ball); It's Getting More Physical (Michal Ayers); My Dead Mother Brings Me A Lock Of Her Hair (Dr Edwin F Bowers); Around The Circles The Rainbow Circle); Adelaide 2000 (Tom Hawke); What Do We Mean By A Guide (Ed); Mediumship Of Etta Wriedt (N Riley Heagerty).

Vol.7. Issue 113. July/August 2000. The Mediumship of Emily French (DJN); Report of NAS Weekend at Glasgow (Vicki Wills); Standards in Mediumship (Melanie Polley); Response to 'Updating the Spirit' (Editor); Direct Voice (George Cranley); I Have Talked With Ghosts! (Edwin F. Bowers); If It's The Physical You Want (Michael Ayres).

Vol.7. Issue 112. May/June 2000. The Mediumship of Maria Silbert (DJN); First Impressions (Michael Ayres); Jenny's Sanctuary - The New Beginning (Ron Gilkes); The Theory and Practice of Spiritualism (Malcolm A. Lewis); Around the Circles (Crescent Circle); Around the Circles (Jonathan Dorrat); Updating the Spirit (DJN); Education and Training (Colin Fry); Report of Banbury Seance, March 2000 (Ross-James Pearman); What Hannen Swaffer Told the Magic Circle (Will Goldston); Videing Colin Fry (Michael Courtney-Hunt).

Vol.7. Issue 111. March/April 2000. The Mediumship of Helen Duncan - II (DJN); Scole: A Reply (Montague Keen; Editor's Reply; Enlightenment Postponed (Stuart Menzies); The Spirit & I - Book Review; A Cordial Response (Colin Fry); Reply to Stewart Alexander (Louisa Livingstone); A Brief History of Camp Chesterfield (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol.7. Issue 110. January/February 2000. The Scole Report (George Cranley); Jenny (Ron Gilkes); The Mediumship of Helen Duncan - I (DJN); A Matter of Corruption and A Matter of Concern (Stewart Alexander); Physical Mediumship and the Bible (Colin Fry); Christmas Tree Seance 1999 (Chris and Hazel Hunt); Direct Voice (George Cranley); Training and Education: Officer's Report (Colin Fry); Wishful Thinking (DJN); In Search of the Bang Sisters (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol.6. Issue 109. November/December 1999. The Spirit Return of Harry Houdini (George Cranley); Around the Circles - Down South; The Mediumship of Etta Wriedt - II (DJN); Beyond the Brain - Scientists Discuss Survival Evidence (Lew Sutton); Direct Voice (George Cranley); Training and Education: Officer's Report (Colin Fry); Halloween and Remembrance - And What's Real About the Spirits (Richard Rowley); Book Review of Infinite Mind (Richard Rowley); Recommended Reading; Leslie Flint tapes.

Vol.6. Issue 108. September/October 1999. The Mediumship of Etta Wriedt - I (DJN); Cardiff Seminar (Aug 20-23) (Ross-James Pearman); Training and Education: Officer's Report, Cardiff Seminar 1999 (Colin Fry); Experimental Seance at Cardiff (Colin Fry); Comments From Delegates; Spirit Memories of the 1930s (Norman Hutt); Is The Media The Right Medium? (George Cranley); Darkness Is No Barrier (K. Halliwell); A Cause For Concern (Richard Rowley); Experiments With EVP (Darren Houghton); A Report From The North; A Few Tips From The Evergreen Circle; Review of 'A Voice From the Light' Video (DJN); Book Review of More Things In Heaven And Earth (George Cranley).

Vol.6. Issue 107. August 1999. The Mediumship of John Myers (DJN); Time to Move On (Colin Fry); 'To Switzerland' (Stewart Alexander and Dr. Hans Schaer); Alan Turing Honoured as Computer Scientist of the Century (Garth Willey); The Noah's Ark Society and the Rest of the World (DJN).

Vol 6. Issue 106. June/July 1999. The Mediumship of Estelle Roberts - II (DJN); Spirit Communication - How Difficult Is It? (Extracts from Geraldine Cummins' Writings); An Amazing Seance (Judith Cottle); Diary Dates; Deceased Pilot Returns (Major J. H. Webster); 'Honest John' Taylor (Gerald O' Hara).

Vol 6. Issue 105. April/May 1999. An Interview with Leslie Flint (Geoge Cranley); Extract from Voices in the Dark; Tribute to Leslie Flint (Alexander Walker); The Past Is A Friend - III (Physical Mediumship in the 1870s) (Gerald O'Hara); Stewart's Circle 'Walks On Air' (Circle Member); The Mediumship of Estelle Roberts - I (DJN); My Talks With the Dead (Hannen Swaffer); Freedom to Worship (Wilfred Watts).

Vol 6. Issue 104. March 1999. The Mediumship of Alec Harris - II (DJN); The Past Is A Friend - II (Physical Mediumship in the 1870s) (Gerald O'Hara); Interview with Dr Lang, guide of George Chapman (George Cranley); NAS Winter Seminar (Lew Sutton); Review of 'Magnus Guides' Video' (DJN); The Development of Trance (Colin Fry).

Vol 6. Issue 103. February 1999. The Mediumship of Alec Harris - I (DJN); My Experiments with Alec Harris (Teddy Strathern); The Past Is A Friend (Physical Mediumship in the 1870s) - I (Gerald O'Hara); Spirit Lodge Inauguration and Christmas Tree Seance (Chris and Hazel Hunt); Colin Fry's Public Seances (Garth Willey); Review of New Scientist Article (DJN).

Vol 6. Issue 101/102. December 1998/January 1999. The Mediumship of Mollie Perriman (DJN); The Ghost in the Machine - II (Tim Haigh); 'A Little Child Shall Lead Them' (Editor); The Saga of Sherlock Holmes (Garth Willey); A Victorian Christmas Seance (Gerald O'Hara); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - IX (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol 6. Issue 100. November 1998. The Mediumship of Stella Cranshaw (DJN); 'The Flounder and the Bird: An Allegory' (Oliver Lodge); The Ghost in the Machine (Tim Haigh); Book Review (DJN); Are Our Expectations Too Great? (Alf Winchester); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Garth Willey); Conan Doyle's Wonderful Seance (W. W. Roche); The Conduct of Circles: Advice to Inquirers (Stainton Moses); All For One and One For All (Stewart Alexander); Complementary Therapy Wing at SAGB (Tony Ortzen); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - VIII (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol 6. Issue 99. October 1998. NAS Seminar, Cardiff 1998 (Lew Sutton); A Flaw in the Diamond (David Haith); The Mediumship of William Eglinton - 2 (DJN); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - A Sequel (Garth Willey); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - VII (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol 6. Issue 98. September 1998. The Mediumship of William Eglinton - I (DJN); My Introduction to Spiritualism (Colin Loud): A Visit to Stewart Alexander's Home Circle (Josephine MacKenzie); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - VI (N. Riley Heagerty): Members' Letters Regarding Seances Attended.

Vol 6. Issue 97. August 1998. Report of Evidential Seance with Lincoln (Elisabeth Wheeler); The Mediumship of Margery Crandon - II (DJN); Spiritualism and the Establishment: Rev. George Vale Owen - III (Steve Hume); 'Wife Makes Speedy Return' (Report of Evidential Seance, June 17) (Nick McGlynn); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - V (N. Riley Heagerty); Members' Reports of Seances with Stewart Alexander.

Vol 6. Issue 96. July 1998. The Mediumship of Margery Crandon - I (DJN); Tribute to Leslie Flint; Spiritualism and the Establishment: Rev. George Vale Owen - II (Steve Hume); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - IV (N. Riley Heagerty); Around the Circles: Report (Circle 43); Around the Circles: Report (Sphere Circle).

Vol 6. Issue 95. June 1998. The Mediumship of Leslie Flint - III (DJN); Magnetic Energy in Mediumship (Dominic Macquire); Spiritualism and the Establishment: Rev. George Vale Owen - I (Steve Hume); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - III (N. Riley Heagerty).

Vol. 6. Issue 94. May 1998. The Mediumship of Leslie Flint - II (DJN); The 1998 Seminar at Burton-on-Trent (Lew Sutton); Tribute to the Pioneers (Alf Winchester); Some Thoughts on the Provision of Magnetic Energy for Use in Mediumship and in EVP (Dominic Macquire); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - II (N. Riley Heagerty); Cober Hill Seminar - Notice.

Vol. 6. Issue 93. April 1998. The Mediumship of Leslie Flint - I (DJN); Condensed version of Ellen Terry's communication (through Leslie Flint); Spiritualism and the Establishment: The Career of Allan Kardec - V (Steve Hume); The Eddy Family of Spiritual Mediums - I (N. Riley Heagerty); 'Spirit through a Kareoke' (Dominic Macquire); Report from a Northern Home Circle.

Vol. 6. Issue 92. March 1998. 'The Rochester Knockers' (Editor); Spiritualism and the Establishment: The Career of Allan Kardec - IV (Steve Hume); NAS Prize Quiz; Around the Circles; The Mediumship of Cecil Husk (DJN); Physical Phenomena and the Fox Sisters (George Cranley).

Vol. 6. Issue 91. February 1998. The Return of Gordon Higginson (The Editor); The Mediumship of George Spriggs (DJN); 'Nights of Instruction - II'; Spiritualism and the Establishment: The Career of Allan Kardec - III (Steve Hume); Christmas Tree Seance at Brighton (Judge Smith); Christmas Tree Seance at Dorking (Hazel Hunt).

Vol. 5. Issue 90. January 1998. The Mediumship of Willy Schneider (DJN); Spiritualism and the Establishment: The Career of Allan Kardec - II (Steve Hume); Response to 'Secret of the Psychics' programme (Prof. David Fontana); 'England - At Last!: American NAS member writes of his sittings with Stewart Alexander and Lincoln (N. Riley Heagerty); 'Nights of Instruction - I'; 'Questions and Answers' - sessions with Lincoln in trance during Australian visit.

Vol.5. Issue 89. December 1997. The Mediumship of Hunter Selkirk (DJN); Spiritualism and the Establishment: The Career of Allan Kardec - I (Steve Hume); Personal Evidence (Dr. Adrian Klein); 'Lights! Camera! Action!' [A response to those asking for filming of seances] (DJN); Book Review: Trance Teachings through Colin Fry (SH); Book Review: Psychic Surgeon (GC); Quiz.

Vol.5. Issue 88. November 1997. Cardiff 1997 Seminar Report - II (Lew Sutton); The Mediumship of Frank Decker (DJN); 'Magnus and Companions Visit Melbourne' - III (Garth Willey); 'The Bang Sisters, Magicians and Hereward Carrington' (Prof. David Fontana); 'The Bang Sisters - Conclusion' (Riley Heagerty); 'Helen Duncan - Spirit of Scotland' (Mary Armour); A Profile of ACD; His Elucidation of Spiritual Truths (Garth Willey).

Vol.5. Issue 87. October 1997. Cardiff 1997 Seminar Report - I (Lew Sutton); The Mediumship of Mme d'esperance (DJN); Spiritualism and the Establishment: Harry Edwards and the Archbishops' Commission on Divine Healing - III (Steve Hume); 'Equinox - Return of the CSICOPS (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal)!' (George Cranley); 'Magnus and Companions Visit Melbourne' - II (Garth Willey); 'Yes, You Do Understand!' (Report of Banbury Seminar) (Colin Loud).

Vol.5. Issue 86. September 1997. 'Magnus and Companions Visit Melbourne' (Garth Willey); Spiritualism and the Establishment: Harry Edwards and the Archbishops' Commission on Divine Healing - II (Steve Hume); 'Mediumship of the Bang Sisters - Not Quite What They Seemed' (Prof. David Fontana); 'Mediumship of the Bang Sisters - Riley Heagerty Responds'.

Vol.5. Issue 85. August 1997. The Mediumship of Florence Cook - Part II (DJN); Spiritualism and the Establishment: Harry Edwards and the Archbishops' Commission on Divine Healing - I (Steve Hume); Around the Circles - Report from the Swift Circle; 'Houdini Undertakes' (Stewart Alexander); How to Sit for Direct Voice (John Butler); Index of Back Issues.

Vol. 5. Issue 84. July 1997. The Mediumship of Florence Cook - Part I (DJN); Magnus Speaks; The 'Microphone in a Box' Method of Voice Mediumship (Dominic Macquire); Book Review; Visit to San Francisco (Gerald O'Hara); The Mediumship of the Bang Sisters - Conclusion (N.Riley Heagerty); Past Masters of Physical Mediumship (Alan H. House).