Psychic News’ return was the ‘best ever Christmas present’
News of Psychic News’ resurrection has been received with great delight in New Zealand.
The Spiritualist Alliance’s Communicator leads its December issue with the headline: ‘Spiritualism’s Best Ever Christmas Present!’
The article’s author, Alliance president Elizabeth Pretty (pictured), is a long-time PN reader. Reporting on “the shameful and somewhat inexplicable treatment by the Spiritualists’ National Union, UK, to and of the newspaper, its Editor and Staff,” she writes that “a knight in shining armour, Eric Hatton, has fulfilled a long- ago promise to the original editor Maurice Barbanell, to ensure the continuance of Spiritualism’s worldwide publication.”
Pointing out that Hannen Swaffer, Fleet Street journalist and passionate advocate for Spiritualism, became known as ‘The Grand Old Man of Spiritualism’, Elizabeth says: “We feel the title surely now is Eric’s.”