"THE MODERN HELL" - A TRANCE ADDRESS DELIVERED THROUGH THE MEDIUMSHIP OF J.J. MORSE - SPECIFICALLY REPORTED FOR "THE TWO WORLDS MAGAZINE" BY FLORENCE J. OLSEN OF SOUTH
SHIELDS, ENGLAND
Book Details + Condition: The Two Worlds Publishing Company (Manchester, England). Second Edition, 1911. Very scarce. Softcover measuring 7" x 4.75". 12 pages. Original dark red stapled wrappers lettered in black. A trance address on the subject of Hell, delivered through the mediumship of J.J. Morse in Rippon Hall, England in July 1913. "Reported" (i.e. presumably transcribed) by Florance J. Olsen. A firm copy of a very scarce work, with rubbed and darkened wrappers; ink stamp on first page, with the upper corner bumped and creased, and damp affecting said corner - which has caused red to bleed through to pages (no loss of text, as it is the upper corner). For more on the psychic medium and channel, James John Morse, please see below.
James Johnson Morse (1848–1919) was a well-known medium who was active within the Spiritualist movement for more than 50 years. Aside from writing a number of books of his own, he contributed to others, and was a regular contributor to Spiritualist journals such as "The Medium", "The Spiritualist", "Light", "The Herald of Progress" and "The Two Worlds" — and for a time edited the latter.
