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Emilie Augusta Louise Lind-af-Hageby
Obituary
MERCY PHILLIMORE
It is with pleasure that I recall a few memories of Miss Lind-af-Hageby
whose death occurred on Dec. 26 1963, at the age of 85. Though born a Swede, the
greater part of a lifetime spent in this country made her virtually an
Englishwoman.
Miss Lind was no waverer in her support of the
Spiritualist movement. She was a popular public speaker, generous with her time
in addressing large propaganda meetings for all sections of the movement. She
was President of the London Spiritualist Alliance from 1935 to 1943, having
joined its Council in 1930.
Her complete conviction of individual survival of death was drawn partly from
experience with the most successful mediums, but more particularly from her own
personal form of mediumship, which was only used
privately among her most intimate friends.
Animal Welfare and Anti-Vivisection called forth her greatest efforts. She was
Founder and President of the Animal Defence League,
and in logical compliance with her opinion-I think it correct to say, with her
knowledge-she was a vegetarian.
The welfare of children was also close to her heart, and for some years she was
responsible for the care of needful children at a beautiful property at
In all her public work Miss Lind was enthusiastically supported by the late
Duchess of Hamilton and two other ladies. The four enjoyed an ideal friendship:
each one participating in the work had her own special
department. The other three, though younger, predeceased Miss Lind, and one can
realise with sympathy a certain
loneliness in her closing years.
Now that all have passed on, it may be permissible to mention that Miss Lind's
psychic gifts were used in company with those devoted coworkers with the object
of receiving inspiration for their combined work. Miss Lind believed herself to be
in close association with Anna Kingsford, the famous Victorian
anti-vivisectionist who herself spent some years in the study of medicine in
order to combat the practice of vivisection. This identity of interest, together
with the friends' practice of keeping their circle entirely private, favoured truer communication. Such a claim, which raises
eyebrows among unbelievers, must be judged in the light of the intelligence and
achievement of those concerned. Probably those who knew Miss Lind and understood
the significance of psychic activity as a dynamic experience supporting faith in
survival will be ready to accept this claim from a courageous woman who faced
much obloquy throughout her life because of her chosen work. (p. 40)
[The bold characters are not in the original.]
[Published in Light, Vol. LXXXIV, nº.
3.456, 1964.]
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