Arthur Findlay College is a college of

Spiritualism Spiritualism is the metaphysical school of thought opposing physicalism and also is the category of all spiritual beliefs/views (in monism and Mind-body dualism, dualism) from ancient to modern. In the long nineteenth century, Spiritualism (w ...

and psychic sciences at Stansted Hall in

Stansted Mountfitchet Stansted Mountfitchet is an English village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, near the Hertfordshire border, north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533, increasing to 6,011 at the 2011 census. The v ...

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, England. Stansted Hall was built in 1871, and the college was founded there in 1964. In accordance with

Arthur Findlay Arthur Findlay MBE JP (May 16, 1883 – July 24, 1964) was a writer, accountant, stockbroker and Essex magistrate, as well as a significant figure in the history of the religion of Spiritualism, being a partial founder of the newspaper ''Psych ...

's wishes, the college building and grounds are administered by the

Spiritualists' National Union The Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) is a Spiritualist organisation, founded in the United Kingdom in 1901, and is one of the largest Spiritualist groups in the world. Its motto is ''Light, Nature, Truth''. Over its history, it has organised t ...

(SNU). The head offices of SNU at Redwoods are within the college grounds. Course prices include daily meals, tuition and accommodations.

History of Stansted Hall

Stansted Hall, built in 1871, was given to the Spiritualists' National Union in by J. Arthur Findlay, MBE, JP, a former honorary president of the SNU, and in accordance with his wishes is administered by the Union as a college for the advancement of psychic science.Richmond, Simon. ''How to be a ghostbuster'',

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, 27 February 1996 Findlay bought the estate in 1923 upon his retirement from business and first mooted the idea of a spiritualist college at Stansted to the union in 1945. After personal contacts with three successive SNU presidents, a will was drawn up, and in 1954 the National Council accepted the proposed bequest of Stansted Hall with an endowment. This was followed by a later gift in the form of stock to be used for furnishing and decorating, and in 1964, a year after the death of his wife, Findlay transferred the hall, grounds and endowment to the union. Findlay died in July 1964.

Subjects taught

* Mediumship * Spiritualist Healing *

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*Spiritual Development * Sound and Colour * Philosophy * Psychic Art and Auragraphs *

Trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

Rooms

* The Sanctuary * The Library. A portrait of

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hangs here. * The Blue Room *Lecture Room *Large Lounge * Guest Accommodation * Britten Memorial Museum

Alumni

* John Holland * Mark Anthony * Alex Palermo

Movie documentations

Stansted Hall

References

External links

College website
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