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THOMAS ST. E. HAKE.
In _Notes and Queries_ [9th S., ix. 369, 450; x. 16] a letter had
appeared, signed 'Jay Aitch,' inquiring as to the school of mystics
founded by Lavater, alluded to on page 83 of the _Illustrated
Aylwin_. This afforded Mr. Thomas St. E. Hake another opportunity of
unloading his wallet of Rossetti and _Aylwin_ lore. And in the same
journal, for 2nd August 1902, he wrote as follows:
The question raised by Jay Aitch as to the school of mystics founded
by Lavater, and the large book _The Veiled Queen_, by 'Philip
Aylwin,' which contains quotations that Jay Aitch affirms have
haunted him ever since he read them, are certainly questions about as
interesting as any that could have been raised in connexion with the
story. And in answering these queries I find an opportunity of saying
a few authentic words on a subject upon which many unauthentic ones
have been-uttered--that of the occultism of D. G, Rossetti and some
of his friends. It has been frequently said that Rossetti was a
spiritualist, and it is a fact that he went to several _seances_; but
the word 'spiritualism' seems to have a rather elastic meaning.
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