THE BLUE ISLAND – EXPERIENCES OF A NEW ARRIVAL :: BEYOND THE VEIL ::
Communicated by W. T. STEAD
Recorded by PARDOE WOODMAN & ESTELLE STEAD
With Letter from SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Preface
When in April 1912 the Titanic sank in mid-ocean and
my father passed on to the next world, I was on tour with
my own Shakespearean Company. Amongst the members
of that Company was a young man named Pardoe
Woodman, who on the very Sunday of the disaster foretold
it as we sat talking after tea. He did not name the boat or
my father, but he got so much that pointed to disaster at
sea and the passing on of an elderly man intimately
connected with me, that when the sad news came through
we realized he must have been closely in touch with what
was about to happen. I mention this incident because it
formed the first link between my father and Mr. Woodman,
and as it is largely due to Mr. Woodman’s psychic powers
that my father has been able to get through the messages
which are contained in this book, I think, therefore, it will
be of interest to readers and should be put on record.
