{"id":96,"date":"2014-08-24T17:14:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.104\/enfold-blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-08-30T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T17:08:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manchesterspiritualistcentre.org.uk\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-d8z50-ba50f5deefc7d6d6c224f3936db2dd00\">\n.avia-section.av-d8z50-ba50f5deefc7d6d6c224f3936db2dd00{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/manchesterspiritualistcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saint-pauls-cathedral-m.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:fixed;\n}\n.avia-section.av-d8z50-ba50f5deefc7d6d6c224f3936db2dd00 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.2;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section 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><p>Manchester Spiritualist Centre is a Spiritualist church affiliated to the\u00a0Spiritualists\u2019 National Union. 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class='avia-slideshow-slide av-7fr48-8d77121f198fa86727ee23a7dcbf209f__2  slide-3 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-333 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-333\"  src=\"https:\/\/manchesterspiritualistcentre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/people-outdoors-holding-hands-m-845x321.jpg\" width=\"845\" height=\"321\" title='Large Groups' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls' ><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  tabindex='-1'>Previous<\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  tabindex='-1'>Next<\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-vikc-5daf4cd69f51ef3d23d8af2024de046a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Another way of putting it would be to say that democracy figures in the running of the church through Membership and a Committee, while political correctness is observed in the welcome that can be expected by persons of any race or religion who enter the church.<\/p>\n<p>The welcome you may expect is not imposed by Rules, however, it is the natural consequence of philosophies of life based on the Seven Principles given to Emma Hardinge Britten from Spirit by Robert Owen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-847fw-80d23a919b7b01c2b816aeaf35ee8b60\">\n#top 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