SPIRITUALISTS
THROUGHOUT
HISTORY***
Margery Crandon-demonstrated materialization,
automatic writing, direct voice and psychic music.
Her mediumship, along with her brother Walter's,
was very powerful. They both came under heavy
investigations and many stated her mediumship
was the most remarkable in the history of psychical
research although still attacked by many.  She
passed to Spirit in 1939 leaving great wonder of her
mediumship instilled in the minds of many.
William Crookes- one of England's most noted
chemists and physicists. He conducted many detailed experiments to prove the truths of Spiritualism. He invented many great things of our
time and investigated D.D. Home, Catherine Fox,
Florence Cook and Eusapia Palladino.  He became,
through his investigations, and advocate of the
Spiritualist movement. He wrote
Researches in the
Phenomena of Madern Spiritualism
and
The Spiritualist.
Andrew Jackson Davis- the founder of The
Harmonial Philosophy
. He was born in New York
in 1826.The Harmonial Philosophy was an approach to awareness. He is referred to as the "Spiritualism's
John the Baptist" and "The Father of of the
Spiritualist's Lyceum." He believed in the vital
importance of children and the instructional Lyceums began due to his influence. Some of his other writings are
Natures Divine Revelations,
The Magic Staff, The Children's Progressive
Lyceum Manual , The Great Harmonia, Penetralia, Arbula
and Beyond The Valley
Emma Harding Britten-known as the Silver
Tongued Lecturer and the Greatest Woman
Propagandist Modern Spiritualism Ever Had,
born in London in 1823.  She published
Two
Worlds
and wrote Modern American Spiriualism
Dr.Joseph Rhodes Buchanan- coined the
term psychometry, wrote
Journal of Man
and the Manual of Psychometry in 1889 and
was a medical doctor noted for this interest
in "the soul of things."
Mercy E. Cadwallader- the "Animated
Encyclopedia of Spiritualism" and one of the
organizers of the National Spiritualist Assoc.
Through her efforts the Andrew Jackson
Lyceum was built in Lily Dale, NY.  She was
responsible for the markers placed at
Hydesville, NY that stated"There is no death,
there are no dead."  Also, helped erect a
shrine placed by the Spiritualists of the World at Rochester, NY (that still stands today)
Hereward Carrington- British researcher of
psychic phenomena. He investigated the
mediumship of Eusapia Pallidino that served
to change his skepticism regarding Spiritualism.  He established the American
Psychical Institute and Laboratory in 1921.
He also wrote
Psychic Phenomena of
Spiritualism
in 1918.
Wilberforce J. Colville-through the influence
of spirit could stand and talk on any subject,
unprepared, for hours.  He wrote the
Universal Spiritualist Catechism of Spirituals Philosophy
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