THROUGHOUT
HISTORY***
thousands of letters in sealed envelopes addressed
to the spirit friends of the writers. regardless of the
language, he could read the letters clairvoyantly and
wrote replies in the same tongue. When he touched
a sealed envelope with his left hand, his right hand
would begin writing rapidly. The handwriting varied
as the spiritual influence varied.
Nettie Coburn Maynard- "Lincolns Medium", was
most noted for the seances she held with President
Abraham Lincoln. In one seance the piano in the
room started to levitate.
Franz Anton Messmer-introduced the idea and
application of hypnosis in getting people to touch in
with thier subconscious minds, which became
known as "Messmerization." Although quite believe-
able, he was not given serious consideration until
some time later. Further discoveries by others always seemed to lead back to Messmer's ideas and reinforced his findings.
William Stainton Moses-approached Spiritualism
with the intent to smash up the so-called science.
Instead, he became of medium of great abiltiy. He
demonstrated apportation,psychic lights,direct
voice,levitation and materializations. He wrote
Spirt Teachings and Spirit Identity through the
phenomena of automatic writing.
Fredrick William Meyers-co-founded the Society
for Psychical Research in 1882. He coined the
words Telepathy and Supernormal. He wrote
Human Personality and It's Survival of Bodily
Death.
superstition,sorcery magic and priestly attention
to healing. He led the way to a practical kind of
medical science and is considered a prototype
for all doctors for all future ages. He introduced
some basic standards into medical practice that
are still sound today.
Imhotep-was the first Egyptian Priest-Physician.
He was venerated by his people and wrote many
proverbs and observations about sickness and
health.
J.S.Loveland- the "First Lecturer to Start
Regular Meetings on the Philosophy of Spiritual-
ism." He was the author of the First American
Book on Spiritualism. He was a Methodist
Minister for 16 years but found too many
inconsistencies with orthodox religion.He did not
approve of using mediumship to tell fortunes
and call it Spiritualism.
Mother Ann Lee-born in England in 1736 and
because of religious persecution fled to the New
World and founded the Shakers in Lebanon, NY.
They practice Trance, Spirit Communication,
Materializations and Levitation. Thier behavior
in Trance sessions,of trembling and shaking,
gave way to thier name.
Oliver Lodge-a renowned physicist and from
1900-1919 was the Principal of Birmingham University. He investigated and became convin-
ced of Spiritualist philosophy and the contin-
uance of life. He looked upon Spiritualism as a
point of interest in psychical research rather than
being a religion. Although an endorser of
Spiritualism, he remained true to the Christian
church. He wrote Raymond or Life and Death
in 1916. He communicated with Raymond through the mediumship of Mrs. Leonard.