Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation
Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation
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USDAnna Mary Howitt Watts (1824–1884) was a painter and writer, and the daughter of William Howitt (1792–1879), one of the subjects of this double biography. Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) was an inspiration to both Howitt and his daughter. A German poet, trained as a doctor, he became famous both as a patron of the arts and an early pioneer of the spiritualist movement. This account of Kerner's life is full of vivid descriptions of ghostly apparitions and supernatural events. Howitt, a popular writer and radical local politician who was raised a Quaker, became increasingly attracted to spiritualism after the deaths of two of his sons. Watts' book, written after her father's death and first published in 1883, is more than a memoir of a beloved parent. As a record of the beliefs of the spiritualists it provides essential information about early Victorian attitudes to this world and beyond.
Product details
January 2011Paperback
9781108025942
346 pages
216 × 140 × 20 mm
0.44kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Life of Dr. Justinus Kerner:
- 1. Birth and parentage
- 2. At college
- 3. In the Black Forest and in the Welzheim Forest
- 4. At Weinsberg
- 5. The last days of Justinus Kerner
- 6. Kerner's home
- 7. Specimens from the works on psychology of Dr. Kerner
- William Howitt and his Work for Spiritualism:
- 1. His childhood
- 2. Early manhood
- 3. Noon-day of life
- 4. Pioneer in the gold-fields of the visible and invisible worlds
- 5. His psychological experiences
- 6. Further psychological experiences
- 7. His work for spiritualism
- 8. Bright sunset of life.
