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Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation
Biographical Sketches

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge

Author: Anna Mary Howitt Watts

Date Published: January 2011
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9781108025942

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Anna 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.

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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108025942
- length: 346 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.44kg
- availability: Available
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.
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