Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation : Biographical Sketches Paperback / softback
by Anna Mary Howitt Watts
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge series
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:346 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2011
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- ISBN:9781108025942
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:346 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/01/2011
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- ISBN:9781108025942
