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Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation: Biographical Sketches

Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation: Biographical Sketches

Watts, Anna Mary Howitt

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Kno

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ISBN10: 1108025943
ISBN13: 9781108025942
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jan 27 2011
Pages: 346
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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