BigJohn |
05-05-2022 04:07 AM |
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Originally Posted by bobjob
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Not as clear cut as your one-liner "side note" I think you'd agree. :wink:
Much more to the point, do Spiritualists see Swedenborg as the father of Spiritualism? I look forward to your further comment. blessings :hug3:
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a devoted Spiritualist, concluded the discussion of Emmanuel Swedenborg in his "History of Spiritualist" with these words: "In spite of all his theological symbolism, his name must live eternally as the first of all modern men who has given a description of the process of death, and of the world beyond, which is not founded upon the vague ecstatic and impossible visions of the old Churches, but which actually corresponds with the descriptions which we ourselves obtain from those who endeavour to convey back to us some clear idea of their new existence."
Why would Sir Arthur Conan Doyle include Emmanuel Swedenborg if he did not think he was part of the history of Spiritualism?
In your opinion, what did Spiritualism look like before the Fox Sisters and Mother of 1848? From what I have 'seen', it seems that a considerable number of Spiritualist do not seem to even acknowledge the Fox Sisters and their Mother. I hope I am wrong on that later thought.
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