The Penetralia : Andrew Jackson Davis [ Spiritualist , Association , John Fuller Medium ]
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1860 Edition of The Penetralia by Andrew Jackson Davis owned by Lois Fuller , wife of Spiritualist medium and author John Fuller of Elba , New York
Davis, Andrew Jackson. The Penetralia : Being Harmonial Answers to Important Questions. Boston : Bela Marsh, 15 Franklin Street. 1860. Fourth Edition
Fourth edition of the highly influential Spiritualist text Penetralia by the Poughkeepsie Seer Andrew Jackson Davis, recording his answers to various philosophical and existential questions while in trance.
This copy owned by Lois Fuller, wife of John Fuller Jr , medium, author and signer of the 1854 petition to Congress to investigate spiritualist phenomena sponsored and organized by Senator Nathaniel P Tallmadge. Fuller is best remembered for his 1853 book Reports from the Celestial Court which purported to “be dictated mostly by the spirit of Daniel Webster” as well as his contributions to The Spiritual Telegraph newspaper. (His spirit may also have been channeled in the pages of Owens’ Psychography (1893)).
8vo, 328pp + 8 ads, black blind stamped boards, corners bumped, wear to edges and spine ends with flaking tear to top spine. Pastedowns and endpapers toned. Bookseller sticker from Samuel Weiser Occult Books on front pastedown. Ownership signature in pencil to first free endpaper. Pages clean. Good condition.
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