Frederick Augustus Hudson
Group of Spirit Photographs Related to the Influential Spiritualist, William Stainton Moses and his Circle, 1872-73
Albumen prints (6)
Each 4 x 2 1/2 inches
With manuscript notations verso identifying the sitters and spirits.
With manuscript notations verso identifying the sitters and spirits.
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A collection of six spirit photographs depicting the celebrated Spiritualist medium William Stainton Moses, Frederic W. Percival, Dr. Stanhope Templeman Speer, and his wife Maria, accompanied by various purported spirit...
A collection of six spirit photographs depicting the celebrated Spiritualist medium William Stainton Moses, Frederic W. Percival, Dr. Stanhope Templeman Speer, and his wife Maria, accompanied by various purported spirit manifestations, including “Rector” and “Philosophus,” the "Spirit of Wisdom."
An Oxford-educated Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster, Moses became one of the most influential figures in Victorian Spiritualism. His introduction to the movement came through Mrs. Speer in 1872, having developed a close friendship with the family and served as tutor to their son, Charlton. The Speers became his principal collaborators in psychical investigations, hosting regular séances at their residence, Douglas House, in St John's Wood, London, where Moses reportedly demonstrated extraordinary phenomena, including spirit voices, automatic writing, the levitation of objects, and other physical manifestations. Mrs. Speer carefully recorded the proceedings and purported spirit communications, while Moses's own automatic writings formed the basis of his influential Spirit Teachings (1883). He subsequently became a founding member of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 and was instrumental in establishing the London Spiritualist Alliance in 1883.
An Oxford-educated Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster, Moses became one of the most influential figures in Victorian Spiritualism. His introduction to the movement came through Mrs. Speer in 1872, having developed a close friendship with the family and served as tutor to their son, Charlton. The Speers became his principal collaborators in psychical investigations, hosting regular séances at their residence, Douglas House, in St John's Wood, London, where Moses reportedly demonstrated extraordinary phenomena, including spirit voices, automatic writing, the levitation of objects, and other physical manifestations. Mrs. Speer carefully recorded the proceedings and purported spirit communications, while Moses's own automatic writings formed the basis of his influential Spirit Teachings (1883). He subsequently became a founding member of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882 and was instrumental in establishing the London Spiritualist Alliance in 1883.