An Exposition Of Views Respecting The Principal Facts, Causes And Peculiarities Involved In Spirit Manifestations Together With Interesting Phenomenal Statements And Communications

1852. Adin Ballou, founder of the utopian community at Hopedale, Massachusetts and a leading 19th century exponent of pacifism, was during his long career a Universalist, a Restorationist, a Practical Christian, and a Unitarian minister. A tireless reformer, he sought to bring his Christian and socialist vision of society into practice. This book contains a collection of authentic statements concerning phenomenal demonstrations, together with interesting communications purporting to have come from departed spirits.