Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Ep. 13 Hypnosis, Telepathy, and Ghosts: The History of Spiritualism and the Christadelphians
Today we’re chatting about ghosts! More specifically, about how the Christadelphians have historically tried to disprove the existence of ghosts and the beliefs of Spiritualists to their followers! It’s time for science class with John Thomas as he explains the (now considered pseudoscience) "science" of odology, explains how Jesus Christ (electric medium) used hypnosis on his disciples, speculates on whether followers will be able to be invisible and teleport when they’re resurrected (sorry, you can only hold eyeballs), and how God’s Holy Spirit is actually… electricity. We discover the story of a Christadelphian with psychic abilities and end the episode with the most legendary ghost story to ever be told in Christadelphia! It’s going to get spoooooooky!
This episode was also released alongside Episode 14, Fellowship with Zinnia, due to some overlapping themes and topics. We hope you enjoy this podcast double feature! See you in 2025!
Resources and References
“Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull” by Barbara Goldsmith, Page 78
Some background information on Spiritualism in the Britannica:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/spiritualism-religion
Dr. Thomas: His Life and His Work by Robert Roberts
Popular Figures who were Spiritualists:
https://www.history.com/news/spiritualism-communication-dead-figures
The First Woman to Run for President in the US, Victoria Woodhull:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-first-woman-to-run-for-president-victoria-woodhull.htm
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
The Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith:
https://christadelphianvideo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/BASF.pdf
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come, July 1852
2023 Pew Research:
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/12/07/spiritual-beliefs/
2024 Article:
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4400922-americans-ghosts-aliens-devil-survey/
Last Week Tonight: Psychics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMGcp9xIhY
Harry Houdini:
The Ambassador of the Coming Age:
July 1868, Aug1868 and Sept 1868
The Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come by John Thomas, July and August 1852
A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Princess Bride Movie, 1987
Prosopagnosia, medical condition
Jim Jones Healings
https://people.com/crime/jim-jones-jonestown-massacre-demagogue-biography-jeff-guinn/
Rapidash Pokemon
https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/rapidash
The Bible:
1 Kings 19
2 Corinthians 12
Habakkuk 2:2-3
Joel 2:28
Job 33
Acts 10
Revelation 1
Matthew 22
1 Samuel 28
Odology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odic_force
Louis Cahagnet’s “Celestial Telegraph, or Secrets of the Life to Come revealed through Magnestism”
Robert Roberts: A Study of Life And Character by Islip Collyer
The Christadelphian:
April 1869
February 1895
February 1888
May 1887
June 1876
January 1877
May 1955
November 1919
August 1913
November 1926
Spiritualists’ Association Bookstore:
The Girl with Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
The Wizard of Oz (movie), 1939
Spiritualism by Michael Ashton
Read Online at: https://thisisyourbible.com/library/show/175
The Christadelphian, Nov1871
The Christadelphian, January 1872
Medium and Daybreak, Nov 24 1871 edition
Full article provided from the University of Oxford Bodleian Library and from the Hamilton College.
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead by Christine Wicker
Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I learned about Ghosts by Amy Bruni
Other Resources:
If you want to learn more about Spiritualism, check out the Dig Podcast:
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