The Uncommon Medium.

Small 8vo. [viii], 181, [3] pp. Pictorial wrappers, color pictorial jacket. Very good. ISBN: 187143842x "Vyvyan Deacon practised as a Spiritualist medium and herbalist. When time were hard, he laboured as a dockworker and fruitpicker in the Australian heat. When times were good he mixed with the British aristocracy and the Prince of Wales came to one of his seances. / As a boy he travelled to Australia via India and while only seventeen met and fell in love with the 12-year-old girl he later married. A Rosicrucian, he was also a friend and pupil of the controversial Liberal Catholic bishop Leadbeater, who had previously been Krishnamuri's teacher. He supported he frequently imprisoned naturalist W.J. Chidley and was involved in the New Thought movement, a precursor of Christian Science. / Moving to the United Kingdom in 1930, Deacon became a friend of Aleister Crowley. At the same time he was instrumental in the foundation of a Christian organisation for the cultivation of psychic gifts within the church. The aftermath of an accident led to his sudden death in 1938. ." Publisher.

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ISBN: 187143842X

ISBN-13: 9781871438420

Publisher: Skoob, 1993.

Year: 1993

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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