M & S Rare Books

Document Information
Our descriptions are copyrighted, and may not be reproduced without permission. (title 17, U. S. Code).

(SPIRITUALISM). DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON. The Principles of Nature, Her Divine Revelations, and a Voice to Mankind...in Three Parts. New York: S.S. Lyon and Wm. Fishbough, 1847. 3rd ed. 8vo. 22, [1], 782 pp. Port. Contemp. 3/4 black calf & cloth. Rubbed. Front hinge very weak. $300.00

 

Twelve editions by 1855, all of them very scarce, and no second edition; the first is also 1847. "From Nov. 28, 1845, to Jan. 25, 1847, he delivered in Manhattan, while in a state of trance, one hundred and fifty-seven lectures. These, copied down verbatim by the Rev. Fishbough, constituted his Principles of Nature...In this strange melange of occult history, mysticism, philosophy, and science, critics have discerned likenesses to the works of Swedenborg and Brisbane." --DAB. Fishbough, a member of the Hopedale Community, wrote the introduction.