Note 119 — Chapter XIV · WHAT YOU MUST BELIEVE TO BE A SPIRITUALIST
Reading edition
The Spirit Messenger and the Star of Truth were published in 1852 by R. P. Ambler of Springfield, Mass. They were “edited and composed by spirits.” The Spirit of the Sixth Circle took entire charge of the Spirit Messenger, and not even the publisher was permitted to dictate in the least. There were elucidations by the Spirits on “Hope, Life, Truth, Initiation, Marriage Relations, Evils of Society, and Destiny of the Race.” The Northwestern Orient, published in 1852 by C. H. White, contained communications from John Adams, Edgar Allan Poe, John Wesley, John Whitefield, Thomas Paine, et al. It also contained several poems by the Spirits. Copies are on file in my library.