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Oahspe
is a book written in 1880 by an American dentist named John Ballou
Newbrough [1828-1891]. He claimed that it was the result of automatic
writing, dictated to him by spirits in a trance. In this trance he
wrote the entire book on a very early typewriter (possibly the first
such book ever written on a machine!). The spirits were very profilic;
Oahspe is about four-fifths the size of the King James Bible, and more
than twice the size of the Book of Mormon. Other texts archived at
Sacred-texts authored via automatic writing during the 19th century
include the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus
the Christ, and Clothed with the Sun. Oahspe
appeared in the context of the Spiritualist movement, the Victorian
predecessor of the "New Age" channelling and past life regressions. It
has similarities to Theosophy.
Oahspe inspired a radically different set of spiritual beliefs, called
"Faithism", which has a small following even today. The Faithists do
not consider Oahspe the literal truth; instead they find inspiration in
its many ethical and spiritual passages.
Oahspe, A Kosmon Bible in the Words of
Jehovih and his Angel Embassadors by John Ballou Newbrough. [1882]
Book of Knowledge
The Origin of Oahspe, "Issued for the
Confraternity of Faithists by the Kosmon Press" [date unknown] |
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