Journeys Through Space: Spiritual Experiences Of Effa Danelson
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- Journeys Through Space: Spiritual Experiences Of Effa Danelson
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- 1922
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Journeys Through Space: Spiritual Experiences Of Effa Danelson
Author: Effa Danelson
Year: 1922
THE EVOLUTION INQUISITION: AN OCCULTIST’S RESPONSE TO THE SCOPES TRIAL In January 1925 Effa Danelson changed the name of the magazine she edited from Psychic Power to The Occult Digest . She had long been involved in various occult and spiritualists circles in the Chicago area even publishing a book in 1904 entitled, Journeys Though Space: Experiences of Effa E. Danelson which is a collection of journal entries where she discusses Spiritualism, mediumship, her interpretations of Christianity and its teachings. In general she rejects fundamentalist Christianity and asserts that the only sin of man is ignorance and that humans lived their lives to grow spiritually. By changing the name of the journal, Danelson wanted to market it to a broader clientele, and also broaden her conversation with other aspects of occultism including astrology, palmistry, magic, mental healing, and much more. This desire to make the magazine as widely attractive was indicated in her magazine tagline, “A Monthly for Everybody.” In the summer of 1925, Danelson published two editorials attacking the Scopes trial, Christian fundamentalists, and the position of Williams Jennings Bryan. Calling the trial “The Ev