The New York herald., 1868-02-20
MODERN sPIRnUAlIsn AVID FREE LOVE.
Where They Cnme From-t;reciey and Bris-
bane the Founders.

bane the EOun nsirrs.
From the Oneida Conference Circular
Albert Brisbane imported Fouriersm directly from
PARIS, where he studied under Fourier himself and bis
aoiest disciples. his publ cations. from lsa0 ana on
ward excited Vide and eager interest,", aud he lbra oi
enthusiasm Tor sJcia change which ovens schemes had
produced IN 1925 was fsea ell win bunired told power
IN 1912 Horace Greeley sympa bizsi The columns
OF the Tribune opened u Brisbane. aud q
Systematic exposition of the charms Of scieuune
association was spread before enthusiastic mnlntues
The result 1S43 there a great uprs ng of
the young aud enter,rsng spirits II tho country IN
favor OF social revolution. Fourer's iennilm
seemed surely coming, snd very near Associsuons
we're commenced III al parts OF Inc country. Their
plans dsviated more or less from strict Fouresm but
they all sought the great object Of Fourerm aud Oven
ism and all oiher noabo soc.d Innovaliuns VIZ Tue
substitution OF large nouseho Dis for smai,, which ia
the long run, must result in the abontion of prvae
famisn.
The foremost brightest OF the associations that
the Fourier excitement that Brook Farm,
near Boston. Ine leaders we're men wnosc nanos are
now high 10 literature and poht cs. Ripley, Dana,
Channing Dwight and Hawthorne are specimens OF tue
list Most OF then were IRON the Unitarian school,
whose headquarters are a Bo ton ana Cambridge 1ne
movement really issued mucn from transcendentai
Untaransn as from Founersm It was rellgi.us,
literary and artlstc, wen social IL had
by msslo and lectures Its period cal-the
HIrbia9er-"as ably conducted and very charming 10
all enthusiasts for ogress Our Putney school, which
had not then rea hei communism, was among the
admirers Of this periodical. and undoubtedly took an
lmpus, from hs teachings The BroQk Fam Assocla-
tion, the lead and sp aker OF thshuDdrei hers
tnaL with It, Granny con ributei largely TO
and tireeey But the abis fact for be sake of
ch AIN cali special attention To il, is, tnai IN
didactc funct1n 1T brought upon the pubic mud not
only new socialism Dut a new religion, and that re-
ligion WAS 5wedenbbr5 alisn.
But the spirit ot sucn ac We people az the Yankees
could noG rere Did and foi eign philosophy like
Sweueub,rgs without react,ng upon il and adapting il
to its new surruund pgs. lns old aiatns must have
he medium In ls 3 the movement winch commenced
aL Brook Farm wa, III fui lid. In lS4T mo great
American ,edeloors, A. J. DAVIS appeared, and Pro-
fessor Bush gave mim mo right hand OF fco"sip and
t,r Nillnnn
sena ne o tue llnstroas s~eds, wnic tue Haroi"-
ger r.jo esd over III m BON.
Alter 1S47 SwedcuD. .rgianism proper subsidized, and
"modern sprltuasn" took ss ace. But ne Character
OF the ems, as Well as The hislory OF Their
tioas TO e"cn o.her proves them 10 be Menticil IN
essence sp ina,ism Is S~edenborg apIsm A nerican-
Hed. A. J DAVIS began n neoium oi SSedenDorg,
recrivn from him his com n'ss and nspiIa ion, and
became de pendent seer and reseat r. only BECAUSE
son, Lc ougrew hrs father The omnlsc'"nt pnIlo-
sOpnes wnicI ,he Two have Issued are identical In
tnelr main ideas about intuition, love and aisdum
familiarity If tue living with he Dead classification OF
gnostiy spheres, ron,lnca tne0logy, &C., &c. j.
DAVIS IS more hppant ami superficial tnal swsdenDort
anu less respectful coward g. Bible and the pas; and
IN these respec he sus ms Customers.
Modern -prituaisn, w"icn tous mold AMI prove TO
he Sweden SIN gone 10 seed, numbers its con-
verts by ia LioaA Inc *ptynd R.gste' Ior 1859 est-
mated tue number Of actual splrituasts in America at
1900 900, those wnO have less fath the doc
tne, put 90 not openly espouse IT. ! 000o0; public
advocates, lO)0 mediuns, puoiic ana pr vato 40 000
places for puoc meetings. 900, books and pamphlets,
500; perioiioal,. 80.
milions In their hears and carry out
more iess III tneIr lives the philosophers aud morale
ties of S1edenbo e. p,caiiy are they busy with MS
doctrines OF etern dua BY affinity aud the
rig of search What viii be the end2
rne poit cans threatening the Mormons in the
far of widerne5s while marriage dy ing here their
m dst. II rnck with deatl ls3J II not
ktisd by the Mormons the shakers or the Oneida
Communists but by Swedenharg and the Sprituaists.
On ITS to,nbstne might lie wriiten-Dcd by visitation
oil Hadcs
In my spondeuce with Bush raid that the object
OF Swedeub to destroy the Bible But
,rst thng4 have 4 .oa in them NY final opinion Is,
fuultl
kingdom Of heaven.