The Diakka, and Their Earthly Victims; Being an Explanation of Much That Is False and Repulsive in Spiritualism

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TitleThe Diakka, and Their Earthly Victims; Being an Explanation of Much That Is False and Repulsive in Spiritualism
Year for Search1874
AuthorsDavis, Andrew Jackson(1826-1910)
Date Published1874
PublisherA.J. Davis & Co.
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Diakka is "a Garden of Eden . . . where the morally deficient and the affectionally unclean enter upon a strange probationary life" (7). See also 1847 and 1878 Davis; “Traveling and Society in the Summer Land.” In his A Stellar Key to the Summer Land (Boston, MA: William White & Co./New York: Banner of Light Branch Office, 1867), 163-83; his “Social Centers in the Summer-Land,” “Winter-Land and Summer-Land” and “Language and Life in the Summer-Land.” In his Morning Lectures. Twenty Discourse, Delivered before the Friends of Progress in the City of New York, in the Winter and Spring of 1863 (New York: C.M. Plumb, 1865), 266-87 and 349-404. Earth is the Winter Land; and his The Grand Harmonia [Each volume has a different subtitle]. 5 vols. Boston, MA: Bela Marsh, 1852-56; and 5 vols. New York: A.J. Davis, 1864-80. There were at least five editions. 
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Davis (1826-1910) was a well-known spiritualist. 
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1874 Davis, Andrew Jackson (1826-1910). The Diakka, and Their Earthly Victims; Being an Explanation of Much That Is False and Repulsive in Spiritualism. New York: A.J. Davis & Co. DLC

Diakka is “a Garden of Eden . . . where the morally deficient and the affectionally unclean enter upon a strange probationary life” (7). See also 1847 and 1878 Davis; ; “Traveling and Society in the Summer Land.” In his A Stellar Key to the Summer Land (Boston, MA: William White & Co./New York: Banner of Light Branch Office, 1867), 163-83; his “Social Centers in the Summer-Land,” “Winter-Land and Summer-Land” and “Language and Life in the Summer-Land.” In his Morning Lectures. Twenty Discourse, Delivered before the Friends of Progress in the City of New York, in the Winter and Spring of 1863 (New York: C.M. Plumb, 1865), 266-87 and 349-404. Earth is the Winter Land; and his The Grand Harmonia [Each volume has a different subtitle]. 5 vols. Boston, MA: Bela Marsh, 1852-56; and 5 vols. New York: A.J. Davis, 1864-80. There were at least five editions.