See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

LAKE See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• THOMAS LAKE HARRIS (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

HARRIS (1823-1906)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American spiritualistic "See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Fenny See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford in See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the 15th of May 1823 . His parents were Calvinistic See also:

• BAPTISTS

Baptists, and very poor . They settled at See also:

• UTICA

Utica, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, when See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris was five years old . When he was about twenty Harris became a Universalist preacher, and then a Swedenborgian . He became associated about 1847 with a spiritualist of indifferent See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character named See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis . After Davis had been publicly exposed, Harris established a See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation in New York . About 185o he professed to receive inspirations, and published some See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long poems . He had the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of improvisation in a very high degree . About 1859 he preached in See also:

• LONDON

London, and is described as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man " with See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black eyebrows, black See also:

• BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
• BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard, and sallow countenance." He was an effective See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker, and his See also:

• POETRY

poetry was admired by many; See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin in his See also:

• BOOK

book The Poetry of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

Period even devoted a See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter to Harris . He founded in 1861 a community at Wassaic, New York, and opened a See also:

• BANK

bank and a See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill, which he superintended . There he was joined by about sixty converts, including five orthodox clergymen, some See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• PEOPLE

people, some American ladies of position, and especially by Laurence See also:

• OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (1829–1888)
• OLIPHANT, MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897)
• OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

Oliphant (q.v.) with his wife and See also:

• MOTHER

mother . The community—the See also:

• BROTHER

Brother-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of the New See also:

• LIFE

Life—decided to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Brocton on the See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ERIE

Erie .

Harris established there a See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-making See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . In reply to the objections of teetotallers he said that the wine prepared by himself was filled with the divine breath so that all noxious influences were neutralized . Harris also built a See also:

• TAVERN

tavern and strongly advocated the use of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco . He exacted See also:

• COMPLETE

complete surrender from his disciples—even the surrender of moral See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment . He taught that See also:

• GOD

God was bi-sexual, and apparently, though not in reality, that the See also:

• RULE

rule of society should be one of married See also:

• CELIBACY (Lat. caelibatus, from caelebs, unmarried)

celibacy . He professed to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach his community a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the mode of respiration which was to be the visible sign of See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession by See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ and the See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal of See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality . The Oliphants See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke away from the See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint about 1881, charging him with See also:

• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

robbery and succeeding in getting back from him many thousands of pounds by legal proceedings . But while losing faith in Harris himself, they did not abandon his See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main teaching . In Laurence Oliphant's novel Masollam his view of Harris will be found . Briefly, he held that Harris was originally honest, greatly gifted, and possessed of certain. psychical See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . But in the end he came to practise unbridled See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence under the loftiest pretensions, made the profession of extreme disinterestedness a cloak to conceal his avarice, and demanded from his followers a See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind and supple obedience . Harris in 1876 discontinued for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time public activities, but issued to a See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret circle books of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse dwelling mainly on sexual questions .

On these his mind ran from the first . In 1891 he announced that his See also:

• BODY

body had been renewed, and that he had discovered the secret of the resuscitation of humanity . He published a book, See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra triumphalis, dedicated to A . C . See also:

• SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES (1837–1909)

Swinburne . He also made a third See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, and visited England intending to remain there . He was called back by a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire which destroyed large See also:

• STOCKS

stocks of his wine, and remained in New York till 1903, when he visited See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow . His followers believed that he had attained the secret of immortal life on See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and after his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 23rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1906 declared that he was only sleeping . It was three months before it was acknowledged publicly that he was really dead .. There can be little or no doubt as to the real character of Harris . His teaching was See also:

• ESOTERIC

esoteric in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, but is a thinly veiled See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to alter the ordering of sexual relations . The authoritative See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography from the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his disciples is the Life by A .

A . See also:

• CUTHBERT, SAINT (d. 687)

Cuthbert, published in Glasgow in 1908 . It is full of the See also:

• JARGON

jargon of Harris's See also:

• SECT

sect, but contains some See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical facts as well as many quotations . Mrs Oliphant's Life of Laurence Oliphant (1891) has not been shaken in any important particular, and Oliphant's own portrait of Harris in Masollam is apparently unexaggerated . But Harris had much See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism, unbounded self-confidence, along with endless fluency, and to the last was believed in by some disciples of character and See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . (W . R .