Messages from the Superior State; Communicated by John Murray, through John M. Spear, in the Summer of 1852. Containing Important Instructions to the Inhabitants of the Earth. Carefully Prepared for Publication, with a Sketch of the Author's Earthly Life, and a Brief Description of the Spiritual Experience of the Medium
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1852. First Edition. Frontispiece engraving of Murray. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [i-v], vi-viii, [9]-167 pages. Foundational American Spiritualist work, in which John Murray Spear purports to reveal messages received from the spirit of Universalist pioneer (and Spear's namesake) John Murray. A blend of biographical..... More