Levi McKeen Arnold
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Levi McKeen Arnold (b. February 12, 1813 Poughkeepsie, New York - d. September 27, 1864 Poughkeepsie, New York) was a successful businessman (a foundry
manager) and banker in New York who claimed to have received revelation
s from Jesus Christ beginning in the Spring of 1851, first published in 1852 in a book entitled History of the Origin of All Things.
The text of History of the Origin seemingly endorses modern spiritualism
of the type popularized beginning in 1848 upon publication of the claims of the Fox sisters
, but cautions against indiscriminate access to other realms.
A sketchy biography of Mr. Arnold is included in an archived version of the website The History Of All Things.com. Arnold's work is endorsed in a similar work published in 1908 by Archie Johnson Inger
. Likewise, Arnold's text commends the work of Rev. Charles C. Hammond, who published a collection of spiritualist articles 'Light from the Spirit World' in Rochester, New York in 1852.http://books.google.com/books?id=WTg-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+hammond&cd=6#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31421/C-Hammond-Light-From-The-Spirit-World-1852 (An apparent companion volume published at the same time is Light From the Spirit World: The Pilgrimage of Thomas Paine, and others, to the Seventh Circle in the Spirit World).
Arnold's text states that the New Jerusalem
began to alight on planet earth on July 4, 1776, and predicts that religious freedom would be 'extinguished' in Europe after 1851, but would find refuge in the United States.
Mr. Arnold's parents were Benjamin Arnold and Helen Maria McKeen, and he married Susan Robinson in 1844. A descendant of his named Benjamin L. Arnold published a photograph of L.M. Arnold's gravestone online in March, 2008.
Foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron...
manager) and banker in New York who claimed to have received revelation
Revelation
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing, through active or passive communication with a supernatural or a divine entity...
s from Jesus Christ beginning in the Spring of 1851, first published in 1852 in a book entitled History of the Origin of All Things.
The text of History of the Origin seemingly endorses modern spiritualism
Spiritualism
Spiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living...
of the type popularized beginning in 1848 upon publication of the claims of the Fox sisters
Fox sisters
The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism. The three sisters were Leah Fox , Margaret Fox and Kate Fox . The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with...
, but cautions against indiscriminate access to other realms.
A sketchy biography of Mr. Arnold is included in an archived version of the website The History Of All Things.com. Arnold's work is endorsed in a similar work published in 1908 by Archie Johnson Inger
Archie Johnson Inger
Archie Johnson Inger was an artist, author and Christian lecturer whose experiences and claims call to mind those of Maurice L. Glendenning...
. Likewise, Arnold's text commends the work of Rev. Charles C. Hammond, who published a collection of spiritualist articles 'Light from the Spirit World' in Rochester, New York in 1852.http://books.google.com/books?id=WTg-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+hammond&cd=6#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31421/C-Hammond-Light-From-The-Spirit-World-1852 (An apparent companion volume published at the same time is Light From the Spirit World: The Pilgrimage of Thomas Paine, and others, to the Seventh Circle in the Spirit World).
Arnold's text states that the New Jerusalem
New Jerusalem
In the book of Ezekiel, the Prophecy of New Jerusalem is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city to be established to the south of the Temple Mount that will be inhabited by the twelve tribes of Israel in the...
began to alight on planet earth on July 4, 1776, and predicts that religious freedom would be 'extinguished' in Europe after 1851, but would find refuge in the United States.
Mr. Arnold's parents were Benjamin Arnold and Helen Maria McKeen, and he married Susan Robinson in 1844. A descendant of his named Benjamin L. Arnold published a photograph of L.M. Arnold's gravestone online in March, 2008.