Two Years' Experience Among The Shakers: Being A Description Of The Manners And Customs Of That People (1848) - Couverture souple

Lamson, David Rich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1104516977 ISBN 13 : 9781104516970

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2009

Synopsis

""Two Years' Experience Among The Shakers: Being A Description Of The Manners And Customs Of That People"" is a book written by David Rich Lamson in 1848. The book details Lamson's two-year experience living among the Shakers, a religious sect known for their communal lifestyle and unique customs. Lamson provides a comprehensive account of the Shakers' way of life, including their religious beliefs, daily routines, and social practices. He describes their strict adherence to celibacy, their communal living arrangements, and their unique forms of worship, such as their ecstatic dancing and singing. The book also delves into the Shakers' economic practices, including their successful farming and manufacturing operations. Lamson provides insight into the Shakers' business practices, including their use of patents and trademarks to protect their inventions and products. Throughout the book, Lamson portrays the Shakers as a peaceful and harmonious community, committed to living a simple and virtuous life. He also highlights the challenges and criticisms faced by the Shakers, particularly in regards to their unconventional beliefs and practices. Overall, ""Two Years' Experience Among The Shakers"" is a fascinating account of a unique religious community, offering insight into their beliefs, practices, and way of life during the mid-19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The following pages have been prepared with the view of throwing light upon the subject of Shakerism. The Shakers being a very secret as well as very singular people, very little can be known of their internal affairs and mysteries, except by those who have lived among them. And even the common members have little or no correct knowledge of the real policy of their government, or the origin of the mysteries they behold, and at which they marvel. The objectionable parts of the system are carefully kept from the view of visiters, and from their neighbors; and from those who join them from the world as long as practicable. Many people in the world, viewing only the smiling and peaceful exterior of Shakerism, have a longing wish to be connected with them, feeling that by so doing, they shall release themselves from the care and turmoil of life. But a very short experience, in almost every case, suffices them, and they withdraw. This is a costly and vexatious way of obtaining a knowledge of Shakerism; and to remove the neces1 sity of such a course, is a principal object of this work. The works which have preceded this on the same subject, if not true in every particular, yet contain much more truth than I could believe prior to my experience among that people.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1104516977
• ISBN 13: 9781104516970
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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