Haines, Frederick H(enry) (1869-1944)

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Haines, Frederick H(enry) (1869-1944)

Prominent British Spiritualist, insurance broker, and author of Chapters on Insurance History and The Insurance Business, which were considered classics in their field. He was converted to Spiritualism during World War I, and after careful investigations, begun in a spirit of skepticism, he developed powers of clairvoyance.

In the mid-1920s he began to receive by automatic writing a large number of scripts that were later published, including He Became Man, an inspirational script on the life of Christ. He also published his autobiography, Nothing But the Truth: The Confessions of a Medium (1931). Haines contributed many articles to British psychic journals and was in demand as a lecturer. He founded the Watford Christian Spiritualist Fellowship and edited a monthly periodical, Spiritual Vision. He died February 6, 1944.

Sources:

Haines, Frederick H. The Book of Spiritual Wisdom. N.p., 1928.

. A Lamp to the Feet. N.p., 1928.

. Locusts and Wild Honey. N.p., 1928.

. Thus Saith Celphra. N.p., 1928.

. A Voice from Heaven. Watford, England: Pure Thought Press, [1932].

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