Cover art: Leonora Simpson, “Weave VII,” photographic image of linen with water stain.

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© 2019 Alastair Lockhart

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lockhart, Alastair, author.

Title: Personal religion and spiritual healing : the Panacea Society in the twentieth century / Alastair Lockhart.

Description: Albany : State University of New York, 2019. | Series: SUNY series in western esoteric traditions | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018012737| ISBN 9781438472850 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438472874 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Bedford (England) —Church history —20th century. | Panacea Society. | Women and religion —England —Bedford —History —20th century. | Christian communities —England —Bedford —History —20th century.

Classification: LCC BR763.B38 L63 2019 | DDC 267/.43 —dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012737

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