George Wyld

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George Wyld
Born1821
Died1906
Occupation(s)Physician, spiritualist, Theosophist, writer

George Wyld (1821–1906) was a Scottish homeopathic

Theosophist
.

Career

Wyld became interested in

British Homeopathic Society.[2]

Wyld was interested in

Theosophy. He has been described as one of the "oldest mesmerists in England".[3] Wyld was also a proponent of phrenology. He 1844 he joined the London Phrenological Society.[4] He was a convinced spiritualist, in 1854 he met the medium Daniel Dunglas Home.[5]

In October 1876 he defended the fraudulent slate-writing medium Henry Slade at his trial. He help to organize a spiritualists defense fund to cover Slade's legal costs. Because of this he received great criticism from the medical community.[2]

Wyld was a vice-president for the

British National Association of Spiritualists and an early member of the Society for Psychical Research.[2][6]

Theosophy

In the 1879 Wyld joined the

Madame Blavatsky's opposition to Christianity.[7]

Wyld initially was impressed by Blavatsky, believing her to possess mediumistic powers, but later fell out with her. He resigned after she had written an article in The Theosophist claiming "there is no personal or impersonal God." He did not then abandon Theosophy altogether, forming his own hybrid known as Christo-Theosophy.[8]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Wyld, George (1851). "The liver: the hydrogenator in animals". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0521347679
  3. ISBN 978-0199287802
  4. ISBN 978-0521347679
  5. ISBN 978-1740184052
  6. ISBN 978-0521747967
  7. ISBN 978-9004263772
  8. ISBN 978-0521347679

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