Freeman B. Dowd

Freeman B. Dowd (1828-1910) was an American photographer, lecturer, and writer, active in Rosicrucian circles.[1] The chosen successor of Paschal Beverly Randolph, Dowd introduced some of Randolph's ideas into the New Thought Movement.[2][3] He was a member of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor.[4]

  1. ^ Wise, John. "Freeman B. Dowd: Lecturer, Author, Rosicrucian, Purveyor of New Thought". MA Thesis. University of Amsterdam. 2014-16. Pages 3-4.
  2. ^ Wise 5
  3. ^ Deveney, John Patrick. "Man is a Spirit Here and Now: The Two Faces of Nineteenth-Century Spiritualism and the Creation of the Magical Occult Theosophical Spiritualist New Thought Amalgam." In Handbook of Spiritualism and Channeling. Brill. 2015. Page 132.
  4. ^ Chappell, Vere. Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock. Weiser Books. 2010. Page 135n194

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