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This age.
Having looked back millions of years, and at the
various milestones that have marked the way, we must ask
what is the relevancy of this age were in. This is known as the
age of Aquarius. Astrologers can identify exactly when this age
began. I believe it began in the middle of the nineteenth
centaury. Three events took place at that time that have
changed human outlook on life ever since. One event was
Darwin setting his theory of evolution, another was the finding
of the first dinosaur fossils, and finally the unusual events that
occurred in the home of the Fox sisters, in Hydesville, Newark,
Wayne County, New York in the year 1842. If you like Darwin
represented the MIND with his theory, Dinosaur fossils
represented awareness around the BODY, and the Fox sisters
represented the SPIRIT.
The story of the Fox sisters is particularly interesting
in that it illustrates the advent of what we now call
Spiritualism. There had been many other stories of haunting
and of communication with the spirit that was responsible but
never before had it got the attention. Perhaps another reason for
this attention was the degree to which newspaper reporting had
developed. It was the correct time.
The Fox family moved into a corner cottage for the