John Ballou Newbrough
From Kook Science
| John Ballou Newbrough | |
|---|---|
 As depicted in J. Nelson Jones's Thaumát-Oahspe | |
| Born | 5 June 1828 Mohickinsville (Mohicanville), Ohio |
| Died | 22 April 1891 (62) Shalam Colony, Doña Ana County, New Mexico |
| Burial | Shalam Cemetery; his remains were re-interred with Masonic rites at the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico when the properties of the Shalam Colony were sold to private interests |
| Affiliations | First Church of the Tae (Faithist) |
John Ballou Newbrough (June 5, 1828 - April 22, 1891) was an American physician and dentist who founded the Faithists, a religious movement based on his Oahspe: A New Bible that he reported he had received through automatic writing via a typewriter.
Selected Bibliography
- Newbrough, John B. (1882), Oahspe: A New Bible in the Words of Jehovih and His Angel Embassadors. A Sacred History of the Dominions of the Higher and Lower Heavens on the Earth for the Past Twenty-four Thousand Years, New York: Oahspe Publishing Association
Reading
- Bryan, Katherine Alice (1939), "Dr. John Ballou Newbrough", Genealogy of the Baltzy-Polsley Family, Columbus, [Ohio]: F. J. Heer Printing Co., p. 194-197, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89060749397&view=1up&seq=242
- Martinez, Susan B. (2009), The Hidden Prophet: The Life of Dr. John Ballou Newbrough, https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Prophet-Life-Ballou-Newbrough/dp/1449505511/?tag=apopheniacs-20