Sects Collection

Voodoo / Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau, the queen of the Voodoos at New Orleans, in the last year of her life - she was supposed to be over 100 years old

Doukhobors Stripping
Men of the Second Pilgrimage are stopped at Yorkton, where they undress : the Canadian Police arrest them and order them to get dressed, then take them back to the settlement

Jehovahs Witnesses
Gathering of Jehovahs Witnesses at Twickenham rugby football ground in the outskirts of London in July of an unspecified year

Sun Worship / Lithuania
Sun-worshippers of Lithuania

Plymouth Brethren Hall
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN The Brethren hall, Plymouth, England

Cathars Maltreat Enemies
Cathars (Albigeois) ill-treat their enemies : anti-Cathar propaganda by Catholic convert Collin de Plancy who had formerly opposed the Church

Irvingites; Wrestling
IRVINGITES Followers of Edward Irving wrestle with a sinner, hoping to persuade him to forsake his evil ways

Theosophist First No
THE THEOSOPHIST cover of the first number of Madame Blavatskys house journal

Christianity Shakers
The dance at the Sunday service in the community at Watervliet, near Albany (New York)

Followers of the Norwegian sectarian Nielsen Hauge (1771- 1824) meet in a peasant home Date: 1852

Anabaptist Meeting
A meeting of the Anabaptists in Amsterdam : two young people are being baptised into the faith. Date: 16th century

Lucifereans Defy Christ
Lucifereans (worshippers of the fallen angel Lucifer) transfix the Christian host (the body of Jesus) with a dagger, as a gesture of defiance Date: circa 15th century

Gnostic in Ecstasy
GNOSTICISM The prophetess Priscilla in ecstasy : this was a characteristic feature of the movement

Voodoo Dance
THE VOODOO DANCE at New Orleans Date: 1886

Religion / Sects
The AGAPEMONE or Abode of Love founded by Henry James Prince (1811-1899) at Charlinch, Spaxton, Somerset Date: 1851

Amish doctor and boy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Amish doctor and boy walking along North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1926

Religious sects, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Religious sects (probably Amish) on a street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1920

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Anabaptists Allegory
Allegorical depiction of the loathsome heresy of the anabaptists being assailed by divine thunderbolts. Date: published 1702

Bockelsen in Munster
Jan Bockelsen rides in triumph through the streets of Munster. Date: after 24 June 1534

Bockelsen Parties
Though food is short and many of his people are hungry, Bockelsen and his entourage indulge in feasting and dance. Date: 1535

Anabaptists in Amsterdam
Four Anabaptists proclaim their faith through the streets of Amsterdam. A dog listens but remains unconvinced by their teachings. Date: 21 March 1534

London Scientology H. Q
The Scientology and Dianetics shop of Tottenham Court Road, the London headquarters of the religious sect founded by L. Ron Hubbard in Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A. in 1953. Date: 1980s

Anabaptist Matthiesson
Jean Matthiesson, promoter of Anabaptism, travels and preaches. Date: 16th century

Anabaptists Attacked
The Spanish governor orders an attack on a body of Anabaptists who have occupied the cloister of Bolswear, in the Netherlands. Date: 9 April 1535

Anabaptist Prophecy
Tuscoschierer dances and prophesies before Jan Bockelsen, king of the Anabaptists at Munster. Date: after June 1534

Fighting at Munster
Street fighting between the Anabaptists and the bourgeois citizens. Date: 1535

Bockelsen King
Jan Bockelsen is chosen king in the square at Munster. Date: after 24 June 1534

Bourgeois Attacked
To consolidate his position, Bockelsen orders attacks on the bourgeois citizens of Munster, confiscating their property. Many leave the city. Date: 1535

Voodoo Charm
A Louisiana planter finds a Voodoo charm, much to the alarm of his black workers who tell him if he takes the steamboat to New Orleans, it will surely sink (it didn t !) Date: 1886

Socins Books Burned
Fausto Socin, Italian heretic living in Krakow, Poland, is dragged out of bed to watch his writings being burned in the street Date: circa 1600

The Pluralist, aided by his patron
A satirical comment on the rise of religious pluralism in the mid 19th century

Fireworshippers Baku
Fire-worshippers at Baku, capital of Azerbaijan

EDOMITE
An Edomite, member of a Semitic people inhabiting Jordan or thereabouts, convert to Islam

Moslem Devotee
An Abdul, Santon or Kalender, member of a sect of Moslem devotees

Islam - Santon
Santon, Calender or Abdal, member of an Islamic devotional sect

Radna Krishna Sect
Two members of the Radna Krishna Sect, near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Waldenses to Piedmont
Sometimes tolerated, sometimes persecuted, the Waldenses - deemed heretics by Rome - take refuge in Piedmont

A Nonconformist Minister

Moravians at Bethlehem
The Moravian settlement at Bethlehem, Philadelphia - the main centre of the church

Jehan De Varennes / Froiss
Jehan de Varennes, French nobleman and religious reformer, preaching : devout and ascetic, he claims to be the true pope, and attracts a numerous following

Irvingites; Cutty Stool
IRVINGITES A sinner has to stand on the cutty stool while the congregation of followers of Edward Irving pray for his reformation

Satire on Theosophy
Satire on the Theosophists

Anabaptists in America
ANABAPTISTS An Anabaptist baptism in the United States

Ethiopian Abouna
The Abouna is the chief dignitary of the Abyssinian Church, a mixture of corrupted Christianity, Judaism and heathenism

GEORG CALIXTUS 1586-1656
GEORG CALIXTUS German Lutheran Theologian who upheld reunion of the Lutheran and Reformed Protestant sects

Mennonite Meeting
A meeting of Mennonites - followers of Dutch anabaptist Simon Menno - in Hamburg. The scene depicted is the benediction following a baptism

Satire on Millenarians
Satirical comment on the MILLENARIANS

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