Davis, Andrew

JACKSON, an American clairvoyant and author, born in Blooming Grove, Orange co., N.Y., Aug. 11, 1826. His education was limited to five months in a primary school. He was first employed on a farm and then apprenticed to a shoemaker. After the development of his clairvoyant powers he became widely known as the "Poughkeepsie seer," and for many years practiced as a healer of the sick. He claimed that while in the clairvoyant state the most difficult subjects could be understood and discu ed. He published a number of works, including Stellar Key to the Summer Land; Harbinger of Health; Death and the After Life, ., calling his system the "harmonial philosophy." With the aid of Prof. Wittig, of Breslau, and Wilhelm Be er, of Leipzig, and under the patronage of a wealthy Ru ian, Alexander Aksákof, most of his works have been translated into German.