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- a shrine dedicated to all spirits, as a locus for invocation
- 1854, anon., The Apocatastasis; or Progress Backwards, Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, chapter VIII, page 90:
- These last, the spirits of distinguished men, had everywhere their public fanes and temples, or more humble places of resort, where they could be at all times consulted, — as Swedenborg and Dr. Franklin, and especially our defunct M. D’s will have in due time; we already have panpsychia, or places consecrated to spirits in general, and each will be sure to claim his separate, and appropriate, honors shortly, — the whole world was crowded with them, “stipatus est orbis,” says an ancient writer.
- ibidem, page 93:
- A Panpsychion here and there, where people could take their choice, might complete the establishment.