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      ENCHANTED GROUND

       ENCHANTED GROUND

      The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons

       Sharon Hatfield

      SWALLOW PRESS

      ATHENS, OHIO

      Swallow Press

      An imprint of Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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      © 2018 by Sharon Hatfield

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      Hardcover ISBN 978-0-8040-1208-9

      Electronic ISBN 978-0-8040-4096-9

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request.

      A NOTE ON SOURCES

      Spelling and punctuation varied widely during the mid-nineteenth century, especially the spelling of proper names. The quotations from original sources used in this book transcribe the original spelling, punctuation, and grammar. In some passages the author has inserted clarifying information in brackets.

       For Jack

      The Messiah taught the doctrine of peace, love, goodwill and forgiveness to all mankind in general; which of itself was sufficient for Christians without the brimstone.

      —Jonathan Koons, Truth Seekers’ Feast

      We remained there till Sunday morning, and then, on foot, we took up the line of march towards the enchanted ground. We ascended the hills, which are piled one upon another, to a fearful and dizzy height. It seemed to me that we were travelling quite away from the earth sphere. About 11 o’clock, on Sunday, the 26th, we arrived at Mr. Koons’, a farm house, situate upon a small farm, among these everlasting hills.

      —A pilgrim, circa 1855, in T. L. Nichols, Religions of the World

      Koons took no fees. Indeed, he generously housed and fed the visitors from a distance. The reader may construct his own psychology of the matter.

      —Joseph McCabe, Spiritualism; A Popular History from 1847

      Amiable and beloved Father farewell not on this perishing stone, but in the book of life and in the hearts of thy afflicted family is thy worth recorded.

      —Inscription on gravestone of Cyrus S. Hughes, nephew of Jonathan Koons

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Preface

       1. The Frenchman’s Visit

       2. “The Place of My Nativity”

       3. Putting Down Roots

       4. “A Striking Specimen of Beauty”

       5. At the Spirits’ Command

       6. A Buried Man’s Instructions

       7. The Trumpet Medium

       8. Communication from Angels

       9. Allies and Kin

       10. Mountain Tea

       11. Sustaining “Brother Koons”

       12. The Mesmeric Potion

       13. Not One Single Copper

       14. Koons, King, and Company

       15. “An Artful and Designing Rogue”

       16. Galileo in Eclipse

       17. An Arc of Golden Roses

       18. “Their Humbug Art”

       19. The Psychometrist

       20. Little Egypt

       21. “The Venerable Johnathan Koons”

       Epilogue

       Afterword. Koons in Legend: Gold and Dross

       Acknowledgments

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Illustrations

      GALLERY ONE

       1.1. Map of Koons and Tippie migrations, 1835–58

       1.2. Jonathan and Abigail Bishop Koons, ca. 1852–55

       1.3.