They didn’t believe they would truly die but if they did, then come the Day of Revelation they would live again.
Written by Museum volunteer Adrian Bean.
Joining as a Domestic Servant was the only way working-class women could become resident members of the Panacea Society. From the founding in 1919 until the end of the Society, domestic servants kept the community’s houses running smoothly.
In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the world-tree, the Tree of Knowledge at the centre of the Universe. The Panacea Society Members believed that this Pagan symbolism was very relevant to their Twentieth Century Garden of Eden.
Do you have memories of the Panaceans, or the Campus? Does your family have links with the Panacea Society- or perhaps you knew someone who was a member.
Stopping Time: Creating the Future with the Panacea Society
December 21st, 2017
Volunteer Thomas Vaughan on how the remarkable women of The Panacea Society created a suspended reality to support their unique theology, in 12 Albany Road, Bedford
