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The Bread of Life- Panaceans and Communion

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The Bread of Life- Panaceans and Communion

October 14th, 2022

An exploration of the meanings of bread and the Panacea Society- written by the Museum Director

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Servants at the Panacea Society

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Servants at the Panacea Society

July 26th, 2022

A blog centered on our current temporary exhibition, written by Museum Blogger Charlotte

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The Last Woman Standing

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The Last Woman Standing

April 22nd, 2022

The story of the Panacea Society's last Member, by Museum Blogger Charlotte

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Who was Edgar Peissart?

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Who was Edgar Peissart?

June 18th, 2021

This month, all over the world, people are celebrating Pride month.

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​Letters from The British West Indies

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​Letters from The British West Indies

October 23rd, 2020

The Panacea Society’s healing ministry had a global reach. The Society received nearly 35,000 applications from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.

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Mabel ‘Octavia’ Barltrop 11th January 1866 – 16th October 1934

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Mabel ‘Octavia’ Barltrop 11th January 1866 – 16th October 1934

October 16th, 2020

Octavia died 86 years ago today, at her home- number 12 Albany Road. She had been feeling unwell but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary.

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This is the Box

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This is the Box

April 30th, 2020

An exploration of the origins of Joanna Southcott's Box, by Museum Officer Victoria Kahl.

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Coronavirus and the Panaceans

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Coronavirus and the Panaceans

April 21st, 2020

How would the Panaceans have coped with the Coronavirus if it had happened in their era? Imaginings by volunteer Adrian Bean.

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A Religious Community of Women

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A Religious Community of Women

April 8th, 2020

Volunteer Alison Smythe explores some of the roots of the Panacea Society, including the teachings of Joanna Southcott.

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International Women's Day

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International Women's Day

March 8th, 2020

On International Women’s Day we are championing women’s rights and celebrating women’s achievements and their history.

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Lillies for Dilys

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Lillies for Dilys

January 29th, 2020

A personal reflection on Dilys Barltrop by Museum volunteer Adrian Bean. Devotees of all things Panacean will probably have immensely kind feelings about Mabel’s daughter, who is buried in Bedford Cemetery close to her mother.

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In Sure and Certain Hope of a Better Resurrection

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In Sure and Certain Hope of a Better Resurrection

October 12th, 2019

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.

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Servants to the Servants of the Lord

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Servants to the Servants of the Lord

September 18th, 2019

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.

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Yggdrasil and a Squirrel

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Yggdrasil and a Squirrel

July 27th, 2019

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.

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Joanna's Prophetic Sampler- by Victoria Ward

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Joanna's Prophetic Sampler- by Victoria Ward

February 9th, 2019

An exploration of Joanna Southcott's sampler written by Volunteer Victoria Ward

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I Meet the Daughter of God

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I Meet the Daughter of God

November 16th, 2018

An extract from the fiction book 'Imagining Eden' by Adrian Bean

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Hats Off to 'Woman Shall Inherit the Earth'

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Hats Off to 'Woman Shall Inherit the Earth'

August 2nd, 2018

Just as one exhibition ends.....another one comes along to the Panacea Museum to puzzle, delight and occupy the curious.

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Volunteering- by Adrian Bean

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Volunteering- by Adrian Bean

March 31st, 2018

How does someone end up volunteering in the Garden of Eden?

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Stopping Time: Creating the Future with the Panacea Society

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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

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Build It and They Will Come- Visitors at the Panacea Museum

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Build It and They Will Come- Visitors at the Panacea Museum

November 10th, 2017

Visitors at the Panacea Museum- a 2017 review by Volunteer Adrian Bean

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Thinking Inside the Box: Looking Outward Whilst Turning Inward with the Panacea Society

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Thinking Inside the Box: Looking Outward Whilst Turning Inward with the Panacea Society

October 27th, 2017

​Thinking Inside the Box: Looking Outward Whilst Turning Inward with the Panacea Society Volunteer Thomas Vaughan on the Panacea’s newest installation…

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