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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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…

​Letters from The British West Indies

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

This is the Box

Coronavirus and the Panaceans

A Religious Community of Women

International Women's Day

Lillies for Dilys

In Sure and Certain Hope of a Better Resurrection

Servants to the Servants of the Lord

Yggdrasil and a Squirrel

Joanna's Prophetic Sampler- by Victoria Ward

I Meet the Daughter of God

Hats Off to 'Woman Shall Inherit the Earth'

Volunteering- by Adrian Bean

Stopping Time: Creating the Future with the Panacea Society

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

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

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Letters from The British West Indies