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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticRichards, Kirby Don
Title, AnalyticFrom Transylvania to Pennsylvania: Johannes Kelpius
Journal TitleYearbook of the Society for German-American Studies
Date of Publication2020
Volume ID55
Location in Work133-161
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AbstractJohannes Kelpius was a mystic philosopher born in Siebenburgen, Transylvania, Germany, in 1673. In 1694 Kelpius and several other followers of a mystical faith arrived in America and established themselves in near Wissahickon Creek, Pennsylvania, in a community known as Woman in the Wilderness, based on Revelations in the Bible. Kelpius died in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1708.
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MKI TermsKelpius, Johannes, 1667-1708/ Biographies/ German Americans -- Pennsylvania/ 18th century/ Religion