Summary: In 1853, a reverend named John Murray Spear attempted to do something shocking. He believed he was receiving messages from spirits beyond the grave, who gave him instructions on how to build a mechanical messiah who would usher in a new age of man. What happened next carries echoes of Frankenstein, only this story was very real.<br> <br> Notes:<br> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley<br> https://newrepublic.com/article/134271/frankensteins-monster-became-human<br> https://esoterx.com/2014/06/02/the-crucifixion-of-the-mechanical-messiah-john-murray-spear-and-the-synthetic-savior/<br> <a href="http://weekinweird.com/2010/08/10/the-new-motor-building-the-god-machine/">The New Motor: Building John Murray Spear’s ‘God Machine’ in Lynn, Massachussets</a><br> <br> <a href="http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/06/the-bizarre-mechanical-messiah-of-john-murray-spear/">The Bizarre Mechanical Messiah of John Murray Spear</a><br> <br> <br> Music:<br> Naoya Sakamata, Thought Amber<br> <br> Myuu, Reversion<br> <br> Dexter Britain, The Tea Party<br> http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party<br> Kai Engel, Floret, Morbid Imagination, Rejecting the Sirens<br> http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/<br> <br>
