Abstract: In 1953, the Watchtower Society (Jehovah’s Witnesses) officially ended their endorsement of the “electronic reactions of Abrams” or the ERA They claimed that radionics, as it was now called, was medical quackery. In 1962 and 1963 they said the ERA methods were psychic and spiritistic in nature. No mention was made in these articles that they had been heavily involved with this “spiritism” since the early 1920s. by Ken Raines From JW Research Journal, vol. 3, #2, Spring, 1996. Revised August, 2021. . The Jehovah’s Witnesses endorsed the “Electronic Reactions of Abrams” or ERA methods of diagnosing and treating disease…
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The Watchtower Society in The Golden Age magazine promoted numerous highly questionable medical cures and remedies. Some of these were more related to the occult arts than medical science. One of these endorsements was of the electronic theory of disease of Dr. Albert Abrams. Several machines and techniques were developed by Dr. Abrams and by his supporters after his death in 1924. Some of these ERA machines were actually invented and used by International Bible Students (JWs) doctors, such as the Electronic Radio Biola and the Radio Disease Killer. Many Bible Students were treated for their diseases by these devices. This article looks…
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[This paper is an overview of Dr. Abrams, the E.R.A. and the two main scientific investigations into his methods of diagnosing and treating disease in the 1920’s. This is provided as background into the Watchtower Society’s endorsement and use of the ERA well into the 1940’s. Originally published in the JW Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1996, pp. 4-11. Revised July/Aug., 2021.] . by Ken Raines . The electronic technique has been conceived by a master mind. It is far more intricate and ironclad than medical fads of the past. It deals with a new form of energy…
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