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Experiment with Light is a Quaker spiritual practice. It refers back to seventeenth century Quakers' experience, rediscovered as a systematic discipline in 1996. Experiment with Light is often practised in Quaker meetings in Light groups, but it can also be undertaken as a solo discipline and it is not necessary to be a Quaker to practise it.
The Religious Society of Free Quakers, originally called "The Religious Society of Friends, by some styled the Free Quakers," was established on February 20, 1781 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More commonly known as Free Quakers , the Society was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers , who had been expelled for ...
Quakers use the term Query to refer to a question or series of questions used for reflection and in spiritual exercises.. Friends have used Queries as tools for offering spiritual challenges to the community for much of their history.
The Quakers are today almost the only survivors from the many religious groups that sprang up in the religious and social ferment of the English Civil War (1642–1649). They survived and flourished largely through the practical wisdom of a young man whose spiritual experiences and insights launched the movement. His name was George Fox.
Quakers embrassant des Indiens en Pennsylvanie (Quakers embracing Indians in Pennsylvania) by Clément-Pierre Marillier, 1775. The Quaker belief that the Inward Light shines on each person is based in part on a passage from the New Testament, namely John 1:9, which says, "That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the ...
“See if the blue jay will let you get close to it. Pay attention if a certain loved one pops in your mind, smell their perfume/cologne, or actually feel their presence.
This branch makes up most Evangelical Quaker meetings from the Gurneyites. The EFCI is generally more conservative in their orientation than other Quaker meetings and has many similarities to other denominations of Evangelicalism. The original EFCI, known as the Association of Evangelical Friends, was formed in 1947.
The testimony of simplicity is a shorthand description of the actions generally taken by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Friends or Quakers) to testify or bear witness to their beliefs that a person ought to live a simple life in order to focus on what is most important, and ignore (or minimize) what is least important.