Joanna Southcott

Joanna Southcott was a doomsday prophetess and central figure for the Southcottian sect from England. The Southcottian movement was heavily influenced by Christian mystic Jane Lead, and Southcott's prophecies were often compared to Lead's prophetic writings. Southcott was repeatedly exposed as a charlatan in newspapers, inspiring Charles Dickens to mention her in his book A Tale of Two Cities. Her religious teaching is still practiced today by two groups: the Christian Israelite Church and the House of David.

Southcott published "poorly spelled and ungrammatical prophecies" which had a "tremendous sale". The prophecies alone made her a comfortable living, but combined with the sale of "seals" issued to the "elect", Southcott made a small fortune. The seals sold by Southcott allegedly guaranteed the owner entrance into heaven after the Apocalypse. They were limited to 144,000 — placing them in high demand and resulting in exorbitant prices.

One of these seals was sold to Mary Bateman, the English criminal and alleged "Yorkshire Witch" tried and executed for murder during the early 19th century. Bateman had joined the Southcott sect in 1806 and began attending meetings. Southcott's converts publicly admitted that Bateman had one of the seals, but described Bateman as the "Judas" to Sothman's "Christ".

At age 64, Southcott announced that she was pregnant by immaculate conception with the new Messiah, the "Shiloh of Genesis". Southcott's stomach had enlarged and her converts were convinced that she was, indeed, carrying "Shiloh" as had been prophesied. Southcott's Dr. Want of Tottenham Court Road, however, advised her that there was no foundation for any belief in pregnancy; she was suffering from a terminal illness that caused excessive flatulence and swelling of the stomach.

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