I live down the street from Ralston Castle and own some property on its grounds. It's a fascinating place and for what Edgerly's flaws may have been, he certainly designed a beautiful and unique home for himself and his followers. I just can't believe there is no record of what life was like for them in Ralston Heights, of what went on in that amazing and mysterious looking mansion!

I'd love to find out more about the man himself. Simon

There is a modern twist to the magnetism series. A man out of Florida, Gil Magno, has read and edited Edgerly's work for modern audiences. Mr. Magno is a member of ( a founding member, I believe) of I AM - the International Association of Magnetists - Mr. Edgerly is alive and well thanks to Mr. Magno. I urge you to visit Gil Magno's page and have him send you the free first lesson via .PDF. I am not trying to "sell" anything, only suggesting that those who commented here that reforming the Magnetist Club may be in order for Modern Day - may enjoy this. I am paying for the series. It is extremely cheap, of course delivered over email, and is almost free it's that cheap. But again, I am not trying to sell anyone or any mindsets. Only bringing up that Mr. Edgerly's works have been re-edited/re-worked to drop the racism, drop the archaic quality, and re introduce it with taste.

I have a couple of examples of his autograph which I will donate to someone who will give the book a good home. My grandmother died at 107 years of age. You can find her @ Philadelphia Ten if you search. She is there as Gladys Bates.

am black,and whatever you say about this man.He was great and ahead of his time each and every one of us has his share of weaknesses and strengths.his ideas work to some and am one of them

I just attended an excellent party at "The Castle" in Hopewell, NJ. The house looks great, and has many interesting architectural quirks based on Webster Edgerly's ideas about health and self-improvement. The present owners are delightful, and very supportive of the arts. The house has served many purposes over the years, with various ups and downs, but it is definitely in good hands now!

I have a diploma, dated1899,from the Shaftesbury College of Expression. Has "Edmund Shaftesbury, founder of the method" in lower left corner, along w/embossed seal stating college name + Baltimore Md. Have been unable to find information on school, any help would be appreciated.

Does anyone know if the Kennedys (as in JFK) were part of this Ralstonite group? They most definitely lived in the same area and with the emphasis on physical fitness(as well as the charismatic personalities) in the Kennedy clan, I find it an interesting idea.

Been studying his books since 1976. By 1978 I had read about 15 of his books. Looking to leann something about Magnetism because I had something in The Sufi Message book that not to many people now about magnetism. Being I self improvement buff I was looking for information that would explain it. the first IPN was excellent. The book broke the subject down very well and I was very pleased with it. I read the book a fwe times. The second one I read was Advanced Magnetism was very interesting but it did contain a few racist comments. The third book I read was Sex Manetism which really teaches you all about life and did not have any racist comments, but the forth book Mental Magnetism was very racist but the information was very deep thought provoking. I knew what this man was a White Supremacist to the core. But I did not care about that I just wanted to learned what he was teaching about Mental Magnetism. I do not have to agree with everything a persons says in order for me to learn from them. After I read those first four books by Shaftesbury I went on to 12 more of his books and read them more than once.His drugless cure did go over with Big Pharma and his put down of all of the toxic chemicals put in the foods did not make the darling of the corporate food boys either. It was clear from the beginning that this mans words where only intended to be read by other White Supremacists. I wanted to know more about this man back in 1976 so I kept reading his books hoping he would drop some personal infor about himself. I learned the he was a newspaper man and in view very skilled in the art of propaganda. Being a student of the psychic world I was very interested in his books on Thought Transference , Future Seeing, and The Great Psychic. I guess you could say reading the Shaftesbury books was my way of going to college at home. to date I have read 16 of his book over the last 37 years and all of want to do is read his Life's Secret's Revealed and that would be my way of completing my course. In spite of his racist comments his way way ahead of his time and fantastic predictions in The Great Psychic about the coming of TV and other wireless devices that we take for granted today. His commenets about Blacks in Africa were not as racists as what he taught in his Yourself Behind Closed Doors and some parts of his Brain Tests. His commenets i Brain Tests about the white race coming out of the grround when the time is right because there was no way the white man could be the child of the Negro. But now we know because of the discovery of "Lucy" in East Africa and DNA science that all races did come out of East Africa. His book The Goal Of Creation he showed some growth on the race subject and was more objective about the races from Africa. I saw some growth. That one was published in 1928 two years after his death. I consder myself one his students and realized he was one of the great teachers in spite of his racists ideas. He eveb did some ground breaking work with Bell and the telephone and with Thomas Edision. One time by in the middle 80's I was talking to a Phd in Physics about some ideas from Future Seeing, and he told me I just gave him a philosophical breakdown Equals Mc squared. Then I realized why they had to suppress Shaftesbury. I