Adelma Vay
Encyclopedia
Baroness Adelma Vay de Vaya, born Countess Adelaide von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
, (October 20, 1840, Ternopil
, Galicia
- May 24, 1925), also known as Adelma von Vay was a medium
and pioneer of spiritualism
in Hungary
.
). She inherited the mystique of having powers from her mother. She was reputed to have prophet
ic gifts and to be clairvoyant. She wrote, spoke and drew in an apparent trance
-like state. She was a famous homeopath
and attempted to cure people using magnetism
.
On March 12, 1860, she married Baron Odon (Edmond) Vay de Vaya. In 1873 she and her husband founded at Budapest
the Verein spiriter Forscher (Hungarian Spiritualist Association); they became its first presidents.
and translated into English:
Wurmbrand-Stuppach
Wurmbrand-Stuppach is an old noble family of Austria, and the name of the County they ruled. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Counts of Wurmbrand-Stuppach gained notability in wars against the Turks in the Balkans, and Prince Eugene gained fame fighting against the French in the Netherlands...
, (October 20, 1840, Ternopil
Ternopil
Ternopil , is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical region of Galicia...
, Galicia
Galicia
-Geographic regions:* Galicia , an autonomous community in northwestern Spain** Gallaecia, a province of the Roman Empire** Kingdom of Galicia, a medieval kingdom**Nueva Galicia :*** Nueva Galicia, a region of New Spain, now in Mexico...
- May 24, 1925), also known as Adelma von Vay was a medium
Mediumship
Mediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo and Umbanda.- Concept :...
and pioneer of spiritualism
Spiritualism
Spiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living...
in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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Life and work
Vay was the elder daughter of Hereditary Count Ernst von Wurmbrand Stuppach and his wife, Countess Rosa Teleki von Szék (later wife of Friedrich, Prince of Solms-BaruthSolms-Baruth
Solms-Baruth was a Lower Lusatian state country, from 16th century until 1945.-History:Solms-Baruth was one of the many minor states of the Holy Roman Empire. It lost its independence in the German Mediatization of 1806. Initially it passed to the Kingdom of Saxony...
). She inherited the mystique of having powers from her mother. She was reputed to have prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
ic gifts and to be clairvoyant. She wrote, spoke and drew in an apparent trance
Trance
Trance denotes a variety of processes, ecstasy, techniques, modalities and states of mind, awareness and consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden.The term trance may be associated with meditation, magic, flow, and prayer...
-like state. She was a famous homeopath
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners claim to treat patients using highly diluted preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient...
and attempted to cure people using magnetism
Magnetism
Magnetism is a property of materials that respond at an atomic or subatomic level to an applied magnetic field. Ferromagnetism is the strongest and most familiar type of magnetism. It is responsible for the behavior of permanent magnets, which produce their own persistent magnetic fields, as well...
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On March 12, 1860, she married Baron Odon (Edmond) Vay de Vaya. In 1873 she and her husband founded at Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
the Verein spiriter Forscher (Hungarian Spiritualist Association); they became its first presidents.
Works
Vay was author of many books, written in GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and translated into English:
- Geist-Kraft-Stoff (Spirit, Power, And Matter) (1869), Spirit, Power, And Matter, ISBN 142-861-952-6
- Studien über die Geisterwelt (Studies on the Spirit World), (1874) Otto Mutze, Leipzig, Studies on the Spirit World, ISBN 3939626023, ISBN 9783939626022
- From My Life (1900)
- Pictures from the Beyond (1905)
- Die Sphären zwischen der Erde und Sonne, ISBN 978-3-902646-50-7
Sources
- Nena Židov: An overview of the history of homeopathy in Slovenia in the 19th century
- Pataky, Sophie. Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder (Berlin, 1898), II, 387.