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Shakers:

Who Were They The Shakers, a Protestant religious sect officially called The United Society of Believers, originated in Manchester, England in 1747 ...

Who Are They Today (Nov 2015) there are 4 Shaker's: Sister's Francis and June, Brother Arnold and Brother Brian. ...

Shaker Crafts Hands to Work, Hearts to God ...

Shaker Music There are pieces of Shaker music that is well known today, such as Simple Gifts. There are many more used in churches and 100's more only known to Shaker Scholars ...

Shaker Cooking

Shakers online More on this web site and others ...

Shaker Studies Today (Nov 2015) there are 4 Shaker's: Sister's Francis and June, Brother Arnold and Brother Brian. ...

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Shakers Today Shakers in the News

Shakerism 101 with Brother Arnold (June 14, 2014)

Current Shaker and Shaker-related Events

• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village Calendar

What is this place on the web ?

Shakerpedia is a place where those interested in the Shakers can find and share information about the various aspects of Shaker life, we will be adding information from our collections and pointing to other Shaker resources. We will also be inviting various Shaker scholars and enthusiasts to expand the content.

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Shaker Life

Daily Shaker Life revolves around the Church and Work, there are various documents written to codify that life, some of which have be included here. The nature of Shaker life lead to many individual journal, some of which have be transcribed, as all where originally handwritten. Some of those are available here and some have been published in conventional books, which are referenced here also.

• 1830 Shaker Covenant -- this is the document that each member agreed to when joining the Church

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