Charles Massey

Charles Carleton Massey, most well known as C. C. Massey, was a British barrister, Christian mystic and psychical researcher.
Massey was born at Hackwood Park, Basingstoke. He was the first president of the British Theosophical Society and a founding member of the Society for [Psychical Research] in 1882. His father was William [Nathaniel Massey]. His main interest was Christian Theosophy; he was influenced by the writings of Jakob Böhme.
Massey, a convinced spiritualist, was associated with the medium Stainton Moses. He was also a member of the British [National Association of Spiritualists] and The [Ghost Club].
Massey had defended the medium Henry [Slade (medium)|Henry Slade] against the accusations of fraud from Ray Lankester. In 1880 he translated Johann [Karl Friedrich Zöllner]'s Transcendental Physics into English.

Publications

C. C. Massey.. Thoughts of a Modern Mystic. A Selection from the Writings of the Late C. C. Massey, ed. William F. Barrett.