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Introducing Early Quakers · Oct 5, 2025 · 9 min

Episode 1 - Setting the Scene

Episode 1 sets the social and political context in which the early Quakers emerged. Narrator Michael Corbett shares how 17th-century England was a time of upheaval, persecution, and radical spiritual seeking. From civil war to the Puritan crackdown, early Friends discovered their faith not in institutions, but in the inward experience of divine truth. Show Credits Presented by: Silver Wattle Quaker Centre Written and Narrated by: Michael Corbett Introductions Read by: Ann Zubrick, Board Member, Silver Wattle Produced and Edited by: Holly Dhynes, Quakers Australia Based on materials originally developed by: Michael Corbett, with gratitude to David Johnson Produced on Ngambri–Ngunnawal land, near Weereewa (Lake George), where Silver Wattle Quaker Centre is located. This series includes contributions from Friends across Australia and around the world. Music: Classical Guitar by Mantikore (licensed from AudioJungle) Website: https://silverwattle.org.au/podcast

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Episode 1 sets the social and political context in which the early Quakers emerged. Narrator Michael Corbett shares how 17th-century England was a time of upheaval, persecution, and radical spiritual seeking. From civil war to the Puritan crackdown, early Friends discovered their faith not in institutions, but in the inward experience of divine truth.

Show Credits
Presented by: Silver Wattle Quaker Centre
Written and Narrated by: Michael Corbett
Introductions Read by: Ann Zubrick, Board Member, Silver Wattle
Produced and Edited by: Holly Dhynes, Quakers Australia
Based on materials originally developed by: Michael Corbett, with gratitude to David Johnson
Produced on Ngambri–Ngunnawal land, near Weereewa (Lake George), where Silver Wattle Quaker Centre is located. This series includes contributions from Friends across Australia and around the world.
Music: Classical Guitar by Mantikore (licensed from AudioJungle)
Website: https://silverwattle.org.au/podcast

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