One of the spirit controls of William Stainton Moses, said to have been Hippolytus, pupil of Irenaeus, who was Bishop of Portus, the harbor of Rome opposite to Ostia. He was banished in 235 C.E. , when Maximin succeeded Alexander Severus. "Rector" first manifested on January 4, 1873. His distinctive sign was his heavy tread, which shook the room. His main duty was to act as amanuensis for "Imperator" and the other spirits. After the earlier books, almost all the writing was done by him.
He had the power of reading books paranormally. The experiments which were conducted to test this ability proved highly successful. When the "Imperator" group took control of the séances of the medium Leonore E. Piper, "Rector" manifested in his old role as amanuensis and spiritual adviser again.
