The Fox sisters, from left to right: Leah, Kate and Maggie. From “Radical Spirits.” One of the greatest religious movements of the 19th century began in the bedroom of two young girls living in a ...
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(The Conversation) — The word séance conjures images of darkened rooms, entranced mediums, strange occurrences and spirit voices. For many contemporary audiences, these visions might seem like ...
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a grieving nation turned towards spiritualism in the hope of seeing the dead once ...
The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing. It all started in the sleepy upstate town of Hydesville, New York.
With the average life expectancy of white people in 1850 being only 25.5 years, death was an ever-present shadow over society. People were confronted with smallpox, dysentery, cholera and all manner ...
Healing for the soul or spooky mumbo jumbo? What’s your view on spiritualism? Claire Price went to meet some of the more medium-minded in Poole to find out what spiritualism is really all about.
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