Spiritualism (movement)
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Spiritualism is a social religious movement popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, according to which an individual's awareness persists after death and may be contacted by the livin
By 1853, when the popular song "Spirit Rappings" was published, spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity.
Spiritualism was equated by some Christians with witchcraft. This 1865 broadsheet, published in the United States, also blamed spiritualism for causing the American Civil War.
Franz Mesmer
The Fox sisters
Fox sisters
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The Fox sisters were three sisters from Rochester, New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism: Leah, Margaretta, and Catherine Fox. The two younger sisters reported "rapping
Spiritualism (movement)
…precluded the development of a single coherent worldview. Spiritualists often set March 31, 1848, as the beginning of their movement. On that date, Kate and Margaret Fox, of Hydesville, New York, reported that they had made contact with a spirit that was later claimed to be the spirit of a murdered peddler whose body…
The Fox sisters. From left to right: Margaretta, Kate and Leah
Braided Lock of Kate Fox's Hair
Kate Fox (Jenkin)