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  2. Spiritualism (movement) - Wikipedia

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    By 1853, when the popular song "Spirit Rappings" was published, spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity. 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 living. [1]

  3. Spiritualism - Wikipedia

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    Spiritualism (movement), a 19th and 20th century religious movement postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. Spiritualism (philosophy), the idea that there exists an immaterial reality that is beyond the reach of the senses

  4. The Darkened Room - Wikipedia

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    The basis to The Darkened Room came from Owen's PhD thesis, undertaken at the University of Sussex.Exploring "the idea of femininity as a social construct", she initially planned to focus her thesis on the manner in which Victorian medical science played in reinforcing "a feminine norm", but in doing so came upon the case of Louisa Lowe, a woman who appeared in front of the Parliamentary ...

  5. Spiritualism (beliefs) - Wikipedia

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    Spiritualism is a metaphysical belief that the world is made up of at least two fundamental substances, matter and spirit.This very broad metaphysical distinction is further developed into many and various forms by the inclusion of details about what spiritual entities exist such as a soul, the afterlife, spirits of the dead, deities and mediums; as well as details about the nature of the ...

  6. Spiritualist church - Wikipedia

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    A spiritualist church is a church affiliated with the informal spiritualist movement which began in the United States in the 1840s. Spiritualist churches exist around the world, but are most common in English-speaking countries, while in Latin America, Central America, Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, where a form of spiritualism called spiritism is more popular, meetings are held in ...

  7. Western esotericism - Wikipedia

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    Spiritualism was based on the concept that individuals could communicate with spirits of the deceased during séances. [115] Most forms of Spiritualism had little theoretical depth, being largely practical affairs—but full theological worldviews based on the movement were articulated by Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910) and Allan Kardec ...

  8. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

  9. Mediumship - Wikipedia

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    The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England. University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-64205-5; Frank Podmore. (1911). The Newer Spiritualism. Henry Holt and Company. Massimo Polidoro. (2003). Secrets of the Psychics: Investigating Paranormal Claims. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-086-8; Harry Price and ...