spiritism
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He was one of the first celebrities to do spiritism.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021
Though psychical phenomena are of ancient origin, modern spiritism began in 1848 with the famous Fox sisters, of Wayne County, N. Y., who before they died confessed to fraudulent methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
The five-mile crescent of Copacabana and the other Rio beaches blazed with the ritual candles of some 600,000 devotees of Brazil's fastest-growing cult: "spiritism."
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike his radio lecture of 32 years ago, Sir Oliver's remarks were unaccompanied by a demonstration; but for a decade he has been investigating, preaching spiritism and the elevation of mankind.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no theory more profoundly implanted in early mankind than that of spiritism.
From Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 by Powell, John Wesley
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