spiritism
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He was one of the first celebrities to do spiritism.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021
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
He reiterated his dogmatic assertion that other energetic entities, undreamed of by physical science, were the intuitions of poets, prophets, saints; entities of the realm of spiritism.
From Time Magazine Archive
He put spiritism in a class with witchcraft, hysteria and paranoiac illusion, charging spiritualists, as distinct from psychic researchers, with "wishful thinking and logic-blindness."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the more peaceable minded of the group introduced other subjects, and art and spiritism were left out of it.
From The Come Back by Carolyn Wells
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