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
Brazilian spiritism has its European origins as well.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus nearly a decade passed before the occurrence of the first of the several phenomena that have won Home an enduring place among the greatest lights of spiritism.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington)
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