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
You have confused African religious rites, such as Quimbanda and Umbanda, which were brought by the slaves, with the Christian religion of spiritism.
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
It was, it must be remembered, an era of wide-spread enthusiasm and credulity, the heyday period of spiritism.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington)
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