spiritualism

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Gef also caught the attention of adherents to Spiritualism, a then-popular movement that claimed humans could communicate with the spirit world through mediums and ghosts.

From National Geographic • Sep. 19, 2023

Spiritualism may have spurred her archaeological patronage, just as it motivated investigations at other famous sites, especially Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2021

“A grumpy atheist. But I think the culture of Spiritualism is fascinating. This is a dream job for a former teenage Goth girl.”

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2018

Practitioners of Spiritualism even claimed to communicate with the dead, using séances and mysterious rapping sounds from table tops.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Mr. Underhill was a wealthy insurance executive who had first experimented with Spiritualism when he’d been widowed a few years back.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock