spiritualism

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Chapnick discovered Alcott’s other stories as part of his research into spiritualism and mesmerism.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

This book by an Australian art critic turns a penetrating gaze on female artists who, in the 19th century and into the 20th, embraced spiritualism for sometimes uncertain reasons.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

I had grown up Catholic in Santa Cruz, a California hot spot for new age-y hippies; by the time I was in college I had already rejected both Catholicism and new age spiritualism.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

As explained by History.com, a British editor named William Stead, who believed in early 20th century spiritualism and was a Titanic passenger, spread a rumor that a cursed mummy was causing inexplicable destruction around London.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2023

She was a tranquil soul who entertained herself, studied hard, played with her dolls, and showed not the slightest inclination for her mother’s spiritualism or her father’s fits of rage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende