spiritualist

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From séances to spiritualist mediums, similar practices have existed for centuries.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

In rebellions that occurred in New York, Richmond and Charleston between 1712 and 1822, “African spiritualist presences” influenced participants who believed themselves to possess supernatural protection from harm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Sennott has dropped the spiritualist concept of the Saturn return in many interviews to describe her show’s central theme.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Most expensive: “An album of rare spirit photos taken during seances by William Walker of the Crewe Circle, a well-known spiritualist group in the early 1900s. They were around $14,000.”

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Even Alfred Russel Wallace, the naturalist who had also come up with the theory of natural selection, was a spiritualist, now working on a book that would be published soon—Miracles and Modem Spiritualism.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman