The central belief of Spiritualism is that our consciousness — our spirit — survives the death of our physical bodies and that it’s possible to communicate with the spirits of the departed. The heyday ...
Spiritualism captured the attention of the curious and the mourning, mediums, and illusionists — all of whose stories are explored in ‘Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums.’ It’s a ...
William Sidney Mount, "Saul and the Witch of Endor," 1828. (Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.) Shannon Taggart spent almost two decades researching Lily Dale, New York, a ...
Installation view of Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future (2018-19) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (via Ryan Dicky's Flickrstream) Lesser known, perhaps, is the spiritual ...
Just when you think you finally know Florida, it goes ahead and throws a town full of mediums into the mix. Roughly 50 miles from Orlando’s theme parks, Cassadaga is a bucolic Central Florida enclave ...
Spiritualism, the belief that the living can communicate with the dead, gained popularity in the early 20th century. The religion's growth was fueled by the immense loss of life from World War I and ...
Hidden history of spiritualism in York including seances - by DAVID WILSON ONE day in February 1877, a certain Mr C Sellars was entertaining the crowds in Parliament Street, York by lampooning the ...
Fort Worth emerged as Texas's Spiritualist hub by the late 19th century. Legal battle over John L. Jackson's will boosted national attention in 1920s. Harry Houdini publicly challenged Spiritualism ...
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