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Spiritualism (spiritism)
Sceptical view of spiritualism and its associated parts such as mediumship.
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Extractions: Click to order from Amazon Spiritism or spiritualism is the belief that the human personality survives death and can communicate with the living through a sensitive medium . The spiritualist movement began in 1848 in upstate New York with the Fox sisters who claimed that spirits communicated with them by rapping on tables. (The "raps" were actually made by cracking their toe joints.) By the time the sisters admitted their fraud some thirty years later, there were tens of thousands of mediums holding séances where spirits entertained with numerous magical tricks such as making sounds, materializing objects, making lights glow, levitating tables and moving objects across the room. The mediums demonstrated every variety of psychic power from clairvoyance and clairaudience to telekinesis and telepathy . Repeated charges of fraud did little to stop the spiritualist movement until the 1920's when magicians such as Houdini exposed the techniques and methods of deceit used by mediums to fool even the wisest and holiest of men and women.
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A philosophy based upon the New Thought Movement and modern spiritualism. The focus of this group is to advance spiritualism to the next evolutional step, by focusing not on demonstration of gifts but upon individual spiritual practices that are in harmony with natural and spiritual laws.
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AncientScience
An analysis of Hindu scientific beliefs and a call to initiate worldwide research on ancient science for reviving a glorious culture on earth.
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Extractions: A ncient S cience Mission Beliefs Research Topics About Author An Analysis... Mother Earth - abode for millions of life forms. It nourishes and cherishes us, shelters and protects us. Learned sages and ancient scriptures call it a classroom, where we humans come to learn lessons and correct our past mistakes, to advance further on the path of spiritual evolution. Earth was once a classroom of a very high order, with much scientific greatness' and spiritual lifestyles. Today its merely a kindergarten but for our own follies through the generations . ...And A Clarion Call This is a sincere effort to bring together all like-minded people who resonate with these thoughts, to come together... once again. All of us who are beginning to hear the inner call. All of us who will know that life is there everywhere in this universe - Inside our Earth, inside most of the planets on all solar systems and galaxies. That all life comes from but ONE Creator. Come - let's revive the serene spirituality of Lemuria, the high sciences of Atlantis, even higher sacred-scientific-spiritual completeness of those unnamed ancient eras... Come - let's make our glorious past our present again. Questions / Information : rock22@sancharnet.in
Spiritualism
John s pages of spiritualism, my research on Physical Mediumship in contemporaryEngland.
http://home.online.no/~joldertr/spirit.htm

Extractions: M y fieldwork concerned belief and practice in Spiritualism in contemporary England. There has not been, as far as I know, any recently anthropological investigation concerning Spiritualism in western societies. The exception is Swatos' study of a famous Icelandic medium, but still, that study is not contemporary. My choice of ethnographic region was England because Britain was the first European country which opened itself for Spiritualism when it first came from the US to Europe in the late 19.th century. T hen, in the last part of the 19.th century and the first part of the 20.th century, Spiritualism grew rapidly and spread to all parts of the population in England and in the continental Europe. S piritualism divided into physical mediumship and mental mediumship. Christian Spiritualists was fighting against the church and the non-Christian Spiritualists. Some parts of the Spiritualist-movement turned to New-Age movements, while still others became influenced on numerous other ways. But still, the main thing in Spiritualism endures: the belief in the Afterlife, and the possibility to communicate with those on the other side. "The Death is the biggest Lie on earth" T here has been a lot of investigation concerning Spiritualism, but not about Spiritualism in general. The early and later researchers were all concerned about how to prove or disprove
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Spiritualism
The term has been frequently used to denote the belief in the possibility of communication with disembodied spirits, and the various devices employed to realize this belief in practice.
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Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... S > Spiritualism A B C D ... Z The term "spiritualism" has been frequently used to denote the belief in the possibility of communication with disembodied spirits, and the various devices employed to realize this belief in practice. The term "Spiritism" Aristotle fully recognized the spirituality of the higher rational activity of thought, but his treatment of its precise relation to the individual human soul is obscure. On the other hand, his conception of the union of soul and body, and of the unity of the human person, is much superior to that of Plato. Though the future life of the human soul, and consequently its capacity for an existence separate from the body, was one of the most fundamental and important doctrines of the Christian religion , yet ideas as to the precise meaning of spirituality were not at first clear, and we find several of the earliest Christian writers (though maintaining the future existence of the soul separate from the body), yet conceiving the soul in a more or less materialistic way (cf. Justin , Irenaeus, Tertullian , Clement, etc.). The Catholic philosophic doctrine of Spiritualism received much of its development from St. Augustine, the disciple of Platonic philosophy, and its completion from Albertus Magnus and St. Thomas, who perfected the
The Birth Of Spiritualism Â The Story Of The Fox Sisters
Brief article on the origins of modern spiritualism.
http://www.pararesearchers.org/Psychic/fox/fox.html

Extractions: The Birth Of Spiritualism â The Story Of The Fox Sisters By: S. Darroch In the year 1848 some astounding events took place in Hydesville N.Y. USA that began the modern-day Spiritualist movement. A lessor known fact is that central to these events were three young Upper Canadian ladies who were born in a small farming community; Consecon (near Belleville) Ontario. The Fox family, which included the three young girls in question Leah (Ann), Margaret, (Maggie), and Catherine (Kate); moved to Hydesville on December 11 th 1847. However, it was on March 31 st (the day before April Fools) that the girlâs lives would forever be changed by what was considered to be a classic and well-documented example of direct communications with the spirits of the deceased. It began with a series of strange noises such as knocks and footsteps that could not be accounted for. There were vibrations felt, which affected the familyâs chairs and beds as well. Both Mr. And Mrs. Fox were highly disturbed by these occurrences and quickly concluded that a restless ghost must plague their home. Upon hearing the knocks, the children would try to imitate them by snapping their fingers and clapping their hands. Catherine is reported to have spoken aloud while doing so. âMr. Splitfoot, do as I do,â she said and the knocks would then respond in kind! These first experiments progressed to the point were the children and their mother would ask questions of this âentityâ and devised a series of knocks to signify a yes or no answer. It was by this simple method that the Fox family learned the following about their otherworldly guest: âit was a man, aged thirty-one years, (who) had been murdered in this house and his remains were buried in the cellar.â
Religious Movements Homepage: Spiritualism
This spiritualism Page is your gateway to accessing comprehensive web based aswell as print resources about spiritualism.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Spiritsm.html

Extractions: Name: Spiritualism Founder: Emanuel Swedenborg Date of Birth: Birth Place: Sweden Year Founded: Swedenborg started his work in 1744, but modern spiritualism was made popular in the U.S. by the Fox sisters in 1848. Brief History: Even before modern spiritualism was founded in 1848, many of the ideas of this belief system were already in circulation. The Swedish scientist Emanuel Swedenborg is credited with being the first significant practitioner and promoter of the central tenets of spiritualism. Swedenborg claimed to be able to communicate with spirits and travel through the spirit world, and his followers believed that he was a highly skilled medium. He wrote many books on his experiences, though he said that the books were not written by himself. Rather, he claimed they were inspired by spirits and angels from the spirit world. Some of his books, he claimed, were inspired by infants. He also claimed to have developed skillful powers of clairivoyance and psychic ability. From his study of dreams, Swedenborg concluded, came predictions of future events. Swedenborg demonstrated his ability before Queen Louisa Ulrica of Sweden. He told her that he knew about a secret correspondence that she had had with her brother while he was still alive because he was able to communicate with his dead spirit. Swedenborg also helped people find things that deceased relatives had left for them.
Spiritualism And Theosophy By H.S.Olcott
Lecture delivered at the rooms of the United Service Institution of India, Simla.
http://www.theosophical.ca/Spiritualism .htm

Extractions: The Debatable Land between This World and the Next, The other contrivance is described and illustrated in the monograph entitled Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism, by Mr William Crookes, F.R.S., Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Science, I mention these two mechanical contrivances merely to show those who, perhaps, have never enquired into the matter, but have nevertheless fallen into the common error of thinking the phenomena to be all deceptions, that the utmost care has been taken by the cleverest scientists to guard against the possibility of fraud in the course of their experiments. If ever there was a fact of science proved, it is that a new and most mysterious force of some Quarterly Journal of Science buna Mr Crookes found the force-current to be extremely variable in the same medium on different days, and, in the medium from minute to minute, its flow was highly erratic. In his book he gives a number of cuts to illustrate these variations, as well as of the ingenious apparatus he employed to detect them.
Anomalies Article: Spiritualism
spiritualism is the basis of all religions. spiritualism recognizes that thereare special people gifted for unknown reasons with the ability to communicate
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Extractions: Spiritualism is the basis of all religions. Spiritualism recognizes that there are special people gifted for unknown reasons with the ability to communicate with spirits of the dead; through these mediums , as they are called, the spirits can speak, write, levitate or materialize objects, and sometimes even manifest in temporary physical bodies made of ectoplasm. Spiritualism is a religious movement that was started in 1848 by the activities of Margarett and Catharine Fox. As the story goes, the house in Hydesville, New York, that the Fox family was staying in was plagued by strange noises that Mrs. Fox, Margarett and Catharine's mother, attributed to a ghost. The girls discovered that if they clapped, the unknown entity would respond with rapping sounds; soon, a complicated rapping system was developed the had raps for "yes," "no," and each letter of the alphabet. Through this means of communication the spirit identified itself as a man murdered by a former resident of the house, and, as proof, claimed his body was buried in the basement. An escavation of the basement floor by the Fox family later turned up human teeth, hair, and some bones. The press loved the story, and Margarett and Catharine's older sister, Mrs. Leah Fish, was quick to capitalize on the publicity by turning her younger sisters ability to communicate with the entity into a stage act. As more and more people came to see the Fox Sisters communicate with the dead man, more and more phenomena happened; more 'spirits' begain to communicate, and the spirits that were communicating gradually became better known and more famous personages (according to
WELCOME TO ALAN PETERS WEBSITE EASY TO UNDERSTAND ENLIGHTENING ESSAYS
Dedicated to Medieval spiritualism, Alchemy, and Taoism. Essays from Gnostic writers, Alchemy term glossary, Middle Age Symbolism described with photographs. Tao Teh Ching in full, and Alchemy Poem.
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Extractions: Search: Lycos Tripod Dating Search Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next WELCOME TO ALAN PETERS WEBSITE EASY TO UNDERSTAND ENLIGHTENING ESSAYS Home GNOSTIC HOME PAGE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS GNOSTICISM A HISTORY AND OVERVIEW GNOSTIC ESSAY 7 SERMONS TO THE DEAD WRITTEN IN 120 C.E. BY BASILIDES ... GLOSSARY OF GNOSTIC TERMS THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY AND GNOSTIC THOUGHTS FROM 50 CE TO 1600 CE. CLICK HOME TO VISIT MY OTHER MEDIEVAL WEBSITE CLICK NEXT TO VISIT MY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR WEBSITE WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF ALAN PETERS. I HOPE YOU STAY TO READ SOME OF THESE ESSAYS THAT I'VE FOUND. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU WILL. I DON'T FOLLOW ALL THE THOUGHTS OF THESE WRITINGS, BUT THE BEST OF THESE HAVE AT THE HEART OF THEM A VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL MESSAGE ABLE TO HELP ANYONE WHO HAS BEING READING GNOSTIC OR EASTERN MYSTERY RELIGION TEXTS. THESE WRITINGS HAVE, FOR ME, BEEN A GREAT ENJOYMENT OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF MY FAVORITE. WHO AM I?
Phrenology, Mesmerism, And Spiritualism
Victorian England s fascination with pseudosciences such as phrenology, mesmerism,and spiritualism as a cultural phenomena. By Paul Roach.
http://www.gober.net/victorian/reports/mesmersm.html

Extractions: Victorian England's Search for Meaning by Paul Roach However Lavater did set forth some axioms that served as the direct forerunners of Gall's phrenology as well as what could be termed the Victorian obsession with death. According to physiognomy the "form height, arching, proportion, obliquity, and position of the skull, or bone of the forehead show the propensity, degree of power, thought, and sensibility of man"(378). Lavater formulated some easier to remember axioms such as "the more the chin, the more the man"(231) and "as are the lips so is the character"(394).12 Even more fascinating was Lavater's description of the dead countenance: Of the many dead persons I have seen, I have uniformly observed that sixteen, eighteen, or twenty-four hours after death (depending on the disease) they have had a more beautiful form, better defined, more proportionate, harmonized, homogenous, more noble, more exalted than they ever had during life(371).13 Here Lavater can be seen anticipating the spiritualist craze in England and America by at least one hundred years. Equally as important there is evidence in Elizabeth Gaskell's
About The First Spiritual Temple: Spiritualism & The FST
A NonDenominational Christian Spiritualist Church. Making Sense of God, JesusChrist, Spirit and Religion through 4000 years of spiritualism.
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Extractions: March 31, 1848, is the established founding date of the Modern Spiritualist Movement . No one doubts the significance of this date; however, it represents but one link in a wondrous chain of events which led to the reincarnation of Ancient Spiritualism within a modern world. We want to share with you the wonder and mystery of what Spirit was attempting to do and fulfill, not simply on the evening of March 31, 1848, but prior to that fateful date and up to more recent times. Spiritualism belongs to all people and to all religions. It is a gift of and for the SPIRIT, not of and for any particular church body. We hope you enjoy these pages . Thank you and Godspeed!
Spirithistory.com Homepage
Primary sources for the historical study of 19th century American spiritualism.
http://www.spirithistory.com/
The Spiritualist Religion Page
Learn the basics about the religion, science, and philosophy of spiritualism. Read the Spiritualist Basics book online Spiritualist Basics is an
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National Spiritualist Association Of Churches - Home
USA organization, its teachings and activities, websites. Covers all topics in spiritualism, and mediumship spirit, psychic, healing, natural Laws.
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Welcome To World Online
Careful explanations dealing with all the aspects of life, afterlife, spirit communication, karma, reincarnation, meditation, ghosts, hauntings, evil, heaven, hell, premonition, fortune telling, auras, trinity, Christ,God, devil, different religions, healing and many, many other important subjects.
http://www.icon.co.za/~magnolia/Welcome.html
Spiritualists' National Union Web-Site
Information about spiritualism, and the union; membership details, and a directory of approved healers and mediums. Information on courses and
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SPIRITUALISM.ORG
http://www.spiritualism.org/
Didaskalos Ministries Cults Exposed Spiritualism Dm063h.htm
A detailed look at spiritualism, or Spiritism, and how it is in direct contrastto Christianity.
http://www.bibleteacher.org/Dm063h.htm

Extractions: Skip Introduction When I was growing up whenever someone was caught telling a lie we always said "Liar, Liar, pants on fire!". Childish, yes, but very appropriate if you think about it. All cults have several things in common. First, they mimic Christianity , though they are only a pseudo-form of the truth. Several of the cults, like the Mormon Church, have gone so far into mimicry that they are actually considered a separate denomination like the Presbyterian or Methodist Churches. Second, the cults twist the Scripture to suit their platform of belief, rather than conform what they believe to what the Scripture teaches. Many of the cults, though not all, use various forms of brainwashing techniques to gather and retain their converts. They use holy deception , as they call it, to trick a person into their midst, then on tearing down the barriers of the person's old belief system they slowly inculcate the new, cultic doctrines. "Liar, Liar, pants on fire!" is a true saying, for those deceived by cults are walking a pathway that can only lead to eternal damnation in the next life. Jesus said, " I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me
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