spiritualism
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Alfred J. Gabay. Messages from Beyond. Spiritualism and Spiritualists in Melbourne's Golden Age, 1870-1890.
Utopian Studies; 1/1/2002; Russell, Elizabeth; 1002 words
; Alfred J. Gabay. Messages From Beyond. Spiritualism and Spiritualists in Melbourne's Golden Age, 1870-1890. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. 244 pp. $32.95. THE EYE-CATCHING TITLE Messages from Beyond and the somewhat esoteric front cover photograph will mislead the reader who is
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Searching for Raymond: Anglicanism, Spiritualism, and Bereavement Between the Two World Wars
Anglican and Episcopal History; 3/1/2002; Brill, Earl H; 802 words
; RENE KOLLAR. Searching for Raymond: Anglicanism, Spiritualism, and Bereavement Between the Two World Wars. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2000. Pp. xvi +187, appendices, bibliography, index. $60.00. The enormous casualties suffered by British troops in the Great War (1914-1918) left a nation
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Spiritualism in Antebellum America.(Review)
Utopian Studies; 3/22/2000; Clark, Christopher; 1425 words
; Bret E. Carroll. Spiritualism in Antebellum America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. xiv + 227 pp. $35.00. THIS RICH, LUCID, AND INTELLIGENT STUDY of antebellum spiritualism deserves to be read by all historians interested in religion, reform, and intentional communities in the
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Spiritualism and British Society Between the Wars. (Reviews of Books).
Albion; 3/22/2002; Olsen, Alexandra H.; 834 words
; Jenny Hazelgrove. Spiritualism and British Society between the Wars. (Studies in Popular Culture.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y 2000. Pp. x, 294. $74.95. ISBN 0-7190-5558-X. In a study that merges historical material, personal anecdotes, and the
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Sociology of Religion; 9/22/1997; van den Hoonaard, Will C.; 862 words
; In the early 1970s when I was conducting research in Iceland, I was struck by the widespread belief in spiritualism in that country. I found a librarian who spoke only of Dr. Helgi Pjeturss, a medium, to whom he was personally devoted (he appears on p. 210 of the book). There was also a public
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Ghostwriting Modernism.(Book Review)
Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/2004; Monk, Craig; 665 words
; Ghostwriting Modernism. By HELEN SWORD. Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press. 2002. xiii + 212 pp. 28.50 [pounds sterling] (pbk 12.95 [pounds sterling ISBN: 0-8014-3699-0 (pbk 0-8014-8775-7). Observing that the Victorian fascination with popular spiritualism extended well into the
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WHERE THE SPIRIT STILL MOVES
The Boston Globe; 7/16/1998; William A. Davis, Globe Staff; 1183 words
; ONSET -- At first, the Sunday service at the old New England camp chapel seems conventional enough. There's the invocation, a hymn, a sermon, prayers for the sick, and some announcements. But this is the On-I-Set Wigwam Spiritualist Camp, a decidedly different kind of religious summer colony. Here,
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Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism.(Book Review)
The Journal of Parapsychology; 9/22/2004; Moreman, Christopher M.; 1018 words
; TALKING TO THE DEAD: KATE AND MAGGIE Fox AND THE RISE OF SPIRITUALISM by Barbara Weisberg. Harper San Francisco, 2004. 278 pages. $24.95. Barbara Weisberg follows a long line of writers who have sought to provide the truest account of the famous (perhaps infamous) Fox sisters, and the development
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When There Is No Conversion: Spiritualists and Personal Religious Change
Anthropologica; 1/1/2007; Meintel, Deirdre; 9740 words
; Abstract: This analysis is based on field research on Spiritualists in a Montreal congregation. For most religions that are part of the contemporary scene, conversion marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals. Although Spiritualism was born in the modern era,
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Blithe Spirits; Reviewed by Lloyd Rose
The Washington Post; 6/27/2004; 780 words
; TALKING TO THE DEAD Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism By Barbara Weisberg. HarperSanFrancisco. 324 pp. $24.95 The tables started tapping in Hydesville, N.Y., in 1848. The apparent mediums were Maggie and Kate Fox, 14 and 11 respectively, who in March of that year began to
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