Maison des Spirites
Maison des Spirites
Spiritist center founded by Jean Meyer, who also assisted the foundation of the Institut Métapsychique International (concerned with psychical research ). The Maison des Spirites was located at 8 Rue Copernic, Paris, and was intended to propagate knowledge of Spiritism. It became the secretariat of the Fédération Spirite Internationale (International Spiritualists' Federation) and hosted the Second International Spiritualist Congress in Paris in 1925.
(See also France )
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