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Spiritualism

19th century religious movement based on the belief that one can communicate with the spirits of the dead

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Spiritualism

3 images from works
  • Fathime's astral body leaving her as she dies while Euphrosyne sits and watches. Line engraving by S. Davenport after H. Corbould.
  • The seeress of Prevorst being revelations concerning the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit / Communicated by Justinus Kerner ... [Translated] From the German by Mrs. Crowe.
  • Martha Hatfield, who had a trance from which she gained divine inspiration. Line engraving, 1794.

Works from the collections

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    Somnambulisme et médiumnité, 1784-1930 / Bertand Méheust.

    Méheust, Bertrand. | Date: [1999], ©1999
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    The homoeopathic principle applied to insanity : a proposal to treat lunacy by spiritualism / by James John Garth Wilkinson.

    Wilkinson, James John Garth, 1812-1899. | Date: 1857
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    Preliminary report of the Commission appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to investigate modern spiritualism : in accordance with the request of the late Henry Seybert.

    University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism. | Date: 1887
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    Lettre à M. Isaac K---st de Berlin : sur de nouvelles objections qu'il élève contre le spiritualisme / Par le baron Massias.

    Massias, baron (Nicolas), 1764-1848. | Date: 1829
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    Traité de métapsychique / Charles Richet.

    Richet, Charles, 1850-1935. | Date: 1923

Related topics

Parapsychology
History, 19th Century
Parapsychology
19th-20th centuries
Mental Healing
Religion
Hypnosis
Occultism
Occultism
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