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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Spiritualists"”.
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The American phantasmagoria: The rise of spiritualism in nineteenth-century America
… of spiritualism’s historiography by exploring spiritualists’ lives to reveal a more complex answer to why this movement gained a large following in antebellum America. The stories of spiritualists show that spiritualism rose in nineteenth century America because the culture placed death in the …
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Human levitation
… with a sample of Christian priests and pastors, Spiritualists and qigong instructors; and six people who claim to have levitated have also been interviewed. Secondly, to assist future researchers in their investigations, the thesis includes a hypothesis generating exercise which seeks clues from …
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Reviving His Work: Social Isolation, Religious Fervor and Reform in the Burned Over District of Western New York, 1790-1860
… way, rural evangelicals, as well as Quakers and Spiritualists, engaged in moral reform, to eradicate institutions and behaviors they perceived as sinful from society.
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Creating sacred space: a Spiritualist church
… a sacred space. A church for a congregation of Spiritualists, who currently are renovating a Methodist church in Georgetown. [2] This design is centered on a few elements. In response to Spiritualist liturgy which is devoid of an altar there is an exploration of defining void thus creating a …
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Evolution Esotericized: Conceptual Blending and the Emergence of Secular, Therapeutic Salvation
… and the interactions of psychical researchers, spiritualists, and the scientific community (including Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection). A primary area of focus is the rhetorical connection of evolution with evidence of psychic ability and the recovery of …