Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism
Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism

Author: Daniel Dunglas Home

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-05-19

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1108027474

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A colourful discussion of mediums and their abilities, by the self-proclaimed 'Grandfather of English Spiritualism', first published in 1877.

The Darkened Room
The Darkened Room

Author: Alex Owen

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2004-04-15

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0226642054

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A highly original study that examines the central role played by women as mediums, healers, and believers during the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian era, The Darkened Room is more than a meditation on women mediums—it's an exploration of the era's gender relations. The hugely popular spiritualist movement, which maintained that women were uniquely qualified to commune with spirits of the dead, offered female mediums a new independence, authority, and potential to undermine conventional class and gender relations in the home and in society. Using previously unexamined sources and an innovative approach, Alex Owen invokes the Victorian world of darkened séance rooms, theatrical apparitions, and moving episodes of happiness lost and regained. She charts the struggles between spiritualists and the medical and legal establishments over the issue of female mediumship, and provides new insights into the gendered dynamics of Victorian society.

Spiritualism, Mesmerism and the Occult, 1800–1920 Vol 3
Spiritualism, Mesmerism and the Occult, 1800–1920 Vol 3

Author: Shane McCorristine

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-17

Total Pages: 1950

ISBN-13: 1000561461

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This edition provides an insight into the dark areas between Victorian science, medicine and religion. The rare reset source material in this collection is organized thematically and spans the period from initial mesmeric experiments at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the decline of the Society for Psychical Research in the 1920s.

A History of Spiritualism and the Occult in Salem
A History of Spiritualism and the Occult in Salem

Author: Maggi Smith-Dalton

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1614236607

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An elucidation of the Spiritualism movement in Salem in the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries. Salem, Massachusetts, is the quintessential New England town, with its cobbled streets and strong ties to the sea. With the notoriety of the Salem witch trials, the city's reputation has been irrevocably linked to the occult. However, few know the history behind the religion of Spiritualism and the social movement that took root in this romanticized land. At the turn of the century, seers, mediums and magnetic healers all hoped to connect to the spiritual world. The popularity of Spiritualism and renewed interest in the occult blossomed out of an attempt to find an intellectual and emotional balance between science and religion. Learn of early converts, the role of the venerable Essex Institute and the psychic legacy of “Moll” Pitcher. Historian Maggi Smith-Dalton delves into Salem’s exotic history, unraveling the beginnings of Spiritualism and the rise of the Witch City.