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Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
, of Cambridge University, for the purpose of investigating that large group of debatable phenomena known as mesmeric, hypnotic, psychic, and spiritualistic. Reports of a large number of varied and careful experiments in induced telepathic communication are published in their Proceedings; branches of this society have been established elsewhere, notably in the United States. In this connection also an international congress of experimental psychology has been formed: First meetings held in Paris, 1889; second, at University College, London, 1893; the third at Munich in 1896. In a report of this congress, 1893, it was stated that in a census of hallucinations undertaken by 410 members of the congress, 17,000 answers were obtained from Great Britain, France, America, Germany, etc., to the question, Have you ever, while in good health and believing yourself to be awake, seen the figure of a person or animated object, or heard a voice which was not in your view referable to any extern
Munich (Bavaria, Germany) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
roup of debatable phenomena known as mesmeric, hypnotic, psychic, and spiritualistic. Reports of a large number of varied and careful experiments in induced telepathic communication are published in their Proceedings; branches of this society have been established elsewhere, notably in the United States. In this connection also an international congress of experimental psychology has been formed: First meetings held in Paris, 1889; second, at University College, London, 1893; the third at Munich in 1896. In a report of this congress, 1893, it was stated that in a census of hallucinations undertaken by 410 members of the congress, 17,000 answers were obtained from Great Britain, France, America, Germany, etc., to the question, Have you ever, while in good health and believing yourself to be awake, seen the figure of a person or animated object, or heard a voice which was not in your view referable to any external physical cause? The answers in the negative numbered 15,311, and thos
Rochester (New York, United States) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
mposture by scientific tests. Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) asserted his intelligent communion with departed spirits and his direct knowledge of a spiritual world, reciting at length his detailed personal experience. The more recent forms of spiritualism may be said to have begun in Hydeville, Wayne co., N. Y., in 1848, when the daughters of John D. Fox, Margaret (1834-93) and Kate (1836-92), first practised what is known as spirit-rappings. From Hydeville, Fox soon after removed to Rochester. The excitement aroused by the rappings soon spread far and wide. Many mediums arose professing similar powers. Andrew Jackson Davis published Principles of nature, etc., 1845, said to have been dictated to the Rev. William Fishbough in New York City, while the author was in a clairvoyant or trance state; many other works since on a variety of subjects, all ascribed to spirit dictation, but of no scientific value. Judge John W. Edmonds, of New York (1799-1874), adopted the belief in 18
Woodstock, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
Spiritualism, or spiritism, Words applied to the belief that certain phenomena or visible manifestations of power are produced by the spirits of the dead. These phenomena have been witnessed and commented upon in all ages; notable instances within the last 250 years at Woodstock, 1649; at Tedworth, 1661; at the Epworth parsonage, in the family of Mr. Wesley, the father of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the case of the Cock-lane ghost, in London; at Sunderland, at the residence of Mr. Jobson, 1839 (all these in England). The Fox sisters in the United States, 1848 (noted below), and, as some suppose, in the Salem witchcraft cases of 1692. They have been attributed to diabolical agencies. It is claimed that under favorable circumstances, by a force apparently residing in the subject itself, and with no external source, inanimate objects (articles of furniture, etc.) are moved, rappings are heard, articles disappear from one closed apartment to appear in another, writing i
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
k, 1649; at Tedworth, 1661; at the Epworth parsonage, in the family of Mr. Wesley, the father of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the case of the Cock-lane ghost, in London; at Sunderland, at the residence of Mr. Jobson, 1839 (all these in England). The Fox sisters in the United States, 1848 (noted below), and, as some suppose, in the Salem witchcraft cases of 1692. They have been attributed to diabolical agencies. It is claimed that under favorable circumstances, by a force apparently 889; second, at University College, London, 1893; the third at Munich in 1896. In a report of this congress, 1893, it was stated that in a census of hallucinations undertaken by 410 members of the congress, 17,000 answers were obtained from Great Britain, France, America, Germany, etc., to the question, Have you ever, while in good health and believing yourself to be awake, seen the figure of a person or animated object, or heard a voice which was not in your view referable to any external ph
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
he domain of the supernatural. The National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America and Dominion of Canada was organized Sept. 29, 1893, in Chicago, Ill., and incorporated Nov. 1, 1893, under the laws of the District of Columbiarters were established. Its objects are: The organization of the various spiritualist societies of the United States and Canada into one general association, for the purpose of mutual aid and co-operation, in benevolent, charitable, educational, litsophy, and religion of spiritualism. In 1900 there were 625 local associations of spiritualists in the United States and Canada, nineteen State associations, and fifty-five camp-meeting associations devoted to the interests of spiritualism. The bon membership of these associations was 150,000, while the total number interested in spiritualism in the United States and Canada was 1,500,000. Three hundred and fifty lecturers, ministers, and platform mediums were actively engaged in promulgating
Sunderland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
Spiritualism, or spiritism, Words applied to the belief that certain phenomena or visible manifestations of power are produced by the spirits of the dead. These phenomena have been witnessed and commented upon in all ages; notable instances within the last 250 years at Woodstock, 1649; at Tedworth, 1661; at the Epworth parsonage, in the family of Mr. Wesley, the father of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism; the case of the Cock-lane ghost, in London; at Sunderland, at the residence of Mr. Jobson, 1839 (all these in England). The Fox sisters in the United States, 1848 (noted below), and, as some suppose, in the Salem witchcraft cases of 1692. They have been attributed to diabolical agencies. It is claimed that under favorable circumstances, by a force apparently residing in the subject itself, and with no external source, inanimate objects (articles of furniture, etc.) are moved, rappings are heard, articles disappear from one closed apartment to appear in another, writing is
United States (United States) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
Mr. Jobson, 1839 (all these in England). The Fox sisters in the United States, 1848 (noted below), and, as some suppose, in the Salem witchcrof this society have been established elsewhere, notably in the United States. In this connection also an international congress of experimenatural. The National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America and Dominion of Canada was organized Sept. 29, 1893, in Ch: The organization of the various spiritualist societies of the United States and Canada into one general association, for the purpose of mut 1900 there were 625 local associations of spiritualists in the United States and Canada, nineteen State associations, and fifty-five camp-me0,000, while the total number interested in spiritualism in the United States and Canada was 1,500,000. Three hundred and fifty lecturers, ts had eighty-five churches, temples, auditoriums, etc., in the United States. The valuation of their public buildings, camp-meeting propert
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
e time and place. Some hold that all psychic phenomena, normal and abnormal, whether manifested as mesmerism, hypnotism, somnambulism, trance, spiritism, demonology or witchcraft, genius or insanity, are in a way related, and are to be classed under some general law of nature yet to be discovered, which will withdraw them from the domain of the supernatural. The National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America and Dominion of Canada was organized Sept. 29, 1893, in Chicago, Ill., and incorporated Nov. 1, 1893, under the laws of the District of Columbia, where its permanent headquarters were established. Its objects are: The organization of the various spiritualist societies of the United States and Canada into one general association, for the purpose of mutual aid and co-operation, in benevolent, charitable, educational, literary, musical, scientific, religious, and missionary purposes, and enterprises germane to the phenomena, science, philosophy, and religion
Washington (United States) (search for this): entry spiritualism-or-spiritism
evoted to the interests of spiritualism. The bone fide membership of these associations was 150,000, while the total number interested in spiritualism in the United States and Canada was 1,500,000. Three hundred and fifty lecturers, ministers, and platform mediums were actively engaged in promulgating the doctrines of spiritualism. The number of psychics before the public for various phases of phenomenal manifestations was 1,500, while some 10,000 persons utilize their mediumistic gifts in their homes. The spiritualists had eighty-five churches, temples, auditoriums, etc., in the United States. The valuation of their public buildings, camp-meeting property, and real estate was $1,250,000. The membership of the National Spiritualists' Association consists of spiritualist societies only. Twelve regular periodicals, weeklies, and monthlies are published in the interests of spiritualism. The headquarters of the association are at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, S. E., Washington, D. C.
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