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The Fox Sisters: The Frauds Who Helped Found Spiritualism

31 Oct 2023

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As the spiritualist movement grew, an argument began over whether it was heretical. Proponents argued that if one believed in angels, devils, and life after death, all part of Christian dogma, one must necessarily believe in the existence of the immortal soul. Spiritualism was the art of contact with part of that immortal soul, and was thus neither witchcraft nor heresy. Why some possessed the ability while others did not was a subject of debate. Later arguments against spiritualism were based on science, rather than Biblical verses. Whether some humans possess the ability to communicate with the dead is an argument which still rages, and countless mediums still practice it today. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Social Channels and Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://georgeanderson.com/books-about-loss/ https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4170&context=byusq https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/exhibits/show/post-family-papers/the-posts https://poklib.org/the-poughkeepsie-seer-andrew-jackson-davis/ https://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/spirit-rooms-seances-and-ohio-in-the-19th-century https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/k/kane-wlisha-kent.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ https://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/conan-doyle/arthur-conan-doyle/spiritualism#:~:text=Apart%20from%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20perhaps,he%20lost%20close%20family%20members. https://www.all-about-psychology.com/houdini.html https://nsac.org/

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