Keeping in Touch: An Anthology of the Victorian SeanceMain MenuIntroductionFurther ReadingI - Spiritualism and Its BelieversII - Ambivalent SkepticsIII - Scoffers and FraudsIV - The Private SeanceV - The Public SeanceWork CitedMegan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3
Is Spiritualism of the Devil?
12016-11-23T12:39:31-05:00Megan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3713plain2016-12-16T21:04:49-05:00Megan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3Published in 1892 in The Review of Reviews, “Is Spiritualism of the Devil” explains how spiritualism and the practice of trying to contact the dead in particular is antithetical to the teachings of the [Catholic] Church and the Bible in general. This text is one of the few that explicitly objects to séances on the ground of religion and is therefore noteworthy; the article also gives modern readers insight into how, despite the cavalier attitude of many critics, spiritualism was considered a legitimate threat to and by established religious discourse. Instead of interpreting and gaining knowledge through the Church, the populace could use personal séance experience as a way to understand the world.
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