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Recent Examples of spiritualism
The combination of cultural individualism, industrialization, and technological advance created a cultural moment in which audiences were open to and actively explored the idea of unseen forces (hey, if telegraph and photography worked, why not mesmerism, spiritualism, or palm-reading?).
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Crookes became one of the leading advocates for spiritualism.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Learn about spiritualism, mesmerism and phrenology.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024
Instead of scientists, debunking spiritualism fell upon magicians.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Crookes became one of the leading advocates for spiritualism.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Learn about spiritualism, mesmerism and phrenology.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024
Instead of scientists, debunking spiritualism fell upon magicians.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritualism
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The ‘Nosferatu’ Remake Pays Tribute To The Original Film’s Folkloric And Occultist Roots In Robert Eggers’ film, there are many references to occultism, folklore and religion.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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In modern pop culture, vampires have strayed away from occultism and are often depicted through a Christian lens, being repelled by crucifixes and sunlight.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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In the late 1600s, Tituba, an enslaved Indigenous woman of probable Central American background purchased by Puritan minister Samuel Parris in Barbados, became the first woman accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Bram Stoker’s original 1897 novel begins around Walpurgisnacht, a European springtime festival often associated with spirits and witchcraft.—
Mike Calia,
NBC News,
24 Dec. 2024
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Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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This was some unsettling prediction sorcery — but, luckily, there was a solution.—
Amelia Edelman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2025
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After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Part of my aversion arises from my own hidebound premodern Calvinist outlook, in which death is no laughing matter and necromancy is forbidden by God (see Deuteronomy 18:9-13).—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
26 Oct. 2023
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“Spiritualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualism. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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