i know that a lady fox brought it to new york in 1849, but i thought it went back alot futher than this? can anyone let me know?
2006-11-30 07:19:56 · 11 answers · asked by geraldine m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
My very dear Lady, spiritualism goes back to the Dawn of Time. Humans have always been spiritualists, even when formalized religion took society over. It's something well worth looking into. You'll find it fascinating.
2006-11-30 07:23:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spiritualism is a religious movement, prominent from the 1840s to the 1920s, found primarily in English-speaking countries. The movement's distinguishing feature is the belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums. These spirits are believed to lie on a higher spiritual plane than humans, and are therefore capable of providing guidance in both worldly and spiritual matters. Today, Spiritualism has obsorbed itself into British popular culture. Spiritualism is closely related to Spiritism, a religious movement that originated in France, and is today widespread in Brazil and other Latin countries.
Modern Spiritualism first appeared in the 1840s in the Burned-Over District of upstate New York where earlier religious movements such as Millerism (Seventh Day Adventists) and Mormonism had emerged during the Second Great Awakening. It was an environment in which many people felt that direct communication with God or angels was possible, and in which many people felt uncomfortable with Calvinist notions that God would behave harshly — for example, that God would condemn unbaptized infants to an eternity in Hell.
2006-11-30 07:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by Sky Li 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It goes back to prehistory. In the Bible you'll find King Saul consulting with "a woman that hath a familiar spirit", about 500 - 600 BC. (She raised the prophet Samuel, who told Saul he was going to get offed in the coming battle with the Philistines. He did, and his son Jonathan with him.)
Here comes one of the little clues that historians have to rely on when not everything gets put down in the records. She is described as "a woman that hath a familiar spirit". Now, notice Saul didn't have to be told what it meant to have a "familiar spirit", so people generally knew about spirit-consultation at that time. That, in turn, indicates that it had been around for quite a while.
2006-11-30 07:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Dick Eney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes 2006 years
2006-11-30 07:29:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth.
2006-11-30 07:23:36 · answer #5 · answered by Penny Mae 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism
2006-11-30 07:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ever since man looked at the sun and said "wow, what's that? it must be a God!"
2006-11-30 07:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
thousands of years ago
2006-11-30 07:21:35 · answer #8 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why in this category...?...not being pernickety...just wondered?
2006-11-30 07:22:27 · answer #9 · answered by Buttsmear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to the first ghost...The wholie ghost.
2006-11-30 07:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by cruiseman111111 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋