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Spirits, Seers & Seances with Steele Douris

Rebel Spirit Radio

CHAPTER

Origins of Spiritualism in Hidesville, New York

This chapter explores the origins of spiritualism in the late 1840s with the Fox sisters in Hidesville, New York. It discusses the strange phenomena experienced by the sisters in an old farmhouse and their development of a form of communication with spirits through knocking and rapping sounds. The chapter also highlights how spiritualism differed from other occult movements, emphasizing that spirit communication was an innate human ability.

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