Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.
Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period. - Mitch Horowitz
- Mitch Horowitz
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives. - Mitch Horowitz
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your… - Mitch Horowitz
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your…
I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs. - Mitch Horowitz
I think therapeutic spirituality has largely been a help in the modern world. So the fact that people can approach religion with practical needs.
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs. - Mitch Horowitz
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas. - Mitch Horowitz
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas.
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu… - Mitch Horowitz
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu…
When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums. - Mitch Horowitz
When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.
There are some people in occult history who warned against using the Ouija Board, who said: "This is a dangerous door to the unconscious. Don't appro… - Mitch Horowitz
There are some people in occult history who warned against using the Ouija Board, who said: "This is a dangerous door to the unconscious. Don't appro…
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