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Recent Examples of spiritualism
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, spiritualism leveraged science to marvelous effect.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Though men also engaged with fortune-telling and spiritualism, women remained the popular image of the practice.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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?).
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Crookes became one of the leading advocates for spiritualism.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Though men also engaged with fortune-telling and spiritualism, women remained the popular image of the practice.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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?).
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Crookes became one of the leading advocates for spiritualism.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritualism
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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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Mysticism and occultism spread rapidly in the dying days of the Russian empire.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Rotoscope animation sets the stage for this wild 17th century look at a woman accused of witchcraft whose trial reveals the presence of a werewolf in a deeply religious Livonian community’s midst.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Rotoscope animation sets the stage for this wild 17th century look at a woman accused of witchcraft whose trial reveals the presence of a werewolf in a deeply religious Livonian community’s midst.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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His Game 2 first half was evidence that his sorcery is still capable of outpacing Father Time.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2025
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But the complexity remains transfixing, even after Errico quits the band and Stone pours his sorcery into the drum machine, a development that the film’s expert-musicians agree sets his music down a wide Yellow Brick Road.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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The history of necromancy is an interesting window into our past more broadly.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Dec. 2024
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The end of an era Happily for sacrificial bats and young cousins all over Europe, necromancy was waning by the end of the 18th century.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Spiritualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualism. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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