The Spiritualist Church arose from the Spiritualist movement which began in the 1840s in America. Spiritualist Churches are found around the world, but are more common in English-speaking countries. In North America the churches are primarily affiliated with the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, and in the UK with the Spiritualists National Union. By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was the object of intense curiosity. ... SNU logo The Spiritualists National Union (SNU) is a Spiritualist organisation, founded in the United Kingdom in 1901, and is one of the largest spiritualist groups in the world. ...

The origin of mediumship is usually linked to the Fox sisters at Hydesville, New York in 1848, but believers date the unofficial beginning of modern American spiritualism to the Shakers and similar religious groups. By 1853 the movement had reached San Francisco and London, and by 1860 was worldwide. The Fox family remained very active in Spiritualism for many years. Other notable Spiritualists were Mercy Cadwallader, who became a sort of missionary for the movement, and Emma Hardinge Britten, who wrote many books on mediumship and its place in American popular and religious culture. The Fox Sisters Sisters Catherine (1838–92), Leah (1814–90) and Margaretta (1836–93) Fox played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism. ... Hydesville is a census-designated place located in Humboldt County, California. ... NY redirects here. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1853 the first Spiritualist Church in the British Isles was established by David Richmond at Keighley in Yorkshire. In 1855 the first Spiritualist newspaper in Britain, The Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph, was published, and by the 1870s there were numerous Spiritualist societies and churches throughout the US and Britain. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The British Isles in relation to mainland Europe The British Isles (French: , Irish: [1] or Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa,[2] Manx: Ellanyn Goaldagh, Scottish Gaelic: , Welsh: ), is a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe comprising Great Britain, Ireland and a number of smaller islands. ... David Richmond (1748 - 1818) Major from Rhode Island in the American Revolutionary War. ... Keighley (pronounced Keith-ly or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

There was little in the way of national organisation of mediums in Britain or the USA although some regions of Britain had organised Federations that might have up to thirty circles of similar beliefs, and in 1891 the National Federation of Spiritualists (NFS) came into existence and grew quite large before its name change to the Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) in 1902. British spiritualists of this time were often adherents of the temperance and anti-capital punishment lobbys, often held radical political views and were frequently vegetarians. A few dabbled in Women's Rights and a tiny minority espoused Free Love: the popular perception of Spiritualists was often of radicals in the Victorian period. SNU logo The Spiritualists National Union (SNU) is a Spiritualist organisation, founded in the United Kingdom in 1901, and is one of the largest spiritualist groups in the world. ...

'Two Worlds was the major British magazine of spiritualism and had a fairly large circulation, and it advertised the existence of local circles. Trance mediumship flourished and table turning was a popular craze, reputedly even reaching Buckingham Palace.

D.D.Hume one of the greatest physical mediums did much to make spiritualism fashionable by his high profile activities, and it was common among everyone from the aristocracy down. There can be no doubt that there were many fake mediums practicing in the period, exposed by both the Spiritualists, and the fledgling Society for Psychical Research, founded in 1882, whose members spent much time investigating the phenomena. The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) was founded in 1882 by three dons of Trinity College, Cambridge, Edmund Gurney, Frederic William Henry Myers, and Henry Sidgwick, because of their interest in spiritualism. ...

By 1924 there were 309 Churches who were affiliated to the SNU and many more belonged to the Bad People Program or one of the many other organisations. A new magazine, Psychic News, had joined Two Worlds on the newstands of Britain. American spiritualism continued to exist but was more individualistic and anti-organisation than its British counterpart. From 1920 to 1938 there was the British College of Psychic Studies led by Mr and Mrs Mackenzie in London, but more successful was the College of Psychic Studies at Stansted which continues to today. Two Worlds is a computer role-playing game developed by Reality Pump for the Xbox 360 and PC. The PC edition was released in Germany on May 9, 2007; release in other countries will be at a later date with the UK, US, and Australian releases scheduled for June 26. ...

In 1957 Spiritualist Churches in Britain divided between the Spiritualist's National Union, influenced by Arthur Findlay's beliefs and holding spiritualism to be a religion, and the circles of Christian Spiritualism, who hold it to e a denomination of Christianity. This schism is a major break, as the two groups hold very different theological beliefs. Arthur Findlay MBE JP (1883- July 1964) Accountant, Stockbroker and Essex Magistrate. ...

National Spiritualist churches form the large majority and are affiliated to The Spiritualists' National Union (S.N.U.), including the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain. The SNU also has some member churches in other English speaking countries. Christian Spiritualist Churches are mainly affiliated to The Greater World Christian Spiritualist Association. There are Spiritualist churches in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, The Republic of South Africa and groups in many countries including Japan, all Scandinavian countries, Korea, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Iceland. Many such groups and also individuals, are members of The International Spiritualist Federation (ISF) which was founded in Belgium in 1923 and is an umbrella organisation for all spiritualists. They hold Congresses every two years in different parts of the world. Other Spiritualist groups in the UK include The White Eagle Lodge, founded by the medium Grace Cooke, The Institute of Spiritualist Mediums and the Noah's Ark Society, that focuses on physical phenomena only. The White Eagle Lodge is a United Kingdom-based spiritualist group founded by the medium Grace Cooke on February 22, 1936, who claimed to channel her spirit guide, White Eagle. ...

Styles of Worship

Spiritualist churches are places of worship for the practitioners of Spiritualism. The Spiritualist service is usually conducted by a medium. There is an opening prayer, an address, hymns and finally a demonstration of mediumship. Through engaging their intuition, they attempt to contact with the spirits of the dead. This is known as opening up. In Britain especially, such mediums are trained to produce clear evidence that the spirit contacted is the person they claim it to be before going on to give any "message" from the spirit. Such evidence can be details of where they lived, including addresses sometimes, particulars of illnesses suffered and notable events in their lives, often known only to the person in the audience being given the information. The standard of mediumship varies greatly but the best do produce startlingly accurate information about the spirit with whom they are in contact.

Spirtualists believe that we all die physically; and that some aspect of the personality or mind survives this and continues to exist on a spirit plane. Spiritualists use the word Spirit as a plural which describes all minds and entities who have entered into the spirit world. The purpose of the medium is to provide some evidence that a human has survived by describing the person to their surviving relatives. The degree of accuracy with which the deceased are described goes some way to convincing the living relatives and friends that the medium has some contact with the spirit. Spiritualists describe this as Survival Evidence.

Spiritualist Healing is a form of mediumship which involves a technique of directing healing energy to the patient from a higher source. The healer uses his or her hands to affect repair of damaged or diseased tissue. All or part of the patient's good health is sometimes restored.

There have been a number of outstanding and famous practitioners of spirit communication connected to Spiritualist churches. One of the principal advocates of Spiritualism was the 20th century British writer Arthur Findlay. Findlay was a magistrate, farmer and businessman who left his mansion house as place for the study and advancement of psychic science. This has now become a psychic college in Stansted, England and is run by the S.N.U.

Mediums develop their ability by sitting regularly in development circles with other student psychics. Meditation usually plays a large role in Spiritualist practice. Meditation is used to calm the "voices" of modern, hectic life so that the practitioner can better hear his or her guide. Meditation often includes the breathing practices of Buddhist meditation (ānāpānasati) and may also include the idea of chakras. The Spiritualist may also focus on the tenets of their chosen religion to help them attain a higher existence. These may include standard prayers (Hail Mary, Shema Yisrael or Salah etc.), focusing on the name of God (Jesus, YHWH or Allah etc.) or other aspects of a holy nature. Like most meditation techniques, imaging (intensely imagining a place or situation) is common. There are specific imagings used to "meet" one's guide, connect with those who have died, receive protection or support from God or simply calming the mind. A large statue in Bangalore depicting Shiva meditating Meditation describes a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness. ... Anapana Sati, meaning mindfulness of breathing (sati means mindfulness, ānāpāna refers to breathing) is a basic form of meditation taught by the Buddha. ... For the Naruto jutsu, see Chakra (Naruto). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Hail Mary (disambiguation). ... Shema Yisrael (or Shma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שמע ישראל; Hear, [O] Israel) are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is used as a centerpiece of all morning and evening Jewish prayer services and closely echoes the monotheistic message of Judaism. ... Salat redirects here. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (1100 BC to 300 CE), Aramaic (10th Century BC to 0) and modern Hebrew scripts. ... Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ...

Many Spiritualists draw inspiration from other religious traditions, most notably Christianity, but also from faiths with a deep mystical tradition such as Sufism, the Kabbalah, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Some Spiritualists believe in the idea of the universe as the creator, and don't necessarily follow any specific religion. Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... Sufism is a mystic tradition that is practised by some muslims and some non-muslims and encompasses a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to divine love and the cultivation of the heart. ... This article is about traditional Jewish Kabbalah. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religion that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Spiritualist Creeds

The Spiritual Church accepts the Seven Principles of Spiritualism, of which principles, full individual liberty of interpretation is reserved to each member:

• The Divine Eternal Parenthood (sometimes called "the Fatherhood of God")
• The Family of Humankind (sometimes called "the Brotherhood of Man")
• The Interconnectedness of all Creation.
• The Communion of Spirits and the Ministry of Angels
• The Continuous Existence of the Human Soul
• Personal and Social Responsibility, including compensation and/or retribution hereafter for the good and evil deeds done "on Earth"
• Eternal progress open to every Human Soul

A long-used Spiritualist Creed, drawn from the writings of clairvoyant Bishop Charles W. Leadbeater, is: C.W. Leadbeater (1847 or 1854-1934), English clergyman and Theosophical author, contributed to world thought mostly through his work as a clairvoyant. ...

We believe that God is Love

and Power and Truth and Light;

that, ultimately, Perfect Justice rules the World;

that all God's children will one day reach God's feet,

however far they stray.

We hold: the Parenthood of God;

the Family of Humankind;

the Interconnectedness of all Creation.

We know that we serve God best

when best we serve our neighbors.

So may God's blessing rest upon us,

and Peace for evermore. Amen.

Training to be a Medium

Training to be a clairvoyant Medium, [or a Healing, Mental, or Physical Medium] a person should sit in a Development Circle with people who know what they are doing e.g. in a Spiritualist church, centre, or a college. If done on your own it is best to find a quiet place where you are not likely to be disturbed, [a lot of people find it is best when sitting in subdued lighting, many preferring a red light] close your eyes say a sincere prayer to the people across the veil in the higher vibration level, who you believe are going to help you, ask for the help from the highest. Then with eyes closed look into your third eye and sit quietly for up to two hours. This has to be done regularly at a set time. When finished, say another prayer and make arrangements for the next sitting. The key word is sincerity.

References

• Brandon, Ruth, The Spiritualists: The Passion for the Occult in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1983
• Carroll, Bret E. 1997. Spiritualism in Antebellum America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Weisberg, Barbara, Talking to the Dead, San Francisco:Harper, 2004
• Wicker, Christine, Lily Dale: the True Story of the Town that talks to the Dead, San Francisco:Harper, 2003

• Meditation Oneness. [Subtitled "How to Link with Angels"] Being Called the Medium's Bible ISBN No 978-09554590-0-9 A very comprehensive book about all aspects of Spiritualism and how it is done.
• Written by * DRT Keeghan. Only on sale at P.N. Arthur Findlay College Stansted Hall, Stansted, Essex. UK

See also

• Spiritism
• Lily Dale
• Cassadaga, Florida
• Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp in Wonewoc, Wisconsin
• Fox sisters
• Davenport Brothers
• Alfred Russel Wallace
• Mercy Cadwallader Spiritualist missionary
• Emma Hardinge Britten Spiritualist medium and researcher, 1823-1899
• Paschal Beverly Randolph
• E.W. and M.H. Wallis Authors of A Guide To Mediumship and Psychic Unfoldment, pragmatic guide for beginners
• Abraham Lincoln
• Allan Kardec
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• H.D.
• Andrew Jackson Davis
• Alexandra David-Néel (unconfirmed)
• Alfred Deakin
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• Mary Cheney Greeley
• Jonny Kennedy
• Paul Meek
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon
• Karl Ludwig Michelet
• Queen Victoria
• Robert Dale Owen
• Daniel David Palmer
• Rudolph Valentino
• Raymond Buckland

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External links

• First Spiritualist Church of Puyallup
• The International Spiritualist Federation
• Woodlands Sanctuary Foundation Inc Australian Spiritualist education and development body.
• Psypioneer News A monthly newsletter of bygone days, pioneers and events.
• Spiritualism A Spiritual Platform
• First Spiritual Temple
• National Spiritualist Association of Churches The center of mainstream American Spiritualist activity.
• Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, Cassadaga, Florida
• Indiana Association of Spiritualists, Camp Chesterfield, near Anderson, Indiana
• The Lily Dale Assembly, Lily Dale, New York
• Camp Wonewoc, Wonewoc, Wisconsin
• Spiritualist Association of Great Britain
• Society for Psychical Research
• Theosophical Society
• Spiritualists' National Union: UK
• Paul Meek - British medium in line with the credentials of the Spiritualist Church now living in Munich, Germany
• New Thought Spiritualism
• Spiritualist Churchs
• Spiritualist E-Texts
• Fox Sisters Gifts Proved - Often Ignored
• Rootboot.netGood vs Evil
• Spiritualism - From the Acadine Archive
• Spiritualism Religious Movements Homepage
• Spiritism, The Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Spiritualism Google groups
• Spiritualism Yahoo Group
• Dunedin Spiritualist Centre, formerly Dunedin
• First Spiritualist Temple, Boston. A Christian Spiritualist organization.
• Arthur Findlay College
• The Psychic Mafia (ISBN 1-57392-161-0) Exposé by former Spiritualist minister Lamar Keene, with many details of fraud within the church, particularly of physical or "materializing" mediumship.
• E-text of The Psychic Mafia

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