In the mid to late 1800s, many Americans were swept up in a religious movement based on the belief that the dead could communicate with the living. It was called Spiritualism. Services were not conducted in churches, rather, séances were held in homes or special rooms. There was no clergy, instead, mediums claimed to be able to reach across the veil between the living and dead to convey messages. Spirits would communicate by moving items, knocking on walls, […]
