The Radical Origins of Spiritualism - Revolutionary Communication with the Dead

The Seance and the Ouija Board are all now common place themes in the imaginary. But from the first communications from the World of the Spirits starting in the Spring of 1848 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 were truly radical. Acting as mediums, women and girls began a series of public revelations for total social transformation - abolition of slavery, female emancipation and social autonomy, suffrage, free love, clothing and medical reform, anti-organized religion and radical socialism. Who were these early, radical spiritualists? Consider Supporting Esoterica! Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel One Time Donation Support - Paypal Donation - https://www.paypal.me/esotericachannel Merch - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ/store New to Studying Esotericism? Check out my Reading Guide here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1caKNlW7sogEF7lAeYNbOQF9pt5O5b70yAXa-icUJO3o/edit?usp=sharing Rare Occult Books - https://www.esotericaoccultbooks.com/ Recommended Readings: Braude - Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America - https://amzn.to/3BLKQtT Moore - In Search of White Crows: Spiritualism, Parapsychology, and American Culture