Modern Spiritualism
History
Humankind has always been interested in Spirit and the afterlife. So what is "Modern Spiritualism"?
The rappings of Hydesville (USA) are considered the birth of Modern Spiritualism.
The Fox family had previously moved into a house in Hydesville, New York State, where they could hear rapping noises which at first they could not identify. Those noises only occurred at nighttime until finally, on March 31, 1848, they could also be heard in daytime. Two of the daughters, now known as the Fox sisters, started making rapping sounds themselves. They would, for example, ask for the same number of noises that they were making with their hands and they would receive the exact same number in return. The mother asked the noise to count to ten and again would receive ten rapping noises for an answer. She then asked the ages of her children which she also received the answer to by the number of rapping sounds.
It turned out that a peddler had been murdered in that very house approximately five years prior to the Fox family moving in. There had been these rapping noises in those five years; however, no one had ever tried to communicate with whoever was making them.
The occurences clearly prove that:
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it is possible to communicate with the Spirit world,
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there are mediums, and
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there is indeed a life after death.
The rapping noises lasted for some time. Word spread fast and many people came to the house to witness this communication between the two worlds. In April, just a few weeks after the initial contact, Ebenezer E. Lewis collected 22 signed statements of witnesses to these contacts.
The movement spread through the USA and the world. In England, Spiritualism is still a religion today.
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In 1890, upon the suggestion of Emma Hardinge Britten, numerous of the new spiritualist organizations and churches convened in Manchester, England. They united in the Spiritualists' National Federation. It soon became apparent that a legal status would be beneficial to obtain property. The Spiritualists' National Union was founded in 1901.
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This section is currently being expanded. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be adding further insights and background information.
Religion
In a Spiritualist church service, there will be an inspirational Address and a demonstration of mediumship. During my education I have had the honor of being part of numerous services and to to give platform demonstrations. This means that I make a contact with a person in Spirit for one of the people in the congregation. By means of the evidence I deliver, I find my recipient. Every contact takes less than eight minutes. Thus, the evidence has to be specific so that the recipient knows beyond the shadow of a doubt who the communcator is.
Of course, the recipients reply with "yes", "no" or "I don't know" only. I do not receive information from the recipient here but the communicator in Spirit.
Most religions believe in life after death. However, Spiritualism is the only one that proves it as far as I know.