File 6 - Spiritualism

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CA WCA CA WCA 2025-01-2-2-6

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Spiritualism

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  • [between 1894 and 1906] (Creation)

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80 pages of textual records

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James Patterson Sheraton
(1841-1906)

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Ruth Scott Archives, Wycliffe College

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This file contains Sheraton’s discussion of the Spiritualism movement that came into popularity in the 1840s. Spiritualism involves the belief that humans can communicate with the spirits of the dead, usually through another person called a medium.

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