People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas.

All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent.

America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that began to sweep through Europe in the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. And when people got here, very often they succeeded.

Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.

People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas.

I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.

Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.