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

When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.

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

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

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

Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the culture had a kind of a voice.

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