Victorian-Era Spiritualism, Part 2: Its Appeal & Influence

The Victorian Variety Show

As a follow-up to my previous episode, in which I briefly explained the basis for Victorian-Era Spiritualism before discussing the rise and fall of the Fox Sisters, I examine conditions in 19th century British and American society that I believe help to explain why Spiritualism appealed to so many individuals of all social classes during this period. ***** References: Bond, Charlotte. “How Spiritualism Gave Victorian Women a Voice.” https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/06/16/spiritualism-gave-victorian-women-voice/ Diniejko, Andrzej. “Victorian Spiritualism.” https://www.victorianweb.org/religion/spirit.html Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adventure 3, A Case of Identity.” https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/32/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/347/adventure-3-a-case-of-identity/ Highland, Maria. “Victorian Spiritualism and Seances.” https://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2014/03/victorian-spiritualism-and-seances_12.html Sedlak-Hevener, Amanda. “Odd Details about Victorian Era Spiritualism.” https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-victorian-era-spiritualism-and-the-occult/amandasedlakhevener “Supernatural Victorian Era.” http://victorian-era.org/supernatural-victorian-era.html#:~:text=Supernatural%20Victorian%20Era%20The%20Victorian%20era%20marked%20the,beliefs.%20England%20witnessed%20some%20sort%20of%20a%20contradiction. “Victorian Spiritualism and Spiritualists.” http://victorian-era.org/victorian-spiritualism-spiritualists.html ***** Email: [e-mail] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 If you’d like to support the show financially, you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marisa-d96/message