Contents
Volume 1: American Origins and
Global Proliferation
Introduction ix
Christopher M. Moreman
SECTION ONE: PRE-SPIRITUALIST MEDIUMSHIP 1
Chapter 1: Mediumism throughout History and around the Globe 3
Jordan Paper
Chapter 2: Accessing Knowledge: Shamanic Awareness,
Apprentice-Participation, and the Rituals of Spiritualist
Mediumship 19
David Gordon Wilson
SECTION TWO: SPIRITUALISM’S SPREAD IN EUROPEAN
HISTORY 35
Chapter 3: Spiritualism in Italy: The Opposition of the
Catholic Church 37
Massimo Biondi
Chapter 4: Spiritualism and the Origins of Modern Psychology
Volume 1: American Origins and
Global Proliferation
Introduction ix
Christopher M. Moreman
SECTION ONE: PRE-SPIRITUALIST MEDIUMSHIP 1
Chapter 1: Mediumism throughout History and around the Globe 3
Jordan Paper
Chapter 2: Accessing Knowledge: Shamanic Awareness,
Apprentice-Participation, and the Rituals of Spiritualist
Mediumship 19
David Gordon Wilson
SECTION TWO: SPIRITUALISM’S SPREAD IN EUROPEAN
HISTORY 35
Chapter 3: Spiritualism in Italy: The Opposition of the
Catholic Church 37
Massimo Biondi
Chapter 4: Spiritualism and the Origins of Modern Psychology
