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What does spiritualism have to do with me?
Some people think of spiritualism as something that belonged to the Victorian age—having a strong influence during the late 1800s, particularly in the United States. The spiritualists' national newspaper, The Banner of Light, was published in Boston and New York, and nineteenth-century spiritualists gathered for meetings at Walden Pond and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
At the same time, however, something quite different was happening in Massachusetts. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was writing a book entitled Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. In it she included a chapter called "Christian Science versus Spiritualism." In that chapter, Mrs. Eddy explained: "When the Science of Mind is understood, spiritualism will be found mainly erroneous, having no scientific basis nor origin, no proof nor power outside of human testimony. It is the offspring of the physical senses. There is no sensuality in Spirit. I never could believe in spiritualism" (p. 71).

October 30, 1995 issue
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God's power unmasks fearsome images
Warren Bolon
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What does spiritualism have to do with me?
Jan Kassahn Keeler
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Encircling the globe
by Kim Shippey
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No shelter for resentment
Denise R. Cupp
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God's power found in stillness
Hilma Orr
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Samuel listened
Eva-Maria Hogrefe
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How to follow God without swerving
Edwin G. Leever
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Help for fathers today
William E. Moody
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The truth about pain
Mary Metzner Trammell
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We sometimes learn more about God's love and care for us...
Vivian W. Luckie
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One morning when I woke up, I had some red things on me
Katie McKelvie with contributions from Kenneth H. McKelvie
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Two years ago, when I was picking up my little granddaughter...
Talitha Tomazzoli