spiritualism

Still from the movie "Ghost," with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze (1990).

The Sexologist’s Secret

By Arthur Goldwag | December 13, 2010

What a radical Victorian feminist really knew about love.

"Spiritualism sign, College Street, Toronto" by gruntzooki via Flickr

Into the Weird

By Alexander Zaitchik | January 28, 2010

Mitch Horowitz unleashes America’s occult past.

"rave & ravers" by cinocino via Flickr

Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts

By Andrew Thurman | August 31, 2009

The voice of the spirit world descends into an underworld.

Las Vegas, Nevada. Built in 1938.

The False Science

By Gordon Haber | June 2, 2009

Testing the limits of tolerance on a psychic’s new book.

Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain Higher Power

By Peter Manseau | March 29, 2002

Running low on enlightenment? Stock up at Colorado’s spiritual supermarket.

The author and his mother, 1975

The Many Times My Mother Died

By Jeff Sharlet | August 6, 2001

If the body is a temple, what happens to faith when it’s destroyed?

"Morning's Glory," by Heather Longprè

The Unbearable Lightness of Seeking

By Cornel Bonca | April 30, 2001

In Allegra Goodman’s new novel, a hair-to-her-hips camp counselor gets religion, but never really gets it.