Paintings of mediums and founders of the Spiritualist & Spiritist movement
by June Ann
Daniel Dunglas Home, Scottish physical medium
1833-1886
Allan Kardec, pen name of Hippolyte Leon Denizard Rivail, French educator who is credited with being the 'systematizer' of spiritism. Spiritism is the belief of the existence of a spirit after death. Members of the International Spiritist Union is a religious group based on the works of Allan Kardec and others. Kardec wrote 5 books, known by spiritists as the Spiritist Codification. The books are questions that were written by Kardec. The answers were dictated by spirits.
1804-1869
The Fox Sisters, whom many credit as the founders of Spiritualism. Kate & Margaret were mediums; Leah helped manage her younger sisters as their fame grew.
Kate - 1836 - 1892 , Margaret - 1833 - 1893, & Leah - 1811 - 1890
In Memory of Oscar the Golden.
