spiritualism

Examples of spiritualism in the following topics:

• Pacific Coast Culture

  • The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast were composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities; but they shared certain beliefs, traditions, and practices, such as the centrality of salmon as a resource and spiritual symbol.
  • The principal function of music in this region was to invoke spirituality.
  • Although various tribes might have had their own different mythologies and rituals, "animism" is said to describe the most common, foundational thread of indigenous peoples' spiritual or supernatural perspectives in this region.
  • Spiritualism, the supernatural, and the importance of the environment played such integral roles in day-to-day life.
  • Many of these religious or spiritual symbols would be present during social ceremonies as well.

• Charles Finney and the Burned-Over District

  • Workers also latched onto the message that they, too, could control their salvation, spiritually and perhaps financially.
  • The Fox sisters conducted some of the first table-rapping seances and helped inspire Spiritualism.
  • Miller is credited with beginning the religious movement now known as "Adventism," and several major religious denominations are his direct spiritual heirs, such as Seventh-day Adventists and Advent Christians.

• Women and Church Governance

  • During the period of the revivals, mothers—who were seen as the moral and spiritual foundation of the family—used their teaching and influence to pass religion to their children.
  • Antebellum reform in areas such as women's rights was affected not only by political enthusiasm, but also by religious or spiritual enthusiasm.

• Utopian Communities

  • The defining features of the Shakers were their spiritual mysticism and their prohibition of sexual intercourse, which they held as an example of a lesser spiritual life and a source of conflict between women and men.
  • Intercourse became fused with spiritual power among Noyes and his followers.

• The Beats

  • Kerouac feared that the spiritual aspect of his message had been lost and that many were using the Beat Generation as an excuse to be senselessly wild.
  • Spiritual liberation, sexual revolution or liberation (i.e., gay liberation, which somewhat catalyzed women's liberation and black liberation);

• Slave Religion

  • According to Blassingame, African culture was not entirely removed from slave culture through the process of enslavement and "was much more resistant to the bludgeon that was slavery than historians have hitherto suspected. " "African survivals" persisted in the form of folk tales, religion and spirituality, music and dance, and language.
  • As Christian missionaries and slave owners attempted to erase African religious and spiritual beliefs, Blassingame argues that "in the United States, many African religious rites were fused into one—voodoo. " Voodoo priests and conjurers promised slaves that they could make masters kind, harm enemies, ensure love and heal sickness.

• Counterculture

  • Spiritually, the counterculture included interest in astrology, the term "Age of Aquarius," and knowing people's astrological signs.
  • Rejection of mainstream culture was best embodied in the new genres of psychedelic rock music, pop-art, and new explorations in spirituality.

• Forming a Slave Community

  • "African survivals" persisted in the form of folk tales, religion and spirituality, music and dance, and language .
  • As Christian missionaries and slaveowners attempted to erase African religious and spiritual beliefs, Christianity and enslaved black ministers slowly replaced African religious survivals and represented another aspect of slave culture which the slaves used to create their own communities.

• The Indian Response

  • Many of the Upper Creek were influenced by the prophecies of Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa, which echoed those of their own spiritual leaders.
  • Peter McQueen of Talisi (now Tallassee, Alabama), Josiah Francis (Hilis Hadjo) of Autaga, and High-head Jim (Cusseta Tustunnuggee) of Alabama, were among the spiritual leaders of the Upper Creek.

• American Indian Rights

  • The AIM agenda focuses on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty.
  • The Longest Walk in 1978 was an AIM-led spiritual walk across the country to support tribal sovereignty and bring attention to 11 pieces of anti-Indian legislation.