Home›Sources›The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914SourcesThe Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-other-world-spiritualism-and-psychical-research-in-england-1850-1914.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-other-world-spiritualism-and-psychical-research-in-england-1850-1914Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-other-world-spiritualism-and-psychic, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-other-world-spiritualism-and-psychical-research-in-england-1850-1914}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXJanet Oppenheim was a historian, and this academic book, published by Cambridge University Press, is a history of the nineteenth and early twentieth century Spiritualist movement and the parallel rise of psychical research in England, examining why educated Victorians took mediumship and psychic phenomena seriously as a subject worth scientific investigation. Its strength is treating both the popular Spiritualist movement and the more formal Society for Psychical Research together, showing how they overlapped and diverged, drawing on extensive primary correspondence and records of the period. Its limit is geographic and chronological focus, it covers the English context specifically across a bounded historical period, so Spiritualism's development elsewhere or after this period needs separate sources.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (80 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedJanet OppenheimPublisherWell-attestedCambridge University PressPublication YearWell-attested1985URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/otherworldspirit0000oppeSource TypeWell-attestedacademic monographAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Janet Oppenheim's scholarly study, published by Cambridge University Press, of Spiritualism, mediumship and the investigative and debunking response to it in England from 1850 to 1914.NotesWell-attestedOn the rise of Spiritualism, the practice of mediumship, and the investigative and debunking response to it.Claims Backed By This Source (80 claims)This source backs 80 claims across the atlas. As facts: 61 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 12 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 13 claims: 13 well-attested.Religious Roles & Titles, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Disciplines, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Rituals, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Practices, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 general references.Historical Figures, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.Religions, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested61ArticlesA Living Practice in Spiritualist Churches TodayA Parlour Game That Swept Two ContinentsFrom a Farmhouse in HydesvilleIdeomotor Effect and Scientific VerdictPhysical Mediumship and Its InvestigatorsThe Clair- Senses, and What They NameThe Mediums, and the Ideomotor AnswerThe One Through Whom the Dead Are Said to SpeakThe Rappings That Started a Movement, and the Confession That FollowedThe Volckman Grab and the Sitwell ExposureWhat Has Been Tested, and What Was FoundWhere Mediums Were MadeWriting Without Conscious ControlDisciplinesAutomatic WritingMediumshipHistorical FiguresFlorence CookPracticesHome CircleReligionsSpiritualismReligious Roles & TitlesMediumPassista (Passe-Giver)RitualsTable-TurningSourcesThe Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914Holds7DisciplinesMediumshipReligious Roles & TitlesMediumPassista (Passe-Giver)RitualsTable-TurningSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsSpirit CabinetTalking BoardGeneral References12DisciplinesAutomatic WritingMediumshipFiguresKatie KingHistorical FiguresFlorence CookPracticesHome CircleReligionsSpiritualismReligious Roles & TitlesMediumPassista (Passe-Giver)RitualsTable-TurningSacred Objects & Ritual ItemsSpirit CabinetTalking BoardComments (0)No comments yet. 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