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Suggested Readings in Spritiualism

Becoming A Spiritualist
H. Gordon Burroughs

All booklets written by Peggy Barnes

We offer the Burroughs book and the Barnes booklets in our bookstore.

For a wider selection of books on Spiritualism try the Cassadaga online bookstore.

SpiritWritings.com offers over a hundred rare full-text e-books for free online reading.

The Nine Spiritualist Principles

The National Spiritualist Association of Churches was formed in 1893, and in 1899, the first six principles were adopted. In 1909 two more principles were added. The ninth and final principle was first adopted in 1944, modified to include 'healing'in 1983, revised once more in 1998.


The NSAC Declaration of Principles is as follows:

1. We believe in Infinite Intelligence.

2. We believe that the phenomena of Nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence.

3. We affirm that a correct understanding of such expression and living in accordance therewith, constitute true religion.

4. We affirm that the existence and personal identity of the the individual continue after the change called death.

5. We affirm that communication with the so-called dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism.

6. We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule: "Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye also unto them."

7. We affirm the moral responsibility of individuals, and that we make our own happiness or unhappiness as we obey or disobey Nature's physical and spiritual laws.

8.We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any soul here or hereafter.

9. We affirm that the precepts of Prophecy and Healing are Divine attributes proven through Mediumship.

Jesus Levitating the Dead
1930s (WPA era), signed "Floyd"
African American Folk Art Painting

Spiritualist Definitions

1. Spiritualism - Spiritualism is the Science, Philosophy and Religion of a Continuous life, based upon the demonstrated fact of communication, by means of Mediumship, with those who live in the Spirit World.

2. Spiritualist - A Spiritualist in one who believes, as the basis of his or her religion, in the communication between this and the Spirit World by means of Mediumship and who endeavors to mold his or her character and conduct in accordance with the highest teaching derived from such communication.

3. Medium - A medium is one whose organism is sensitive to vibrations from the Spirit World and through whose instrumentality intelligences in that world are able to convey messages and produce the phenomena of Spiritualism.

4. Spiritualist Healer - A Spiritualist Healer is one who, either through one's own inherent powers or through Mediumship, is able to impart vital, curative force to pathologic conditions.

5. Phenomena of Spiritualism - The Phenomena of Spiritualism consists of Prophecy, Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Gift of Tongues, Laying On of Hands, Healing, Visions, Trance, Apports, Levitation, Raps, Automatic and Independent Writings and Painting, Voice, Materialization, Photography, Psychometry and any other manifestation proving the continuity of life as demonstrated through the Physical and Spiritual senses and faculties of man.

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RESOURCES

To find out more about the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, visit the NSAC website. This site also offers discussion on the frequently-asked question about the relationship of Christianity and Spiritualism.

In 1855 the first Spiritualist community in the United States was formed alongside Lake Cassadaga in Lily Dale, Chautauqua County, New York. The Lily Dale Assembly offers a calender of events.

"Cassadaga," from a Seneca Indian word meaning "rocks beneath the water" also became the name of a Florida community first established as a winter residence for spiritualists and now a year-round religious community.

Read the Florida History & Arts magazine article on Cassadaga, and find out more about Cassadaga, the oldest active religious community in the southeastern United States, online at the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp website. Their FAQs answer questions about spiritualist beliefs.

For an excellent description of a typical Spiritualist service, read the thoughtful web article by Joseph A. Loffredo Jr., Spiritualist Basics. (The description of a service is near the end of the article.)

Would you like to become a Spiritualist minister? check out the Morris Pratt Institute (MPI)!