What does American spiritualism, Black mediums and feminism have in common? Surprisingly, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the overlapping ideas were very much interlinked.American spiritualism was a movement that was catapulted into the zeitgeist in 1848 New York, when the Fox Sisters first heard a mysterious supernatural spirit ‘rapping’s’ in their bedroom, although the ideas of communing with the dead had long pre-existed. Spiritualism itself is defined as a ‘system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, especially through mediums,’ and is still in practice today, combining elements of Christianity, Hindu and Buddhist ideology, and for better or for worse, elements of traditional Native American rituals, with the main covenant being that the spirits are a fundamental part of our existence.