Cemetaries
What buildings are cemeteries traditionally built next to?
Churches
What did mediums believe happened to a spirit after it died?
Mediums believe that spirits remained among the living and continued their lives after death.
What were the names of people who believed that they could communicate with spirits amoung the living world?
These people were called mediums.
What sicknesses led to the increased piling up of bodies in cemeteries?
Both the plagues of typhoid and scarlet fever.
What did mediums believe determined the quality of one's condition after death?
The morality of one's precious human life.
What events of the Bible did Spiritualists use to justify their belief that spirits exist among the living?
Deceased prophets appearing to the apostles as well as Jesus' ressurection.
What material were coffins made out of?
Mixed metals with a layer of lead.
What were ways mediums communicated with the dead?
Tipping tables, leviatating of objects, automatic writing, and sudden noises.
What mourning traditions did Spiritualists defy in order to present their distinct beliefs about death and the afterlife?
The tradition of wearing black to mourn and drawing blinds.
Which cemetery established in Victorian England is the most well-known?
A) Highgate Cemetery
B) West Norwood Cemetery
C) Brompton Cemetery
A) Highgate Cemetery
The Highgate Cemetery is one of the most well-known cemeteries in England established in the Victorian Era. Following in popularity is the Kensal Green Garden where the Duke of Sussex is buried.
What were the private and public meetings with mediums to contact spirits called?
Séances
What did some Spiritualists believe in eating to heal internal bleeding?
A) Crushed up beetles
B) Powdered human mummies
C) Feathers of warblers
B) Powdered human mummies
Some believed that eating powdered human mummies, dug up from Egypt, in the process of mummia, could be used as medicine to stop internal bleeding.