A new rational form of appearance. 19th century spiritism in Mexico City

Abstract

Spiritualism as a sect arose during the first half of the 19th century, specifically in 1848, with the Fox sisters in Hydesville County, New York, United States, who after various extraordinary events spontaneously implanted a series of elements of communication with spirits that besieged them. This method based on raps (blows) to establish a series of questions to the spirit will spread quickly, it will be systematized with the ouija board to be able to establish other types of questions whose answer could not be articulated with a simple yes or no (Rivas, 2009).