Thomas, a renowned rationalist, confessed a fascination with spiritualism.

托马斯是一位著名的理性主义者，却也承认自己对唯心主义很着迷。

He had a very strong emotional belief in spiritualism and often visited fraudulent mediums.

他对唯心论有着非常强烈的情感信仰，经常拜访诈骗灵媒。

A heavy tax on words over four syllables, as heterodoxy, spontaneity, spiritualism, spuriosity, etc.

对超过四个音节的词征收重税，如异端、自发性、唯心主义、虚假等。

Spiritualism was very popular after World War I, in the 1920s.

招魂术在第一次世界大战后的 1920 年代非常流行。

Jencken, however, believed in spiritualism and in Catherine's powers.

然而，詹肯相信招魂术和凯瑟琳的力量。

Including high-profile people, like Mary Todd Lincoln who turned to spiritualism to help process the death of her son Willie, in 1862.

包括一些知名人士，比如玛丽·托德·林肯，她在1862年求助于灵媒来帮助她面对自己的儿子威利之死。

That's how much she believed in Spiritualism and in her own connection to the spirit world.

这就是她对招魂术以及她自己与精神世界的联系的信仰程度。

When Houdini and Conan Doyle met, Sir Arthur had recently become interested in a new movement called " Spiritualism."

当胡迪尼和柯南道尔相遇时， 亚瑟爵士最近对一种叫做“招魂术” 的新运动产生了兴趣。

Many of you are probably familiar with the general idea of " spiritualism."

你们中的许多人可能都熟悉“招魂术” 的一般概念。

And so it went on, until I found myself meditating on cheese, or spiritualism, or the Rocky Mountains—but no sleep!

如此继续下去，直到我发现自己沉浸在奶酪、招魂术和落基山脉的遐想之中——但仍没有睡意！