By the mid s there finally existed a plethora of Rosicrucian groups, all practicing various forms of western esotericism and occultism, most with a Christian mystical bent. Many claimed to have descended from the original Rosicrucians of the s, but as no such thing actually existed you have been reading the other posts up to here, right? This is so prominent a practice that honestly, there are scarse few exceptions.
In America Rosicrucian groups were all the rage too. Back in the s some German sects went to the New Land to build Rosicrucian communities in Pennsylvania. For all my PA peeps:They set up shop in what is now Lancaster and Germantown They had some influence on early American folklore and folk magic, but eventually were swallowed into the larger German communities that grew in those areas over the next century and a half of German immigration.
He was very, very big into sex magic, a lot of white women came to him to learn how toβ¦. Remember, this was a time in which doctors denied the very existence of the female orgasm. Paschal was a barber in upstate New York in the s when Spiritualism hit.
He converted and was soon a practicing medium. Not only did he channel spirits but he claimed to be a clairvoyant physician who specialized in sexual problems. He gained a lot of notoriety and toured both the States and Europe.
The spiritualism movement was a major proponent of the abolition of slavery and Randolph, especially being black, lectured extensively on this during his tours. However, in he denounced Spiritualism and toured the ANTI-Spiritualism circuit, claiming mediums were the passive victims of evil spirits.
