First Spiritualists

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Spiritualism came into public awareness in Canada in the 1850s. While there is little written information about this time available, we do know that in British Columbia Spiritualists were organised in the 1870s and by 1891 had legally incorporated themselves as First British Columbia Society of Spiritualists. We also know that ordained Spiritualist ministers were conducting services in British Columbia as early as 1915 and that the Province was strongly represented in the Canadian Spiritualist movement. The first Spiritualist group in Victoria, First Spiritualists, was established in the late 1800s and was incorporated as a society in 1886. The movement grew in Victoria in leaps and bounds - against much opposition from the religious groups of the day. It attracted people from all stations in life and brought prominent international lecturers to town. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for example, lectured at Victoria 's Royal Theatre to a standing-room-only crowd.

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