Spiritualism is a registered religion which gives you an understanding of God and encourages you to care for your fellow man. Spiritualism encourages spiritual growth and prepares us for our eternal existence.
Spiritualism is also a science, because it is based upon proven facts that can be demonstrated and scientifically proven. Spiritualism is the science of life and as such, encourages us to seek the truth in every realm of existence, both in nature and in human psychology.
Spiritualism is a philosophy that tries to understand people. As Spirit is the moving force of the Universe, so Spiritualist philosophy embraces the whole of nature.
When it became clear that certain people were naturally mediumistic, and the new forms of communication brought forth extremely accurate and detailed information to be communicated.
Spiritual phenomena flowed from the many Spiritualist groups, which provided personal evidence confirming the existence of a spirit world and spirit entities that could communicate with those still here on earth.
In just a few short years many groups of Spiritualists began to form in America, in their endeavours to seek psychic phenomena and to consider the religious implications which lay behind the teaching received from spirit.
I trust this gives you an understanding of where Spiritulaism began. For more information on this item you can look on the SNU website which is full of formal education. http://www.snu.org.uk/