Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War
Before and during the First World War a number of prophecies of an impending great war in Europe were made and discussed.
Did Leo Tolstoy Foresee the First World War? On Saturday, 22 August 1914, as the British Expeditionary Force took up positions around the town of Mons in Belgium, the Spiritualist magazine Light published another prophecy of war, this time one attributed to the great Russian writer Count Leo Tolstoy. Light had published Tolstoy’s prophecy before, […]
The Philosopher F.C.S. Schiller on Predictions of the First World War It was psychologically to be expected that the terrific strain of the most terrible of wars should produce widespread emotional disturbance in the populations subjected to it, and that this, again, should lead to an apparent recrudescence of many primitive beliefs and practices. So […]
Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War The mechanised slaughter of the First World War brought a sudden and concentrated interest in life after death, living in spite of death and trying to predict, or even influence, when the merciless killing would end. People asked, can one communicate […]