Talk:Spiritualism/@comment-5060540-20121216233215/@comment-25083219-20140619231747

I think the difference between the two would be that Spiritualism is relatively new compared to Shamanism. While both share the same concept of contacting the spirit world, Spiritualism didn't come in until around the 1840s. Though, Spiritualism has had more of a bad reputation because of those claiming to contact the dead, but really scammed others into believeing them through various mechanisms. Shamanism, on the other hand, deals with more ancient societies and Shamans were sought out as wise people who also claimed to have an ability to contact the spirit world, but they were more important on a societal scale.