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  2. John Wren-Lewis - Wikipedia

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    John Wren-Lewis (1923 – 25 June 2006) was a British-born scientist who taught at universities in Great Britain and the United States of America. He became known for his publications ranging over the fields of science, psychology , education and religion.

  3. Ghosts in English-speaking cultures - Wikipedia

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    John Dee and Edward Kelley invoking the spirit of a deceased person (engraving from the Astrology by Ebenezer Sibly, 1806). There is widespread belief in ghosts in English-speaking cultures , where ghosts are manifestations of the spirits of the dead.

  4. John Spedan Lewis - Wikipedia

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    John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed the ...

  5. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon and Congressman, Dead at 80 - AOL

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    Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington and served in Congress for decades, has died, his family confirmed in a statement. Lewis was 80 years old.

  6. How 'a perfect storm' of errors left veteran to be buried in ...

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    Lewis was born in Oakland, California, on Oct. 2, 1944. In the 1950s his family moved to Nevada, and Ken graduated from Reno High School in 1962. He attended the University of Nevada for one year ...

  7. Spiritualism (beliefs) - Wikipedia

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    Spiritualism is a metaphysical belief that the world is made up of at least two fundamental substances, matter and spirit.This very broad metaphysical distinction is further developed into many and various forms by the inclusion of details about what spiritual entities exist such as a soul, the afterlife, spirits of the dead, deities and mediums; as well as details about the nature of the ...

  8. Spiritualism (movement) - Wikipedia

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    By 1853, when the popular song "Spirit Rappings" was published, spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity. Spiritualism is a social religious movement popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, according to which an individual's awareness persists after death and may be contacted by the living. [1]

  9. If Faithful Souls - Wikipedia

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    Holy Sonnet VIII – also known by its opening words as If Faithful Souls Be Alike Glorified – is a poem written by John Donne, an English metaphysical poet. It was first published in 1633, two years after the author's death.