Preliterate societies have possession {possession, behavior} by spirits and mediums for spirits {spiritualism, behavior}. Spirit possession cults can attract women and other deprived people. In European and American society starting about 1850, spiritualism was non-religious, and young, vulnerable, beautiful, and naive women practiced it.
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