The Fox Sisters, Katie Fox, Maggie Fox, and Leah Fox were the Founders of the Modern Spiritualist Movement. Katie was the first one to break down the barrier between the Spirit  and Physical World, when she asked the rappings to mimic her, which it did. This would prove that the Spirit World was a world of intelligence.

 

The Davenport Brothers, Ira Davenport and William Davenport followed in the Fox Sister's footsteps. They also had rappings in their house, however, communication with the Spirits began after the Fox Sisters made the breakthrough. The Davenport Brothers developed into physical mediums, and travel throughout the United States and Europe demonstrating their gifts.

 

Fred P. Evans was a psychography medium. Spirit would write messages using chalk on slates. Pictures were also drawn.

 

Elizabeth Blake was a unique trumpet medium. She figured out a way to circumvent the laws of psychic science and held trumpet seances in daylight, and even out of doors! No other trumpet medium has been able to do this!

She gave 200,000 sittings over the 60 years she worked as a medium. Despite all of this, Elizabeth Blake was almost forgotten in the annals of mediumship.

It can be argued that Stanley Walsh, an Australian mediumwas the most astounding medium of all time; even surpassing the great DanielDunglas Home. After learning the hard way not to misuse his gift of mediumship,Walsh dedicated his life to Spirit and lived his life according to SpiritualPrinciples. As the result of his dedication to spirit, as well as the sittersin his circle, Walsh developed the most unusual gifts. Walsh not only diddirect voice, and apports, he did automatic painting, where the colors thatwere placed on the canvas came directly out of his fingers! He also developedthe gift of Illumination, where his body would light up a room, which could beseen by his sitters with their normal, everyday vision. His life is a testamentto what Spirit can accomplish through a medium, who lives a pure and dedicated life.

 

Helen Duncan was a British materialization medium. Spirit would use ectoplasm from Helen's body and wrap it around their spirit body. Then the Spirit could speak with ordinary people, who could hear the voice of Spirit.