Editing Psychic (section)

===Nineteenth-century progression===
[[File:Cayce 1910.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Edgar Cayce]] (1877–1945) was a psychic of the 20th century and made many highly publicized predictions.]]
In the mid-nineteenth century, [[Spiritualism (religious movement)|Modern Spiritualism]] became prominent in the United States and the United Kingdom. The movement's distinguishing feature was the belief that the spirits of the dead could be contacted by [[mediumship|medium]]s to lend insight to the living.<ref name="Carroll1">{{Cite book|last=Carroll |first=Bret E. |title=Spiritualism in Antebellum America |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-253-33315-5}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2010}} The movement was fueled in part by anecdotes of psychic powers. One such person believed to have extraordinary abilities was [[Daniel Dunglas Home]], who gained fame during the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] period for his reported ability to levitate to various heights and speak to the dead.<ref name="Podmore">{{Cite book|last=Podmore |first=Frank |title=Mediums of the Nineteenth Century |publisher=University Books |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-253-33315-5}}</ref>

As the Spiritualist movement grew, other comparable groups arose, including the [[Theosophical Society]], which was co-founded in 1875 by [[Blavatsky|Helena Blavatsky]] (1831–1891). Theosophy coupled spiritualist elements with [[Eastern mysticism]] and was influential in the early 20th century, later influencing the [[New Age]] movement during the 1970s. Blavatsky herself claimed numerous psychic powers.<ref name="Melton3">Melton. Chapter "Theosophical Society"</ref>