Mathematicism is a form of rationalist idealist or mentalist/spiritualist monism. Dowding became a vegetarian, based on his beliefs as a theosophist and spiritualist. Spiritualist mediums have also claimed psychokinetic abilities. He also later became a spiritualist mystic. He was a Muslim scholar, law specialist, rationalist, and spiritualist of Persian descent. Some spiritualist mediums have also produced stigmata. She considered herself to be a spiritualist and mystic. The Fox sisters have been widely cited in parapsychology and spiritualist literature. Like his brother, Hardeen was skeptical of the claims of spiritualist mediums. Theosophy is in opposition to the spiritualist interpretation of evolution. A large population of mediums and Spiritualist healers reside in Lily Dale year round. The house was once home to Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Victorian English novelist and spiritualist. Eddy showed extensive familiarity with Spiritualist practice but denounced it in her Christian Science writings. In 1872, Kate married H.D. Jencken, a London barrister, legal scholar, and enthusiastic Spiritualist. She exposed Spiritualist frauds in her periodical, alienating her Spiritualist followers.