Many original settlers in the carolinas came from

The "original" settlers of the Carolinas were mostly Muskogean, Siouan, and (later) Iroquoian tribes, who all established extremely sophisticated civilizations with cities, transit networks, agricultural systems, and currencies. But if your question refers to European colonists, then the best answer is that the first colonial settlers of the Carolinas were mostly from England. 

Communicating with the dead was common, it wasn’t seen as bizarre or weird,” explains murch. “it’s hard to imagine that now, we look at that and think, ‘why are you opening the gates of hell? ’