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Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances

Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances

Morton, Lisa

Paperback

OccultParanormalGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1789146496
ISBN13: 9781789146493
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: Dec 8 2022
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.75
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.27 Depth: 7.82
Language: English
From Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations with the dead.

Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer's Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism--when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by spirit rappings; Daniel Dunglas Home, the greatest medium of all time; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news about the war. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics, and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there . . . ?

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