Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances

From Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations...
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Author: Lisa Morton
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Language: English
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Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances by Morton, Lisa

Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances

$33.98

Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances

$33.98
Author: Lisa Morton
Format: Paperback
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 . . . ?

Author: Lisa Morton
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 12/08/2022
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781789146493

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