Calling the Spirits : A History of Seances, Paperback by Morton, Lisa, Like N...-image

Calling the Spirits : A History of Seances, Paperback by Morton, Lisa, Like N...

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Language: English Book Title: Calling the Spirits : a History of Seances Item Length: 7.7 in Number of Pages: 352 Pages gtin13: 9781789146493 ISBN: 9781789146493 Author: Lisa Morton Item Weight: 11.1 Oz Item Width: 5 in Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, History Item Height: 1.1 in Publisher: Reaktion Books, The Limited Illustrator: Yes Topic: General, Afterlife & Reincarnation, Spiritualism Publication Year: 2022 Format: Trade Paperback

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Calling the Spirits : A History of Seances, Paperback by Morton, Lisa, ISBN 1789146496, ISBN-13 9781789146493, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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. Th 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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