Keeping in Touch: An Anthology of the Victorian SeanceMain MenuIntroductionFurther ReadingI - Spiritualism and Its BelieversII - Ambivalent SkepticsIII - Scoffers and FraudsIV - The Private SeanceV - The Public SeanceWork CitedMegan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3
The Arts and Crafts of Spirit Materialization
12016-11-23T12:32:44-05:00Megan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3713plain2016-12-16T21:02:06-05:00Megan Brueningb3bbdc9bd1941527cc9ff27849ef1a643abdd7d3“The Arts and Crafts of Spirit Materialisation” was written by an anonymous author in 1909 and published in The Review of Reviews. What makes this text so fascinating is the success the author experienced in the séance setting (his son successfully conveys his thoughts through automatic writing to a far distant medium). And yet, the author admits that many mediums use clever stage tricks and in fact have no psychic talents at all. So while the author does profess belief in some spiritualists, he expresses blunt doubt in many.