Seances Collection

Seance, Leipzig
Spiritualism comes to Germany - a table-lifting seance at Leipzig in the early days

Mediumship / Seance
Raphael N Hutter attends a seance with an unnamed French medium

Rev Francis Ward Monck and William Oxley, spiritualists
Rev Francis Ward Monck (right, c. 1842-?)) and William Oxley (1823-1905), spiritualists. Oxley was a Methodist, Swedenborgian, spiritualist and writer based in Manchester

Houdini / Davenport
Harry Houdini at the grave of William Davenport, American stage magician who with his brother Ira deceived many with their supposed spirit seances

Flower Apports
Supernormal flowers which were apported during a seance with the medium Miss X (the one standing)

WALTER T STINSON
Mina Crandon's dead brother Walter Stinson, who ostensibly gave strong evidence for his survival after death during his sister's seances

Spirits materialise at a seance organised by Achille Borgnis ; they are illuminated by luminous plaques Date: circa 1920

CRANDON SEANCE
A scene at one of Margerys seances : ectoplasm is emerging from somewhere, to the amazement of all those present Date: circa 1925

MEDIUM / MILLER
CHARLES VICTOR MILLER American medium who held dramatic seances in Paris : materialisation of a figure Date: 1908

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seances
Photographs of Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seances. Photograph of Duncans spirit guide Peggy. (Copyright: W.M.Scott, Dundee)

Paranormal: William S. Marriott fake seance with flying banjo
A banjo floats mysteriously in the air at one of William S. Marriotts fake seances, thanks to a hook in the curtain, manipulated by the medium. Date: 1910

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

Seance on Stage
A stage seance - scene from a French play Spiritisme Date: 1897

Paranormal: William S. Marriott simulated spirit form
The British magician William S. Marriotts simulated spirit form, which was identified as a departed loved one by many who attended his fake s顮 ces. Date: 1910

Thomas Blyton, researcher into spiritualism
Thomas Blyton, spiritualist, secretary of the Dalston Association of Enquirers into Spiritualism. He hosted seances by Florence Cook in the early 1870s

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Dr Slades spirit writing trail
A message from the spirits: a sketch of a slate showing a message from Dr Slades deceased wife. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave

Poster: Davenport Seance
A poster giving the synopsis of an evening of entertainment including two demonstration seances by Ira Davenport & Fay who pretended to be spirit mediums but used stage tricks

Davenport Leaflet Russia
A handbill for seances in Russia by brothers William and Ira Davenport who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Seance, New York
Seance at New York with an unnamed medium : though all hold hands, a phantom guitar floats above their heads !

Philip Group
THE PHILIP GROUP A Toronto-based group create an imaginary sitter, Philip, who seems to communicate as effectively as any real spirit from the other world

Seance in a Garret
A spirit seance in a garret on a winter evening in Germany

SEANCE 1850S
A spirit seance during the early years of spiritualism

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