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Ouija Board DangerThe Ouija Board - Doorway to the Occult - by Edmund C Gruss, chairman of the Department of History at Los Angeles Baptist College at Newhall, California
Rudi Schneider SeanceRudi Schneider (centre) - Austrian physical medium - and Harry Price (second right) re- enact their session - London
Handkerchief Knot TestTest at the National Psychical Laboratory on Rudi Schneider the Austrian spiritualist physical medium. Here, a knot has allegedly been tied paranormally in a handkerchief
Fox SistersThe Fox family respond to mysterious rappings in their home at Hydesville, New York, which they attribute to spirits; this leads to the creation of spiritualism
Rev Francis Ward Monck and William Oxley, spiritualistsRev Francis Ward Monck (right, c. 1842-?)) and William Oxley (1823-1905), spiritualists. Oxley was a Methodist, Swedenborgian, spiritualist and writer based in Manchester
Materialisation of Geordie, controlling spirit of Annie Fairlamb (later Mrs J B Mellon, 1850-1938). He was described as a tall Scotsman who had lived most of his life in Newcastle. Date: 19th century
Alleged Abnormal levitation of a tableUndated photograph of the alleged abnormal levitation of a table (inverted), photographed at a sance with Mrs Poole of Winnipeg. HPG/1/7/25
Seance, LeipzigSpiritualism comes to Germany - a table-lifting seance at Leipzig in the early days
Florence Cook, medium, with Katie King behind herFlorence Cook (c.1856-1904) was an English medium who claimed to materialise a spirit named Katie King. This photograph, taken during a seance at the house of William Crookes
Ermines table turningA group of lady ermines (which, to be honest, look more like ferrets) partake in some table turning during a sceance. One of a number of taxidermy tableaux featured in an article in The Girl's
Opening of Julia's Bureau, with W T Stead and staffGroup photo at the opening of Julia's Bureau, a seance circle, with W T Stead (far right) and staff. The Bureau was based in Mowbray House, Norfolk Street, London
Spirit head and shoulders sketch of D. D. HomeDaniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume') (March 20, 1833 June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights
MEDIUM IN TRANCEA medium in trance calls up a spirit of the dead - cover of a popular French manual by Schemahni. Date: circa 1900
Samuel Carter Hall Cdv 1800 1889 Irish Born Editorsamuel, carter, hall, cdv, 1800, 1889, irish, born, editor, writer, based, london, wife, death, became, involved, spiritualism, full, length, white, hair, cane, bowtie, wife's, history
LUCY & MR AITKENHow the Dead care for the Living in America - little Lucy Aitken, the dead daughter of a factory owner, leads her father to the sick-bed of Morrow, an employee - Date: 1887
LITTLE GEORGIEHow the Dead watch over the Living in America - when Little Georgie is in difficulty, he is protected by the spirit of his dead mother - Date: 1887
CHINESE SPIRITSChina : invoking the spirits of the dead Date: circa 1915
Cora L V Scott, American spiritualist mediumCora Lodencia Veronica Scott (1840-1923), American spiritualist medium. She married four times, and adopted her husbands surname each time (Hatch, Daniels, Tappan, and Richmond)
Florence Cook, spirit medium, in later lifeFlorence Cook (c.1856-1904) was an English medium who claimed to materialise a spirit named Katie King. Seen here in later life, sitting in a garden with a dog on her lap
George Chapman, spiritual healer and mediumGeorge Chapman (1921-2006), English trance spiritual healer and medium. He was active for 60 years through the spirit of Dr William Lang (1852-1937)
Winifred Coombe-Tennant (Mrs Willett), mediumWinifred Margaret Serocold Coombe-Tennant (pseudonym: Mrs Willett, 1874-1956), British suffragette, politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist who engaged in automatic writing
Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with ectoplasmPhotograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (x)"
Rudi Schneider (1908 - 1957) - an Austrian Spiritualist physical medium, investigated by notable psyschical researchers such as Harry Price and Eric J Dingwall
Lily Dale, NY, USA - South StreetLily Dale - a hamlet located in the Town of Pomfret on the east side of Cassadaga Lake, next to the Village of Cassadaga. Located in southwestern New York State, USA
Dr Frederick L H Willis, American spiritualist and physicianDr Frederick Llewellyn Hovey Willis (1830-1914), American spiritualist minister and physician. He grew up in the same household as Louisa May Alcott and her family
William Stainton Moses, spirit mediumRev William Stainton Moses (1839-1892), Anglican clergyman, spiritualist, spirit medium and writer (under the pen name M A Oxon)
Mrs J H (Fannie) Conant, American spirit mediumMrs J H (Fannie or Fanny) Conant (1831-1875), American spirit medium and healer. Seen here with spirit hands and flowers in the background. Date: 19th century
Edward T Bennett, spiritualist and authorEdward T Bennett, spiritualist, psychical researcher and author. Date: circa 1874
Caroline E Bassett, Victorian spiritualist. Date: 19th century
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, physician and researcherDr Albert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929), German physician, psychiatrist and psychical researcher. He investigated various spiritualist mediums
The Bloksberg TrystUndated handwritten text regarding and colour illustration of The Bloksberg Tryst. HPF/5C/52
Mrs Tomson - MediumMedium Mrs Tomson - who was studied by Harry Price
20th Century WelcomeThe Twentieth Century welcomes the dawn of Spiritual Science
Caricature of Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Hart-DaviesCaricature of Susan Willis Fletcher, spiritualist, and Mrs Juliette Hart-Davies, her victim. Fletcher was convicted of obtaining jewellery by deception from Mrs Hart-Davies. 1881
Mrs. Violet Parent Clairvoyent. Victorian Lady sitting in chair Date: 1939
FLAMMARION, Camille (1842 - 1925). French astronomer. Oil
M Hallgarth, spiritualist, in a studio photo. Date: circa 1870s
Miss or Mrs Leece, spiritualist, in a studio photo. Date: 19th century
Couple using a TelesphereA couple using a Telesphere, a form of planchette or ouija board. Date: early 20th century
Georgina Weldon, campaigner, litigant and amateur singerGeorgina Weldon 1837-1914), campaigner against the lunacy laws, litigant and amateur singer. Her interest in spiritualism led her husband to try to prove that she was insane; she resisted being taken
George Robert Tapp, spiritualist, member of the Dalston Association of Enquirers into Spiritualism. He attended meetings during which the medium Florence Cook materialised the spirit of Katie King
F W Percival, spiritualist belonging to the circle of William Stainton Moses, spirit medium. Date: 19th century
Georgina Houghton, spiritualist writer and mediumGeorgina Houghton (?-1887), spiritualist writer and medium, seen here with her mothers spirit hovering behind her. The photographer was later exposed as a fraud. Date: 19th century
J H Gledstanes, spiritualistJ H Gledstanes (1828-?), Victorian spiritualist. Date: 1872
David Duguid, James Bowman and H NisbetDavid Duguid (centre, 1832-1907), Scottish medium best known for his automatic and direct drawings. Seen here with James Bowman, photographer (left), and H Nisbet, publisher (right)
Anna Eliza Lord Chamberlain, American spiritualistAnna Eliza Lord Chamberlain (1842-?), American spiritualist, the first to give trance lectures in New York. Seen here with a guitar. Date: 19th century
Thomas Blyton, researcher into spiritualismThomas Blyton, spiritualist, secretary of the Dalston Association of Enquirers into Spiritualism. He hosted seances by Florence Cook in the early 1870s
Dame Edith Lyttelton, writer, campaigner and spiritualistDame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (nee Balfour, 1865-1948), writer, administrator, campaigner and spiritualist. She served as President of the Society for Psychical Research (1933-34)
Henry Steel Olcott 1HENRY STEEL OLCOTT American industrialist, converted to spiritualism, converted to theosophy by Blavatsky, converted to Buddhism. Date: 1832 - 1907
Willi & Rudi SchneiderThe Schneider Family, with Rudi (second right) and his brother Willi (far right) - the Austrain spiritualist physical mediums pictures with their parents
Davenport Leaflet RussiaA handbill for seances in Russia by brothers William and Ira Davenport who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians
German Spiritualist BookPoster for a German book, Der Spiritismus, designed to appeal to a populace disillusioned by their defeat in World War One
Table Moving SeanceA table-moving seance en famille during the early days of spiritualism
Out of Work MediumsAs the first enthusiasm for spiritualism wanes, the mediums find themselves out of a job
SEANCE 1850SA spirit seance during the early years of spiritualism
Hardinge BookMODERN AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM by Emma Hardinge [Brittan] the title page
