Behind the Scenes With the Mediums (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

David P. Abbott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451015224 ISBN 13 : 9781451015225

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Uncover the hidden tricks behind 19th‑ and early 20th‑century medium shows and what they revealed about belief and illusion.

This book surveys the world of stage and private séances, exposing the techniques used by mediums to produce messages, read minds, and conjure “evidence” of contact with the dead. It blends firsthand accounts with practical descriptions of slate writing, billet tests, and other classic demonstrations, offering a historical look at how these effects were achieved and perceived.

Readers will encounter a careful, skeptical look at what audiences experienced and why such performances captivated people, from the careful setup of reading rooms to the tricks that made messages seem real. The book discusses apparatus, methods, and the people involved, presenting a clear window into the era’s spiritual entertainment.

• Examples of slate tricks and how billets and messages were produced or simulated


• Descriptions of the setups, tools, and misdirection common to these performances


• Discussion of the relationship between mediumship and public belief, plus the role of secrecy

Ideal for readers curious about the history of mediumship, illusion, and the ways audiences were persuaded by spiritual demonstrations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

HALF HOURS VITH 11EDIUlvIS. 1. IT is probably due to the scientific training of the present age that there are those amongst us who cal1 not accept the promise of immortality on faith alone. Such as these require something in the nature of a positive proof for any belief which they may entertain. They seem nnconsciously to realize that the chances of any unproven proposition or statement being untrue are vastly in the majority. Such persons seem to feel that if a race of thinking beings were slowly evolved upon a flying ,,,"orld, the majority of ideas which such beings would evolve in their minds, jf unproven, ,voultl not correspond with objective facts; that only those which could be proven in some manner ,,",ould possess a value; that the chances are greatly against the probability of the trllth of unproven ideas of things and existence in general; also that minus which could in a superstitious age evolve and believe in such superstitions as 'vvitchcrait, sorc

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PACK; HALF HOURS WITH MEDIUMS; 1 Introduction • ]; n Vashington Irving Bishop's Sealed Letter Reading; in a New Dress 5; III Test Vhere a Trick EnveJope with a Double Front; is used " " 14; IV Test Where the Medium Secretly Filches a Letter; from the Pocket of the Sjtter 20; V TIle Mystic Oracle of the Swinging Pendulums) or; Jllinll over Matter-A Rapping Hand-Light and; I-Ieavy Chest 28; VI Tests Given in a Large Store ROOIn with Curtains; for Partitions, Using Telegraphy, etc 35; VII A DiJlet Test Using a Trick EnveJope-A Spirit; Message Written on a Slate, in the Sitter's Pres-; Clle: ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 39; vur Flower Materialization 50; IX The Dark Seance-A DtX:eptive Grip-11ental Tests; -Spirit Voices, Taps, and tights 53; X Materialization - Prevaration of Luminous Costumes,; ~1ethod of l

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451015224
• ISBN 13: 9781451015225
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
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