Spirit Communication
Mediumship, the séance, the Ouija board, and automatic writing — the practices and the questions they raise.
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Spirit Communication and Mediumship
Few practices in the history of religion have provoked such a sustained, multi-disciplinary argument as the attempt to communicate with the dead. The…
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Mediums, Spirits, and the Séance
The séance is the most distinctive ritual of modern Spiritualism, the formal occasion on which one or more mediums attempt to communicate with the dead in…
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The Ouija Board and Automatic Writing
Two technologies for spirit communication stand out for the way they took the medium out of the ritual and put the message in the hands of the sitter. The…
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How Séances Work and What to Expect
The word "séance" comes from the French for "session" and refers, in its spiritualist sense, to a sitting at which one or more mediums attempt to…
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Is the Ouija Board Dangerous?
The Ouija board sits at the intersection of parlour game, religious concern, and psychological phenomenon. For more than a century, it has been the most…