Author: Harry Houdini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Magician Among the Spirits
Author: Harry Houdini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Magician Among the Spirits
Author: Harry Houdini
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This is a book about spiritualism written by a self-professed sceptic. In the opening sentence of his preface, Houdini says," Gladly would I embrace Spiritualism if it could prove its claims, but I am not willing to be deluded by .....so-called psychics" He discusses the origins of spiritualism, and describes some of its earliest protagonists. The last chapter is called Magicians as Detectors of Fraud and lays the final groundwork for his conclusion.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This is a book about spiritualism written by a self-professed sceptic. In the opening sentence of his preface, Houdini says," Gladly would I embrace Spiritualism if it could prove its claims, but I am not willing to be deluded by .....so-called psychics" He discusses the origins of spiritualism, and describes some of its earliest protagonists. The last chapter is called Magicians as Detectors of Fraud and lays the final groundwork for his conclusion.
A Magician Among the Spirits
Author: Harry Houdini
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108027482
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) published this exposé of the practices of fraudulent mediums and psychics in 1924.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108027482
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) published this exposé of the practices of fraudulent mediums and psychics in 1924.
The Magician and the Spirits
Author: Deborah Noyes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803740182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
“Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent.”* A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm. The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself? Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond. *School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803740182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
“Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent.”* A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm. The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself? Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond. *School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman
The Witch of Lime Street
Author: David Jaher
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307451062
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural gifts beguiled four of the judges. There was only one left to convince ... the acclaimed escape artist, Harry Houdini. Jaher captures their electric public rivalry and the competition that brought them into each other's orbit.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307451062
Category : Spiritualism
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural gifts beguiled four of the judges. There was only one left to convince ... the acclaimed escape artist, Harry Houdini. Jaher captures their electric public rivalry and the competition that brought them into each other's orbit.
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
Author: Harry Houdini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juggling
Languages : id
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juggling
Languages : id
Pages : 386
Book Description
"Margery" the Medium
Author: James Malcolm Bird
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parapsychology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Familiar Spirits
Author: Donald Tyson
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738704210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For centuries, familiars have assumed many forms-the heavenly lover of the shaman, the wise imp of the witch, and the elemental companion of the theurgist. But the time-honored practice of summoning a magical assistant has been mostly forsaken due to the false perception that it is both difficult and dangerous. Now, renowned occultist Donald Tyson shares his revolutionary system for safely and successfully summoning, directing, and dismissing a familiar. Accessible to dedicated beginners, these techniques do not require expertise in formal ritual, astrology, or the Kabalah. Revealed here for the first time is Tyson's unique system for generating spirit sigils based on a set of symbols called Power Glyphs. Familiars summoned by this method become valuable assistants who will do everything in their power to fulfill your goals.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738704210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For centuries, familiars have assumed many forms-the heavenly lover of the shaman, the wise imp of the witch, and the elemental companion of the theurgist. But the time-honored practice of summoning a magical assistant has been mostly forsaken due to the false perception that it is both difficult and dangerous. Now, renowned occultist Donald Tyson shares his revolutionary system for safely and successfully summoning, directing, and dismissing a familiar. Accessible to dedicated beginners, these techniques do not require expertise in formal ritual, astrology, or the Kabalah. Revealed here for the first time is Tyson's unique system for generating spirit sigils based on a set of symbols called Power Glyphs. Familiars summoned by this method become valuable assistants who will do everything in their power to fulfill your goals.
The Spirit Engineer
Author: A. J. West
Publisher: Prelude Books
ISBN: 0715654349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism. In their collective grief they are attempting to reach their departed through séances. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to him seemingly from beyond the veil, placing doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen's parlour tricks gone too far? Based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters that includes Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, West conjures a haunting tale that will keep you guessing until the end.
Publisher: Prelude Books
ISBN: 0715654349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism. In their collective grief they are attempting to reach their departed through séances. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to him seemingly from beyond the veil, placing doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen's parlour tricks gone too far? Based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters that includes Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, West conjures a haunting tale that will keep you guessing until the end.
Physics and Psychics
Author: Richard Noakes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Noakes' revelatory analysis of Victorian scientists' fascination with psychic phenomena connects science, the occult and religion in intriguing new ways.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Noakes' revelatory analysis of Victorian scientists' fascination with psychic phenomena connects science, the occult and religion in intriguing new ways.