The Magician and the Spirits: Harry Houdini and the Curious Pastime of Communicating with the Dead
Deborah Noyes
This historical account looks at a period when belief in contact with the dead was widespread. Psychic mediums held many séances and claimed to link grieving people with relatives they had lost. Their practices included trance writing and supposed ectoplasm. The book examines these ideas about survival after death and the methods used to present communication with the spirit world.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
