| Evenings at Home in Spiritual Seance (Second Series) Contributor(s): Houghton, Georgiana (Author), Williams, Sara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1906469261 ISBN-13: 9781906469269 Publisher: Victorian Secrets OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Body, Mind & Spirit | Spiritualism - General |
| Dewey: 133.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 342 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Spanning the years 1870-1881, Evenings at Home in Spiritual S ance documents the everyday, yet astonishing, experiences of spirit activity within the domestic space of the Victorian parlour. Through the intimacy of her diary-like prose, Houghton conjures cosy images of spirits laying the table for tea in what she called the "interblending of the heavenly and the mundane." She is equally comfortable communicating with her beloved pet dove as she is with the archangel Gabriel, living an unassuming yet spiritually rich life, filled with people of this world and the next. Houghton narrates her experiences of s ances and trance mediumship with close friends, discusses her own automatic spirit drawings, and offers an autobiographical glimpse into her day-to-day business. This critical edition, edited by Sara Williams, includes: * Introduction * Author biography * Select bibliography * Explanatory footnotes * Appendices on 'Houghton in the Spiritualist press', 'Automatic spirit drawings' and 'Houghton's spirit photography' |