Victorian spiritualism

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many mediums deceived their way to fame.

by Andy Boyd Today, Sidgwick, Sidgwick, and the paranormal. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.

The blog of Artist and Illustrator Debra Styer. Showcasing her love of Victorian era, dark tales, watercolor paintings, writers portraits and history.

We’re willing to bet that most of what people know about séances comes from movies like Drag Me to Hell and Paranormal Activity, but séances rarely (if ever) ...

The Hett Art Gallery and Museum in Chesterfield, Indiana was built to house artifacts from the spiritualist movement, most notably artwork done by spiritualist mediums when in contact with the spirit world, referred to in their installation as “Psychic Art and Inspirational Painting.” There are portraits painted by, among others, the psychic Bangs sisters who painted portraits of spirits with whom they communicated, who were later identified as actual people who had passed on, and a rather…

By now, most have vague notions of the Ouija board horror narrative, in which demonic spirits communicate with – even possess – kids. Director Mike Flanagan furthers this trope in his new film ‘Ouija: Origin of Evil.’

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Fox Sisters of NY. Originators of Spiritualism. These are the "Trench Sisters" described in Rosemary's Baby

In which we’re visited by the Grim Reaper, the original vampire baddie Vlad the Impaler and the Hindu shapeshifter rakshasa. Plus, we play with a Ouija board and learn how to make Abramelin Oil.