A Magician Among the Spirits

By (author) Houdini, Harry

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Erik Weisz, was one of the most famous magicians and escapologists of all time. He was highly sceptical of the many claims made concerning psychic and paranormal phenomena, which were very popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He attended hundreds of seances for the purposes of his study, and never experienced one he believed genuine. In this book, published in 1924, he described the mediums and psychics whom he revealed as fraudulent, exposing the tricks which had convinced many notable scientists and academics. These included spirit writing, table rapping, spirit manifestations, and levitation. Among those he revealed as frauds was the famous medium Mina Crandon, and his exposures led to a public split with his former friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a firm believer. The book is a fascinating account of superstition and gullibility.

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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • 1. The founders of modern spiritualism
  • 2. The Davenport brothers
  • 3. Daniel Dunglas Home
  • 4. Palladino
  • 5. Ann O'Delia Diss Debar
  • 6. Dr. Slade and his spirit slates
  • 7. Slate writing and other methods
  • 8. Spirit photography
  • 9. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 10. Why ectoplasm?
  • 11. By-products of spiritualism
  • 12. Investigations - wise and otherwise
  • 13. How mediums obtain information
  • 14. What you must believe to be a spiritualist
  • 15. Magicians as detectors as fraud
  • 16. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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書名 A Magician Among the Spirits
著作者等 Houdini, Harry
シリーズ名 Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2011.05.19
ページ数 354p
大きさ H216 x W140
ISBN 9781108027489
言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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