Revealing the Real Madame d’Esperance - A Historical and Psychological Investigation
Madame d’Esperance was a physical medium, well-known for her materialized forms which bereaved sitters often recognized as their dead relatives. A critical evaluation is made of her acclaimed biographical account, Shadow Land, with a particular focus on her activities, first in Newcastle, England an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Scientific Exploration |
| Online Access: | http://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/1041 |
| Summary: | Madame d’Esperance was a physical medium, well-known for her materialized forms which bereaved sitters often recognized as their dead relatives. A critical evaluation is made of her acclaimed biographical account, Shadow Land, with a particular focus on her activities, first in Newcastle, England and then in Gothenburg, Sweden. In this process we had access to recently discovered archives and rare publications. A presentation is made of some of the fraudulent methods used by physical mediums and the possible psychological processes behind the remarkable experiences of the sitters attending séances. |
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| ISSN: | 0892-3310 |