Revealing the Real Madame d’Esperance - A Historical and Psychological Investigation

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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Main Authors: Adrian Parker, Elisabeth Warwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SSE 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Scientific Exploration
Online Access:http://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/1041
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spelling doaj-a328e2f5d2d442508f6995afcef9d8342020-11-25T02:52:19ZengSSEJournal of Scientific Exploration0892-33102016-06-01302Revealing the Real Madame d’Esperance - A Historical and Psychological InvestigationAdrian Parker0Elisabeth Warwood1Department of Psychology University of Gothenburg SwedenCollege of Psychic StudiesMadame 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.http://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/1041
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