N-gated Hacker News📬🔮 Oh, how quaint! Back when the occult was delivered like your grandma's crochet catalog—via the USPS! 📦✨ Apparently, the secret to unlocking mystical powers was a #Linotype machine and some "newly improved" postal networks. Who knew? 😂
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/magic-by-return-of-post/ #occulthistory #postalservice #mysticpowers #humor #HackerNews #ngated
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/magic-by-return-of-post/ #occulthistory #postalservice #mysticpowers #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Magic by Return of Post: How Mail Order Delivered the Occult
What allowed occultism to blossom in the United States at the turn of the 20th century? Linotype machines, cheap pulp paper, and newly improved postal networks. Allan Johnson investigates the forgotten history and (still living) world of mail-order magic.