Bob the TravelerApr 19
"The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec was published OTD in 1857, marking the birth of #Spiritualism in France https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/ghostbusters/?s=mb #travel #paranormal #ghosts
Visiting the "Ghostbusters" Locations in New York

Visit the Parapsychology Department at Columbia University, the Ghostbusters headquarters in Tribeca, Dana's apartment, the Central Park restaurant.

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Public Domain Image ArchiveApr 15

Illustration by Raffaele Mainella, from Nos Invisibles (1907).

Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cd431f6d-dc55-484a-8f31-39a9cd847581

#spiritualism #spirituality #life-after-death #mediumship #art #publicdomain

AftonbladetApr 13
S-tjänsteman fick inte vara spiritualist – stämde partiet: ”Så smutsigt”#mikaeldamberg #socialdemokraterna #spiritualism
S-tjänsteman fick inte vara spiritualist – stämde partiet: ”Så smutsigt”
S-tjänsteman fick inte vara spiritualist – stämde partiet: ”Så smutsigt”

Hon jobbade för S – fick inte vara spiritualist

Aftonbladet
The Ghost MonkMar 13
In response to @[email protected]'s post, here is 'Spiritism', 1905, by Serafino Macchiato. #PhantomsFriday #spiritualism #occult #artsky
Philo SophiesMar 4

👻 Why I am not a #ghost hunter – The #truth about #spiritualism 🔬

“Ghost hunter”? ‘Spiritualist’? “Esotericist”?

Dr. Dr. #WaltervonLucadou makes it clear: None of these apply. He is a #scientist – not a hunter of #ghosts and not a representative of occult worldviews.

📺 https://youtu.be/TPCADLkSBWM

📎https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/03/12/grenzen_physik_psychologie/

#Physics #Psychology #BorderCrosser #HansDriesch #HansBender #Parapsychology #Embodiment #ParanormalPhenomena #Synchronicity #CGJung #Zoomposium #Haunting #EmbodimentDisorder

barefootliamFeb 28

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Marcelin-LaVieParisienne-1863/

Three of about 12 images from an 1865 article about spiritists, people using mediums to communicate with the dead. Hugely popular in 1860s.

The article purports to be a translate of an English factual account, hah!.

The dresser looks like a robot :) Pus i get to use #undeadBeetles as a tag!

#vintageEngravings #sensationalism #spirits #undeadBeetles #FOBO #GIMP #Gimp_3 #GIMP3 #spiritualism #spiritists #spirites #undedMusicians #satire #unded #ghosts

Public Domain Image ArchiveFeb 26

Illustration by Raffaele Mainella, from Nos Invisibles (1907).

Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/01b40c71-60ad-425f-bbbf-fce5145525ed

#spiritualism #spirituality #life-after-death #mediumship #scrolls #art #publicdomain

Spooky Readers Book ClubFeb 17
How did séances become the standard for contacting the dead? From the Fox sisters in 1848 to Victorian parlor rooms, people have been reaching beyond the veil for centuries: https://thedeadhistory.com/2025/02/27/a-history-of-seances/ #paranormal #ghosts #spiritualism #history
A History of Séances

Explore the eerie world of séances—where history, deception, and the supernatural collide. Who’s knocking, and are the dead listening

The Dead History
Public Domain Image ArchiveFeb 15

Illustration by Hélène Smith, from From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia (1900).

Source: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e2c187f4-e5f9-453e-83c2-88d7fcec989e

#spiritualism #seances #mars #martians #language #mediumship #aliens #art #publicdomain

DeathMatters.LifeFeb 8
A Lily Dale Assembly Cottage, June 2025 #spiritualism #spirituality