“A Typical Example of ‘Spirit Writing’”, written by the medium Mrs. Smead in communication with James H. Hyslop’s father, reproduced in Fremont Rider's Are the Dead Alive? (1909).
Featured on PDR in the essay “Pajamas from Spirit Land”: Searching for William James
After the passing of William James — philosopher, early psychologist, and investigator of psychic phenomena — mediums across the US began receiving messages from the late Harvard professor. Channelling these fragmentary voices, Alicia Puglionesi considers the relationship between communication, reputation, and survival after death.
Also appearing in the essay…
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A Typical Example of ‘Spirit Writing’
Artist
Date
1909
From
Are the Dead Alive?
