Below are the images shown in the last meeting on Mesmerism and Spiritualism that were not part of the previous spirit photography post.
For those interested in the history of spirit photography there are two books in Fisher Library which are excellent sources of information in this phenomena. The images and captions below a taken from [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Images from the last meeting
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Photography, Spiritualism on April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Spiritualism readings for Wednesday 30 April
Posted in Readings, tagged Readings, Spiritualism on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This week’s topic is the Victorian Occult Revival. The selected readings deal with the popular nineteenth century movements of Mesmerism & Spiritualism.
Please feel free to add your comments about this weeks readings.
Reading 1:
David’s reading: Edgar Allan Poe: The Facts in the case of M. Valdemar
Poe’s poetry often deals with macabre subjects reflecting his fascination [...]
Spirit Photography
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Photography, Spiritualism on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below are images from Martyn Jolly’s book, Faces of the Living Dead: The belief in Spirit Photography, in which he explores the popular phenomenon of spirit photography that first emerged in the 1870s. Spirit photography reflected the popularity of Spiritualism and the widespread fascination with the quasi-scientific exploration of the existence of life after death. [...]
