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The Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of the character Sherlock Holmes. Trained as a medical doctor, Doyle - like many Victorian intellectuals - became fascinated by spiritualism & its promise of communication with the afterlife. Doyle was a firm believer in the movement, claiming as evidence 'sign[s] of a purposeful and organized invasion' from the spirit world. In 1926, towards the end of his life, he published this influential two-volume history. Volume 1 covers the background & origins of spiritualism, beginning with Swedenborg before turning to the 'supernatural' events in upstate New York in 1848 that are generally regarded as the beginning of modern spiritualism. It then focuses on key individuals including D.D. Home, & on scientific investigations of spiritualist phenomena. The history provides valuable insights into Victorian & early twentieth-century culture.

Spiritualism --- Spiritualists --- History. --- Occultists

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Situé à la croisée de l'histoire et de l'anthropologie, Surnaturelles s'intéresse au destin des femmes médiums qui, depuis la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, ont contribué à la naissance du spiritisme. Richement illustré par des photographies et des documents rares, l'ouvrage de Philippe Baudouin explore la culture visuelle de ce mouvement né en Amérique du Nord en 1848, à travers notamment la question du corps et du genre, mais également celle de notre propre rapport aux croyances et à l'irrationnel. S'appuyant sur une sélection d'archives inexplorées, il porte ainsi un regard neuf sur l'œuvre de ces femmes qui, avant de devenir les cobayes de scientifiques au début du XXe siècle, furent tour à tour maîtresses de cérémonie, messagères de l'au-delà et visionnaires d'utopies.Philippe Baudouin est maître de conférences associé en sciences de l'information et de la communication à l'IUT de Cachan et membre du Centre de recherche en design de l'ENS Paris-Saclay. Il a dirigé la publication du recueil Écrits radiophoniques de Walter Benjamin (Allia, 2014). Par ailleurs, ses recherches sur l'histoire de l'occultisme l'ont amené à publier plusieurs articles et ouvrages dont Les Forces de l'ordre invisible. Émile Tizané (1901-1982), un gendarme sur les territoires de la hantise (Le Murmure, 2016). Il est également l'auteur d'Apparitions. Archives de la France hantée (Hoëbeke, 2021).

Women mediums --- Spiritualists. --- History

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"In Enchanted Ground, Sharon Hatfield brings to life the true story of a nineteenth-century farmer-turned-medium, Jonathan Koons, one of thousands of mediums throughout the antebellum United States. In the hills outside Athens, Ohio, Koons built a house where it was said the dead spoke to the living, and where ancient spirits communicated the wisdom of the ages. Curious believers, in homespun and in city attire, traveled from as far as New Orleans to a remote Appalachian cabin whose marvels would rival any of P.T. Barnum's attractions. Yet Koons's story is much more than showmanship and sleight of hand. His enterprise, not written about in full until now, embodied the excitement and optimism of citizens breaking free from societal norms. Reform-minded dreamers were drawn to Koons's seances as his progressive brand of religion displaced the gloomy Calvinism of previous generations. As heirs to the Second Great Awakening, which stretched from New York State to the far reaches of the Northwest Territory, the curious, the faithful, and Koons himself were part of a larger, uniquely American moment that still marks the cultural landscape today"--

Spiritualists --- Koons, Jonathan, --- Ohio.

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Apparitions. --- Clairvoyance. --- Future life. --- Spiritualists

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Spiritualists --- Cook, Florence Eliza, --- Crookes, William,