Hedge Witch History

Thank You for joining me for our evening exploring history, human nature, group psychology, and our perennial interest in what lies beyond!

Please enjoy the attached identity packet, to learn about all the *souls* in attendance at your séance presentation.

The attached bibliography offers a selection of the free / library accessible resources used to prepare the stories, illusions, and background information for our program.

Morton, Lisa. Calling the Spirits : A History of Seances. London Reaktion Books, 2020.

Lehman, Amy. Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance : Mediums, Spiritualists and Mesmerists in Performance. Jefferson, N.C., Mcfarland & Co, 2009.

Houdini, Harry. A Magician among the Spirits,. New York, Harper, 1924, books.google.com/books?id=WQnRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP11#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Hutchins, Amey A. “Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism Records, 1884-1922.” Dla.library.upenn.edu, dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/ead/ead.html?q=spiritualism&id=EAD_upenn_rbml_MsColl412. Accessed 10 Feb. 2022. http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.pdf?id=PACSCL_UPENN_RBML_MsColl412.

NFSA.gov ID: 1003902. Sir William Crookes with Spirit Katie King, 1874, http://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/sir-william-crookes-spirit-katie-king.

Crookes, William. Researches into the Phenomena of Modern Spiritualism. Los Angeles, Austin, 1922, http://www.worldcat.org/title/researches-into-the-phenomena-of-modern-spiritualism/oclc/2603294.

Collins, B. Abdy. “Spiritualism and the Law.” The Modern Law Review, vol. 8, no. 3, [Modern Law Review, Wiley], 1945, pp. 158–62, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1090340.

“Expedition Magazine – Penn Museum.” http://Www.penn.museum, http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/madame-blavatsky-and-theosophy/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2022.

Glinter, Ezra. “Secret Doctrines.” The Paris Review, 14 Nov. 2012, http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/11/14/secret-doctrines/. Accessed 24 Feb. 2022.

NFSA.gov ID: 1003902. Sir William Crookes with Spirit Katie King, 1874, http://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/sir-william-crookes-spirit-katie-king.

Crookes, William. Researches into the Phenomena of Modern Spiritualism. Los Angeles, Austin, 1922, http://www.worldcat.org/title/researches-into-the-phenomena-of-modern-spiritualism/oclc/2603294.

Collins, B. Abdy. “Spiritualism and the Law.” The Modern Law Review, vol. 8, no. 3, [Modern Law Review, Wiley], 1945, pp. 158–62, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1090340.

“Expedition Magazine – Penn Museum.” http://Www.penn.museum, http://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/madame-blavatsky-and-theosophy/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2022.

Glinter, Ezra. “Secret Doctrines.” The Paris Review, 14 Nov. 2012, http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/11/14/secret-doctrines/. Accessed 24 Feb. 2022.

Hooper, Mary. “Victorian Ectoplasm-Producing Mediums: Freaks or Fakes?” The Guardian, 28 Oct. 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2011/oct/28/mary-hooper-ectoplasm. Accessed 24 Feb. 2022.

The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 144, No. 1 (January 2020), pp. 61-88 (28 pages). Published By: University of Pennsylvania Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5215/pennmaghistbio.144.1.0061

“Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Willow Grove, PA.” Aviation History Museums, aviationhistorymuseums.com/blog/2020/3/16/harold-f-pitcairn-wings-of-freedom-aviation-museum-willow-grove-pa. Accessed 24 Feb. 2022.

“United States Census, 1920.” Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 2 February 2022. Citing NARA microfilm publication T625. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

(this resource will require creating an online account to view census records, but a free account will enable census search features.)