{"product_id":"calling-the-spirits-pb","title":"Calling the Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations with the dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ambitious primer on the history of Spiritualism, . . . \u003ci\u003eCalling the Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e is engagingly written, well illustrated, and up-to-date.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Journal of the Society for Psychical Research\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalling the Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e to the emergence of Spiritualism--when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by \"spirit rappings\"; Daniel Dunglas Home, the \"greatest medium of all time\"; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news about the war. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics, and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there . . . ?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Morton\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on the supernatural. Her work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Halloween Encyclopedia \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Hallowe'en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writings Over the Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712356405533,"sku":"9781789146493","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781789146493.jpg?v=1706372202","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/calling-the-spirits-pb","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}