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Alicia Puglionesi

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Common Phantoms: An American History of Psychic Science

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In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession, and the Landscapes of American Empire

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Undated photograph by “Miss Carter” of William James in a séance with the medium Mrs. Walden.

“Pajamas from Spirit Land”: Searching for William James

After the passing of William James, mediums across the US began receiving messages from the late Harvard professor.

by Alicia Puglionesi via The Public Domain Review on February 23, 2022

An illustration of Weyer’s Cave from 1858.

The 19th Century ‘Show Caves’ That Became America’s First Tourist Traps

Novelists concocted elaborate fake histories for mysterious caves in Virginia.

by Alicia Puglionesi via Atlas Obscura on March 2, 2016

Painting from 1857 by Alexander Beydeman depicting the light-filled practise of homeopathy, including a silver-haired Hahnemann, watching disapprovingly on over the horrors wrought by traditional medicine, referred to as Allopathy

Proving It: The American Provers’ Union Documents Certain Ill Effects

The history of "proving", the practice of auto-experimentation that forms the cornerstone of homeopathic medicine.

by Alicia Puglionesi via The Public Domain Review on September 4, 2013

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