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Common Phantoms

An American History of Psychic Science
  • Alicia Puglionesi
2020
Stanford University Press

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  • ‘View of Grave Creek Mound’; engraving by Ebenezer Mathers, 1839.
    Book Review

    The Plunder and the Pity

    Alicia Puglionesi explores the damage white supremacy did to Native Americans and their land.
    by Ian Frazier via New York Review of Books on January 18, 2024
  • Undated photograph by “Miss Carter” of William James in a séance with the medium Mrs. Walden.
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    “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
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