1886 - Newspaper for Spiritualists who Speak with the Dead
The Seance and the Ouija Board are all now commonplace themes in the imaginary. But from the first communications from the World of the Spirits starting in the Spring of 1848 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 were truly radical. Acting as mediums, women and girls began a series of public revelations for total social transformation - abolition of slavery, female emancipation and social autonomy, suffrage, free love, clothing and medical reform, anti-organized religion and radical socialism. Spiritualism was a shockingly radical movement and its central publication was the Banner of Light newspaper published between 1857 and
1907. In these pages news from the spirit world spread through the country and beyond. One could even order the first Ouija boards, hire spiritualists or mail-order all manner of electrical instruments and even patent medicines. Here we have a rare edition of the paper from October 9, 1886. Newspaper is especially fragile and thus this article is rather rare. But, such a wonderful insight into the world of Spiritualism!
Banner of Light, Vol. LX, No. 4, October 9, 1886. Toning to the front page, and a rectangular section cut out from the center of the last page. Shows some general light wear. Uncut from printer, paper fragile given age. Rare and unusual.
The Seance and the Ouija Board are all now commonplace themes in the imaginary. But from the first communications from the World of the Spirits starting in the Spring of 1848 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 were truly radical. Acting as mediums, women and girls began a series of public revelations for total social transformation - abolition of slavery, female emancipation and social autonomy, suffrage, free love, clothing and medical reform, anti-organized religion and radical socialism. Spiritualism was a shockingly radical movement and its central publication was the Banner of Light newspaper published between 1857 and
1907. In these pages news from the spirit world spread through the country and beyond. One could even order the first Ouija boards, hire spiritualists or mail-order all manner of electrical instruments and even patent medicines. Here we have a rare edition of the paper from October 9, 1886. Newspaper is especially fragile and thus this article is rather rare. But, such a wonderful insight into the world of Spiritualism!
Banner of Light, Vol. LX, No. 4, October 9, 1886. Toning to the front page, and a rectangular section cut out from the center of the last page. Shows some general light wear. Uncut from printer, paper fragile given age. Rare and unusual.
The Seance and the Ouija Board are all now commonplace themes in the imaginary. But from the first communications from the World of the Spirits starting in the Spring of 1848 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 were truly radical. Acting as mediums, women and girls began a series of public revelations for total social transformation - abolition of slavery, female emancipation and social autonomy, suffrage, free love, clothing and medical reform, anti-organized religion and radical socialism. Spiritualism was a shockingly radical movement and its central publication was the Banner of Light newspaper published between 1857 and
1907. In these pages news from the spirit world spread through the country and beyond. One could even order the first Ouija boards, hire spiritualists or mail-order all manner of electrical instruments and even patent medicines. Here we have a rare edition of the paper from October 9, 1886. Newspaper is especially fragile and thus this article is rather rare. But, such a wonderful insight into the world of Spiritualism!
Banner of Light, Vol. LX, No. 4, October 9, 1886. Toning to the front page, and a rectangular section cut out from the center of the last page. Shows some general light wear. Uncut from printer, paper fragile given age. Rare and unusual.