Mediums Unmasked: An Exposé of Modern Spiritualism book cover
Rabbit Hole · 1892 · English

Mediums Unmasked: An Exposé of Modern Spiritualism

by Julia E. Garrett

About this book

Julia E. Garrett describes her experiences as a practising medium and explains the methods she associated with performances of spiritualist phenomena. Written after she left that occupation, this short work combines her personal account with descriptions of particular séance practices.

Garrett discusses rapping, trance performances, trumpet talking, table turning, spirit pictures, slate writing and materialisation. Her explanations follow the arrangement of the original pamphlet rather than a later retelling. This download contains the complete 1892 Los Angeles edition, including the preface, introductory statement and concluding pages. Credit for the historical scan: Library of Congress.