A History of Ghosts

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A History of Ghosts: 8. The Spiritualists

The Spiritualists

8. The Spiritualists

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Kirsty Logan examines Spiritualism via the life of celebrated medium Florence Cook.

Kirsty Logan examines the Spiritualist movement, by telling the story of celebrated medium Florence Cook, and her spirit guide, Katie King.

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‘Having seen so much of Katie lately, when she has been illuminated by the electric light, I am enabled to add to the points of difference between her and her medium.

Katie's height varies; in my house I have seen her six inches taller than Miss Cook. Last night, with bare feet and not tip-toeing, she was four and a half inches taller than Miss Cook.

Katie's neck was bare last night; the skin was perfectly smooth both to touch and sight, whilst on Miss Cook's neck is a large blister...
 Miss Cook's hair is so dark a brown as almost to appear black; a lock of Katie's, which is now before me, and which she allowed me to cut from her luxuriant tresses,, is a rich golden auburn.’

Kirsty Logan examines the Spiritualist movement, via the life of medium Florence Cook, and her spirit guide, Katie King, and discovers how a career communication with spirits could result in both opportunity and ruin for Victorian women.

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