CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
"Medium and materialised spirit photographed together. The medium is shielding her eyes from the effect of the magnesium light." From Shadow Land or Light from the Other Side by E. d' Espérance. 1897.
She put the mysterious power of the planchette into action but wasn’t prepared to face what it wrote. From Pleasant Hours, 1869. See The Care & Feeding of a Spirit Board.
"One medium conjured up, with marvelous exactness, the games and processions of ancient Greece." From Hearst's Magazine, 1914.This should be of interest:Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
"Father de Heredia feels the approach of the ectoplasmic mystery; the 'ectoplasm' makes its appearance, taking on the form of a human being." From Popular Mechanics, 1923.