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.
There's an ironic subliminal message in this book cover — the middle of the word "exposed," "pos," is highlghted by the box behind it, suggesting "positive." Spirit Rapping Exposed by John Henry Anderson, 1860. See Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
"The beauty of this book is that it can give you an understanding that is applied to all aspects of life. Everything from understanding the psychology behind the layout of the grocery store, to the proper placement of the saw in your workshop so that you aren’t conjuring demons every time you cut timber. (That happened to m... a friend of mine.)"
A spirit medium is offered a job to conduct seances. He asks if food and lodging will be included and is told that lodging goes only so far as the table. From Les Hommes du Jour, 1909.
Through the course of my research, I've encountered some great vintage seances, collected here.
Spirit writing that manifested under an inverted tumbler, wishing that your husband had been here. From 'Twixt Two Worlds by John Stephen Farmer, 1886.
"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.
From Le Rire, 1907. We actually wrote a detailed guide to setting up a seance parlor according to the ancient wisdom of feng shui. You already guessed the title: Seance Parlor Feng Shui.