Product ReviewsTalking to the Dead : Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg (2004, Hardcover)

An Excellent Portrayal of an Amazing Period

This is the first of Ms. Weisberg's work I have read. I must say she has organized and presented a powerful delivery within her book. Her skill in depicting the origins of Spiritualism and its literal explosion around the world is impressive. Sadly, too few know of what must have been one of the most intriguing and impactful periods of history. Here is their doorway into knowing what rapidly essentially became a religion that, as many today, included extraordinary charlatans. Yet their presentations were simply fantastic as witnessed as told of by their "clients", many of whom became fanatical followers. [From all this came the "Theosophical Society" founded in 1875 and still very much alive today.] In a way, the exposure of some fraudulent "practicioners of the faith" was disheartening in the same way learning the secrets of a good magician can sometimes be. I highly recommend this book. As well as highly entertaining, this is an important entry among the far too few works on this episodic era that is still very much with us.Read full review...

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