An evening of clairvoyance

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A look at the role and meaning of spiritualist meetings.

Emma-Louise Rhodes © 2008.

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For those who do not necessarily want to attend a Spiritualist church, there is, in most towns, a chance to go to a psychic evening, where mediums will attempt to bring back the dead for as little as £3.50 a head admission.

Such occasions typically take place in a ‘hall for hire’ and are advertised in the local press and via posters and handbills as ‘An Evening of Clairvoyance’. There is generally no reference to religion or faith of any kind, and usually the only other thing that accompanies the title is the organisation who has arranged it and name of the medium or mediums present. (more…)