Spirits, Seers & Séances spellcraft From its pre-Christian beginnings to

From its pre-Christian beginnings to its contemporary practitioners

As seen in the tarot

But their roots go far deeper than their appearance in fairy tales and popular stories

Showing that initiation into elderhood is the work of our lives

and what to plant

Spirits, Seers & Séances spellcraft From its pre-Christian beginnings toVICTORIAN SPIRITUALISM, MAGIC & THE SUPERNATURAL Spiritualism in the Age of Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe A woman wearing a black veil convenes a sance. A magician puts a volunteer into a trance. A fortune teller leans over a crystal ball. Everyone knows what Victorian mysticism looks like because our modern imagery, language, and practice of magic borrows heavily from the Victorians. But we have little understanding of its spiritual, cultural,