The Austin Séance has public sittings scheduled for Austin and San Antonio in the coming weeks.
Guest Post: Woodhull — Occultist and Pioneering Radical
Victoria Woodhull worked as a child preacher and fortune teller, before entering politics.
Guest Post: The Life and Times of Occultist Madame Blavatsky
The foremost theoretician of Theosophy, Madame Blavatsky was a philosopher and world traveler.
Guest Post: Strange Reports from Hydesville Before the Fox Sisters
Even before hosting America’s first séance, the Fox home was the site of other reported hauntings.
Hat Men Phenomena: Nightmare Sightings Reported Worldwide
Nightmare apparitions that typically have no distinct features of any kind except for one — they wear hats.
Reading the Tea Leaves: The History and Practice of Tasseography
Fascinated with the occult and with the self-analysis of Sigmund Freud, Victorians reached for their cups.