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Upcoming Workshops

More news? We’re expecting to conduct various occult workshops in the coming weeks and months, including a psychometry workshop scheduled for July 21 at the new South location of Austin’s Yarrow and Sage metaphysical shop, 1201 W Slaughter Lane. Also expect additional workshops in Austin, Lockhart and Taylor. Keep an eye on our website for details.

Trumpet Raffle

On Thursday, May 30, we raffled off a bona fide SPIRIT TRUMPET from Austin’s City Alchemist witch shop. The winner was Victor Jimenez from Santa Anna, California. And what exactly is a Spirit Trumpet? You can find out more about these fascinating Victorian séance devices at The Austin Séance website. Find the link here.

The Austin Séance Presents Mysterious Noises, a Reprint of 1848 Affidavits from eyewitnesses to the first Fox Sisters séances

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A reprint presented by The Austin Séance of one of Spiritualism's most important texts.

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E.E. Lewis’ A Report of The Mysterious Noises Heard in The House of Mr. John D. Fox, first published in 1848, is arguably the most historically significant document in the literature of American Spiritualism. In it, Lewis, through a series of contemporaneous affidavits, has created the authoritative record of America’s first séances.

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This approximately 60-page reprint cuts through pervasive layers of myth surrounding the historic sessions that began March 31,1848 — and particularly myths surrounding the principal protagonists: the sisters Kate and Maggie Fox; and their mother, Mrs. Margaret Fox. Significantly, A Report of The Mysterious Noises hardly references the sisters at all and instead places Mrs. Fox and town neighbors as principal facilitators behind the famous spirit sessions.

The Austin Séance has reprinted this historic document in pamphlet form on the occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the first Fox Sisters’ séances of March 31, 1848 — events so significant that scholars credit them with launching the American spiritualist movement. For anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of the history of that movement, early séance practices, and the Fox family, A Report of The Mysterious Noises should prove an invaluable resource.

The Austin Séance Presents Mysterious Noises, a Reprint of 1848 Affidavits from eyewitnesses to the first Fox Sisters séances

The Austin Séance Presents Mysterious Noises, a Reprint of 1848 Affidavits from eyewitnesses to the first Fox Sisters séances

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