A Magician Among the Spirits

Houdini, Harry

A Séance Room Exposé of Spiritualist Fraud, Psychic Medium Tricks, and Early Twentieth-Century Occultism

12,50 €

ISBN: 9788027380442

Breite: 15,2 cm

Höhe: 22,9 cm

Gewicht: 254 g

Produktinformationen "A Magician Among the Spirits"

In A Magician Among the Spirits (1924), Harry Houdini turns the techniques of stage illusion against the séance room, offering an investigative exposé of modern Spiritualism and its fraudulent mediums. Combining memoir, case study, polemic, and practical conjuring lore, the book catalogs slate-writing, spirit photography, trumpet manifestations, and cabinet tricks with the brisk precision of a performer who knows misdirection from the inside. Its literary context is the postwar boom in occult belief, when grief and scientific curiosity made psychical research a public controversy. Houdini was uniquely equipped to write such a work. Born Erik Weisz, he became the era's most celebrated escape artist, building a career on disciplined skepticism, bodily endurance, and the demystification of apparent miracles. Yet his campaign was not merely professional rivalry: after the death of his beloved mother, he longed for authentic contact and found instead manipulation. His encounters with mediums, investigators, and believers, including the famous rupture with Arthur Conan Doyle, sharpened his mission. This book is recommended to readers interested in magic history, religious doubt, popular science, and the psychology of belief. It remains a forceful document of rational inquiry, animated by theatrical knowledge and moral outrage.

Eigenschaften "A Magician Among the Spirits"

Format:	Taschenbuch / Softcover
Thema/BIC:	Chakra, Aura und spirituelle Energie, Spiritualismus, Spiritismus
Verlag:	e-artnow

0 von 0 Bewertungen

Bewerten Sie dieses Produkt!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit anderen Kunden.

Anmelden

Ihre E-Mail-Adresse

Ihr Passwort

Bewertungen nur in der aktuellen Sprache anzeigen.

Keine Bewertungen gefunden. Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit anderen.

EU Gewährleistungssiegel

Die EU führt ein verpflichtendes, einheitliches EU-Label zur Information über die gesetzliche Gewährleistung ein, ergänzt durch ein Garantielabel, sofern eine freiwillige Herstellergarantie besteht.

Ziel der neuen Regelung ist es, Verbraucherrechte transparenter darzustellen und europaweit einheitliche Informationsstandards zu schaffen. Verbraucher sollen auf einen Blick erkennen können, welche gesetzlichen Mindeststandards gelten, unabhängig davon, in welchem Land oder bei welchem Händler sie einkaufen.

EU Warranty Label

The European Union is introducing a mandatory, standardized EU label to provide information about consumers’ statutory warranty rights. This will be complemented by a guarantee label where a voluntary manufacturer’s guarantee is offered.

The purpose of this new regulation is to make consumer rights more transparent and to establish consistent information standards across the European Union. Consumers should be able to see at a glance which statutory minimum protections apply, regardless of the country or retailer from which they make a purchase.