Thursday, September 22, 2011

Episode 6: Dames of the Occult

Mina Crandon and Madame Blavatsky: Celebrities in spiritualism; trailblazers of esoteric and occult knowledge.
*WARNING* This one contains some grossness. Faking being a medium can involve some bodily mutilation that you might not want to hear about if you don't have a strong stomach.







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Further Reading:
Mina Crandon
"Spook" by Mary Roach
"The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Super Hero" by William Kalush and Larry Sloman
and if you can find it, for the love of God tell me what he says she was thinking : 
"Margery" by Thomas Tietze

Madame Blavatsky:
"The Esoteric World of Madame Blavatsky: Insights into the Life of A Modern Sphinx." Collected by Daniel Caldwell. Quest Books, Theosophical Society in America. Wheaton, Illinois. (2000) 
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/madame-blavatsky.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWtN6AkDXo
"Isis Unveiled." by Madame Blavatsky. (1877).
"The Secret Doctrine." by Madame Blavatsky, edited and annotated by Michael Gomes. 
*Lindsay's Disclaimer for this Episode: It was my first week back in Russia, drinking Russian beer. That being said, I don't soberly agree that rigging one's body to "give birth" to rabbits is a good idea even if your government is paying you a great pension to do so.


Big Thanks to Sasha for cleaning up our audio! 

**Pics are done up fancy by LP.**

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