Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled

As to whether communication with the departed is possible, no discussion is here attempted. The episodes following, from experiences well authenticated, merely illustrate what sleight-of-hand experts have long known-that most "e;mediums,"e; "e;astrologers,"e; "e;mind readers,"e; and the like, can be proven to be frauds. Their dupes are puzzled, and sometimes won over, in the name of Spiritualism, either by the tricks familiar to all "e;conjurers,"e; or else by the psychology of deception. Some of the cleverness displayed is marvelous, as the following pages show. Included are chapters on "e;The Methods of a Doctor of the Occult,"e; "e;The Name of the Dead,"e; "e;Mind Reading in Public,"e; and "e;Some Famous Exposures."e;