Ep 63 Seance part 2

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10/31/22 • 82 min

RJ and Elle continue their discussion of Seances live at the UAA Art Castle. RJ goes over the biography of Cora Scott, a medium and notable organizer in the spiritualist movement. He discusses fraud psychics, and the debunkers. RJ goes over the history of The Ghost Club and the Society for Psychical Research or SPR. The drama between spiritualists and skeptics. And also the drama between skeptics and other skeptics that continues to this day.

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Ep 62 Seance Part 1

A special live episode of Mancy recorded from the UAA art castle, a historic church built in the 1800s. This live episode is made possible by the Utah Arts Alliance offering this venue.
RJ discusses the history of Seances in America and does a short biography of medium Leafy Anderson who spearheaded the spiritualist movement for black americans. He discusses Leafy's spirit guide, Black Hawk, and the ways in which she led the charge for black spiritualists. RJ also discusses the seances performed in the white house at the behest of Mary Todd Lincoln so that she could communicate with her dead sons.
Elle performs 3 mediumship readings for live audience members in the spiritualist tradition.

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Ep 64 Hexes Part 1

Mancy returns to kick off a new season! Hexes, magic intended to do harm. RJ dives into the Powow magic of the Pennsylvania Dutch and explains the disambiguation between their brand of hex magic what is commonly accepted as a hex or curse. Elle reads hexes from a grimoire and RJ attempts to use one of the hexes to cure hir chronic headaches. RJ discusses the history of the nithing curse, odinism, and the volkish movement. Elle weighs in on the magic battles practitioners can sometimes engage in. Elle hexes a person who left a racist message in an immersive art exhibit.

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