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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

mr blur

(7,753 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:06 AM Oct 2013

The psychology of spiritualism: science and seances

The idea of summoning the spirits took thrilling hold of the Victorian imagination – and has its adherents now. But the psychology behind spiritualism is more intriguing

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Good read on this wintery Sunday morning.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/20/seances-and-science

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The psychology of spiritualism: science and seances (Original Post) mr blur Oct 2013 OP

That was a good read TxDemChem Oct 2013 #1

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)

1. That was a good read

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Sun Oct 20, 2013, 05:44 PM

Oct 2013

Hubby has reconverted to atheism , but still considers ghosts a possibility. However, I often send him articles like these and let him listen in on my sceptic podcasts. He's slowly making progress .

Thanks for sharing this wisdom.

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