The story of modern spirit manifestations, so called, dates from 1848 and the "solitary farmhouse" of John D. Fox and his wife in the village of Hydesville, in New York State, and centers around their two little girls, Margaret, eight, and Kate, younger by a year and a half. Successfully exploited while still children; credited with occult power; becoming world-famous as "The Fox Sisters",—their record is, without exception, one of the most interesting in the history of spiritualism.
John Fox and his wife appear to have been of the "good, honest", but not mentally keen type of farmer folk. Of the two, the wife was the more "simple minded", and when the "nervous, superstitious woman" began to hear unusual noises which she could not account for, and which seemed in some peculiar manner connected with her children, she concluded at once that the sounds were "unnatural" and began to brood over the matter. Her fears increased with the persistent recurrence of the mysterious sounds, and before long she took some of the neighbors into her confidence. They were as puzzled as the mother, the Fox home became an object of suspicion and the neighborhood set itself the task of solving the mystery.
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John Fox and his wife appear to have been of the "good, honest", but not mentally keen type of farmer folk. Of the two, the wife was the more "simple minded", and when the "nervous, superstitious woman" began to hear unusual noises which she could not account for, and which seemed in some peculiar manner connected with her children, she concluded at once that the sounds were "unnatural" and began to brood over the matter. Her fears increased with the persistent recurrence of the mysterious sounds, and before long she took some of the neighbors into her confidence. They were as puzzled as the mother, the Fox home became an object of suspicion and the neighborhood set itself the task of solving the mystery.
A Magician Among The Spirits (Illustrated)
The story of modern spirit manifestations, so called, dates from 1848 and the "solitary farmhouse" of John D. Fox and his wife in the village of Hydesville, in New York State, and centers around their two little girls, Margaret, eight, and Kate, younger by a year and a half. Successfully exploited while still children; credited with occult power; becoming world-famous as "The Fox Sisters",—their record is, without exception, one of the most interesting in the history of spiritualism.
John Fox and his wife appear to have been of the "good, honest", but not mentally keen type of farmer folk. Of the two, the wife was the more "simple minded", and when the "nervous, superstitious woman" began to hear unusual noises which she could not account for, and which seemed in some peculiar manner connected with her children, she concluded at once that the sounds were "unnatural" and began to brood over the matter. Her fears increased with the persistent recurrence of the mysterious sounds, and before long she took some of the neighbors into her confidence. They were as puzzled as the mother, the Fox home became an object of suspicion and the neighborhood set itself the task of solving the mystery.
John Fox and his wife appear to have been of the "good, honest", but not mentally keen type of farmer folk. Of the two, the wife was the more "simple minded", and when the "nervous, superstitious woman" began to hear unusual noises which she could not account for, and which seemed in some peculiar manner connected with her children, she concluded at once that the sounds were "unnatural" and began to brood over the matter. Her fears increased with the persistent recurrence of the mysterious sounds, and before long she took some of the neighbors into her confidence. They were as puzzled as the mother, the Fox home became an object of suspicion and the neighborhood set itself the task of solving the mystery.
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| BN ID: | 2940161432853 |
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| Publisher: | V F Editions |
| Publication date: | 07/29/2019 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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