Good morning! Conspiracy. An interesting spin comes from, of all things, a book review in The New Yorker. The book (which I have not read) is The Haunting of Alma Fielding, a study of a housewife in nineteen-thirties London, who claimed to be tormented by poltergeist and other such strange phenomena. The housewife and her claims were studied by Nandor Fodor, a parapsychologist. Kate Summerscale, the author of this book, studies the “craze for Spiritualism” as reflective of the lost lives in World War I, fears of rising fascism.
#75 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday July 1)
#75 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday July…
#75 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday July 1)
Good morning! Conspiracy. An interesting spin comes from, of all things, a book review in The New Yorker. The book (which I have not read) is The Haunting of Alma Fielding, a study of a housewife in nineteen-thirties London, who claimed to be tormented by poltergeist and other such strange phenomena. The housewife and her claims were studied by Nandor Fodor, a parapsychologist. Kate Summerscale, the author of this book, studies the “craze for Spiritualism” as reflective of the lost lives in World War I, fears of rising fascism.