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Far from being a simple belief system, modern spiritualism transformed the way in which many people interacted with the world, with much of that transformation taking place through the process of séance. In the home and in small, rented rooms, mediums and believers alike could transcend social, cultural and gender norms; allowing women bodily autonomy, empowering the working classes and inciting the dead to walk amongst us.

Séance is an immersive and addictive experience, where domestic spaces are transformed into liminal spheres, where each sense brings about a fresh and vulnerable experience. With the touch of a spirit’s robe, the soft hand of a stranger, the smell of heavenly bouquets, the glimpse of a manifesting spirit or the sound of hymns, sung into darkness; all culminates in the heightened, unseen and unspoken power of the séance room.

Séance requires the shedding of the rational mind and the awakening of the senses.

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Dr Kate Cherrell is a writer and academic specialising in spiritualism and popular séance. She is the creator of BurialsAndBeyond.com, a website and Patreon exploring the stranger sides of life, death, and what’s left behind. She co-hosts Loopholes, a weekly esoteric discussion podcast and can also be seen co-hosting Discovery’s, Haunted Homecoming (2022) and Unexplained: Caught on Camera (2023).