Psychic Deception

Summary

This book includes an introduction by Professor David Christopher Lane on how a Catholic Priest and a nun demonstrated table tipping at a Catholic high school and how it was eventually understood to be a hoax, even if not a consciously orchestrated one. The substance of the book are key excerpts from the writings of William Robinson on how mediums and spiritualists hoodwink naive participants into believing that something paranormal is happening. Robinson goes into great detail to explain the mechanics of how such psychic deceptions are achieved. Though Robinson's insights were published in 1898 in a text about such mysterious phenomena, his study shines a much-needed light on how certain psychics and mediums trick their respective clients.

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