A Magician Among the Spirits - The World's Greatest Showman Exposes the Tricks of Spiritualists & Mediums

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Harry Houdini - the world's greatest magician and escape artist - turns detective of the unseen in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Magician Among the Spirits</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Houdini lost his beloved mother he turned to Spiritualism in search of proof that the dead still live-and to discover whether séance rooms might offer a bridge between worlds. What he found instead was deception on a grand scale.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Houdini takes us behind the veil of spiritualist circles exposing the tricks illusions and fraudulent devices that medium after medium used to dupe grieving souls. Drawing upon years of first-hand investigation he reveals how spirit raps slate writing spirit photography levitations and ectoplasm tricks were executed-and how even prominent scientists and believers fell victim to these deceptions.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With razor-sharp logic personal anecdotes and forensic attention to detail Houdini dismantles the myths spun by spiritualists and challenges us to question what we accept as proof. A fascinating fearless expose from a brilliant showman this is a testament to one man's determination to protect reason even when faced with grief illusion and the promise of contact with the beyond.</span></p>