Duppy
duppy In Jamaican lore, the shadow of a dead person. Duppies are feared as vampiric, malevolent spirits, whose breath causes illness and touch—called “duppy-boxing”— causes…
Author: Lux Ferre
Duncan, Helen
Helen Duncan (1897–1956) was a spiritualist and physical medium whose conviction on flimsy charges of witchcraft for mediumistic fraud eventually led to the repeal of…
DuBois, Allison
Allison DuBois (1972– ) is a Medium and profiler who is the inspiration for the NBC series Medium. Allison DuBois’s work includes individual and group…
Dreams in Ghost Lore
Dreams are the most common form of After-Death Communication, and a common medium for experiencing ghosts and nonhuman entities. Historical Overview Dreams have always shared…
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1858–1930) Remembered more for his brilliant detective character Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an ardent spiritualist who tirelessly defended…
Crossroads in Ghost Lore
Crossroads are the meeting and parting of ways are widely associated with magic, the appearances and activities of Demons, the Devil, witches, fairies (see Fairy),…
Cranshaw, Dorothy Stella
Dorothy Stella Cranshaw (1900–?) British physical Medium discovered and tested by Harry Price, known in research reports as “Stella C.” An “e” is sometimes wrongly…
Crandon, Mina Stinson
Mina Stinson Crandon (1889–1941) Better known as “Margery,” a Boston Medium at the center of one of the most bitter controversies in the history of…
Control
A control is a spirit of the dead that acts as a medium’s primary interface with the spirit world. The control allegedly takes over a…
College of Psychic Studies
College of Psychic Studies British Spiritualist organization that evolved from the London Spiritualist Alliance, founded in 1884. In 1955 the organization changed its name to…
