How Ancient Egypt Influenced the Paranormal
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Spirit photography (also called ghost photography) is a type of photography whose primary goal is to capture images of ghosts and other spiritual entities, especially in ghost hunting. It dates back to the late 19th century. The end of the American Civil War and the mid-19th Century Spiritualism movement contributed greatly to the popularity of spirit photography. Photographers such as William Mumler and William Hope ran thriving businesses taking photos of people with their supposed dead relatives. Both were shown to be frauds, but "true believers", such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, refused to accept the evidence as proof of a hoax.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_photography
A séance or seance is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old French seoir, "to sit". In French, the word's meaning is quite general: one may, for example, speak of "une séance de cinéma" (lit. 'a movie session'). In English, however, the word came to be used specifically for a meeting of people who are gathered to receive messages from ghosts or to listen to a spirit medium discourse with or relay messages from spirits. In modern English usage, participants need not be seated while engaged in a séance.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séance
Egyptomania refers to a period of renewed interest in the culture of ancient Egypt sparked by Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign in the 19th century. Napoleon was accompanied by many scientists and scholars during this campaign, which led to a large interest in the documentation of ancient monuments in Egypt. Thorough documentation of ancient ruins led to an increase in the interest about ancient Egypt. In 1822, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the ancient hieroglyphs by using the Rosetta Stone that was recovered by French troops in 1799, and hence began the scientific study of Egyptology.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptomania_in_the_United_States
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and called tekhenu, the Greeks used the Greek term obeliskos to describe them, and this word passed into Latin and ultimately English. Though William Thomas used the term correctly in his Historie of Italie of 1549, by the late sixteenth century (after reduced contact with Italy following the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth), Shakespeare failed to distinguish between pyramids and obelisks in his plays and sonnets. Ancient obelisks are monolithic and consist of a single stone; most modern obelisks are made of several stones.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk
Research Links -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-ghost-of-christmas-past-st-thomas-becket-and-edwardian-canterbury/
https://combermereabbey.co.uk/stories/ghost-combermere-abbey/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_sisters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Correspondences
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-spirit-photographs-of-william-hope/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III
https://youtu.be/cPwMOerqg7I?si=sVqyOOBL4GLPZJeI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wychbury_Obelisk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_down_the_Wych_Elm%3F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_(architecture)
https://archive.org/stream/TheEgyptianRevival/The%20Egyptian%20Revival_djvu.txt
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-20th-century-obelisk/
https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3242&context=etd
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/architecture/obelisks.html
Additional Video Links -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nliCcptyVR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb-n-Tz-ZAo&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkHQhtd-GM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRktSwT9lG4&t=826s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8crRpkGZCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PrWHnp7pnU
Timestamps -
00:00 Introduction
00:57 Spirit photography
03:43 Séances
08:27 Occultism
18:29 Egyptomania
33:10 Conclusion
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