Science of the Seance Quotes

“Jane declared that she would give each sitter a piece but only after she had 'stepped on it, spit on it and rubbed some pussy hairs in it.' Even so, the sitters obediently opened their mouths as the spirit deftly supplied them with the aforementioned cookie pieces. In this act, Jane supplied evidence of her presence, signaling her persistent, life-filled connection with the material.”
― Beth A Robertson, Science of the Seance: Transnational Networks and Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-40

“Jane declared that she wound give each sitter a piece but only after she had 'stepped on it, spit on it and rubbed some pussy hairs in it.' Even so, the sitters obediently opened their mouths as the spirit deftly supplied them with the aforementioned cookie pieces. In this act, Jane supplied evidence of her presence, signaling her persistent, life-filled connection with the material.”
― Beth A Robertson, Science of the Seance: Transnational Networks and Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-40