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The Occult Honestly

12 min readLast updated September 2026Beginner levelOfficial-source checked

Séances and the search for hidden knowledge.

Black-and-white film still: a dozen people in 1920s evening dress seated around a dark table in a panelled room, hands spread flat on the tabletop with fingertips almost touching.
Figure 1. A staged séance scene from Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, directed by Fritz Lang in 1922. This film still illustrates the cultural image of a séance; it does not document the Fox sisters.3

Séances and the search for hidden knowledge.

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