Lyceum Lunch with Lee Sites "Mediums, Seances, and Spirit Rooms: Spiritualism in Southeast Ohio"
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In the mid-19th century, people began seeking out new ways to communicate with their beloved dead. Spirit Rooms, such as those operated by Jonathan Koons in Athens County, and more private séances were held to contact those who had departed.
Join Lee Sites at the Southeast Ohio History Center to discuss how and why Spiritualism rose to such great popularity, false mediums and how they were disproved, and finally, Elizabeth Blake of Lawrence County, whose gift was never disproven.
Lee Sites is the Curator of Collections at the Southeast Ohio History Center and has a passionate interest in the Victorian period and occult history. Lee will also arrange a temporary exhibition of items related to this period and topic for visitors to view.
Join Lee Sites at the Southeast Ohio History Center to discuss how and why Spiritualism rose to such great popularity, false mediums and how they were disproved, and finally, Elizabeth Blake of Lawrence County, whose gift was never disproven.
Lee Sites is the Curator of Collections at the Southeast Ohio History Center and has a passionate interest in the Victorian period and occult history. Lee will also arrange a temporary exhibition of items related to this period and topic for visitors to view.
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24 West State Street, Athens, OH, United States, Ohio 45701
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