Second Editon of Ethel Post Parrish shows that she led a roller-coaster life of police raids, undercover journalists, accusations of fraud, court cases over leases, and legacies. Four-times married. Ethel was a perfectionist who expected a high standard, earned respect, and was accepted in the best Spiritualist circles. An enterprising, business-like woman and founder of Camp Silver Belle. The Camp witnessed a Golden Age of American mediumship. Arthur Ford, Frank Decker, Clifford Bias, Maina Tafe, and Lula Taber; Ethel ...
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Second Editon of Ethel Post Parrish shows that she led a roller-coaster life of police raids, undercover journalists, accusations of fraud, court cases over leases, and legacies. Four-times married. Ethel was a perfectionist who expected a high standard, earned respect, and was accepted in the best Spiritualist circles. An enterprising, business-like woman and founder of Camp Silver Belle. The Camp witnessed a Golden Age of American mediumship. Arthur Ford, Frank Decker, Clifford Bias, Maina Tafe, and Lula Taber; Ethel knew and employed them all at Silver Belle. America's most versatile psychic. Ethel Post Parrish has waited since 1958 for a biography worthy of her stature. America's leading medium of the 1930s-1950s. Much admired, envied, and ridiculed in her lifetime, Ethel's sensational materialization seances featured spirits of different sexes, ages, races, and cultures. With numerous spirits visible in ruby light, Ethel's famous Indian guide, Silver Belle, presided over the s???ances with a "tinkling laugh." Ethel Post Parrish: Mediumship in America breaks new ground in 20th Century U.S. Spiritualist studies. The first of a series of books planned in this subject area. American Spiritualism witnessed tremendous expansion between the wars, and this book illustrates and quantifies that growth. The only account of America's premier influential medium is set in the movement in which it lived and shaped. Tough, loving, and loyal, Ethel had charisma. A uniquely talented medium and, above all, a remarkably successful woman A uniquely successful womanGerald O'Hara B. Sc.is a fresh, keen voice when it comes to Spiritualist history, and this book has ventured boldly into new territory with a comprehensive look at one of Spiritualism's most revered, and at the same time, controversial daughters. Ethel Post Parish is not only thrilling to read, but unflinching in its portrayal, and most certainly finely observant in its detail. Prof. Todd Jay Leonard: Professor, University of Teacher Education Fukuoka (Japan). Camp Chesterfield Historian and Archivist, Indiana Association of Spiritualists (IAOS). Gerald O'Hara has now written his second American study, this time about the life of Ethel Post Parish, a leading American medium, which will be welcomed by readers and students of Spiritualist history. Leslie Price: "Founder Editor, Psypioneer Journal I invite you to read Gerald O'Hara's carefully researched biography, keeping an open mind, and draw your own conclusions about this important woman in the history of Spiritualism. Dr. Neal Rzepkowski, MD, President of Lily Dale Assembly, retired
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