Big Seance Podcast

Researcher and photojournalist, Shannon Taggart, shares stories from her 16 years of photographing Spiritualism for a project called SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm. For more info visit BigSeance.com.  Pssst... Want to leave voice feedback? Use the SpeakPipe Link!     Check out Shannon's work as you listen - SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:40 Welcome, Shannon Taggart! 2:12 Shannon’s Bio 3:53 Her first introduction to Spiritualism 6:22 Spending time in the analog town known as Lily Dale 9:02 Shannon describes her photography in this project 13:13 Playing with photographic accidents and anomaly 15:08 The séance lighting 17:40 The journalistic aspect of the project, plus “paradrama”  19:37 The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen The Arthur Findlay College, the Hogwarts of adult Spiritualists 23:47 Kai Muegge and the search for ectoplasm 25:42 Skepticism and just letting go 28:2