Bygone Echoes

Séance Girl Summer: Talking to the Dead So You Don’t Have To


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Before women could vote, preach, or clap back publicly, some of them found a loophole:
Light a candle. Hold hands. And blame any controversial opinion on a spirit. 

In this episode of Bygone Echoes, we’re summoning the séance squad - and one chaotic mystic icon - who turned grief into protest and turned “just a silly little parlor game” into full-blown social rebellion.
  • We've got a teen medium dropping hot takes from dead philosophers.
  • A disabled abolitionist preaching freedom from her sickbed.
  • A presidential candidate talking free love and ghost politics.
  • And one Black occultist who said, “What if magic, sex, and racial justice all belonged in the same spellbook?”
Spoiler:
  • Someone gets arrested.
  • Someone gets erased.
  • And someone produces ectoplasm in ways I sincerely regret Googling.

Because when the system says no?

Sometimes you just say, “Let’s see what the spirits have to say about that.”

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Bygone EchoesBy Courtney