Episode 253 – The Diamond Lens
Tune in as we take a look through The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien!
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You were commenting that the medium seemed like one magical element too many, but I would remind you that this is just Victorian science at work. During that era, mediums and spiritists were often presented in a scientific way, as people unknowingly tapping into an undiscovered branch of physics. The belief that some people were ‘sensitive’ to spiritual ‘vibrations’ was not uncommon, and was treated as no more outlandish than microscopes and electricity.
I like the fact he thinks she might be a fraud and that she’s just reading his mind. So medium he’s skeptic about but telepath no problem :).