Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War
During the First World War (also called World War I, or WWI), an unusually high number of supernatural occurrences were reported, both from the Front and the Homefront. These included famous cases, such as the Angels of Mons, but also many private experiences of premonitions, ghosts and spiritualist communication with the dead. Important organisations were the Society for Psychical Research and the Ghost Club.
Did Maori Magic Protect HMS New Zealand in the Sea Battles of the First World War? One the factors contributing to the First World War was the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany, and one of the consequences of that rivalry was the construction of HMS New Zealand, a ship believed to be under magical […]
The French clairvoyant and palmist, Madame de Thèbes, made several predictions of a great catastrophe in Europe in the years before the First World War.
Raphael’s Almanac Predicts Crisis in German Empire Before 1914 even began, its terrible course had already been seen in the stars. Mars, the Roman god of war and a twinkling red spark in the night sky, had laid claim to 1914. Each year, beginning about 1827, a book of astrological forecasts appeared called Raphael’s Almanac, […]
Angels in the Trenches: Spiritualism, Superstition and the Supernatural During the First World War The mechanised slaughter of the First World War brought a sudden and concentrated interest in life after death, living in spite of death and trying to predict, or even influence, when the merciless killing would end. People asked, can one communicate […]