Geraldine Cummins: The Cork Psychic
Episode 32 of the Wide Atlantic Weird podcast, hosted by Cian, titled "Geraldine Cummins: The Cork Psychic" was published on April 4, 2020 and runs 19 minutes.
April 4, 2020 ·19m · Wide Atlantic Weird
Summary
With the world in the midst of difficulties and upheaval, we bring you a brief update on the Wide Atlantic Weird status, as well as a short episode about a woman from County Cork who was famous in the 1920s for her mediumship, automatic writing, her follow-up books to the Bible (!) and for telling fortunes for the great and the good. Her name was Geraldine Cummins, and while not well-remembered today, her success during her lifetime tells us much about the state of belief in these ideas in Ireland in the early 20th century. Wide Atlantic Weird Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WideAtlanticWeird/?modal=admin_todo_tour World Famous Psychics & Mystics by Margaret Nicholas https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Worlds-Greatest-Psychics-Mystics-NICHOLAS-Margaret/804178116/bd
Episode Description
With the world in the midst of difficulties and upheaval, we bring you a brief update on the Wide Atlantic Weird status, as well as a short episode about a woman from County Cork who was famous in the 1920s for her mediumship, automatic writing, her follow-up books to the Bible (!) and for telling fortunes for the great and the good. Her name was Geraldine Cummins, and while not well-remembered today, her success during her lifetime tells us much about the state of belief in these ideas in Ireland in the early 20th century.
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World Famous Psychics & Mystics by Margaret Nicholas