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Count Agénor de Gasparin theorized an “ectenic force” powered by the will of this profession’s non-native practitioners, who sometimes employed Native American “guides.” Direct voice practitioners of this profession used cardboard and metal trumpets to amplify communications. Practitioners of this profession like Helen Duncan regurgitated cheesecloth to feign a certain substance’s excretion during events that could feature (*) slate-writing or table-turning. (10[2])Members (10[1])of this profession like the Fox sisters (10[1])could request (10[2])“rappings” (10[1])while in a trance, (10[1])while others (10[1])would secrete ectoplasm. For 10 points, (10[1])Harry Houdini unveiled the hoaxes of what profession central to (10[1])spiritualism, whose practitioners perform séances? (10[2])■END■ (10[10])

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