#doris stokes

[giftofgabber]

Doris Stokes is so good. idk if I will make a habit of listenin to her, but this is a very special liestyle I can get behind

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Doris Stokes- Tina Medeiros

[swasuk]

Psychic Mediums Of The Past

As you grow older you start to see the world differently, the first thing you notice is that people in certain professions seem younger than you, when you were used to them looking older. It is quite odd to see a policeman who looks no older than a child…

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[withbillyconnolly]

Doris Stokes: rare medium

Doris Stokes: first appearance at 3.05

Thanks to my older friends for identifying Doris Stokes. She was the most famous medium in the world, playing on an apparent lack of showmanship to increase her believability.   

She was a fraud, of course, but that goes without saying: if she’d actually been magic there would have been a scientific revolution in the way we think about life, death and consciousness. You would have heard about it. I feel like a dick even pointing this out.

If you want to see her do her thing there’s a series of ten (ten!) videos on YouTube of a performance of hers at The Barbican. 

It's pretty much what you'd expect.

Rationalist thunderers proclaim a retreat from reason and the rise of nonsense. Worth remembering that 30 years ago Doris Stokes, a straight-up medium, was famous and taken reasonably seriously. From her we’ve gone through the self-mocking Mystic Meg to Derren Brown’s open trickery. Same act, different schtick. 

Anyone recognise the guy in the bowtie?

[fuckyeahbolan-blog]

some time ago, i came across an interesting excerpt from this book, titled voices: a doris stokes collection. doris stokes (1920-1987) was a british medium known the world over. apparently, phyllis feld (our beloved marc's mother) had a session with her on september 30, 1980, three years after marc's tragic death, on what would have been his 33rd birthday.

regardless of your feelings about psychics and other such subjects, it is a very intriguing read. it made me feel as though bolan truly has lived on in the hearts of those who loved him.

click here for the full article.