Author Mira Ptacin has written about a Maine community that has served as a gathering place for spiritualists and mediums for more than a century. We’ll discuss the belief in communicating with the dead as well as connecting with the past, present and future worlds beyond the use of normal senses.
Guests
Mira Ptacin, author, “The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums and Legends of Camp Etna,” nonfiction, children’s books, New York Times best-selling ghostwriter.
Dr. Barbara Williams, professional psychic medium, healer and medical intuitive who resides in Maine; teaches psychic development; organizes several different spiritual, paranormal and psychic development classes throughout Maine, New Hampshire and California; active participant in paranormal investigations; Ph.D., metaphysics.
Rev. Christina Sillari, minister, First Parish in Portland since 2010; Master of Divinity; master’s in psychology with a focus on yoga and mind/body health; has worked as a therapist, yoga teacher, shamanic practitioner and group leader.
Resources
- Camp Etna: A spiritual summer camp run by the Etna Spiritualist Association
- "The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna," by Mira Ptacin
- Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars: Teaching Memoir Writing to the Women of the Maine Correctional Facility
- Read An Excerpt From Mira Ptacin's "The In-Betweens"
- A Sympathetic Look at Spiritualism Past and Present
- Psychic Mediums Are the New Wellness Coaches
- What’s the Difference Between a Psychic and a Medium?
- What Is Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance And Clairsentience?