spirit writing

noun

1. writing allegedly produced by spirits or supernatural forces.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spirit writing¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The "spirit writing" consists of unmeaning, unintelligible scribbling scrawls, and very rarely containing any letters or words.

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When a pair of closed slates is brought, he barely touches them, and the spirit writing begins.

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I have been reading lately a curious work from an old German in Paris who has been making experiments in spirit-writing.

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Then it was held under the table, and in a few seconds covered with ‘spirit-writing.’

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The words might have been spirit-writing, they might have meant anything.

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