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Naga Archives Unveils Its Debut Book: Supernatural Machines
A new book about communicating with the spiritual world through inventive ways is coming out soon called Supernatural Machines
Article Summary
- Naga Archives launches with Supernatural Machines, a new history of spirit communication devices and occult invention.
- Supernatural Machines traces two centuries of séances, Ouija boards, spirit trumpets, planchettes, and haunted tech.
- The illustrated volume blends esoteric history, ghost stories, and archival research into technological mysticism.
- David Brandon Hodge draws on a major séance artifact archive for Supernatural Machines, releasing October 27.
Naga Archives, a new imprint of Simon & Schuster, has unveiled its first official book with Supernatural Machines: The History of Spirit Communication Devices. The book goes over the history of machines and methods used in communicating with the dead or any other form of the spiritual beyond. It’s a nice tome of different ways people have tried to really chat with those who have passed into the great beyond. We have more details below as the book will be released on October 27.
Supernatural Machines: The History of Spirit Communication Devices
From the spectral raps of the Fox Sisters to the rise of the Ouija board, Brandon Hodge guides readers through two centuries of spiritual innovation—exploring the haunted technologies born from our longing to pierce the veil between life and death. A unique fusion of esoteric history, visual culture, and ghost story, this richly illustrated, large-format volume reveals the occult ingenuity of mediums, inventors, and mystics who crafted writing planchettes, talking boards, spirit trumpets, and other strange apparatus to reach beyond the grave.
With original photography, archival ephemera, and gripping historical narratives, Supernatural Machines brings to light a forgotten chronicle of technological mysticism. Each of its 14 chapters is a portal to the past, a captivating read accompanied by stunning photographs, detailed illustrations, and haunting accounts that breathe life into the arcane artifacts that have captivated the imagination of our ancestors and ourselves.
About The Author
David Brandon Hodge is a historian, collector, and author specializing in the history of spirit communication devices. Founder of MysteriousPlanchette.com and curator of the world’s largest archive of séance artifacts, his research has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine and Paranormal Review, and has served as a consultant for museums and exhibitions worldwide, including the acclaimed Supernatural America exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Peabody Essex Museum’s Conjuring the Spirit World exhibit.
Hodge has also appeared in many prominent programs as an expert on the occult, including Oddities, Mysteries at the Museum, and Expedition Files, and served as historical consultant and provided séance artifacts for Rick Alverson’s film The Mountain and Lasse Hellström’s biopic Hilma. Hodge is also a respected game designer and lecturer, known for his horror-themed scenarios and his work with Atlas Obscura and Coast to Coast AM. He owns and operates Monkey See, Monkey Do! toy store and Big Top Candy Shop in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his two children, Jack and Elliot, and the ghosts of several cats.
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