Sylvia Plath’s Fascination With the Occult Included a Homemade Ouija Board

Sylvia Plath’s Fascination With the Occult Included a Homemade Ouija Board

Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes used a homemade Ouija board in the late 1950s to contact a spirit they named Pan. Plath recorded the sessions in her journals, noting predictions about her poetry and children. The practice influenced her work, including the poem "Dialogue Over a Ouija Board," while Hughes maintained a lifelong interest in astrology and the occult.

Source: Sylvia Plath’s Fascination With the Occult Included a Homemade Ouija Board — Mental Floss

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