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Lawrence Leung and the Library’s spiritualist secrets

30 October 2025

Comedian Lawrence Leung has been digging into the Library’s extraordinary collection to uncover the curious world of 19th-century spiritualism, and the belief that we can communicate with the dead. Even former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin was a believer.

Deakin even claimed to help author John Bunyan write A New Pilgrim’s Process, nearly 200 years after Bunyan’s death.

Ghosts, séances and surprising stories - discover your own extraordinary experience at the Library.


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