"He Spoke Through Her Hand"
A study in religion or something darker?
Bound in decay and steeped in dread, this antique handwritten journal belonged to one Ethel McAllister, a woman lost to time—and perhaps to something far worse...
Penned in the late 1800s or early 1900s in a fragile, crumbling hand, this deeply unsettling "scrapbook" defies explanation. Within its brittle pages are shaky script, runes, and hieroglyphics, tangled together in a fevered mix of poetry, invocations, scientific formulas, musical scores, and rambling instructions on creating early synthetic materials like plastic.
Ethel claims her verses were authored not by her, but by God, by Satan, and by Lucifer, each granted a voice through her quill. The tone shifts wildly—rapturous, euphoric, damning. Pages are littered with symbols and ramblings etched in ink.
She even signs her name beside Satan’s in runic symbols, as if trying to bind herself to something beyond.
Why did Ethel write this? Who was she writing for? This is not just a historic oddity, it is a whisper from something darker, a window into the beautiful decay of a mind touched by something the old world knew well.
Condition:
Extremely delicate. Frayed edges. Fragile binding. Approach with caution—and intent.Truly a one-of-a-kind piece. Please view all photos carefully for more details on the condition.
A Gospel of Madness: The Journal of Ethel McAllister
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