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Record Number: 13716


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I think astrology is the most reliable way of telling the future. Astrologers are so often right. I read him and study him regularly, and I find it's a great help.....things don't seem to go wrong anywhere near so much as before I started reading him. I really have great faith in him.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1941 and 31 Jul 1941

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

unknown

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lyndoe

Title:

unknown texts on Astrology

Genre:

Astrology / alchemy / occult

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13716

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

File Report 812, Date August 1941, Title MASS ASTROLOGY, p. 4, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation:

File Report 812, Date August 1941, Title MASS ASTROLOGY, p. 4, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13716, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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