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Sharon Hatfield

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Leslie Kean

Alex Tsakiris

Raymond Moody

Preston Dennett

Grant Cameron

Gregory Shushan

Rupert Sheldrake

Stanley Krippner

Lisa Smartt

Lynne Kelly

Russell Targ

Natalie Sudman

Ryan Hurd

Michael Peter Langevin

Tom Butler

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Sharon Hatfield is a nonfiction author living in Athens, Ohio. Her newest book, Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons, was published by Swallow Press in November 2018. Jonathan Koons was considered one of the most impressive physical mediums of the 1850s, and today Koons is credited with developing the trumpet used for voice communication in séances. His Athens County “spirit room,” offered public demonstrations of instrumental music, singing, and spectral hands. During her eight years of research, Hatfield found visitors’ accounts in the spiritualist press as well as letters and essays penned by Koons himself. The Journal of Scientific Exploration has termed her book “a fascinating snapshot of the Spiritualist movement in its infancy.” A native of Ewing, Virginia, Hatfield earned undergraduate degrees in English and biology at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. She became a newspaper reporter and later earned a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College in Maryland. She also has worked as an editor, English professor, and manuscript consultant. Sharon has twice received an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council, most recently in 2018 for her work on Enchanted Ground. Her previous book Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell won the Weatherford and Chaffin awards for nonfiction.

Sharon Hatfield is a nonfiction author living in Athens, Ohio. Her newest book, Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons, was published by Swallow Press in November 2018.  Jonathan Koons was considered one of the most impressive physical mediums of the 1850s, and today Koons is credited with developing the trumpet used for voice communication in séances. His Athens County “spirit room,” offered public demonstrations of instrumental music, singing, and spectral hands. During her eight years of research, Hatfield found visitors’ accounts in the spiritualist press as well as letters and essays penned by Koons himself. The Journal of Scientific Exploration has termed her book “a fascinating snapshot of the Spiritualist movement in its infancy.”  A native of Ewing, Virginia, Hatfield earned undergraduate degrees in English and biology at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. She became a newspaper reporter and later earned a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College in Maryland. She also has worked as an editor, English professor, and manuscript consultant.  Sharon has twice received an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council, most recently in 2018 for her work on Enchanted Ground. Her previous book Never Seen the Moon: The Trials of Edith Maxwell won the Weatherford and Chaffin awards for nonfiction.

Come Chat with Sharon Hatfield about her book Enchanted Ground

Join me for an amazing interview with Sharon Hatfield, COO at CF Real Estate Services. Sharon shares her journey over the years in the multifamily industry - from leasing to COO and more. Hear encouragement on how to grow your career, blue sky days, and must read leadership books. 

Join me for an amazing interview with Sharon Hatfield, COO at CF Real Estate Services. Sharon shares her journey over the years in the multifamily industry - from leasing to COO and more. Hear encouragement on how to grow your career, blue sky days, and must read leadership books.

Blue sky days and more with Sharon Hatfield, COO at CF Real Estate Services.

Jonathan Koons

Sharon Hatfield, author of Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons. On December 12, 2018 Fahrusha welcomed Sharon Hatfield, author of Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons to  “Shattered Reality Podcast”. We covered the history of Jonathan Koons  as regards his career as a famous American Spiritualist during the  middle of the Nineteenth Century. Fahrusha was pleased to note that the  author did not decide on the veracity of Mr. Koons’ claims of physical  mediumship. It is difficult enough to vet the claims of those with whom one is contemporaneous, no less the claims of those who are long gone.  No one is currently alive who ever met Jonathan Koons so there are no witnesses. There does exist ample critique of this man’s seances in publications of the day, and they are both positive and negative. In addition Mr. Koons, himself, was a prolific, if opaque, writer on matters spiritual. Jonathan Koons did not charge money to attend the seances, but did sometimes charge board to those who lodged with his family, so his motives were not influenced by personal enrichment. His entire family participated in this endeavor and he had eleven natural children and one adopted daughter, although not all lived to adulthood. One son, Nahum, was often the centerpiece of these gatherings and was considered quite gifted. Magnetic anomalies in the ground on the ridge where the seances took place just outside Athens, Ohio are believed by some to be the cause of the unusual effects produced in the Spirit Room. Others point to poltergeist activity due to the raging hormones of so many pubescent children. We also discussed other notables of the day, including D. D. Home,  the Fox Sisters, and somewhat surprisingly, John Chapman colloquially known as “Johnny Appleseed”. He was a staple character in American  history texts in public schools across the US, famed for planting apple  trees where ever he wandered, but few know him as the Swedenborgian  spiritualist he actually was. Currently physical mediumship is looked  down upon in many but not all spiritualist circles in the US, though it  receives better treatment in the UK. “Shattered Reality Podcast” appreciates all comments and “likes” on its various platforms. We respond as quickly as possible. Thanks for your participation.  Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons by Sharon Hatfield published by Swallow Press. The post The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons with Sharon Hatfield #79 appeared first on Shattered Reality Podcast.

Sharon Hatfield, author of Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons. On December 12, 2018 Fahrusha welcomed Sharon Hatfield, author of Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons to “Shattered Reality Podcast”. We covered the history of Jonathan Koons as regards his career as a famous American Spiritualist during the middle of the Nineteenth Century. Fahrusha was pleased to note that the author did not decide on the veracity of Mr. Koons’ claims of physical mediumship. It is difficult enough to vet the claims of those with whom one is contemporaneous, no less the claims of those who are long gone. No one is currently alive who ever met Jonathan Koons so there are no witnesses. There does exist ample critique of this man’s seances in publications of the day, and they are both positive and negative. In addition Mr. Koons, himself, was a prolific, if opaque, writer on matters spiritual. Jonathan Koons did not charge money to attend the seances, but did sometimes charge board to those who lodged with his family, so his motives were not influenced by personal enrichment. His entire family participated in this endeavor and he had eleven natural children and one adopted daughter, although not all lived to adulthood. One son, Nahum, was often the centerpiece of these gatherings and was considered quite gifted. Magnetic anomalies in the ground on the ridge where the seances took place just outside Athens, Ohio are believed by some to be the cause of the unusual effects produced in the Spirit Room. Others point to poltergeist activity due to the raging hormones of so many pubescent children. We also discussed other notables of the day, including D. D. Home, the Fox Sisters, and somewhat surprisingly, John Chapman colloquially known as “Johnny Appleseed”. He was a staple character in American history texts in public schools across the US, famed for planting apple trees where ever he wandered, but few know him as the Swedenborgian spiritualist he actually was. Currently physical mediumship is looked down upon in many but not all spiritualist circles in the US, though it receives better treatment in the UK. “Shattered Reality Podcast” appreciates all comments and “likes” on its various platforms. We respond as quickly as possible. Thanks for your participation. <a href="https://shatteredrealitypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/enchanted-ground.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Enchanted Ground: The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons by Sharon Hatfield published by Swallow Press. The post <a href="http://atlanticcoastufos.com/shatteredrealitypodcast.com/the-spirit-room-of-jonathan-koons-with-sharon-hatfield-79/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons with Sharon Hatfield #79</a> appeared first on <a href="http://atlanticcoastufos.com/shatteredrealitypodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shattered Reality Podcast</a>.

The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons with Sharon Hatfield #79