A slate was a small chalk board, often about the size of a sheet of writing paper, that was used by children in school during Victorian times. During seances, spirits would supposedly write messages on one or more slates via paranormal means. Although quite outdated, they are still sometimes used by fake mediums and mentalists.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...