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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Caliostro's Seances

Caliostro claimed he held the secret of universal medicine, meaning that he had the knowledge and skill to cure just about anything. He was said to have hosted a seance dinner in which six guests each asked for a spirit to join them at the table. Caliostro used his magic to produce all f the requested deceased attendes. Those included the duc de choisoi, voltaire d'alambert de dero, the abbe de voisinon and montesquieu. When these ghost guests spoke, only gibberish came out. But the story of this astonishing and spectacular event spread like wildfire through parisian society. This actually ated the

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