Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (died 1929)

Hélène Smith

French occultist (1861–1929)

Catherine-Elise Müller, known professionally as Hélène Smith, was a famous late-19th century French medium. She was known as "the Muse of Automatic Writing" by the Surrealists, who viewed Smith as evidence of the power of the surreal, and a symbol of surrealist knowledge. Late…