12. Hughes introduced Plath to the occult and the pair would hold their own seances in her Cambridge home
Poetry took up most of Plath’s time and energy. However, soon after the wedding, Hughes introduced his new wife to his love of the occult. According to Plath’s own diaries, the pair would spend evenings in Cambridge making a Ouija board and using an upturned brandy glass to try and communicate with the dead. Hughes claimed his embracing of the supernatural inspired him to write and made his poetry better. Even if she had been skeptical at first, Plath soon became interested – perhaps even obsessed – with the occult and the metaphysical.